Supply Chain
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Smart Clothing: the Next Generation of Wearables
Encapsulated electronics woven into clothing—“smart clothing”—are primed to reach beyond fitness to a wide range of personal uses. The analysis firm ABI Research predicts the smart clothing market will top 18 million clothing articles annually by 2021, representing a 48% CAGR. Smart textiles built from conductive polymers will enable built-in features such as computing devices and multifunctional sensors, offering new possibilities for interacting with services, devices and environments.
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‘MacEtching’ Helps Transistors Stand Tall for Faster Speed
University of Illinois researchers aim to get higher speeds from computers and other electronic devices by developing a new method to make transistors stand tall.
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STMicroelectronics to Buy ams’ NFC and RFID Business
ST will combine the technology into combination solutions that work with its portfolio of microcontrollers.
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Plated Probe Tailored for Fine Pitch PCB Assembly Test
Lead-free-plated probes provide enhanced performance in high-volume production test applications.
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Rechargeable Coin Cell Batteries Offer High mAH Capacity
Encapsulation technology increases storage capacity to suit cells for IoT wearable products.
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Mouser Offering Cypress’ Bluetooth Module for BLE Development
Mouser Electronics, Inc.?is now offering?Cypress Semiconductor's CY8CKIT-143A?PSoC®?4 BLE 256K module for BLE development.
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Mouser Major Sponsor at 2016 NIWeek Design Conference
Global Distributor will showcase MultiSIM BLUE Premium powered by National Instruments.
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Hall-Sensor IC Maintains Accuracy Across Wide Temperature Range
The A1367 Hall-effect current sensor IC uses digital temperature compensation to maintain high sensitivity and offset characteristics.
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LG Display to Invest $1.75 Billion in Flexible OLEDs
The new line will be installed in LG’s Paju, South Korean facility.
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Analog Devices to Buy Linear for $14.8 Billion
The combination will result in a heavyweight analog vendor with annual revenues of about $5 billion.
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Mid-Power UV LED Delivers Long Life in Compact Package
Featuring Silicone Lens, Device Provides Energy-Saving Replacement for Mercury Lamps in medical, industrial, and printing applications.
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Samsung to Stop Manufacturing Transparent OLED Displays
Lack of global demand for the product to blame
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Kit Simplifies Design of Multi-Mode Wireless Power-Charging System
One transmit coil supports all major wireless power-charging standards.
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MEMS Sensor Project Launched to Improve Connected Manufacturing
Bosch and seven other European companies are collaborating on an Industry 4.0 research project to reduce machine-monitoring operating costs.
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Levarys Using Qorvo’s ZigBee Green Power Chips for Smart Home System
The semiconductors allow for a secure and long-range use of Smart Home devices wirelessly connected to a gateway.
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Mouser Electronics, Imahara Launch Contest to 3-D-Print Design Aboard International Space Station
Mouser Electronics?Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara have launched the?International Space Station (ISS) Design Challenge, to develop a practical 3-D printable product that can be deployed in space.
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15 dB Gain Block Delivers High Linearity with Low Noise
Linear Technology’s LTC6433-15 exhibits linearity of 47 dBm OIP3 and 3.22dB noise at 150 MHz.
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Active Bridge Solution Outperforms Diodes for PoE IoT Devices
Next-generation quad-MOSFET technology enables designers to lower operating temperature, increase efficiency and reduce the solution size of their devices.
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Adoption of Wide Bandgap Power Devices Increases
Commercial GaN power transistors are ready for use.
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OLED to Dominate Smartphone Displays by 2020
Apple’s adoption of the technology will be the tipping point.
