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Plastic memory firm signs partners for printed systems
Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 24, 2012Thin Film Electronics has joined forces with a number of partners to develop a low-cost printed electronic sensor platform that could be used to monitor the temperature of perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals. More -
Soitec, Sumitomo offer 'smart-cut' GaN wafers
Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 24, 2012Semiconductor manufacturing materials vendors Soitec and Sumitomo Electric Industries have announced that they have demonstrated four- and six-inch diameter engineered gallium nitride (GaN) wafer substrates and the launch of pilot production to enable wider market adoption. More -
Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid
Steve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the photovoltaic panel, through boost conversion, power inverter and massive filtering of the created AC power signal required by the power grid. Surrounded by monitoring and microcontroller magic along with safety standard adherence, we uncover the mysteries of solar energy harvesting electronics. More -
Imec is collaborating with Flamac on novel PV materials
Nicolas Mokhoff, EE Times, December 21, 2011More -
IBM, Micron to build hybrid memory with TSVs
EE Times staff, December 1, 2011Micron Technology Inc's hybrid memory cube (HMC) will become the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employee IBM Corp's through-silicon via (TSV) process. More -
IBM tries running datacenters on solar power
By Sylvie Barak, EE Times, November 22, 2011IBM is harnessing the power of the sun with a massive installation of a 6,000-sq foot array of solar panels in Bangalore, India, which the company claims can run 50 kilowatts of computer equipment for around 330 days a year, running five hours a day. More -
ARM opens Taiwan R&D center in Hsinchu
By Peter Clarke, EE Times, November 21, 2011The focus of the design center will be on physical IP development and processor implementation support for Cortex processors and Mali graphics processors. The center is working on 28-nm and 20-nm technologies for Cortex A-series processors, ARM said. More -
Solyndra: Its technology and why it failed
Don Scansen, IP Research Group, November 21, 2011Marketing for Solyndra's unique tubular solar panel module design was at the top of the class, but was there more to this technology than just good PR? More -
Cypress-backed packaging firm launches
By Dylan McGrath, EE Times, November 10, 2011Deca Technologies, a startup backed by Cypress Semiconductor and SunPower, came out of stealth mode this week to describe its initial focus on providing wafer-level chip scaling packaging services to semiconductor companies through a process that company representatives say is dramatically faster and substantially less costly than what is currently available on the market. More -
Cypress-backed packaging firm launches
By Dylan McGrath, EE Times, November 9, 2011Deca Technologies, a startup backed by Cypress Semiconductor and SunPower, came out of stealth mode to describe its initial focus on providing wafer-level chip scaling packaging services to semiconductor companies through a process that company representatives say is dramatically faster and substantially less costly than what is currently available on the market. More
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June 7, 2011
DAC grows in clusters
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IC Design Corner
November 17, 2010Welcome to "The IC Design Corner"
Hello, and welcome to the inaugural post for my new blog here at EDN. ...
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There's a lot of hype in the industry about transformerless inverters.Having...
Gerald Steele– 2012-1-2 20:26:54 PST
in response to Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power gridTo prevent 120Hz components from reflecting into the PVs, there must be basically...
Elmer Fydd– 2012-31-1 17:58:35 PST
in response to Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power gridI read your comment as an installer; bummer on the 5-year warranty, but how much...
Thierry Phillips– 2012-29-1 00:49:22 PST
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EDN's technical editors highlight notable new products including analog and digital ICs, power components, sensors, passives, boards and systems, software, and more.
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