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STMicroelectronics NV has begun limited production of its EnFilm™ advanced rechargeable batteries that are less than 0.25mm thick. These paper-thin batteries free designers from the constraints of standard battery sizes and are ideal for use in powering the next generation of personal technology and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. At just 220µm thick and measuring 25.7mm x 25.7mm, ST’s EFL700A39 EnFilm™ solid-state

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One of India’s leading information technology and consultancy companies, Infosys, is planning to implement of the most significant sustainability and clean energy measures in the company’s glorious history.   The company is in the planning stages of implementing a 50 MW solar PV project in Karnataka. This would be a first for a software company in India. The company has

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The fundamentals to translating the analog world into the digital domain reduces to a handful of basic parameters. Voltage, current, and frequency are electrical parameters that describe most of the analog world.  Current measurements are used to monitor many different parameters, with one of them being power to a load. There are many choices of sensing elements to measure current

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Maxwell Technologies, Inc. added a new addition to its K2 series of ultracapacitor cells. The new 2.85-volt, 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™ Advanced Shock and Vibration Technology, the newest innovation in ultracapacitor reliability and performance. DuraBlue Technology is tested to

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STMicroelectronics Pty Ltd has released a new advanced range of IGBTs leveraging second-generation trench-gate field-stop high-speed technology to boost energy efficiency and ruggedness in various applications. STMicroelectronics’ latest 1200V IGBTs find application in solar inverters, welders, uninterruptible power supplies, and PFC converters. ST’s new H series 1200V IGBTs have up to 15% lower turn-off losses and up to 30% lower

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Diodes Inc. has introduced the world’s smallest 60 V N-channel power MOSFET with a sub-100 mΩ on-resistance.   With a footprint measuring 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm and a typical height of 0.5 mm, the DFN1616-packaged DMN6070SFCL helps achieve higher power densities in space-critical products, including cellphones, ultra-thin LCD TVs and hand-held gaming controls. With its very low on-resistance of

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Scaleo Chip has recently introduced OLEA, its new family of powertrain microcontrollers embedding two unique technologies surpassing the current market solutions: AMEC® (Advanced Motor Events Control) and SILant® (Safety Integrity LeveL agent) technologies provides unprecedented hardware flexibility, timing events predictability, processing performance, functional safety and design cycle reduction. Scaleo chip, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), Continental and CEA partnered within the

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Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in Li-ion batteries. If successful, the batteries will last longer and perform better, leading to a cost advantage for electric vehicles. Transportation and communication around the world increasingly rely on Li-ion batteries, with cell phones ubiquitous on

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Production of the Kia Soul EV  begun at Kia’s factory in Gwangju, Korea this week, with the first Kia Soul EV available for sale in North America in the second half of 2014. While Kia has previously offered electric cars – the Venga EV and the Ray EV – to its domestic customers, this will be the first time Kia

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The Swiss Mitsubishi importer has demonstrated that a plug-in hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV can travel 830 km (518 miles) on a single tank of petrol.   Mitsubishi Motors claims the plug-in hybrid Outlander PHEV has a range of 824 kilometers (512 Miles) in the combined hybrid mode. The Swiss Mitsubishi importer wanted to know whether this is feasible in practice

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