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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #58: Analyze the RL drive in an ECG front end using SPICE
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #58: Analyze the RL drive in an ECG front end using SPICE
Technology News |
Matthew Hann of Texas Instruments explains how to use SPICE to simplify the design of an analog electronics interface to…
Zumtobel expands production on rising LED demand
Zumtobel expands production on rising LED demand
Business news |
Austrian lamp manufacturer Zumtobel group announced to invest € 20 million in expanding its production facilities. The move is driven…
Archer 1.27mm pin headers from Harwin stocked in depth for rapid delivery
Archer 1.27mm pin headers from Harwin stocked in depth for rapid delivery
New Products |
Hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer Harwin has announced that its M52 2.54 x 1.27mm pin header range –…
Microwatt charge pump boosts 1-V to 1.8-V at 90 percent efficiency
Microwatt charge pump boosts 1-V to 1.8-V at 90 percent efficiency
Technology News |
Martin Tomasz of Sageloop Designs explains how two ultra-low-power op amps can be used in a charge pump configuration to…

Car-2-X field trial brings car communications closer to serial production
Car-2-X field trial brings car communications closer to serial production
Technology News |
A number of German carmakers, suppliers and research institutes have launched the hitherto largest car-2-x communications field trial. The trial with 120 vehicles involved is designed to test functionality, suitability…
German OEMs demo universal e-car charging system
German OEMs demo universal e-car charging system
Technology News |
At the International VDI congress and exhibition “Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles”, vehicle manufactures Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Volkswagen are going to present the Combined Charging System for the…
Imec demos speedy HBTs using complex process
Imec demos speedy HBTs using complex process
Technology News |
Research consortium Imec has developed a heterojunction bipolar transistor device with a fT/fMAX 245GHz/450GHz as a key enabler for millimeter-wave low-power circuits to be used in automotive radar applications.
Ultra-high speed 12-bit DAC supports high reliability military and aerospace applications
Ultra-high speed 12-bit DAC supports high reliability military and aerospace applications
New Products |
Datel, a business unit of Murata Power Solutions, has introduced the DAC-12100 series of low power 12-bit current output digital to analog converters that have TTL/CMOS compatible inputs. With a…
Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
New Products |
Linear Technology announces the LT3798, an isolated flyback controller with single stage active power factor correction (PFC). A power factor of greater than 0.97% is accomplished by actively modulating the…
Altera announces its answer to Zynq
Altera announces its answer to Zynq
Technology News |
Just over half a year after Xilinx announced its FPGA with integrated dual ARM Cortex-A9 product line, Zynq, Altera has revealed details of its own version of an extensible platform…
R&D group begins TSV chip pilot production
R&D group begins TSV chip pilot production
Technology News |
All Silicon System Integration Dresden (ASSID), a microelectronic wafer-level packaging and system integration center backed by the government of the German state Saxony and operated by the Fraunhofer IZM Institute,…
IMEC, Panasonic show reconfigurable area win
IMEC, Panasonic show reconfigurable area win
Technology News |
Reconfigurable logic, often touted as a nice-to-have feature to help cope with late-changing standards and to improve time-to-market, is starting to show clear advantages in area efficiency over conventional ASIC…
Programmable 10-A and 20-A buck regulators deliver 96 percent efficiency
Programmable 10-A and 20-A buck regulators deliver 96 percent efficiency
New Products |
Summit Microelectronics has expanded its family of programmable DC-DC products with the SMB220 and SMB221 integrated 10 A and 20 A buck regulators . The new products deliver unparalleled integration…
Imec demoes speedy HBTs using complex process
Imec demoes speedy HBTs using complex process
Technology News |
Research consortium Imec has developed a heterojunction bipolar transistor device with a fT/fMAX 245GHz/450GHz as a key enabler for millimeter-wave low-power circuits to be used in automotive radar applications.
ASML, IMEC renew development pact
ASML, IMEC renew development pact
Market news |
ASML Holding NV, a leading developer of lithography equipment, and research institute IMEC has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement covering the period 2011 to 2015. The two organizations…
Broadcom, Freescale, Omnivision bring Ethernet to parking assistance system
Broadcom, Freescale, Omnivision bring Ethernet to parking assistance system
Technology News |
In an environment where an increasing amount of data needs to be processed, automotive data bus systems such as FlexRay and even MOST are hitting their limits. High-speed point-to-point connections…
Plessey samples electric potential sensor
Plessey samples electric potential sensor
Technology News |
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. (Plymouth, England) is now able to sample an electric potential sensor that detects changes in electric field, in contact, at a distance, through clothing and even through…
Enterprise tablet ready for business
Enterprise tablet ready for business
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Touchscreen tablets for the enterprise were unveiled by Motorola Solutions Inc., maker of push-to-talk radios and ruggedized wireless terminals for enterprises as diverse as first responders, warehouse managers and point-of-sale…
Farnell expands its Samtec product range
Farnell expands its Samtec product range
Business news |
Farnell has reached an agreement with interconnect product manufacturer Samtec to increase the number of the company's products it offers from 12,000 to 62,000. This significant increase in the connector…
Configurable PMIC family target Li-Ion battery based mobile applications
Configurable PMIC family target Li-Ion battery based mobile applications
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austriamicrosystems is introducing two new members of its Power Management IC (PMIC) family which feature essential power management building blocks and flexibility to provide a complete power solution for the…
Offline LED driver dims retrofit lamps to zero light intensity without flicker
Offline LED driver dims retrofit lamps to zero light intensity without flicker
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Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX16841, an offline LED driver that provides flicker-free dimming from maximum light intensity down to zero intensity with both leading-edge (triac) and trailing-edge (transistor)…
Specifying crystals with ±10ppm stabilities over the -40 to 85ºC range
Specifying crystals with ±10ppm stabilities over the -40 to 85ºC range
Feature articles |
In recent years IQD has seen many customer requests for crystals with a stability of ±10ppm over the operating temperaturerange of -40 to 85ºC. In some instances this specification may…
Meet the SERDES challenge: Design a high-speed serial backplane
Meet the SERDES challenge: Design a high-speed serial backplane
Technology News |
Dr. Michael Heimlich examines the design flow for a high-speed serial backplane to meet the challenge posed by SERDES technology.
Merck opens OLED lab in Korea
Merck opens OLED lab in Korea
Business news |
Chemical company Merck Advanced Technologies formally opened an OLED application development research center in the Advanced Technology Research Center (ATC) in Poseung, Pyeongtaek in South Korea. The lab will drive…
57-64 GHz LNA with integrated isolators
57-64 GHz LNA with integrated isolators
New Products |
The HLNAV-360 is a low noise amplifier with integrated isolators at the input and output ports. The LNA operates over the 57 to 64 GHz frequency band with 27 dB…
Plessey Semiconductors begins sampling of EPIC sensor samples
Plessey Semiconductors begins sampling of EPIC sensor samples
Technology News |
Commercial samples of Plessey Semiconductors' Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensors are now available. The first products are optimized for use as an ECG sensor and claim to provide a…
Automotive varistors deliver lowest leakage current available
Automotive varistors deliver lowest leakage current available
New Products |
Passive component manufacturer AVX Corporation has developed a varistor designed for general ESD protection use in automotive circuits, including CMOS, bi-polar, and SiGe based systems. The AEC Q200-qualified Automotive StaticGuard…
Iveco trucks take Wabco’s ABS on board
Iveco trucks take Wabco’s ABS on board
Business news |
Commercial vehicle industry supplier Wabco Holdings has entered into a long term agreement with Fiat subsididary Iveco to supply anti-lock braking systems (ABS) with Wabco's ESCsmart technology that certifies electronic…


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