At this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), taking place March 17-19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX, API will be showcasing our Power Systems and Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS) ...
RF front-end component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA says that its Spatium technology achieves unprecedented levels of Ka-band solid-state power, bandwidth and efficiency, providing greater broadband capacity and ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has added to its GaN in Plastic series with a wideband packaged ...
Tags: military radar, reliable high-voltage operation, CW modes
Quiksilver Inc, the parent of Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes, reported revenues declined 4.6 percent in its first quarter ended Jan. 31, to $393 million compared with $412 million a year ago. Revenues were down 2 percent, or $9 million, in ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
In the last century, silicon-based power electronics (which control or convert electrical energy into usable power) transformed the computing, communication, electric vehicle and energy industries and gave consumers and businesses more ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Semiconductors
Old materials are new again as companies scramble to replace polycarbonate dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to ...
At 29th annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2014) in Fort Worth, TX, USA (16-20 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon ...
Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has introduced what it says is the first 3GHz RF-modulated, wavelength-tunable optical transmitter in a small-form-factor module. With its wide RF ...
Tags: Finisar, RF-Over-Fiber Transmitter
One part power electronics and one part networking and communications technology, microinverters and DC optimizers (commonly referred to as module-level power electronics, or MLPEs) are playing an increasingly significant role in ...
Tags: renewable energy, Microinverters, DC Power
Discovery by North Carolina researchers described at biophysical society meeting may advance development of vaccines to fight global, mosquito-borne scourge Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, ...
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Direct Current (DC) ratings for current and voltage are not easy to come by. A review of Industry Standards shows that AC current and voltage ratings are abundant while DC ratings receive little attention. So here are a few guidelines. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Tentatively titled Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game At New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment revealed the first look at its upcoming board game based on the Portal video game series. Tentatively titled Portal: ...
Tags: Portal, Cryptozoic Games, Toys
Institute of Electronic, Microelectronic and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France and EpiGaN nv in Belgium have claimed a record combination of specific on-resistance and breakdown voltage for a double heterostructure field-effect transistor ...
Feb 24, 2014 01:48 PM ARLINGTON, VA — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is taking comments on its proposed clearinghouse for drug and alcohol test results until April 21. It will post a final rule after it has ...
Tags: FMCSA, Drug, Alcohol Reg, PCP
The National Corn Growers Association brought the interests of America’s corn farmers to the table yesterday for a lively discussion of federal activity impacting ethanol and gasoline markets during the National Ethanol Conference. ...
Tags: Corn, Ethanol Industry