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Engineering Researchers Create World’s Most Efficient Flexible OLED

October 31, 2011

October 30, 2011 – Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor, not to mention a less costly, alternative to traditional OLED manufacturing, which currently relies on rigid glass.

The results are reported online in the latest issue of Read More → "Engineering Researchers Create World’s Most Efficient Flexible OLED"

SiliconBlue’s new “Los Angeles” 40-nm ultra-low-power 640, 1K and 4K LP and HX devices sampling

October 31, 2011

SANTA CLARA, California, October 31, 2011 – SiliconBlue® Technologies, the leader in Custom Mobile Device™ (CMD), today announced sampling availability of three new iCE40™ “Los Angeles” 640, 1K and 4K mobileFPGA™ devices including the LP–Series (Low-Power) version and the HX–Series (High-Speed) version targeting smartphones and tablets, respectively. Both the LP and HX Los Angeles mobileFPGA devices provide support for sensor management, high-speed custom connectivity and the convergence of HD video and imaging. Fabricated on TSMC 40-nm, low-power standard CMOS process, the LP and HX families provide twice the logic capacity … Read More → "SiliconBlue’s new “Los Angeles” 40-nm ultra-low-power 640, 1K and 4K LP and HX devices sampling"

A SHARP New Microscope for the Next Generation of Microchips

October 31, 2011

Moore’s Law, hardly a law but undeniably a persistent trend, says that every year and a half, the number of transistors that fit on a chip roughly doubles. It’s why electronics – from smart phones to flat screens, from MP4 players to movie cameras, from tablets to supercomputers – grow ever more varied, powerful, and compact, but also ever less expensive. Whether the trend can continue until it runs up against immutable laws of nature, like the finite size of an atom, depends on how far scientists and technicians can push electronic technologies down into … Read More → "A SHARP New Microscope for the Next Generation of Microchips"

Boosting LED Efficiency: Zinc Oxide Microwires Improve Performance of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Through the Piezo-phototronic Effect

October 31, 2011

Researchers have used zinc oxide microwires to significantly improve the efficiency at which gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (LED) convert electricity to ultraviolet light. The devices are believed to be the first LEDs whose performance has been enhanced by the creation of an electrical charge in a piezoelectric material using the piezo-phototronic effect.

By applying mechanical strain to the microwires, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created a piezoelectric potential in the wires, and that potential was used to tune the charge transport and enhance carrier injection in the LEDs. This control of an optoelectronic device with … Read More → "Boosting LED Efficiency: Zinc Oxide Microwires Improve Performance of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Through the Piezo-phototronic Effect"

Lattice, Valens Semiconductor Announce New Reference Design For The Surveillance Camera Market

October 31, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – OCTOBER 28, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) and Valens Semiconductor today announced a new and comprehensive HDBaseT™ camera reference design solution. The HDBaseT reference design is targeted at the surveillance market. Up to two cameras can be supported with the output being a HDBaseT CAT5 cable containing both uncompressed video streams. The HDBaseT reference design is powered from the power over Ethernet (POE) CAT5 cable. By offering the surveillance market a solution that does not require compression at the camera or a local power supply, Lattice and Valens … Read More → "Lattice, Valens Semiconductor Announce New Reference Design For The Surveillance Camera Market"

Communications Research Centre Canada Uses ORBexpress to Successfully Port Software Defined Radio to Android

October 31, 2011

HERNDON, VA – October 31, 2011 – Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), announced today that Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) used ORBexpress® communications software to achieve a record-time adaption of a complete Software Communications Architecture (SCA) radio system to a handheld Android™ device. The radio system, including a full core framework and FM waveform application, … Read More → "Communications Research Centre Canada Uses ORBexpress to Successfully Port Software Defined Radio to Android"

TI introduces Sitara™ AM335x ARM® microprocessors, the industry’s first $5 high-performance, feature-packed ARM Cortex™-A8 devices

October 31, 2011

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DALLAS (Oct. 31, 2011) — Imagine upgrading from ARM9^™-based product designs to add 3D interactive touch screens, higher resolution displays, faster performance and multiple, flexible integrated connectivity options for a more robust … Read More → "TI introduces Sitara™ AM335x ARM® microprocessors, the industry’s first $5 high-performance, feature-packed ARM Cortex™-A8 devices"

LDRA Embraces Verification of Auto Generated Code

October 31, 2011

Monks Ferry, Wirral, UK – October 31, 2011. LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has integrated MISRA Autocode (MISRA AC) into its broad portfolio of programming standards and certification offerings. With the increased complexity of software projects and the maturity of model-generated code, more companies auto generate code from the model to meet time-to-market pressures. Adoption … Read More → "LDRA Embraces Verification of Auto Generated Code"

Excelsys Xgen Configurable Power Supplies meet latest Medical Approvals

October 31, 2011

Excelsys Technologies, the world leading specialists in high efficiency power supplies, has successfully had its Xgen range of configurable power supplies approved to IEC 60601-1:2005 3rd Edition. This is in addition to the existing approval to the 2nd Edition and ensures full medical approval is maintained during the transition period from 2nd to 3rd editions.

Two 1U Excelsys Xgen platforms are available with the latest medical approvals. The Xmite offers output power over the range 200-750W and the Xvite provides 400-1450W output. Common specifications include leakage current <300uA, 4KV Isolation and efficiency up to 90%.</ … Read More → "Excelsys Xgen Configurable Power Supplies meet latest Medical Approvals"

RFHA1000 50MHz TO 1000MHz, 15W GaN Wideband Power Amplifier

October 31, 2011

RFMD’s RFHA1000 GaN Power IC (PIC) is a wideband power amplifier designed for continuous wave and pulsed applications such as military communications, electronic warfare, wireless infrastructure, radar, two-way radios and general purpose amplification. Using an advanced high power density Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor process, this high-performance amplifier achieves high efficiency, flat gain and power over a large instantaneous bandwidth in a single amplifier design. This GaN discrete amplifier is 50Ω input-matched, and packaged in a small form factor 5x6mm SOIC-8 outline air cavity ceramic package that provides excellent thermal stability through the use of advanced heat … Read More → "RFHA1000 50MHz TO 1000MHz, 15W GaN Wideband Power Amplifier"