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Last week the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium took place in Tampa, FL. If you weren’t able to make the Expo, here are some products making news. Skyworks boasted best-in-class noise figure (NF) for its ultra-low noise amplifiers (LNAs) for cellular infrastructure, wireless connectivity and broadcast communication applications.   The SKY67150-396LF and SKY67153-396LF are optimized for 300 – 2200 MHz

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WiTricity Corp. today announced a technology licensing agreement with Intel Corporation. As part of this licensing agreement, WiTricity will work with Intel to integrate WiTricity’s patented technology to enable efficient, high performance wireless charging solutions for computing devices powered by Intel, enabling more freedom and a seamless wireless charging experience for users. The agreement is centered on the Rezence™ specification,

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The ACPL-337J is an advanced highly integrated gate drive optocoupler, designed to ISOLATE, DRIVE, PROTECT and FEEDBACK the IGBT’s operational status. It has a rail-to-rail output that can deliver 4A of maximum current capable of driving high power IGBT directly. The integrated DESAT detection protects the IGBT during short circuit condition and the isolated feedback reports this fault to the

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Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the industry’s first power device analyzer for circuit design. The Agilent B1506A is a single-box solution that automatically characterizes all power device parameters across a wide range of operating conditions and temperatures (-50 °C to +250 °C, at up to 1500 amps and 3 kV. Circuit designers employ power devices in a wide range of products,

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Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will introduce today the highest performing III-V metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs) at the 2014 Symposium on VLSI Technology. The UCSB research promises to help deliver higher semiconductor performance at lower power consumption levels for next-generation, high-performance servers. The research is supported by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s

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The global market for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies rose by a modest 2.4 percent last year, but much of this growth was limited to specific markets, leading to some substantial shifts in the rankings of major players, according to a new report from IHS Technology. The top 10 in 2013 together accounted for 53 percent, or more than half,

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The Alstom-Saft consortium has signed a frame contract with the EDF Group to supply an initial energy storage system using a container of Lithium-ion batteries, demonstrating the system’s ability to regulate the frequency of the grid. Alstom’s MaxSine™ eStorage solution, connected to Saft’s Intensium® Max 20M storage system, will be installed on EDF R&D’s experimental “Concept Grid”, dedicated to the

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Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced the latest addition to its K2 series of ultracapacitor cells. The new 2.85-V, 3400-Farad ultracapacitor cell increases the range of available specific power and stored energy in the industry-standard 60 mm cylindrical “K2” form factor, and introduces DuraBlue Shock and Vibration Technology, the newest innovation in ultracapacitor reliability and performance. DuraBlue Technology is tested to some

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Why do lithium batteries degrade over time? US Researchers have collaborated to discover more about the mechanisms behind this degradation, with promises of improved battery life. Lithium batteries are used today to power many portable electronics devices. But lithium-ion batteries suffer nano-scale structural damage with each charge and discharge cycle. In two recent Nature Communications papers, scientists from several U.S.

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Dialog  has launched a MediaTek Pump Express Plus-compatible iW1788 AC/DC controller. Pump Express Plus is MediaTeks’s proprietary fast charge protocol that supports high power chargers with an output of 15W or more and reduces typical mobile device recharge times by up to 50%. The iW1788 quickly follows Dialog’s  recent introduction of its iW1680 Pump Express-compatible, 5W / 7.5W AC/DC controller

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