Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd of Leeds, UK (which was spun out in 2006 from the diamond electronics team of Element Six and specializes in high-performance microwave power amplifiers) has re-designed its range of gallium nitride (GaN)-based ...
Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan is launching what it claims is the industry's smallest enhancement-mode (E-mode) gallium nitride (GaN) power transistor, encapsulating into an 8x8 dual-flat no-lead (DFN) 'X-GaN' surface-mount package. A ...
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Driveline and chassis technology provider ZF Friedrichshafen has acquired TRW Automotive Holdings for an undisclosed amount. TRW Automotive manufactures and supplies aftermarket products, braking products, chassis, commercial steering ...
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
Australian supermarkets Woolworths and Coles, along with food brands Kellogg’s, Vegemite and Milo are among the top 10 ‘meaningful brands’ for Australians, according to new findings from communications and marketing ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which manufactures silicon carbide (SiC)-based power products, has launched what it claims is the first 900V MOSFET platform. Optimized for high-frequency power electronics applications, including renewable ...
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Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported net sales increased 7 percent to $133.1 million in the fiscal second quarter ended April 3 compared to a year earlier, driven by growth at it Marine Electronics, Watercraft and Outdoor Gear units. Foreign ...
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According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “Smart Lighting Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020,” global smart lightning market was valued at ...
Tags: Smart Lighting, LED Lamps
Capacity utilization rates at 8-inch wafer fabs have fallen at a faster-than-expected pace recently prompting foundry houses to lower their quotes, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. LCD driver IC suppliers have cut ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched a high-linearity 6W power amplifier, suited to ...
Tags: Power Amplifier, Electronics
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has predicted that the semiconductor market is unlikely to return to its seasonal growth pattern until the third quarter of 2015. A seasonal pick-up in demand usually starts ...
Taiwanese LED maker Everlight Electronics Co Ltd says that, on 22 April, the jury before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that all asserted claims of the white LED patents of Japan's Nichia Corp are invalid ...
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Researchers in Korea and USA have developed sidewall emission-enhanced (SEE) deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency DUV LEDs with wavelengths less than 300nm become very inefficient due ...
Tags: Light-Emitting Diodes, LEDs
TRW Automotive has agreed to sell its linkage and suspension business to THK for $400m in an all-cash deal. The linkage and suspension business generates revenues of $550m. Subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals, ...
Tags: TRW Automotive, Linkage