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Xilinx demos, ships Zynq-7000 devices
Xilinx demos, ships Zynq-7000 devices
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At the ARM European Technical Conference (AETC), Xilinx Inc., has announced it is now shipping its Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform…
USB thermometer probes offer 0.1°C resolution at ±0.5°C accuracy
USB thermometer probes offer 0.1°C resolution at ±0.5°C accuracy
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Distributed by Priggen Special Electronic, this series of 7 precision USB thermometers, made by ETI/UK offers an inexpensive possibility to…
IP67 snap-in connector with dip-solder contacts
IP67 snap-in connector with dip-solder contacts
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The Binder Series 620 snap-in, IP67 connectors has been extended by the introduction of a panel-mount version with dip-solder contacts…
Dow Corning enters long-term silane supply deal with Air Products
Dow Corning enters long-term silane supply deal with Air Products
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Dow Corning has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Air Products for electronic-grade silane, a material used for manufacturing…

FD-SOI less ‘risk’ than FinFETs, says SOI body
FD-SOI less ‘risk’ than FinFETs, says SOI body
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The SOI Industry Consortium, and industry body for proponents for silicon-on-insulator manufacturing, reckons it's got fresh evidence in favor of using the fully-depleted version of its technology FD-SOI instead of…
Memory LCD line up draw less than 1% of the power required by conventional TFT LCDs
Memory LCD line up draw less than 1% of the power required by conventional TFT LCDs
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Sharp Microelectronics has now expanded its portfolio of ultra-low power displays with the addition of three new models including the 4.4" (11.09 cm) LS044Q7DH01, the LS012B4DG01 (1.17" diagonal) and the…
Silicon carbide power devices in chip form for efficient power electronic modules
Silicon carbide power devices in chip form for efficient power electronic modules
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Cree has released what the company claims to be the industry's first fully qualified SiC MOSFET power devices in “bare die” or chip form for use in power electronics modules.
MEMS energy harvester achieves output power of 489-µW
MEMS energy harvester achieves output power of 489-µW
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Imec in collaboration with Holst Centre have developed a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489 µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester is…
14-bit sample-and-hold amplifier acquires in 35-ns to 0.003 percent accuracy
14-bit sample-and-hold amplifier acquires in 35-ns to 0.003 percent accuracy
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Datel, a business unit of Murata Power Solutions, has introduced the SHM-14 14-bit ultra high speed linear sample-and-hold amplifier designed for fast data acquisition applications. With a 70 MHz full…
ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics join forces in European VENTURI augmented reality project
ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics join forces in European VENTURI augmented reality project
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To accelerate the creation and adoption of technologies that enrich people's daily experience, ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics announced their collaboration in the VENTURI (immersiVe ENhancemenT of User-woRld Interactions) European scientific project…
Designing capacitive sensing for a specific application (Part 2 of 3)
Designing capacitive sensing for a specific application (Part 2 of 3)
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Shruti H and Subbarao Lanka of Cypress Semiconductor corp., continue their analysis of different hurdles faced when designing a capacitive sensing interface and methods developers can use to overcome typical…
Software-defined radio opens up new chances for the automobile industry
Software-defined radio opens up new chances for the automobile industry
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The general explosion in available processor power makes SDR interesting for automobile OEMs. First of all, moving radio functions from hardware into software opens up cost benefits for global car…
Film capacitors: Wide range with low insertion height
Film capacitors: Wide range with low insertion height
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TDK-EPC has developed a wide range of EPCOS MKP and MKT film capacitors with low insertion heights. Applications include DC link circuits as well as DC or AC filtering in…
VCO covers 3750 to 3800 MHz with low phase noise and high linearity
VCO covers 3750 to 3800 MHz with low phase noise and high linearity
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The CVCO55CC-3750-3800 VCO from Crystek operates from 3750 MHz to 3800 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.5 V to 16 V. This VCO features a typical phase noise…
Xilinx ships the first parts in its Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform
Xilinx ships the first parts in its Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform
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Xilinx has demonstrated its Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) for the first time as it starts shipping devices to customers. The platform combines 28nm FPGA fabric with a dual-core ARM…
Video: Wide VIN range step-down regulators consume only 2.8 µA input current
Video: Wide VIN range step-down regulators consume only 2.8 µA input current
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Battery life is paramount in modern battery-powered systems. Portable applications, such as remote sensors, require voltage regulators which have low current standby states and also able to provide bursts of…
Foundry to offer FRAM as standard
Foundry to offer FRAM as standard
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Chip foundry Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd and chip and materials vendor Symetrix Corp., will collaborate to offer non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) as a standard memory offering for the…
SuVolta transistor operates down to 0.4-V
SuVolta transistor operates down to 0.4-V
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Startup SuVolta Inc., has announced that its novel transistor technology, dubbed PowerShrink, operates down to 0.425-V, approximately 300-mV below conventional processes. PowerShrink is based on a deeply depleted channel (DDC)…
Rohde & Schwarz and u-blox verify GLONASS compatibility
Rohde & Schwarz and u-blox verify GLONASS compatibility
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Rohde & Schwarz (Munich, Germany) and U-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland) have successfully concluded a simulation of the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system.
Film capacitors offer wide range with low insertion height
Film capacitors offer wide range with low insertion height
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TDK-EPC has developed a wide range of EPCOS MKP and MKT film capacitors with low insertion heights. Applications include DC link circuits as well as DC or AC filtering in…
MEMS chip enables battery-free sensors
MEMS chip enables battery-free sensors
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A MEMS chip can harvest energy from vibrations inside car tires allowing a tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) to run battery-free, according to Belgian research institute IMEC. The new MEMS…
PandaBoard ES equips open source mobile developers with TI’s OMAP4460 processor
PandaBoard ES equips open source mobile developers with TI’s OMAP4460 processor
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Pandaboard.org, which is an online resource for the growing, active community supporting PandaBoard, the low-cost, open OMAP 4 processor-based mobile software development platform, has announced the general availability of PandaBoard…
0.8 to 40 GHz omni-directional antenna targets UWB applications
0.8 to 40 GHz omni-directional antenna targets UWB applications
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Q-par Angus Limited, a microwave antenna and development company based in Leominster, UK, has launched a compact ultra-wideband 0.8 to 40 GHz omni-directional antenna, intended for ultra wideband (UWB) applications…
Mini solder-in feed-thru filter with capacitance values of 5pF to 0.027µF
Mini solder-in feed-thru filter with capacitance values of 5pF to 0.027µF
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API Technologies' Spec Mini Solder-in Feed-thru filter has a miniature case measuring 3.55mm diameter (flange) x 3.05mm diameter (barrel) with a body length of 2.79mm and a total overall length…
Torque flange measurement system
Torque flange measurement system
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Kistler's Type 4550A KiTorq rotor torque flange measuring unit features a bearing and slip-ring free design with an accuracy class of 0.05. It combines both the Type 455x KiTorq rotary…
CAN to USB data logger with scripting functionality
CAN to USB data logger with scripting functionality
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Kvaser AB has announced a high-speed controller area network (CAN) to USB data logger that enables users to run they own scripts to suit a wide variety of CAN networking…
Altatech Semiconductor enters LED inspection market with AltaSight LEDMax System
Altatech Semiconductor enters LED inspection market with AltaSight LEDMax System
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Altatech Semiconductor S.A. has entered the light-emitting diode (LED) inspection market by introducing the AltaSight LEDMax system, the company's first product designed specifically for detecting, classifying and characterizing defects on…
Imec reports smallest fully-functional HfO2-based Resistive RAM cell
Imec reports smallest fully-functional HfO2-based Resistive RAM cell
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At the 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), imec presented what the company claims to be the world's smallest, fully-functional HfO2-based Resistive RAM (RRAM) cell, with an area of…


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