22 June 2012 Peregrine announces low-insertion-loss SP3T RF switch Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego,CA,USA,a fabless provider of radio-frequency(RF)integrated circuits(ICs)based on silicon-on-sapphire(SOS),has introduced its SP3T ...
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory(RAL)in Oxfordshire has developed a high-resolution wafer-scale image sensor for medical imaging,that can be butted on three sides for 2xN applications. The sensor is 120x145mm,including a 139.2x120mm ...
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20 June 2012 Avago launches wireless products for3G/4G small-cell base stations and portable GPS systems Avago Technologies(which supplies wireless components for cellular base stations,macrocells,other communications subsystems,and ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz(which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek,Israel,and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach,CA,USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd)and Phasor Solutions Ltd of ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell,MA,USA(which makes analog semiconductors,components and subassemblies for RF,microwave and millimeter-wave applications)has launched a 6-bit addition to its family of digital phase shifters for ...
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Singapore and Hong Kong researchers have developed a gold-free CMOS-compatible process for nitride semiconductor metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors(MOS-HEMTs)[Xinke Liu et ...
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Intel's finfets are a'complicated and difficult'technology solution,says Professor Asen Asenov of Glasgow University and founder and CEO of Gold Standard Simulations(GSS)the leading CMOS statistical variability simulation house. "It's ...
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Japanese Nara Institute of Science and Technology has made a breakthrough on integrated optical neural stimulation and observation device incorporating an LED and a CMOS image sensor, which will help researchers in the field of ...
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But the leading manufacturer of CMOS image sensors still sees a need to diversify outside of consumer applications. Diversification strategy:medical applications OmniVision Technologies has reported a strong sequential increase in ...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have found that a post-etch anneal dramatically improves the performance of their self-aligned indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum-well metal–oxide–semiconductor ...
ST-Ericsson has had its modem/applications processor integrated chip NovaThor adopted by a smartphone called Coolpad launched by China Unicom and Yulong Telecommunications this week. ST-E has been looking to diversify its client base ...
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IBM announced it will build a powerful, new multi-channel, eCommerce engine for C&A. In the future, C&A wants to make even better use of the upward trend in online apparel sales with double digit growth rates during the last years. A ...
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At Lightfair 2012,Lighting Science Group introduced fine motion control for occupancy sensing while Juno Lighting Group and Osram Sylvania rolled-out incandescent-like dimming products.At Lightfair 2012,Lighting Science ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine,CA,USA,which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets,has published the white paper'CMOS Wi-Fi RF Front-Ends for ...
In the presence of Flemish Minister Ingrid Lieten and Limburg Governor Herman Reynders,EpiGaN nv of Hasselt,Belgium has officially opened its new production site in Research Campus Hasselt(RCH)as the location for volume production of its ...