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Temperature-to-voltage converter measures remote diodes with 1 degree C accuracy
Temperature-to-voltage converter measures remote diodes with 1 degree C accuracy
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Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high accuracy temperature-to-voltage converter with built-in series resistance cancellation for 2.5 V to 5.5…
Direct RF-sampling ADCs aims to revolutionize radio architectures
Direct RF-sampling ADCs aims to revolutionize radio architectures
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National Semiconductor Corp., has introduced a family of analog-to-digital converters that the company claims are the industry’s first to directly…
Cadence acquires Azuro to strengthen power and performance of SoC designs
Cadence acquires Azuro to strengthen power and performance of SoC designs
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has acquired Azuro, Inc., a company that is a pioneer of the digital implementation and optimization…
Elmos equips signal readout chip with SENT interface
Elmos equips signal readout chip with SENT interface
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The E520.33 sensor signal readout IC has a SENT interface. According to chip vendor Elmos AG, this feature makes the…

Intersil introduces AEC-Q100 qualified version of dual synchronous step-down DC/DC regulator
Intersil introduces AEC-Q100 qualified version of dual synchronous step-down DC/DC regulator
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Intersil Corporation has developed an AEC-Q100 qualified version of the ISL8088 - a high efficiency, dual synchronous step-down DC/DC regulator. The ISL78228 is designed to provide regulated power for use…
Energy Micro adds 12 energy friendly devices to its Cortex-M3 microcontroller range
Energy Micro adds 12 energy friendly devices to its Cortex-M3 microcontroller range
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Energy Micro is making the company’s EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko product lines in a QFP64 package. The new 64-pin devices are suitable for smart metering applications as well as…
Micralyne and A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates partner on MEMS design and prototyping
Micralyne and A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates partner on MEMS design and prototyping
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Micralyne, a pure-play MEMS foundry serving high-performance biomedical, telecommunications and industrial markets, and A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates (AMFitzgerald), a MEMS product development firm, announced a strategic partnership which will put…
Thunderbolt: A lot of noise, but very little spark
Thunderbolt: A lot of noise, but very little spark
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The newly released Thunderbolt interconnect provides two channels of bi-directional data transfer at 10-Gbps rates, which admittedly is way beyond an order of magnitude more than what the USB 2.0…
IMEC identifies hot spots in 3-D mixed IC stacks
IMEC identifies hot spots in 3-D mixed IC stacks
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IMEC researchers have proven out that its 3-D design tools have the appropriate thermal models for designing next-generation 3-D stacked chips.
Semikron adds 12 300 m² of modern logistics to its headquarters in Nuremberg
Semikron adds 12 300 m² of modern logistics to its headquarters in Nuremberg
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Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Semikron the company further expands its headquarters in Nuremberg. A state-of-the-art logistics centre with an utilisation area of 12 300 m² is added to…
M12 circular hybrid technology connectors with rugged IP67-sealing
M12 circular hybrid technology connectors with rugged IP67-sealing
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Molex's innovative Brad Micro-Change M12 circular hybrid technology (CHT) connector combines Cat 5e data speed and power supply for high signal integrity and excellent performance. By combining both the power…
Illuminated keypad with patented light-guide plungers
Illuminated keypad with patented light-guide plungers
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Specialising in economical solutions for individual keypad designs, Mentor has developed patented illuminated plungers for use in short stroke pushbuttons. This low cost plunger series is well suited for all…
AMD contest to create heterogeneous compute applications
AMD contest to create heterogeneous compute applications
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AMD announced the AMD OpenCL Coding Competition, being run by software development leader TopCoder. This contest is intended to encourage the creation of applications that take advantage of OpenCL as…
Connectors combine high signal integrity with IP67
Connectors combine high signal integrity with IP67
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Molex has introduced the Brad Micro-Change M12 Circular Hybrid Technology (CHT) connector that combines Cat 5e data speed and power supply in one M12 connector, reducing footprint and costs in…
Toumaz forms joint venture to commercialise its Sensium Digital Plaster
Toumaz forms joint venture to commercialise its Sensium Digital Plaster
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Toumaz Ltd has established a new joint venture with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's company California Capital Equity LLC ('CCE’), to expand the commercialisation and distribution of the Sensium Digital Plaster. The…
Austriamicrosystems collaborates with F-Brain to support foundry customers on backend test solutions in Japan
Austriamicrosystems collaborates with F-Brain to support foundry customers on backend test solutions in Japan
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Austriamicrosystems' Full Service Foundry is to collaborate with F-Brain Co., Ltd to serve Japanese foundry customers on backend test solutions developed for the advanced LTX-Credence X-Series test platform.
LCD TV brands and OEMs revise business plans to adapt to weak sell-through market
LCD TV brands and OEMs revise business plans to adapt to weak sell-through market
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TV brands have been adjusting their 2011 LCD TV business plans downward at a rapid pace, in acknowledgement of the fact that end-market demand is not what they had expected.
MEMS 10 times better than crystal VCTCXO and TCXO
MEMS 10 times better than crystal VCTCXO and TCXO
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With 500 million hours MTBF, MEMS offer 10 times better reliability than comparable quartz oscillators, says MSC. It now offers the new Encore-based SiT500x family of MEMS VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled…
OK Labs gets boost from Qualcomm
OK Labs gets boost from Qualcomm
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Through its integration with select Qualcomm chipsets such as the MSM8xxx Mobile Station Modem series and the Snapdragon family, OK Labs says it virtualisation technology, OKL4, can now be found…
High-performance MEMS VCTCXOs offer stability benefits
High-performance MEMS VCTCXOs offer stability benefits
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MSC is now offering the new Encore-based SiT500x family of MEMS VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator) from SiTime. The SiT500x family features a ±0.5 ppm and 500 femtoseconds…
ST gets Air for TV
ST gets Air for TV
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STMicroelectonics has claimed a significant step forward in its third generation TV SoC platform for STBs, with the successful porting and certification of Adobe AIR 2.5 for TV. It enables…
Direct RF-sampling ADC aims to revolutionize radio architectures
Direct RF-sampling ADC aims to revolutionize radio architectures
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National Semiconductor has introduced a family of analog-to-digital converters that the company claims are the industry’s first to directly sample RF signals beyond 2.7 GHz, with third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3)…
Solarbuzz forecast PV equipment spending to fall by half in 2012
Solarbuzz forecast PV equipment spending to fall by half in 2012
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PV equipment spending for c-Si ingot-to-module and thin-film panels is forecast to decline sharply in 2012 to $7.6 billion, down 47% Y/Y from a record level of $14.2 billion in…
Temperature-to-voltage converter measures remote diodes with 1 °C accuracy
Temperature-to-voltage converter measures remote diodes with 1 °C accuracy
New Products |
Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high accuracy temperature-to-voltage converter with built-in series resistance cancellation for 2.5 V to 5.5 V systems. Many low voltage systems today rely on temperature…
LEM agrees extended partnership deal with SIGNALTEC for power electronics analysis
LEM agrees extended partnership deal with SIGNALTEC for power electronics analysis
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LEM has agreed an extended sales partnership deal with SIGNALTEC which will aim to grow the sales of the LEM Danfysik high precision current transducers in the test and measurement…
Efficiency of half-bridge vs. inverter DC/DC topologies (Part 1 of 2)
Efficiency of half-bridge vs. inverter DC/DC topologies (Part 1 of 2)
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Dave Divins of International Rectifier Corp. examines switching topologies including half-bridge and inverter topologies, the end applications, and how their components and component parameters affect overall efficiency.
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part Two
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part Two
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Dr Scott Brown is CEO of Nexeon outlines in the second part of this two-part article that discusses how silicon can be used in place of carbon for battery anodes…
Balancing safety and cost-effectiveness in solar power inverter installations
Balancing safety and cost-effectiveness in solar power inverter installations
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Bernard Richard, Claude Gudel and Stephane Rollier of LEM examine how to balance safety and cost-effectiveness issues that relates to solar power inverter installations.


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