Industry News

September 2012
Russian government approves legislation amendments to energy-efficiency strategy

Click image to enlarge: Final energy consumption in Russia by sector (2009)

The Russian government has approved a wide-ranging package of amendments to existing legislation in the country's stalled energy-efficiency strategy. Changes unveiled late last week, reports The
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09/30/2012
ON Semiconductor promotes Bernard Gutmann to executive VP and CFO

Bernard Gutmann, executive Vice President and CFO

ON Semiconductor has announced that President and CEO, Keith Jackson and the company's  Board of Directors have promoted and appointed Bernard Gutmann to Executive Vice President and CFO effective
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09/30/2012
New radar system for industrial measurements achieves one-micron accuracy

Click image to enalarge: The radar system in the measurement chamber.

Scientists of KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and RUB (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) with the help of a new radar system, have achieved an accuracy of one micron in joint measurements. The system
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09/29/2012
Imec, SolarWorld, and Solvay debut 100-m thin PV cell

Click image to enlarge: iPERC thin solar wafer

This year's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition saw Belgium's research laboratory Imec, SolarWorld, and Solvay present a 100-μm thick, 156- x 156-mm PERC (passivated emitter
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09/29/2012
Diodes to acquire Power Analog Microelectronics
Diodes Inc has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PAM (Power Analog Microelectronics). The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012. The terms of the
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09/28/2012
Intelli Production develops home combined heat & power units in Germany

Click image to enlarge: Heiko Sasse, MD of Intelli Production with his home CHP energy system that went into batch production in March 2012

Intelli Production develops and constructs small CHP (combined heat and power) units for residential homes. A total of 200 devices are set to be sold this year, with many more forecast for 2013. The
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09/28/2012
Avnet Abacus bring Amphenol Sine and Delta Electronics to Europe

Click image to enlarge: New DIN rail power supplies

Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European franchise agreement to represent Delta Electronics and a distribution agreement with Amphenol Sine Systems division of Amphenol. In 2009 Delta Electronics
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09/26/2012
Aisin Seiki develops powered-sliding-door system

Click image to enlarge: Sliding-door system inspired by the rope drills of fire fighters

Aisin Seiki has developed a powered-sliding-door system that houses all the major components in the door side. The design allows the doors to be compatible with a wider range of vehicles than previous
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09/26/2012
Bel Acquires Powerbox Italia
Bel Fuse has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Powerbox Italia, Milan, Italy, a supplier of AC-DC power supplies for applications in AC-DC front ends, broadcast communications, and battery
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09/25/2012
Peratech presented with Queen's Award for Innovation 2012 for its QTC touch technology

Click image to enlarge: David Lussey, Peratech CTO (right) with HM Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire

Peratech, the innovator in touch technology, was presented with the 2012 Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its multi-award winning, QTC (quantum tunneling composites) technology
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09/25/2012
CUI and Ericsson sign license agreement for Advanced-Bus-Converter Products

FRIDA II 3E digital Advanced Bus Converter family, including the newly released BMR456 quarter brick and BMR457 eighth brick series.

CUI has entered into a license agreement with Ericsson for their 32-bit processor-based FRIDA II 3E digital Advanced Bus Converter family, including the newly released BMR456 quarter brick and BMR457
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09/25/2012
CISSOID appoints APC as its specialized distributor in UK and Ireland
CISSOID has appointed UK-based APC (Advanced Power Components) distributor of CISSOID products in United Kingdom and Ireland. With a unique knowledge of the players involved with high-temperature
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09/25/2012
Saxony-Anhalt rises to the solar PV crises

Minister for Science and Economic Affairs Prof. Dr Birgitta Wolff.

With eleven exhibitors, SOLAR VALLEY Saxony-Anhalt has presented itself at this year's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main. The trade fair appearance
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09/25/2012
Securing future electronic Identity documents

Click image to enlarge: Infineon supplied RFID chips integrated in US passports

Infineon Technologies and NXP Semiconductors Germany, both manufacturers of security ICs, and the secure-chip card system specialist Giesecke & Devrient are investigating how future generations of
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09/24/2012
Inside Secure appoints new VP of R&D

Click image to enlarge: Inside Secure Vault

Inside Secure, designer, developer and supplier of semiconductors, embedded software, and platforms for secure transactions and digital security has appointed Dimitrios Karayiannis to the position
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09/24/2012
Smart-phone research sees operating system move to ecosystems

Daniel Gleeson, Analyst, Mobile Media, IHS

Barely five years after Google's Android appeared on the market in 2008, IHS forecasts that cumulative global shipments of smartphones using the OS since it was introduced, will amount to more than
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09/24/2012
UK's OFGEM takes carrot-and-stick approach to energy-efficiency suppliers

Alistair Buchanan, CEO UK's OFGEM

UK's OFGEM (Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets) has warned energy suppliers and generators that they face the risk of enforcement action and fines if they fail to deliver U.K. government's
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09/24/2012
How energy efficiency enhances benefits of natural-gas boom

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The recent boom in shale-gas production and the subsequent decrease in the price of natural gas have put natural gas front and centre in the national energy discussion. This abundant source of domestic
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09/23/2012
Sunpower completes high-efficiency 1.3-MW solar-power system

Click image to enlarge: Solar panels on top of the Exploratorium at Pier 15

SunPower has completed a 1.3-MW high-efficiency solar-power system on the roof of the Exploratorium's future home on San Francisco's Embarcadero. The system was designed to ultimately generate 100%
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09/23/2012
University of Twente researcher demonstrates ultrafast optical amplifier

Click image to enlarge: OPTO Silicon-erbium chip

Within optical microchips, light finds its way through channels, waveguides, made of silicon. Light from a glass fibre, for example, passes through a structure of optical channels with splitters and
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09/22/2012
CamSemi among UK fast track growth technology companies

CamSemi's C2183 PSS flyback controller

CamSemi has been named as one of the UK's fastest-growing private technology companies in the latest Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 report. The company lists in 29th position in the 12th
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09/21/2012
Plessey shortlisted for British Engineering Awards

Click image to enlarge: Next generation products will integrate HBLED with EPIC sensor technology.

Plessey has been shortlisted for its new HBLED (High Brightness LED) products in the British Engineering Excellence Awards 2012 Electronics Product Category. The winners will be declared on 25 October
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09/19/2012
Alternative-fuel-vehicle supporters desire vehicles from BMW, Lexus, Toyota, and Ford
Phoenix Marketing International has reported findings that reveal consumers' consideration of alternative-fuel vehicles for their next automotive purchase. Phoenix fielded the study in July 2012 and
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09/17/2012
Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility launched

Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

The NZERTF (Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility) is a unique NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) laboratory in Gaithersburg, Md. The facility, operated by the Energy and Environment
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09/17/2012
Wello reports on Penguin wave-energy converter

Click image to enlarge: The 220 tonne Wello Penguin vessel (excl. ballast), is approximately 30 meters in length, and held in place by three wires anchored to the seabed

Finnish wave-energy developer Wello, has released further test results of its Penguin wave-energy converter installed offshore from Orkney, Scotland, which has survived its first heavy storms during
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09/17/2012
WET-NZ first test device for Oregon wave-energy test site

Click image to enlarge: Wave Energy Technology devices. A second generation half-scale device has now been funded.

Wave Energy Technology - New Zealand is a research & development collaboration programme run by Industrial Research, a Crown Research Institute, and Power Projects, a privately owned Wellington-based
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09/17/2012
Sesame Access on shortlist for 2012 British Engineering Excellence Awards

Click image to enlarge: Wheelchair-access platforms

Sesame Access, custom wheelchair-access consultants, have been shortlisted in the 2012 BEEAs (British Engineering Excellence Awards). The London-based team of designers and manufacturers are one of
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09/17/2012
New microsite aids integration of wireless-power applications

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Premier Farnell has announced a new wireless power microsite in partnership with Texas Instruments, Würth Electronics, and Cadsoft EAGLE PCB software to help accelerate integration of wireless power
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09/17/2012
Geothermal Energy expo held in Reno

Click image to enlarge: Stillwater geothermal project. The US Department of Energy (DoE) said the project, which received $40 million in tax support under the Recovery Act, has harnessed innovative technologies to add solar energy to the facility and provide 59 MW of combined capacity to power more than 50,000 local homes."

From September 30 to October 3, companies that provide services and products for geothermal resource exploration, characterization, development, production and management will gather at the GEA Geothermal
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09/16/2012
Illinois is one of four states chosen for <i>Best Practices Policy Academy</i>

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Illinois is one of four states chosen by the NGA (National Governors Association) for a prestigious Best Practices Policy Academy grant to boost industrial productivity through use of energy
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09/16/2012
Power Electronics South America 2012 comes to successful close
Nearly 300 specialists attended Power Electronics South America from 11 - 13 September in São Paulo, Brazil, to find out more about both the current state and the future of power electronics, intelligent
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09/16/2012
RFEL awarded for innovation in digital signal processing

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RFEL, a specialist in high-performance electronic signal processing, has been presented with The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2012 in the Innovation category, for its unique range of digital-signal-processing
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09/16/2012
Transphorm releases first JEDEC qualified 600-V GaN HEMT
Transphorm has announced the JEDEC qualification of the company's TPH2006PS GaN HEMT on SiC substrate, making it the industry's first qualified 600 V HEMT device. The TPH2006PS, based on the company's
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09/13/2012
Intersil expands video-surveillance coalition

SLOC consists of camera transmitter and a DVR/NVR receiver

Susan Hardman, senior VP of Intersil's analog mixed-signal product group, says forecasts are that the overall video-surveillance market will reach $16.4 billion by 2014 with world-wide deployment
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09/12/2012
Transcend to display complete industrial storage lineup at ESC Boston 2012
Transcend Information has announced it will attend the ESC Boston 2012. The conference will take place at Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, September 17-20, 2012. The tradeshow floor
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09/11/2012
S3 Group Licenses DAC to Aptina
IP provider S3 Group has licensed a video DAC to CMOS image sensor maker Aptina. Aptina provides image sensors to tier-one OEMs manufacturing and supplying digital cameras for mobile, automotive,
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09/11/2012
Digi-Key Corporation inks global-distribution agreement with Kionix
Electronic-components distributor Digi-Key has announced a global distribution agreement with MEMS inertial-sensor provider Kionix. Kionix provides 3-axis accelerometers and gyroscopes, and 6-axis
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09/11/2012
TTI announces asset acquisition of NPCS autotronics
TTI, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced the acquisition of the assets of NPCS Autotronics based in Shanghai, China. NPCS Autotronics is a specialty distributor
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09/11/2012
Excelsys hires Kevin Parmenter as VP of Applications Engineering for USA

Kevin Parmenter, VP Applications, Excelsys, USA

Excelsys Technologies announces the appointment of Kevin Parmenter as Vice President Applications Engineering, USA. Kevin Parmenter comes from Exar Corporation where he was the Director of Advanced
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09/11/2012
Well known national and international companies will be showcasing their power electronics, intelligent drive technologies, renewable energies and energy management products to visitors and conference
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09/11/2012
Silevo ramps up to high-volume manufacture

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Silevo's single busbar solar cells use a single copper, rather than silver, wiring to carry current, a way to reduce material costs.

PV solar module manufacturer Silevo has achieved greater than 21% conversion efficiency with its high performance Triex solar technology at its high-volume manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, China.
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09/10/2012
Europe offered flexible CMOS development and foundry service by Toshiba

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Toshiba offers European customers process development and fabrication services on 8" wafers at 600, 350, 180, 130, 110, and 90 nm process nodes.

Toshiba Electronics Europe is now offering European ASIC customers a flexible process-development and foundry service built around its 8" CMOS fabrication capabilities. The service combines support
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09/10/2012
Hendrix Aerial expands engineering & management services
Hendrix Aerial has expanded engineering and management services for their Spacer Cable Systems. Since 1951 Hendrix has provided technical assistance to their customers for Spacer Cable design and
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09/09/2012
TransTech Systems signs RFID distribution agreement with Convergence Systems

CSL launch of CS468 16 port reader and CS790 ultra-thin antenna

TransTech Systems, provider of identification systems, has signed a major distribution agreement with Convergence Systems to distribute that company's fixed and handheld RFID readers TransTech's
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09/09/2012
EU LED Symposium & Expo expounds on Zhaga standards
This year the LpS2012 (LED professional Symposium +Expo) running from 25 - 27 September at Bregenz, Austria is making available first hand information about the newest developments on the subject
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09/09/2012
AES 48th International Conference to focus on Automotive Audio
Over the last 20 years, automotive audio has changed dramatically from being standard mono sound in one full range loudspeaker to a true multichannel playback system fully integrated and adjusted
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09/09/2012
Accelerating investment in industrial energy efficiency
American DG Energy has said it will benefit from the recent White House Executive Order "Accelerate Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency." The goal of the Executive Order is to supply 40 GW
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09/09/2012
Designing natural ventilation cooling

Click image to enlarge: Keelung terminal

Keelung, Taiwan's second-largest seaport, experiences extreme heat and humidity, as well as plenty of wind and rain year-round. The result may be one of the most difficult climates in which to build
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09/09/2012
Light bulb energy efficiencies compared

LED bulbs are a slight improvement environmentally over the CFL. The energy-efficiency gap will widen over the next five years, according to a report from the US DoE.

While today's LED bulbs are a slight improvement environmentally over the CFL, the energy-efficiency gap will widen over the next five years as LED technology and manufacturing methods improve, according
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09/09/2012
REEEP issues 9th call for energy-efficiency project proposals
The REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) is inviting NGOs, governments, regulators, businesses, enterprises, local financial institutions, and others to submit project proposals
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09/09/2012
Cybersecurity evaluation model and survey available to benchmark power utilities

The Department of Energy's Electricity Subsector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model will help utilities assess their own level of cybersecurity readiness.

A first-of-its-kind self-evaluation model and survey can provide utilities with an efficient way to benchmark and measure their cybersecurity. The Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity
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09/09/2012
CISSOID signs franchise agreement with distributor SETRON
High-temperature semiconductor manufacturer CISSOID and German-based distributor SETRON have signed an extensive franchise agreement for the distribution of CISSOID products. With sales locations
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09/08/2012
CrayoNano offers new hybrid graphite- and graphene-grown nanowires

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Vertically aligned nanowire growth on graphite and graphene.

A CrayoNano research team has developed a new technique that enables growth of vertically aligned and self-catalyzed nanowires on graphite and graphene. This new hybrid material has excellent properties
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09/07/2012
Intel & HP to design and build NREL high-performance computer

XeonE5-2600

Intel Corp is to work with HP to design and provide the US DOE's (Department of Energy's) NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) with a supercomputing system that will drive research across a
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09/06/2012
EPC releases SOA data for eGaN FETs
EPC (Efficient Power Conversion) is releasing safe operating area (SOA) data for their product line of eGaN FETs. The positive temperature coefficient across virtually their entire operating range
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09/04/2012
Cree Introduces 150-mm 4HN Silicon Carbide Epitaxial Wafers

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Cree's low micropipe 4H n-type SiC epitaxial wafers are now available in 150 mm diameter.

CREE has announced availability of high quality, low micropipe 150-mm 4H n-type SiC (silicon carbide) epitaxial wafers. Cree continues to lead the SiC materials marketplace in driving to larger diameters
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09/04/2012
Power Integrations unveils A19 LED-driver reference design targeting 100-W incandescent-bulb replacements
Power Integrations has announced DER-323, a reference design for an 18W, 88%-efficient, non-isolated A19 LED driver based on the LNK460VG low-profile IC from the company's LinkSwitch-PL family. The
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09/04/2012
Arrow Electronics and Intematix sign global distribution agreement for remote phosphor LED lighting components

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ChromaLit uses a phosphor composite separated from the blue LED energy source.

Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix to deliver ChromaLit remote phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting. Remote phosphor is a trend in LED-lighting-system
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09/04/2012
4G LTE to dominate cautious carrier capex spending

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The spending on infrastructure, considered a bellwether for gauging overall prospects of the wireless industry moving forward, continues the strong 7.7% expansion of last year, when carrier expenditures
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09/02/2012
Texas Instruments backs OpenMP API

OpenMP API support for TMS320C6670, TMS320C6671, TMS320C6672, TMS320C6674 and TMS320C6678 DSPs

The OpenMP API on multicore DSPs allows developers designing with TI's C66x multicore DSPs to easily increase programmer productivity, while reducing development costs and time to market for embedded
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08/30/2012
IEEE ECCE 2012 registration and final program available online

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IEEE ECCE 2012 overview. Download the final program for schedule details.

This year's IEEE ECCE (Energy-conversion congress and exposition) will be held in the new Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC. The just-released final program includes more than 130 technical
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08/30/2012
Vienna University of Technology researchers develop 3D photografting technology

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3-D pattern, produced by photografting (180 μm wide). Fluorescent molecules are attached to the hydrogel, resulting in a microscopic 3-D pattern.

While there are many ways to create 3D objects on a micrometer scale, scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have developed a method to attach chemical molecules at exactly the right place.
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08/30/2012
IDT and Intel develop integrated silicon for wireless charging

Wireless charging for 4G, cloud, and mobile

Integrated Device Technology has announced that Intel has selected the company to develop an integrated transmitter/receiver chipset for resonant wireless charging. Wireless charging ICs by IDT will
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08/30/2012
Eriez promotes new Product-Engineering Manager

Nicole Skias Product-Engineering Manager for the Eriez Hydroflow line

Eriez announces the promotion of Nicole Skias to Product-Engineering Manager for the Eriez Hydroflow line. In this new role, the mechanical engineers and designers within the Hydroflow product line
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08/30/2012
Four marine contenders for 10 million renewables-innovation prize

AR1000 Atlantis Resources 1MW device

Two tidal energy and two wave power developers have entered the race for Scotland's £10 million Saltire Prize as the competition's Grand Challenge phase begins. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
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08/29/2012
Draker and Solar Power Technologies merge
Draker and SPTI (Solar Power Technologies) have jointly announced their merger, effective August 21, 2012. The combined company will operate under the Draker name. The combined company also announced
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08/28/2012
Siemens to unveil its end-to-end smart grid portfolio at Metering Europe in October
Siemens Smart Grid has announced its lead sponsorship for the annual Metering, Billing/CRM Europe, co-joined with Transmission & Distribution/Smart Grids Europe and Smart Homes which is taking place
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08/28/2012
Mouser stocking wide selection of connectivity products from Emerson Network Power
Mouser Electronics is providing a wide selection of Emerson Network Power Connectivity products, which includes major connector product lines such as Stratos, Johnson, Trompeter, Vitelec, Semflex,
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08/28/2012
Digi-Key announces distribution agreement with Touch Revolution
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key has announced a global distribution agreement with Touch Revolution, provider of projected capacitive touch products. Touch Revolution designs and
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08/28/2012
Toyota to adopt Aisin Seki driver-drowsiness-monitor design

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Aisin Seki, Japan, has developed an eyelid monitor and identified symptoms in eyelid behaviour that indicate drowsiness in motorists. The new automated ITS (Intelligent Transport System) eliminates
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08/28/2012
Meralco and Cisco collaborate on Phillippines smart grid

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Back (L-R) - Ruben Benosa, Marthyn Cuan, Stephen Misa (Cisco), Raymond Ravelo, Ramon Segismundo, Mario Louie Castaneda (Cisco), Edgar Ventanilla (Cisco), Marnie Tolosa (Cisco) Front (L-R) - Alfredo Panlilio, Les Williamson (Cisco), Oscar Reyes, Patrick Veron (Cisco)

Meralco (Manila Electric Company), Philippines' largest distributor of electrical power, and Cisco are collaborating on a holistic approach to providing reliable computing and networking infrastructure
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08/27/2012
LG Chem research emerges with cable battery

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A cable-type flexible lithium ion battery based on hollow multi-helix electrodes.

Je Young Kim, GM of battery R&D at LG Chem, and his team have designed a cable-type flexible lithium ion battery based on hollow multi-helix electrodes. The spring-like, spiral incorporates the inorganic
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08/27/2012
Multiscale Origami for new photonics, energy conversion

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Simulation of an impact of an oxygen atom on silicium (Energy of 100 eV, 80° angle)

??The NSF's (National Science Foundation's) EFRI (Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation) office has awarded 15 grants in FY 2012 They address three projects in photosynthetic biorefineries
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08/27/2012
Rolls Royce designs and powers buoy-tender vessel for India

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UT 755 S Buoy tender vessel

Rolls-Royce has secured an £8 million contract to design and power a highly specialised buoy-tender vessel for India. The vessel will be operating in remote waters off the east coast of India and
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08/27/2012
FuelCell Energy applauds Congressman Larsons and Senator Blumenthal's proposed legislation
FuelCell Energy has urged support for The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Infrastructure for America Act (the Act), which U.S. Congressman John B. Larson and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal are introducing.
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08/27/2012
Ballard Power Systems to deliver 102 fuel-cell power-generation systems

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ElectragenME Fuel Cell

Ballard Power Systems has received purchase orders for 102 fuel-cell power-generation systems to be delivered to its new Southeast Asian distributor, Cascadiant. The systems will be used in the networks
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08/26/2012
Reed takes All-Energy exhibition to Canada

All-Energy, Melbourne, Australia

Reed Exhibitions is launching its All-Energy renewable-energy expo series in North America next year when the first All-Energy Canada takes place on 2-3 October 2013 at Exhibition Place, Toronto,
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08/25/2012
Whirlpool and Honeywell introduce efficient insulation

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Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent applications

Demonstrating mutual commitments to environmental leadership, Whirlpool and Honeywell have announced that all U.S-made Whirlpool refrigerators will incorporate Honeywell's Solstice LBA (Liquid Blowing
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08/25/2012
IBM, Solar Frontier, TOK, and DelSolar partner to develop low-cost CZTS PV cells

Click image to enlarge: CZTS thin film solar cell

IBM's Materials Science team has partnered with Solar Frontier, TOK (Tokyo Ohka Kogyo), and DelSolar to develop an efficient and affordable PV cell made of abundant natural materials. So far, the
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08/25/2012
TDK Lambda opens new German logistics & supply centre

Nearly 300 guests celebrated the inauguration of the warehouse in Achern.

TDK announces that TDK-Lambda has opened a new European Logistics and Supply Centre in Achern, Germany. The 2,300 m2 facility is an increase of 900 m2 and will hold around €5
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08/22/2012
Synopsys to acquire SpringSoft

President and Co-Ceo ChiFoon Chan, Synopsys

Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SpringSoft, the specialized IC design-software house based in Hsinchu, Taiwan with global offices in Cardiff, Wales, Florida and Seattle, USA,
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08/21/2012
NQ Mobile acquires a third of Hesine Technology

NQ Mobile co-founder, chairman, co-CEO, Henry Lin

NQ Mobile, a provider of mobile Internet services focused on security, privacy, and productivity and MediaTek, the fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia
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08/19/2012
Record PCB sales for Invotec Group
Sales output figures for Invotec Group reached a record high of over €2.7 million in July. The Group (acquired in May by RG Industries LLP, part of the Rubicon Partners portfolio of Industrial businesses
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08/17/2012
Powerex completes new automated production center

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Examples of high-power silicon and SiC semiconductor modules

Leveraging $6 million in DOE (U.S. Department of Energy) funding, Powerex is has announced the opening of a new automated production center. The facility is capable of producing both silicon and silicon-carbide
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08/17/2012
Passive solar-tracking method uses phase-change material

Professor Hongrui Jiang

Cribbing on nature's designs can be one of the best routes to energy efficiency, as recent work from University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrates. Electrical and computer engineering Professor Hongrui
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08/17/2012
NIST laboratory researches graphene semiconductors

Graphene-insulator-semiconductor sample under electrical test

Researchers at NIST's PML (Physical Measurement Laboratory) are using combined optical techniques, IPE (internal photo-emmission), and SE (spectroscopic ellipsometry) to determine graphene's work
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08/17/2012
Mouser launches harsh-environments-technology site for engineers

Harsh environments, temperature, vibration, moisture and more for ruggedized components

Mouser Electronics has launched its new technology site featuring electronics for harsh environments. The new site contains technical information that aids design engineers in developing and designing
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08/17/2012
Global Foundries and ARM to jointly deliver optimised SoCs
Global Foundries and ARM have engaged in a multi-year agreement to jointly deliver optimized SoCs for ARM processor designs on Global Foundries' 20nm and FinFET process technologies. The new agreement
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08/16/2012
Touch screen modules revenue forecast

Touch Panel

DisplaySearch has surveyed over 200 suppliers of touch-screen modules, controller ICs, ITO film, and other components to produce the 2012 Touch Panel Market Analysis report. Firms are profiled
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08/15/2012
Nordic Semi nRF51DSK experts offer global tutorials

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The USA tour

Follow the launch of its nRF51 series of SOCs (Systems-on-Chip), ultra-low-power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor is embarking on a Global Tech Tour where a team of the company's top wireless-application
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08/15/2012
Kolinker Group, X'tals acquires 40%  of IQD OCXO manufacture

Major investment in IQD FOQ GmbH by leading Hong Kong crystals manufacturer

Asian frequency products manufacturer, Hong Kong X'tals, part of the Kolinker Group, has acquired a 40% shareholding in IQD's specialist OCXO manufacturing division IQD FOQ for an undisclosed sum.
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08/15/2012
The AMOLED future in an LCD world

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Based on current yield and material cost assumptions. IGZO: indium gallium zinc oxide. WOLED: white OLED with color filters. LTPS: low temperature polysilicon. RGB: red, green, blue (direct emission) OLED.

The AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) represents a rapidly growing and highly promising technology for display applications. Based on planned investments, NPD DisplaySearch forecasts
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Date:
08/15/2012
FuelCell Energy sells fuel cell power plant to BAM Deutschland

L2R. Frank Schreiber, BAM Deutschland, Dr.-Ing. Michael Zins, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Chip Bottone, FuelCell Energy Solutions, Dr.-Ing. Markus Koch, BAM Deutschland, Prof. Dr. Alexander Michaelis, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Dr. Hans-Peter Schelkle, BAM Immobilien-Dienstleistungen, Andreas Benignus, BAM Deutschland.

FCES (FuelCell Energy Solutions) has sold its first stationary fuel-cell power plant, a sub-megawatt DFC250-EU, to BAM Deutschland, for installation at the new Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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Date:
08/15/2012
iDTVs adopt 100 million silicon tuners

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The Si21x8 TV-tuner family is based on four generations of patented architectural enhancements to silicon tuners.

Silicon Laboratories has shipped its one-hundred-millionth silicon TV tuner that fully displaces traditional tuner modules in iDTVs, which has been and adopted subsequently by virtually all name-brand
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Date:
08/14/2012
Microsemi appoints Abbott Medical Optics senior VP to board

James V. Mazzo

Microsemi recently appointed Abbot Medical Optics senior VP James V. Mazzo to its board of directors. Abbott specialises in advanced refractive technologies for eye care professionals and patients.
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Date:
08/13/2012
Arrow Electronics extends distribution agreement with Schurter to EMEA

Ralph Müller, CEO & President Divison Components Schurter; Hans-Rudolf Schurter, Chairman & CEO Schurter Group; Matthias Jeck, Senior Group Manager Passive Product Management EMEA Arrow; Martin Zarges, Head of Sales Division Components Schurter; Dominika Stenkiewicz, EMEA Product Manager Circuit Protection Arrow.

Arrow Electronics and the Schurter Group announced today the expansion of their existing distribution agreement to the entire EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Both companies have worked
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Date:
08/13/2012
Power Assure software and test method improves data centers' energy efficiency
Power Assure has announced that its EM/4 DPM (Dynamic Power Management) software and PAR4/UL2640 test method for IT equipment baseline measurements are the basis of a new UNFCCC (United
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Date:
08/13/2012
Barbizon Lighting supplies energy efficient BBC TV studio
Barbizon Lighting improves the energy-efficiency of a UK BCTV studio by adding new energy-efficient studio lighting, a lighting grid, and a studio curtain to create a second studio set, by sliding
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Date:
08/13/2012
Paper reports on the rebound effect

Rebound

As the energy efficiency of products, homes, and businesses improves, it becomes less expensive to operate them. The rebound effect is a postulate that people increase their use of products and facilities
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Date:
08/13/2012
APEC 2013 announces $1,000 student-attendance awards
The joint sponsors of the APEC (Applied Power-Electronics Conference) have announced the continuation of the popular $1,000 Student Attendance Awards to cover part of the travel and conference
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Date:
08/10/2012
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