Silicon’s successor could be black phosphorus 2 September 2015, Editor's Choice, News Two separate studies have demonstrated the ability of black phosphorus to conduct electricity in two dimensions, marking it as a potential rival to graphene.
Smart lightning protector for ADSL lines 20 May 2015 A South African inventor has developed a device that takes an unusual approach to protecting DSL lines from damage due to lightning strikes.
The Astraphobe DSL (astraphobia is the abnormal fear of lightning), ...
Full-duplex radio built on CMOS 29 April 2015, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT, News A team of engineering researchers at New York’s Columbia University has figured out a way to carry out full-duplex wireless transmission, over a single frequency band, via a nano-scale CMOS chip.
They ...
First ever all-digital radio transmitter invented 8 April 2015, News, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT, Editor's Choice The transmitter consists of an integrated circuit outputting a single stream of bits, and an antenna – with no conventional radio parts or digital-to-analog converter.
New technology brings plasma generation challenges down to size 25 February 2015, Electrocomp, Passive Components Interest in cold plasma technology is growing across a wide range of industries, owing to the fact that it enables the surface properties of materials to be manipulated in a multitude of ways without ...
Photovoltaic efficiency could get a graphene boost 25 February 2015, Opto-Electronics Not only does graphene hold huge potential as a material on which to build the next generation of electronic devices, it has now also been linked to developments in the photovoltaic arena.
Graphene can ...
Elastic plaster gets high-tech treatment 14 May 2014, News The requirements for an elastic plaster, or band-aid, are few and trivial by 21st century standards: it needs a soft absorbent section, a sticky section that’s sticky enough to adhere to skin, and should ...
ST shows SiC solar solutions 31 October 2012, News At Solar Power International (SPI) 2012, STMicroelectronics revealed innovations in silicon carbide (SiC) devices that enable systems producers to build ultra-efficient electronics for converting raw ...
Researchers demonstrate flexible electronics 17 October 2012 Imec has demonstrated an ultra-thin, flexible chip with bendable and stretchable interconnects, integrated into a package that adapts dynamically to curving and bending surfaces. The resulting circuitry ...
Substrate with built-in GaAs antenna switch 21 March 2012 Taiyo Yuden announced the commercial release of an embedded-parts multilayer wiring substrate with a built-in gallium arsenide (GaAs) antenna switch, which was achieved with a new technology for embedding ...
OCXO for holdover applications 12 December 2011, RF Design Vectron announced the release of a new high-performance OCXO for its growing family of holdover oscillators. The OX–203 allows the customer to specify a level of holdover in a small-footprint, quartz-based ...
Energy harvesting IC 9 November 2011 Maxim débuted the MAX17710, integrating all of the power management functions for ambient energy harvesting, as well as for charging and protecting micro-energy cells (MECs), a form of solid-state battery. ...
Surface mount HCSL oscillators 28 September 2011, Altron Arrow Euroquartz is offering two new ranges of high-speed current steering logic (HCSL) oscillators for use in high-volume applications.
The new HCK5361 and HCK5761 differential HCSL oscillators are highly ...
Frequency/phase offset generation 3 August 2011, Accutronics The majority of commercially available precision timing and frequency generation standards provide very accurate signals at a fixed RF frequency (typically 10 MHz) coupled with a precision timing pulse, ...
Surface-mount TCXOs 3 August 2011, Actum Electronics KVG has released the new VCXO/TCXO TO-900 series in a small 14 x 9 mm SMD package.
The devices fulfil the holdover stability requirements according to ANSI clock specifications Stratum 3 Telcordia (Bellcore) ...
MEMS oscillators 3 August 2011, Altron Arrow Ecliptek’s new EMML series of quick turn CML (current mode logic) MEMS oscillators are supplied in miniature 3,2 x 5,0 mm or 5,0 x 7,0 mm SMD package options. With a lead time measured in days, the products ...
L-band VCO 3 August 2011, RF Design Z-Communications has released a new RoHS compliant VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) model in L-band.
The SMV1365C-LF operates at 1265-1465 MHz with a tuning voltage range of 0,5-4,5 V d.c. It features ...
SMD quartz crystals 3 August 2011, Future Electronics Vishay has introduced two new series of SMD quartz crystals with wide frequency ranges of 12 MHz to 25 MHz.
To enable smaller end products, the XT23 and XT35 offer ceramic packages measuring 3,2 by 2,5 ...
