The U.S.Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a proposal that would allow AT&T to offer mobile broadband service on 20MHz of spectrum it purchased in August along with spectrum holding company NextWave Wireless. During ...
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The iPhone 5 is"geometrically more complex"than Apple's previous smartphones,a teardown expert said today after taking apart the company's newest device. "Across the board,this is geometrically more complex,and very,very interesting,"said ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced its first differential amplifiers which are programmable for variable gain. The 2.4GHz LMH6881 single-channel and 2.4GHz LMH6882 dual-channel amplifiers have a 6dB to 26dB gain range. "The programmable ...
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Cree, Inc. announces its latest silicon carbide (SiC) offering with low basal plane dislocation (LBPD) 100-mm 4H SiC epitaxial wafers. This LBPD material exhibits a total BPD density of < 1 cm-2 in the epitaxial drift layer, with BPDs ...
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Cree continues to lead the SiC materials marketplace in driving to larger diameters and this latest advancement lowers device cost and enables adoption for customers with existing 150-mm diameter device processing lines. 150-mm epitaxial ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced the availability of high-quality, low-micropipe 150mm 4H n-type silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers, with highly uniform epitaxial layers as thick as 100 microns available for immediate purchase ...
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A U.S.Department of Justice investigation has concluded that a multifaceted$3.9 billion agreement between Verizon Wireless and four of the largest cable TV network operators in the country could substantially harm competition and lead to ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2012 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $41.1m. This is down 17% on $49.5m a ...
Continued Innovation Results in Lamp that Delivers More than 1,300 Lumens at 152 Lumens Per Watt DURHAM, N.C. -- Demonstrating the future of lighting, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today unveiled a concept LED light bulb from its lighting ...
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Daintree Networks, Inc., and Philips announced an agreement to develop advanced lighting controls products for commercial buildings through the use of open standards such as ZigBee®, helping customers to avoid vendor lock-in and ensure ...
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Machine vision market'set for slower growth'18 Jul 2012 Global revenues grew more than 10%in 2011 to reach$2.9 billion,but this is unlikely to be sustained,says IMS Research. Check mate:Cognex's Checker 4G machine vision ...
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Toumaz is to acquire Frontier Silicon,for up to 32.3m pound,and is raising cash with new shares. Both are UK fabless chip companies,with Frontier servicing a large share of the global DAB chip market and Toumaz concentrating on wireless ...
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22 June 2012 Fujitsu develops first high-output,single-chip 10GHz transceiver using GaN HEMT At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS 2012)in Montreal,Canada(17-21 June),Fujitsu Laboratories of Kawasaki,Japan presented what ...
High-reliability must be combined with low power design for space systems which is why choice of an IP processor core can be critical,writes Chris RobertsChips used in space,cars and medical devices face some of the harshest operating ...
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Mouser Electronics,Inc.,regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components,today announced it is stocking new LEDs from Avago Technologies. Avago Technologies TheiaLED Series ...
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