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This is the holy grail a low cost, non-toxic, environmentally friendly way to produce high performance lithium ion battery anodes, said Zachary Favors, a graduate student working with Cengiz and Mihri Ozkan, both engineering professors at UC Riverside. The idea came to Favors six months ago. He was relaxing on the beach after surfing in San Clemente, California when he

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Linear Technology Corporation introduced the LTC3124, a dual-phase, 3MHz, current-mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converter with output disconnect and inrush current limiting.  Dual-phase operation significantly reduces peak inductor and capacitor ripple currents, minimizing external component size while delivering lower output ripple versus an equivalent single-phase device. This architecture enhances output drive capability with its internal 2.5A per phase capable switches together

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Fremont Micro Devices USA Inc. announced the FT8260 family of primary-side drivers for LED applications. The first three members of the family include the FT8260 (30W), FT8260DD (18W) and FT8260B (7W). These high precision devices simplify LED lighting system design by eliminating the secondary side feedback components and opto-coupler. The FT8260DD has an integrated 650V 4A power MOSFET and the

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For high-wattage industrial power applications, Mean Well Enterprises Co. Ltd. has offered units up to 3kW. In order to satisfy demand for an even higher power, the new single-output 5000W RST-5000 series has been unveiled. This model has the built-in active power factor correction, accepting the wide range 3-phase ac input (3-phase, 3-wire/Delta 196- to 305-Vac or 3-phase 4-wire/ Y

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The BMW i3 represents that Bavarian’s brands first attempt to move into the “affordable” EV market, and they’ve done so with a car built from the ground-up to be electric. It’s little wonder then that BMW i3 sales have been solid enough to help push the brand past 1 million units sold in the first half of 2014. BMW sold

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Deutsche Bank is planning to lend nearly one billion dollars for three to six Japanese solar projects during the next 12 or 18 months. Of course, it’s Japan’s feed-in tariff (FiT) that is helping generate interest, but a Deutsche Bank director named Hans Van Der Sande said that because the rate has dropped, the real players are staying after the

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Whether you’re making coffee, ramen or a gourmet Italian dinner, the odds are that you boil at least a pot of water every day. That adds up to a lot of energy use – but UK kitchenware manufacturer, Lakeland recently teamed up with a rocket scientist from Oxford to create a pot that heats food 40% faster than conventional models.

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A pressure sensor which can detect height differences of as little as 50cm uses MEMS technology developed by Omron. The sensor module can measure altitude, atmospheric pressure or water depth in wearable electronics, activity monitors, industrial and marine instruments and mobile phones and cameras. The 2SMPB-01-01 absolute pressure sensor will provide readings relative to a perfect vacuum to ± 6Pa.

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Linear Technology announces the LTC3637, a 76 V input-capable high efficiency buck converter that delivers up to 1 A of continuous output current. It operates from an input voltage range of 4 V to 76 V, making it ideal for telecom, industrial, avionic and automotive applications. The LTC3637 utilizes a programmable peak current-mode design to optimize efficiency over a broad

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The solar PV market is growing fast, and especially so in the leading solar PV countries. The top 5 solar countries will account for nearly 80% of the global solar PV market in the second half of 2014. However, if you look a bit closer, the details indicate sharp differences within the top 5. Chinese market share and Japanese market

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