McGill University in Canada has developed light-emitting diodes based on aluminium indium gallium nitride (AlInGaN) nanowires on silicon with spontaneous core-shell structures that inhibit non-radiative surface recombination, improving ...
US automotive giant Ford has revamped 2016 F-150 Limited pickup truck with luxury, connectivity and fuel efficiency by supplying it aluminum wheels, SYNC 3 and 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine. With the wheels of the 'Limited' model sporting ...
Tags: pickup truck, aluminum wheels, Ford
Analog Devices Inc (ADI) of Norwood, MA, USA (which provides ICs for analog and digital signal processing applications) has launched the HMC1127 and HMC1126 MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) distributed power amplifiers, based ...
Tags: electronics, semiconductor, Analog Devices, MMIC pHEMT
New vehicle segments don't come around often. So when Mazda had the opportunity to create its very own subcompact crossover to tackle the urban sprawl, as well as the road less-traveled, it did so the only way it would – with the ...
Spireon, a portfolio company of Bertram Capital, has announced the acquisition of privately held Inilex, a leader in next-generation GPS recovery software solutions. Their main product, Skylink, enables new car dealers to significantly ...
Researchers in China and Hong Kong have claimed the highest output power density and power-added efficiency reported to date for gallium nitride (GaN)-based enhancement-mode metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors ...
Tags: GaN MIS-HEMTs, PECVD ALD MOCVD
General Motors (GM) has issued a recall of 196,379 older Hummer SUVs to fix issues in ventilation fan motor control, which could lead to fire hazard. The issue in the ventilation fan motor control can sett off fire and so far the issue ...
Tags: auto parts, General Motors, Hummer SUVs, auto accessories, Hummer HT3
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA - a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) - has announced the UltraCMOS 11 platform, the first RF SOI technology built on the ...
Tags: Peregrine CMOS, SOI, RF, UltraCMOS technology, Semiconductor
TomTom (TOM2) has announced the availability of its complete TomTom connected navigation solution in the new ‘Masterpiece reloaded’ Fiat 500 Uconnect 5” Radio Nav LIVE system. For the first time on a Fiat 500, the ...
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PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cuming Microwave Corporation based in Avon, Massachusetts, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Cuming-Lehman Chambers, Inc., based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Financial ...
Tags: Specialty Coatings, PPG, Specialty Materials, paint pigment, coating
What is decribed as the first European-made device based on gallium nitride (GaN) to be sent into space has completed its second year of operations. Hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) on its Earth-observing Proba-V mini-satellite in ...
Buick is adopting the new Apple CarPlay capability for smartphones for its 2016 Regal and LaCrosse models to integrate phone applications with the cars’ radio displays. Establishing the connection with smartphone through its ...
Tags: Apple Carplay Capability, Buick, 2016 Models
S3 Group of Dublin, Ireland (an independent supplier of RF and mixed-signal IP and tailored silicon solutions to service operators, OEMs and semiconductor vendors) has made available what is claimed to be the first fully integrated, ...
Tags: RFIC, Single-Conversion Radio
Although wireless backhaul radio quantities will grow slowly to about 1.7 million units in 2019, price erosion will cause the corresponding RF component revenue in the segment to decline at a compound average growth rate (CAGR) of minus 2% ...
Tags: RF component, Electronics
Microsanj LLC of Santa Clara, CA, USA - a supplier of high-resolution, thermoreflectance imaging analysis (TIA) c, tools and consulting services - participated in three conferences during Microwave Week in Phoenix, Arizona. At the 2015 ...
Tags: TIA system, thermal imaging system