The open-access paper The role of photonics in energy, authored by a team including Zakya Kafafi of Lehigh University, editor of the Journal of Photonics for Energy, traces the development of the science of light from the Arab scholar Ibn ...
General Motors is going to launch the European version of its Chevy Bolt in 2017 as Ampera-e. It is expected to be priced at $30,000. The announcement was made at the CAR Symposium in Bochum, Germany by General Motors CEO Mary Barra. ...
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University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA has been developing a hybrid technique to create III-nitride tunnel junctions (TJs) using a combination of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and molecular beam epitaxy ...
Tags: Gallium Nitride Tunnel, Hybrid
Qorvo Inc (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) says that its recently launched RFPA55X2 Wi-Fi power amplifier (PA) family is enabling many of today's leading home and ...
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FormFactor Inc of Livermore, CA, USA (which provides wafer test technologies and expertise) has agreed to acquire Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton, OR, USA (which provides equipment enabling precision contact, electrical measurement and ...
Tags: LED devices, wafer
For fourth-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a seventh consecutive quarter of revenue ...
North Carolina State University (NCSU) has discovered a new phase of boron nitride (Q-BN) that has potential applications for both manufacturing tools and electronic displays. The researchers have also developed a new technique for creating ...
Tags: cubic boron nitride, Boron Nitride
The global visible light communication (VLC) market will post a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 64% to more than $8bn in 2019, according to the report 'Global Visible Light Communication Market 2015-2019' by ...
Tags: LED market, Visible Light
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has expanded its video library on GaN ...
Tags: EPC, E-mode GaN FETs, GaN-on-Si
Unimog all-terrain rescuing truck was modified on the basis of Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5000 chasis, Europe Ⅴ Emission Standards, and double driving cab which can hold one driver and four passengers. It was modified by Austria AMP, the ...
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The global metal-organic chemical vapor phase deposition (MOCVD) market for power electronics is will rise at a striking compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 40% to more than $205m in 2019, according to the report 'Global MOCVD Market ...
Tags: MOCVD, Power electronics
Barclays has updated the Barclaycard app for Android to enable customers to make contactless payments using their smartphones. In lieu of Android Pay remaining a US-only proposition at present, Barclays is introducing the stopgap ...
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Everything you need to know about MWC 2016, from show dates and attendees to the likely big announcements This year's Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona from February 22 through to February 25. MWC invariably proves to be ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has unveiled its suite of 75Ω low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) and high-performance switches supporting higher data rates across ...
Samsung is to incorporate SmartThings control into its entire 2016 TV range. The promise of the smart home revolution hasn't quite come to fruition in 2015 as many people expected, but 2016 has a good shot at taking things further. One ...
Tags: Smart Home Controls, Samsung, TV Range