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Super-junction MOSFET Handles Very High Breakdown Voltage
World’s first 1500 V super-junction MOSFET comes in arcing-resistant TO-220FP wide creepage package.
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Making See-through Circuitry Affordable
Researchers find ways to make transparent transistors and other essential components of electronic circuitry using inexpensive and readily available materials.
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Cuttable Display Sheet Developed
Going beyond the limits of LCD and OEL displays with new display sheets that can be cut into various shapes and can function while detached from a power source.
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Actions Semiconductor Introduces All-in-One Chipset for Personal Cinema Headsets
The chipset delivers a big-screen viewing experience in an entry-level wearable device.
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Buck/Boost Controller Has Integrated Buck MOSFET
Allegro’s A4450 buck/boost controller can implement either a buck or buck/boost regulator to efficiently convert automotive battery voltages into a tightly regulated voltage.
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How to Turn Music Into Colors With a Wi-Fi Bridge
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. As part of the movie’s theme scientists enable a computer, using light and sound patterns together, to have a musical conversation with alien guests from a UFO visiting out planet.
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Mouser Electronics Appoints Sam Katsuta to Run Japan Operation
Mouser Electronics, Inc. has appointed Sam Katsuta, a longtime TDK executive, as Vice President of Mouser Electronics–Japan.
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Step-Down Supply Dissipates Low Power, Needs No Inductors
The LTC3256 step-down power supply from Linear Technology Corporation takes a single positive input and generates 5 V and 3.3 V step-down supplies with high efficiency and no inductors.
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Report Reveals Reliability of eGaN FETs Under Rigorous Stress
EPC’s reliability report documents over 8 million eGaN device hours with zero failures.
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This Company Lets You Turn Yourself into a Hologram
Are you in the mood for an immersive experience including huge holographic images floating around the room without a projector?
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New Ion-Trapping Chips Designed for Future Quantum Computers
The MIT team built an ion-trapping chip with on-board optical components that could channel laser light toward individual ions.
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Intel Steps Up Deep-Learning and Artificial Intelligence Portfolio with Nervana Acquisition
The $350 million deal will combine Intel’s Xeon and Xeon Phi processors with Nervana’s deep- learning framework.
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Power Connector Suits Electric Vehicles
The ePower-Lite power connector is housed in a plastic shell that withstands temperatures up to 125 °C.
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Blue-Light Molecules Could Make OLEDs Cheaper, More Efficient
Harvard University researchers used a combination of chemistry and machine learning to come up with algorithms for molecular behavior.
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D/A Converter Offers More Accuracy in a Smaller Footprint
The AD9164 D/A converter offers high-resolution radar images for designers of military and commercial radar while reducing solution component count.
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Peter Austin New VP of Product Management for Genesis
Electronic industry veteran Peter Austin has been named Vice President of Product Management, Marketing & Training for PEI-Genesis.
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Researchers Develop Safer, Lighter Lithium-ion Battery
Researchers have developed a battery chemistry for a conventional, fully sealed lithium-ion battery, promising similar theoretical performance as lithium-air batteries, while overcoming all of the known drawbacks of lithium-air units.
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Drivers: The Critical Interface Between a Circuit and Its Load
The driver is a key circuit element, matching the low-level, relatively fragile signal source to a load with diverse needs and challenging characteristics.
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XPortable Micro-Spectrometer Offers Lab Instrument Performance in LED Lighting Applications
Flexible micro-spectrometer addresses LED illumination needs, including lighting design, fixture verification, LED binning, lamp or LED spot testing, and LED driver testing.
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Mouser Electronics Honors Its 2016 Best-in-Class Award Winners
Mouser recently honored the winners of its annual Mouser Best-in-Class Award, recognizing Mouser’s manufacturer partners who best supported the global distributor’s marketing programs and new product introduction (NPI) launches.
