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Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Future of Nonvolatile Memory

Friday, May 30, 2008

Trend towards Separate Memory Companies Over recent years, a trend has developed among semiconductor companies to separate their memory operations into distinct companies. Spansion was formed by merging the flash memory operations of Fujitsu and AMD. Qimonda is the Infineon memory business now split out as a separate entity with the intent of its parent, [...]

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Agilent Technologies Sponsors International Microwave Symposium 2008 MicrosApps Program

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

What: Agilent is one of the sponsor’s of the International Microwave Symposium 2008(IMS) MicroApps program. They are one of 26 companies preparing more than 40 MicroApps papers. Agilent’s top design and measurement experts will present 15 papers on topics such as front-to-back MMIC design flow, nonlinear network analysis, wideband signal analysis, and simulation and design [...]

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The Impact of Ultra Miniaturization on Switch Designs

Friday, May 23, 2008

Ultra miniaturization is playing a major role in a number of industries today. End products are getting smaller and smaller, and as a result, components must also follow suit. The requirements of switch components are no different. Where previously a number of applications typically relied on the available miniature pushbutton technology, these same applications are [...]

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Peel packaging protects ICs

Friday, May 23, 2008

A patent-pending process from electronics distributor Newark features an innovative peel packaging solution designed to protect fragile ICs during shipping, storing, and handling. Currently, the solution is available for chips with case sizes measuring 12 x 12 and 14 x 14. The ICs are placed within protective recyclable plastic cells, which are then sealed with [...]

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Circuit-protection reference layout supports HDMI 1.3

Friday, May 23, 2008

A free, downloadable white paper (available at www.circuitprotection.com/hdmi) from Tyco Electronics details the benefits the company’s reference layout that incorporates ESD and overcurrent protection for HDMI 1.3 interfaces. The whitepaper describes how designers can use the reference layout to meet the HDMI 1.3 specification, provide IEC 61000-4-2 ESD protection, and speed time to market. Titled [...]

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Online tool finds the right connector

Friday, May 23, 2008

The new Connector Application Wizard from interconnect manufacturer ERNI Electronics simplifies connector selection to best match the needs of the specific PCB design requirements. ERNI has divided the typical PCB configurations into four connector application areas: PCBs arranged on the same level (extender card) Stacked or parallel PCBs (mezzanine) PCBs arranged at a right angle [...]

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WiMAX mobile broadband heads out on the highway

Friday, May 23, 2008

An agreement between Clearwire and Sprint Nextel has the pair combining their wireless broadband capabilities to form a new wireless communications company that will build a national, WiMAX mobile broadband network in the U.S.  With a number of backers — Intel Corporation through Intel Capital, Google Inc., Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., and Bright [...]

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