Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara,CA,USA has unveiled new technologies and developments for RF power amplifier design that will be part of the next major release of its flagship Advanced Design System electronic design ...
Tags: EDA, Software, Digital Applications, Microwave
In booth 1210 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17-22 June),RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA is showcasing its broad portfolio of products and technologies for the wireless and wired ...
Raytheon Company of Waltham,MA,USA says that its technology facility in Glenrothes,Scotland,UK has been awarded grant funding by the Technology Strategy Board(TSB,the UK government's national innovation agency)that will be used to support ...
Tags: Raytheon, SiC-on-Silicon, ICs, Energy
ANR(the French National Research Agency)and CEA(the French Atomic and Renewable Energy Commission)have signed an agreement forming the Grenoble Institute of Technological Research(IRT):NanoElec Program. Centered on Grenoble,the IRT ...
Tags: NanoElec IRT, Grenoble, CEA-Leti, 3D IC integration
Power Integrations has released a reference design kit for a 150 W,48 V power supply for LED streetlights and other industrial/infrastructure lighting systems.The driver circuit described in RDR-292 is more than 93%efficient at 230 VAC ...
Tags: Power Integrations LED Driver, lighting systems, resonant converter IC
Cooper Lighting,an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry,has announced the expansion of the IRiS™Lighting System's architectural product line to ...
Tags: Cooper Lighting, LED Recessed Luminaire, IRiS Lighting System
Cadence is working with foundry TSMC on a tool chain and process for 3D chip designs. 3D chip design incorporates multi-chip packages and even multi-die devices with through silicon via(TSV)interconnect technologies.This requires that the ...
Tags: TSMC and Cadence, 3D Chips, intellectual property, through silicon via
High level of integration brings performance and cost benefits to LED streetlights,parking garages,tunnels,warehouses and industrial lighting Power Integrations,maker of the world's most efficient,longest-lasting off-line LED driver ...
Tags: 150 W LED-Driver, Calif, Power Integrations, RDK-292
Following opening of the competition last Autumn and closing for applications in December,the'Technology Inspired Innovation'competition for collaborative research&development funding in the UK has now resulted in 43 projects being chosen ...
Tags: UK funds, compound semiconductor, Photonics and Electrical Systems
4 June 2012 Handset RF device market to grow from$3.8bn to$5bn in 2016 As handset RF front ends(containing gallium arsenide)are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the 4G era,they cost$9-11 for 4G devices,which is twice that for 3G and ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany says that in fourth-quarter 2011 it received an order for an AIX 2600G3 IC MOCVD reactor in 12x4"-wafer configuration from existing customer Jenoptik Diode Lab GmbH,which ...
Tags: MOCVD, High-Power, Laser, Material
The French government is supporting the creation of a semiconductor research centre in Grenoble. The Grenoble-based Institute of Technological Research(IRT)will be the centre for the NanoElec Programme,a collaboration between ...
Tags: semiconductor, ST, CEA
HiWave,the audio and haptic touch specialist,achieved 27 design wins in 2011 and is looking to double in size. Anyone with a technology which can stimulate nerve endings is sitting on a value proposition.This is what HiWave brings to the ...
Tags: HiWave, audio and haptic touch specialist, touch sensation, Samsung, HTC
National Instruments is collaborating with TU-Dresden on a project to investigate technologies for 5G wireless systems. This is early research in the Dresden-based university in to 5G wireless systems which will eventually follow 4G ...
Tags: National Instruments, 5G wireless systems, TU-Dresden, NI, TU
Analog IC design house On-Bright Electronics has forecast revenues for the second quarter of 2012 will grow 50-60% sequentially to NT$540-570 million (US$18-19 million). The firm credited its positive guidance to growing demand for power ...
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