Dublin-based fab-less chip company Ikon Semiconductor has jumped into the competitive LED light bulb market with its first product: a dimmable single-stage ac-dc converter. Like iWatt's new chip for non-dimmable bulbs (see page??), Ikon ...
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Photovoltaic inverter design is now seen as the crucial element in solar power development, writes James Turner, and he discusses some of the challenges that can shape PV inverter design. Over the last few years the photovoltaic (PV) ...
Kemet and NEC Tokin have completed the first step in their alliance with a payment of $50m (approximately Yen 4.4bn) by Kemet into NEC Tokin. The alliance with NEC Tokin, which was agreed last March, will potentially double ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed radio frequency switches based on nitride semiconductor voltage-controlled capacitors (varactors) [F. Jahan et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 9 January 2013]. The team, consisting of engineers from ...
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Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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iWatt has taken a step into the non-dimmable power factor corrected LED bulb market with its first ac-dc product to feature an npn power switch. "This is new for us: non-dimmable plus PFC. Dimmable bill-of-materials is around $2. This is ...
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A non-dimmable, single-stage architecture seeks to minimize the bill of materials for LED A-lamps, thereby opening the market to greater SSL adoption. Power IC specialist iWatt has introduced a single-stage LED driver IC that is ...
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Linear Technology has introduced a 15dB amplifier dynamic range from 20MHz to 1GHz in 100ohm differential designs. Two performance grades are available: at 240MHz, the A-grade OIP3 is typically 50dBm and is fully tested and guaranteed ...
Vishay has introduced a series of moulded solid tantalum chip capacitors for space-constrained consumer electronics. The TL8 series devices come in case sizes down to 0805 and profiles from 0.8 to 1.0mm. For example, there is a 10V ...
Anglia Components has made is biggest move into the online component distribution market with the launch of a website for design engineers. The website, called Anglia Live, will give visibility of the volume availability of ...
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Micron on Thursday unveiled its first terabyte-sized solid-state drive (SSD) for consumers, the Crucial M500, which will sell for under $600, or 60 cents per gigabyte. The new SSD, almost doubles the capacity over its predecessor the ...
Significant overcapacity and low LED substrate prices will affect the profitability and viability of many sapphire players in 2013 and beyond. So says a new market report 'Sapphire Substrates 2013' from analyst company Yole ...
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Yole Développement announces its report"Sapphire Substrates 2013".This report provides a detailed analysis of the sapphire industry,including revenue,volume and price trends for all major substrate applications.It also includes an ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a regulation on Wednesday requiring companies to publicly disclose if they used minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining ...
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Intel today announced its third-generation, enterprise-class solid-state drive series (SSD) that adds 15 times the maximum sequential write performance and twice the read performance of its predecessor. The price for the new Intel ...
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