February 6, 2013 - IEEE Globecom, an international event dedicated to driving innovation in the telecom field, has initiated a Call for Papers for its 56th annual conference, being held December 9-13, 2013, in Atlanta, Ga. Detailed ...
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Researchers in Korea have used aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) heterostructures similar to high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) to create Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) with increased forward current without damaging the breakdown ...
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Three PLASA standards are now in public review. The public review materials for the standards are available at the web address below. The last day to comment for each of them is April 1. BSR E1.44 - 201x, Common Show File Exchange Format ...
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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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Researchers in Taiwan and USA have developed lateral insulated-gate bipolar junction transistors (IGBTs) using 4H silicon carbide (SiC) technology [Kuan-Wei Chu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 9 January 2013]. ...
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Using a long phrase or a short sentence as a password may not be as secure as some security experts think. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Software Research have found that long passwords that incorporate grammar ...
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Researchers from GLOBALFOUNDRIES, SEMATECH, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have extended their indium arsenide quantum well metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (InAs QW MOSFET) technology to some of the ...
Google thinks it might have found an answer to the vexing problem of forgotten or weak passwords: "physical" passwords, which might come in the form of a piece of jewelry such as a ring. In a research paper, two of its engineers write ...
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AWR Corp of El Segundo, CA, USA, a supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) software for designing RF and high-frequency components and systems, has announced AWR Design Environment V10.04. The firm’s first new software ...
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Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA has announced that co-founder Eric Lidow passed away on 18 January. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of Russia) over 100 years ago in 1912, ...
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Taiwan researchers have used a self-textured oxide mask (STOM) as a template to enhance the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of nitride 380nm ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 83% [Kun-Ching Shen et al, IEEE Electron ...
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Registration is now open for the 39th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), a technical gathering for PV scientists, engineers and stakeholders. The 2013 event will take place ...
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Despite news that Google’s security team is experimenting with ways to replace passwords for logging in to websites, security experts have warned that passwords should not yet be tossed. Many experts have, however, acknowledged that ...
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The Consumer Electronics Show just completed its Las Vegas run and SSL technology was showcased in products ranging from the latest TVs to retrofit lamps, and adaptive controls were prevalent as well. The annual Consumer Electronics Show ...
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A satellite operator's proposal to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi might actually give average Wi-Fi and Bluetooth users less bandwidth, according to some industry groups that have commented on the plan in filings to the FCC. The plan by ...
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