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Active OR’ing Controller from Diodes Incorporated Increases Maximum Voltage to 200V for High Reliability Power Systems

July 27, 2016

Plano, Texas – July 26, 2016 – Targeted at power systems that use redundancy to achieve high reliability in telecom, data center and server applications, the ZXGD3111N7 active OR-ing MOSFET controller from Diodes Incorporated increases performance with a 200V maximum drain voltage. This increase in VDRAIN from the previously announced 40V ZXGD3108N8 allows this latest device to address requirements in 48V common rail systems where the outputs of two or more power supplies are OR’ed together in order to provide redundancy.

In addition to its 200V rating, which is twice that of its competitors, the … Read More → "Active OR’ing Controller from Diodes Incorporated Increases Maximum Voltage to 200V for High Reliability Power Systems"

EU and Japan Expand Collaboration Targeting New-generation Smart Cities

July 27, 2016

GRENOBLE, France – July 26, 2016 – Following validation of its innovative smart-city tools that combine Internet of Things and cloud-computing technologies, the EU-Japan ClouT consortium will expand its goals and add cities and partners in the new BigClouT program. The expanded program will focus on distributed intelligence with edge-computing principles, big-data analytics capability and self-aware property.

ClouT’s European participation was coordinated by Leti, an institute of CEA Tech. The original project was the first collaboration jointly funded by the European Commission and NICT of Japan involving European and Japanese cities, companies and research institutes. It began in 2013 to develop … Read More → "EU and Japan Expand Collaboration Targeting New-generation Smart Cities"

Holst Centre and TNO showcase Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for Flexible Electronics

July 27, 2016

A breakthrough materials processing technique devised by a Dutch research team could lead the way for a new generation of smart fabrics, wearable electronics, solar cells and flat-panel displays. 

Many of these technologies work by sandwiching together layers of different materials, with some layers ten thousand times thinner than a sheet of paper (just a few nanometres).  Such thin layers can be laid down by a technique called atomic layer deposition (ALD), which is the subject of the new research by Holst Centre/TNO in the Netherlands. Improving how the thin layers are deposited is opening up … Read More → "Holst Centre and TNO showcase Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for Flexible Electronics"

TI announces the only Qi-certified 15-W wireless power transmitter

July 27, 2016

DALLAS (July 26, 2016) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the industry’s first Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) v1.2 Qi-certified 15-W wireless power transmitter. The bq501210 enables 84 percent system efficiency with significantly less thermal dissipation than traditional wireless power devices. The transmitter supports multiple fast-charging protocols and offers an array of flexible and customizable features such as personal electronics, medical and space-constrained industrial applications. To learn more about the bq501210, visit Read More → "TI announces the only Qi-certified 15-W wireless power transmitter"

Pasternack Introduces a Brand New Product Line of Coaxial Voltage Variable Attenuators (VVAs)

July 27, 2016

Irvine, CA – Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces an all new line of voltage variable attenuators offering up to 60 dB of attenuation across broad frequencies from 400 MHz to 18 GHz. This line of voltage variable attenuators is most commonly deployed in applications such as electronic warfare, instrumentation, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios, fiber optic and broadband telecom, microwave radio and VSAT, military radios, radar, ECM, SATCOM and sensors, and R&D.

In most communications systems, the RF components used (transmitters, receivers, mixers, multipliers, attenuators, amplifiers, VCO’s, phase locked … Read More → "Pasternack Introduces a Brand New Product Line of Coaxial Voltage Variable Attenuators (VVAs)"

Rugged Horizontal Rails from Pixus Designed for OpenVPX & High Insertion Force Systems

July 27, 2016

Waterloo, Ontario  —  July 26, 2016   –  Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers an Enhanced Horizontal Rail that is thicker and stronger for higher board insertion forces.

In OpenVPX and other high insertion force systems, the extreme board force can cause many standard horizontal rails, which provide the frame of the enclosure, to bend or crack.  The new Pixus rails feature a thicker contact point and hardened design to protect against the extreme forces.  

Designed for modularity, the Rittal™ brand horizontal rails … Read More → "Rugged Horizontal Rails from Pixus Designed for OpenVPX & High Insertion Force Systems"

Fairchild’s USB Type-C Controllers are Compatible with Latest Type-C Specifications

July 27, 2016

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 27, 2016 — Fairchild (NASDAQ: FCS) a leading global supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, today announced that its FUSB302 family of USB Type-C controllers are the industry’s first to be compatible with the latest updates to the USB Type-C standard, including Power Delivery (PD) specification. This enables manufacturers using the FUSB302 to easily support all current and previous versions of the USB Type-C specifications in their products.

The USB Implementer Forum (IF) recently released updates to the USB Type-C, USB Type-C … Read More → "Fairchild’s USB Type-C Controllers are Compatible with Latest Type-C Specifications"

Synopsys Delivers Industry’s First Verification IP for Ethernet 200G

July 27, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) today announced the availability of the industry’s first verification IP (VIP) and UVM source code test suite for Ethernet 200G. As the requirements for increased bandwidth to support video-on-demand, social networking, and cloud services continue to grow, Synopsys VC VIP for Ethernet 200G enables system-on-chip (SoC) teams to design next-generation networking products with better ease of use and higher verification productivity, resulting in accelerated verification closure.

“Our Ethernet, Multilane-Gearbox (MLG) and FlexE products drive the latest high-speed … Read More → "Synopsys Delivers Industry’s First Verification IP for Ethernet 200G"

Ultra-Wideband 6GHz Zero-IF I/Q Demodulator Delivers 60dB Sideband Suppression to Improve Receiver Performance

July 27, 2016

MILPITAS, CA – July 27, 2016 – Linear Technology introduces a new high linearity I/Q demodulator, the LTC5586, with more than 1GHz, –1dB flatness bandwidth, supporting next-generation 5G wireless infrastructure equipment such as DPD (digital predistortion correction) receivers for base stations, microwave backhaul and software-defined radios (SDR), as well as other broadband receiver applications. The LTC5586’s RF input port is truly broadband. With a single network, it is 50? matched from 500MHz to 6GHz, covering all the LTE bands as well as the emerging 4.5G and 5G bands at 3.6GHz and 5GHz. For operation from 300MHz to 500MHz, an additional capacitor does … Read More → "Ultra-Wideband 6GHz Zero-IF I/Q Demodulator Delivers 60dB Sideband Suppression to Improve Receiver Performance"

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