Integrated Receiver For High Frequency Applications On A Tiny Chip

The receiver is just a few square millimetre and is suitable for new safety systems, image sensors, and radio communication for high bitrates. The receiver is an electronic circuit including antenna, low noise amplifier, and frequency converter monolithically integrated on gallium...

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Five key tips for using an oscilloscope

The oscilloscope is one of the most widely used pieces of test equipment. It is used my many engineers almost every day and as a result it sometimes helps to recap some simple but important tips that enable the best to be gained from this type of test equipment.When making measurements using an oscilloscope there are a number of pitfalls...

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Dual Multiband Transceiver with FPGA Offers Improved Signal-to-Noise, SFDR

Pentek released its Model 7141 Dual Multiband Transceiver with FPGA. It is a complete software radio system for connection to HF or IF ports of a communications system. The device's signal-to-noise ratio and the spurious free dynamic range are improved by 10 dB, when compared to...

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Sony becomes latest to quit rear-projection TVs

Sony Corp said on Thursday it would stop making rear-projection televisions, becoming the latest company to distance itself from a technology once seen as a promising rival of LCD and plasma displays in the flat-TV market. Sony said it would focus its resources...

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Integrated Circuits And How They Affect You

Integrated circuits have played a large role in the development of all the technological wonders that populate the world today. But what is an integrated circuit? How does it apply to you? How has their development changed your life? To answer these questions, we must first work to understand them as a whole. Integrated circuits, or...

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SiBar™ Devices Help Protect High Data Rate Telcom and Datacom Equipment

Tyco Electronics expands its Raychem™ brand SiBar™ thyristor series to include new bi-directional transient voltage surge suppressors with an expanded range of voltages and lower capacitance to help protect high-speed ADSL/VDSL modems, Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet and other high data rate communications equipment. Product Features GR-1089...

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New Scale Debuts World's Smallest Linear Motor

At 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 mm, Latest Piezoelectric SQUIGGLE Motor is Half the Size of Other Micro-Motors; Offers Ten Times the Precision and Push Force May 25, 2006 - Victor, NY - The latest SQUIGGLE motor from New Scale Technologies,...

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New High-Power LED Driver from Catalyst Semiconductor Optimized for Rapidly Growing, Mid-Size LCD Panel Market

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors has expanded its line of high-power LED drivers with a new device optimized for the rapidly growing mid-size LCD panel market. The new CAT4139 boost converter provides a switch current up to 750mA and drives LED strings up...

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Rohde & Schwarz unveils fast production tester for wireless devices up to 6 GHz

The R&S CMW500 non-signaling tester delivers high speed, accuracy, and high scalability when used in the production of wireless devices. Featuring a frequency range up to 6 GHz and an IF bandwidth of 40 MHz/70 MHz (analyzer/generator), the production tester has been designed to anticipate future technological developments, This ensures...

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NI intros high-performance Smart Camera family

National Instruments has announced the NI 1722 and NI 1742 Smart Cameras to provide engineers and scientists with high-performance systems at a low cost. The NI Smart Cameras are embedded devices that combine an industrial controller with an image sensor and integrate with NI vision software to offer image processing directly on the cameras,...

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Nanotube-producing Bacteria Show Manufacturing Promise

The research team believes this is the first time nanotubes have been shown to be produced by biological rather than chemical means. It opens the door to the possibility of cheaper and more environmentally friendly manufacture of electronic materials. The team, including Nosang V. Myung, associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering...

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Sim Free Nokia Mobile Phones-another Leap in Mobile Technology

Mobile phones these days are not just about staying in touch. They are also about convenience and cost effective communication. To cater to the changing style and requirements of phone users and to stay ahead of the competition, mobile companies have to come up with innovative and cutting edge technology everyday. SIM free mobile phones...

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Watch Satellite TV on Computer and Save on Subscription Fees

If you are still paying monthly satellite TV subscription bills, you might find it a huge relief to know that know you can watch satellite TV on computer for an affordable one-time software download fee. Though the concept is still new, it is becoming increasingly popular among satellite TV viewers for a number of obvious reasons. 1....

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SMD-type DC/DC converter has up to 5W power rating

Source : Click here    Taiwan – Minmax Technology Co. Ltd offers its...

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Radio-on-chip breaks low-power barrier for mobile devices

Source : Click hereConsumes 70% less power in active mode than competitive solutions and near-zero power in standby Claimed to feature breakthrough low power for mobile WLAN solutions, the AR6002 radio-on-chip consumes 70% less power than competitive solutions on the...

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MIMO technology to boost WiFi networking speed

Source : Click hereAtheros, the WiFi chip company, is pushing 802.11n multiple input multiple output MIMO WiFi as a technology which will double range and increase actual data throughput by six times, despite questions over the technology's attractions.There are questions over interoperability, over the willingness of hot-spot owners to...

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Sealed Beam LED Marker and Floodlight

Source : Click here LEDtronics announced their PAR36 Series Marker Lamps and Floodlights designed as an energy-saving substitute for PAR36 sealed beam lamps. suitable industrial vehicles, golf carts, architectural accent lighting, low-heat medical spotlighting, emergency...

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Encapsulated 15W to 40W PCB-Mount Supplies

Source : Click here Lambda introduced its new KM-family of encapsulated AC/DC power supplies designed for applications that require robust, encapsulated, lightweight and compact power supplies. Single, dual and triple output models are available with power ratings...

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LCDs and Plasma Televisions Highly Reliable

Source : Click hereFamed product review organization Consumer Reports has found that LCD and plasma televisions are generally very reliable and require few repairs during their first three years of service. The findings are potentially significant as the end-of-year holiday buying season begins, and electronics retailers pressure...

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Bug Labs lets consumers build their own gadgets

Source : Click here The BUGbase, the hub that every BUGmodule snaps into. Image credit: Bug Labs. A New York company called Bug Labs has recently released information about their new product called BUG. A collection of various open source hardware modules, BUG...

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A series of Langer’s IC EMC testing devices available from Westek Electronics

Source : Click here Langer's IC EMC testing devicesLanger EMV Technik has released a series of IC EMC testing devices including RF current measurement and burst injection probes, as well as a pulse burst generator. These devices permit a comprehensive suite of emission and immunity...

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Hua Hong NEC Releases USB Inter-Chip PHY IP for Embedded Flash Process Platform

Source : Click here Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co Ltd has released the USB Inter-Chip PHY IP (HQUSBFI001) for 0.25µm embedded Flash process platform. The HQUSBFI001 is characterized by its advanced low-power performance, which is important to portable application IC designers. It can be set up on standard or ultra-low power mode...

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Op amps enable low-power instrumentation

Source : Click hereDual and quad CMOS op amps rival the best bipolar amplifiers in DC performance while achieving picoampere input bias currents Linear Technology reckons its newest CMOS op amps push the limits of precision with 3.5MHz gain-bandwidth product and less than 90uV offset over the entire -40 to +125C temperature range. Featuring...

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Wireless Sensors To Monitor Bearings In Jet Engines Developed

Source : Click hereResearchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside jet engines to detect when critical bearings are close to failing and prevent breakdowns.The devices...

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TDK Prototypes Holographic Material w/ Enhanced Recording Capability of 76 Gbits/inch2TDK Prototypes Holographic Material w/ Enhanced Recording Capability of 76 Gbits/inch2

TDK Corp prototyped a material with enhanced recording capability intended for holographic media and presented the results of recording/playback using this material. The material has a high M# of 41.8/mm. The M# indicates the overwriting capability of holographic media. As the M# gets higher, the degree of data multiplexing can be increased...

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Tokai University Develops New Transparent Conductor w/o Using Indium

Source : Click here   Masashi Chiba, associate professor at Tokai University, explains the new transparent conductive film by using a model of Mg(OH)2 crystal. Researchers of the School of High Technology for Human Welfare at Tokai University announced that they...

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Ultra-Small, RoHS-Compliant Quartz Crystals with Wide Frequency and Operating Temperature Ranges

Source : Click hereMMD Components introduced an ultra-miniature quartz crystal that has a wide frequency range of 16 MHz to 60 MHz and can operate in temperatures as low as -40°C and as high as +85°C. Measuring only 2 mm × 2.5 mm, with a maximum profile of just 0.55 mm,...

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Epson Commercializes Non-Contact Power Transmission Module

Source : Click here Seiko Epson Corp has commercialized what it claims is a highly efficient module enabling non-contact power transmission. The product comprises a power transmission module and a power receiving module. Using these two elements as a set enables transmission of...

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Sony Introduces Automatic Optical Inspection Machine for PWBs

Source : Click here Sony Manufacturing Systems America Inc (SMSA) has announced an automatic optical inspection (AOI) machine that delivers high-speed operation with accuracy and flexibility in a compact design. Suitable for the detection of inaccurate component mounting, reversed components, missing components, incorrect polarity, missing...

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30W DC/DC Converter has 4:1 Input

Source : Click hereV-Infinity introduced a line of 30W DC/DC converters. The VSCQ30 series is compact, has a wide 4:1 input range, and excels in environments where space is at a premium and high efficiency is demanded.  The pin mount version measures 2" x 1.6"....

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CamSemi Secures $26 Million Funding To Continue Development of Energy Efficient Products

Source : Click here   CamSemi announced the completion of what is described as one of the largest VC funding rounds for a European fabless semiconductor company this year by raising US$26 million (&Euro;13 million). The C round funding, led by 3i and existing shareholders Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and TTP Ventures, sees the...

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