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2/22/2012
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1/2/2012
Today’s challenge to support the world with clean green energy in the near future has brought wind- and solar power generation stronger into focus
Now, windmills have grown to output powers of several megawatts and solar arrays in an equally demanding power range have been set up throughout the world, relying on power semiconductors “made in Germany”.
Due to outstanding characteristics in efficiency, robustness
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| 1/2/2012 |
Today’s challenge to support the world with clean green energy in the near future has brought wind- and solar power generation stronger into focus
Now, windmills have grown to output powers of several megawatts and solar arrays in an equally demanding power range have been set up throughout the world, relying on power semiconductors “made in Germany”.
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| 12/14/2011 |
Trio of PMICs enable flexible design, enhance data integrity and save board space in ultra-slim, client and enterprise SSD designs
Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced a family of tiny, single-chip, power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for powering all the supply rails in solid state drives (SSDs), hybrid drives and
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| 11/18/2011 |
Enhancement mode gallium nitride power transistors such as EPC’s eGaN® FETs have been widely available for almost two years to designers wanting to improve the efficiency and power density of their
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| 10/23/2011 |
I talked with Jim Lindop, Chief Strategist, Low Power RF product line at NXP Semiconductors, about the company’s new system approach to help eliminate bacterial infection transfer in hospitals.
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| 9/26/2011 |
I talked with Guillaume d'Eyssautier, CEO, ADD semiconductor. Guillaume joined ADD semiconductor as CEO in May 2009 from picoChip where he was President and CEO. His career has spanned over the past
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| 6/18/2011 |
Renewable Energy covers many forms; I asked LEM CEO, François Gabella, a few questions on his own perspective on what LEM brings to the party
Q) In Renewable Energy, you’ve got to measure what you’re using or generating and how the changes you make are effective. How can LEM help here?
A) Renewable energy is a unique market with Solar
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| 6/10/2011 |
I had the pleasure to talk with Doug Amos, Business Development Manager, Solutions Marketing at Synopsys. With 25 years experience in the field of FPGA and ASIC design, Doug has designed or supported
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| 5/7/2011 |
With these goods becoming more energy efficient as a function of regulations and consumer demand coupled with the need to add more functionality, manufacturers are hard-pressed to differentiate their
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| 3/22/2011 |
New patented InTune™ DC-DC control technology
Maxim has dramatically entered the digital power market with its patented InTune technology, and certainly has the capability to become the top supplier of digital power solutions. I had the opportunity
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