Despite skepticism in the chip industry that Moore’s Law could be reaching its limits, MIT Researchers believe that they have found a way to enable semiconductor manufacturers to continue shrinking geometries below 20 nanometer and ...
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In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany notes that it is known that some properties of gallium nitride (GaN)-based light-emitting quantum wells (QW) can be improved by using a-plane III-nitrides. However, during ...
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Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), has enhanced its S-Series signal generators (SGA and SGD) with improved phase noise and better RF level accuracy. At a carrier frequency of 1?GHz, phase noise ...
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In a recent early online edition of Nature Chemistry, ASU scientists, along with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, have reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf. Designing an artificial leaf that uses ...
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We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to ...
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In our daily lives we tend to think of electrical conductivity as largely static: Copper is a good choice for conduction; clay is not. But heat up that copper wire, and electron conduction slows. Give a flake of that ceramic a good squeeze, ...
The U.S. economy increased at a revised 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, down from an originally reported 3.2% gross domestic product figure, the Commerce Department reported. The reading was lower than economists' median forecast ...
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On February 27, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-February (Feb. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6888 million mt, ...
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Volvo Car Group’s new Drive-E powertrains – offering a world-class blend of drivability and low CO2 emissions – are now also available for the Volvo V40 and V40 Cross Country. The CO2 emissions of the 190 hp Volvo V40 D4 ...
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Ethanol output in Brazil's key producing Center South region was 13.995 million liters in the first 15 days of February, data released Wednesday by trade group Unica showed. Of this, 9.051 million liters was anhydrous ethanol, and 4.944 ...
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Capilano Honey has reported a large increase in net profit before tax at $2.9 million, for the six month period ended 31 December. The figure is more than twice last year's $1.02 million profit, and the Company's revenue has risen to ...
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Ultra-compact yellow LED for extreme demands in headlamps The yellow Oslon Compact LED from Osram immediately opens up new design options for turn indicators in vehicle forward lighting. With package dimensions of 1.5 mm x 1.9 mm x 0.7 mm ...
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Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head, lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them. Manufacturers unleashed a battery of new wearable devices at the ...
With package dimensions of 1.5 mm x 1.9 mm x 0.7 mm the new version is so small and yet so powerful that it is ideal for use in light guide applications. This high-power LED, based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN), offers extremely ...
Tags: compact design, Plenty of light, premium automotive segment
Institute of Electronic, Microelectronic and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France and EpiGaN nv in Belgium have claimed a record combination of specific on-resistance and breakdown voltage for a double heterostructure field-effect transistor ...