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Freescale introduces industry’s first 15 Watt Qi-compliant wireless charging solution

December 8, 2014

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bringing customers one step closer to the wireless Internet of Tomorrow, Freescale Semiconductor today extended its wireless charging portfolio by introducing the industry’s first 15 W Qi-compliant wireless charging solution. The solution paves the way for ultra-fast wireless recharging for a variety of larger mobile devices including tablets, large-screen smart phones and portable industrial and medical equipment.

Delivering 3x the power of common 5 W charging solutions, Freescale’s 15 W wireless offering provides efficient charging of larger form factor devices with higher capacity batteries, while enabling faster charging of smaller form factor devices by … Read More → "Freescale introduces industry’s first 15 Watt Qi-compliant wireless charging solution"

Try IP before you buy: Introducing the eSilicon® IP MarketPlace™ environment

December 5, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif. — December 3, 2014 — eSilicon Corporation, a leading independent semiconductor design and manufacturing solutions provider, today announced the eSilicon^® IP MarketPlace™ environment, the newest addition to its suite of automated online custom IC decision-making portals.

The IP MarketPlace environment helps users avoid complicated paperwork; find which memories will best help meet their chip’s power, performance or area (PPA) targets; and easily isolate key data without navigating convoluted data sheets.

Users can get immediate answers with pre-loaded data for eSilicon memory compilers and I/O libraries:

Generate dynamic, graphical analyses … Read More → "Try IP before you buy: Introducing the eSilicon® IP MarketPlace™ environment"

Anritsu Adds LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation Test Capability To BTS Master™ Handheld Analyzer Series

December 5, 2014

Morgan Hill, CA – December 02, 2014 – Anritsu Company introduces functionality for its BTS Master™ MT8220T base station analyzer that allows field engineers and technicians to conduct highly accurate and efficient LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation (CA) measurements during network deployment and maintenance. With the new capability, the MT8220T can conduct key LTE-Advanced CA measurements for all active component carriers (CCs) and display them simultaneously on the same screen, allowing users to quickly and accurately verify LTE-Advanced CA field installation.

Many LTE-Advanced CA measurements have been automated for simplicity and efficiency. The BTS Master MT8220T automatically detects cyclic prefix … Read More → "Anritsu Adds LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation Test Capability To BTS Master™ Handheld Analyzer Series"

Pasternack Introduces Expanded Lines of In-Stock RF Amplifiers

December 5, 2014

Irvine, CA – Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has significantly expanded their portfolio of connectorized RF amplifiers including high power amplifiers, high-rel amplifiers, broadband amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers (LNAs), log amplifiers and gain blocks.

Pasternack’s broad lines of coaxial amplifiers are employed across the entire spectrum of commercial and military applications including use in radar, electronic warfare, satcom, wireless communications, test lab instrumentation, commercial air traffic control, antenna ranges, telecom infrastructure, sensors and many others. Some of the specialty amplifiers … Read More → "Pasternack Introduces Expanded Lines of In-Stock RF Amplifiers"

Standex-Meder Electronics Announces MK15 Magnetically Operated Reed Proximity Sensors for SMD Mounting

December 5, 2014

Standex-Meder Electronics, a leading manufacturer of precise, reliable, and long-lasting sensors and magnetic components worldwide, announces its MK15 magnetically operated reed proximity sensors for surface-mount device (SMD) mounting, ideal for electronic PCBs where all components are surface-mounted.

Designed for high requirement applications, the MK15 is the perfect choice for position-detecting in safety components and proximity sensors in medical products. It is also excellent for telecommunication, white goods, industrial and automotive applications such as meter counting sensors, lid detectors and alarm sensors.

AXSEM and SIGFOX Announce ‘Ultra-low-power’ System-on-Chip Solution for Long-range Internet of Things Connectivity

December 5, 2014

DUBENDORF/ZURICH, Switzerland and LABEGE, France – Dec. 2, 2014 – AXSEM, a global leader in lowest-power radio microcontrollers, and SIGFOX, the pioneer in cost-effective, energy-efficient Internet of Things connectivity, today announced that AXSEM’s system-on-chip (SoC) with an AX8052 microcontroller has been certified SIGFOX Ready™ for two-way connectivity.

AXSEM’s IC, library and development system enable IoT developers to easily use SIGFOX’s long-range, two-way wireless Internet-dedicated network with AXSEM’s superior lowest-power radio technology. This combination of low costs, lowest-power consumption and international coverage makes it the ideal solution for environmental sensors, smart meters, patient monitors, security devices, streetlights … Read More → "AXSEM and SIGFOX Announce ‘Ultra-low-power’ System-on-Chip Solution for Long-range Internet of Things Connectivity"

Imec and Holst Centre Introduce Polymer Dry Electrodes for biopotential measurements such as EEG and ECG

December 5, 2014

Leuven (Belgium) and Eindhoven (the Netherlands) – Dec. 5, 2014 – Nanoelectronics research center imec, Holst Centre and Datwyler Sealing Solutions, a leading supplier of customer specific sealing, closure and packaging solutions to global market segments, such as the Automotive, Health Care, Civil Engineering and Consumer Goods Industries, will present a novel polymer dry electrode. Soft, flexible, and optimized for skin-impedance noise, polymer dry electrodes are a promising alternative to conventionally used gel electrodes in biopotential signal recording, as well as for uncomfortable and painful dry electrodes with rigid metal … Read More → "Imec and Holst Centre Introduce Polymer Dry Electrodes for biopotential measurements such as EEG and ECG"

Simple, Constant-Current Linear Regulator from Diodes Incorporated Improves LED Current Tolerance

December 5, 2014

Plano, Texas – December 5th, 2014 – Diodes Incorporated’s AL5809, offered in a robust two-terminal PowerDI®-123 package, provides an improved accuracy, cost-effective solution for constant-current linear driving of LEDs. With its 1.2W maximum power dissipation, excellent 20ppm/°C temperature stability and high power-supply rejection ratio, the AL5809 delivers LED currents with a ±5% tolerance over a wide temperature range, greatly simplifying the solutions for its target applications of LED signage, LED strip lighting and low-current retrofit lamps.

The AL5809 is specified for the -40° … Read More → "Simple, Constant-Current Linear Regulator from Diodes Incorporated Improves LED Current Tolerance"

Barco Silex’ FIPS-compliant DRBG IP integrated in innovative short-range wireless ICs of Dialog Semiconductors

December 4, 2014

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium – December 4, 2014 — Barco Silex, a leading provider of cryptography IP cores, today announced that Dialog Semiconductor, the provider of smart wireless solutions, successfully integrated the Barco Silex BA431 IP core into its short range wireless communication ASIC. This core is a FIPS-140-2-certified deterministic random bit generator (DRGB) combined with a True Random Generator (TRNG) designed to enable secure cryptography.

Today’s short-range wireless applications transmit an exponentially increasing amount of data and voice. For many of these applications, it is crucial to have a reliable security against eavesdropping or data manipulation. But the reliability … Read More → "Barco Silex’ FIPS-compliant DRBG IP integrated in innovative short-range wireless ICs of Dialog Semiconductors"

Imec and Holst Centre announce Multi-sensor Data Acquisition IC and Open Hardware Development Kit for Personal Health Monitoring

December 4, 2014

Leuven (Belgium) and Eindhoven (The Netherlands)–Dec. 4, 2014– At next week’s mHealth Summit 2014, held Dec. 7-11 in Washington, D.C., nanoelectronics research center imec and Holst Centre will showcase at their booth (#610) a development kit based on an open hardware platform using a highly integrated multi-sensor data acquisition chip. The chip combines on-board digital signal processing with analog interfaces for multiple body sensors, such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and bio-impedance. The development kit is extremely … Read More → "Imec and Holst Centre announce Multi-sensor Data Acquisition IC and Open Hardware Development Kit for Personal Health Monitoring"

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