Push power switches
18 March, 2003 | Supplied by: Switches Plus Components Pty Ltd
The ALPS/Switches Plus SDKVB series push power switch is equipped with a built-in detector switch that determines whether the switch is in the 'on' or 'off' position.
'Dirty little secret' threatens Moore's Law
05 March, 2003
Today's state-of-the-art chips have transistors roughly a micrometre in overall length. But this very success has brought the chipmakers to the brink of a steep, new obstacle to further gains in performance
Tunable optical fibres
04 March, 2003
Optical fibres regularly carry billions of phone conversations and other data transmissions every day and are a fundamental part of optical sensing and numerous medical applications. The photonic devices responsible for this traffic are being made even more efficient and versatile by handing over some of the switching and reconfiguring chores to the fibres themselves - the trunk lines linking all the optical nodes.
Molecular Switch
24 February, 2003
A molecular switch took only 47 zepto-joules to operate in a recent experiment, 10,000 times less than transistor switches used in current high-speed computers. The molecular switch consists of rotating one of the four phenyl legs attached to a complicated porphyrin molecule from one stable position to another.
Logic devices 100% lead-free
13 February, 2003
Texas Instruments has announced that its complete logic portfolio is now offered in Pb-free solutions for all finishes and balls.
8 bit microcontroller
11 February, 2003 | Supplied by: Active Components (Aust) Pty Ltd
Available from Active Components in 28 pin PLCC and TSSOP is the Philips P89LPC932 that has a 2.4 to 3.6 V VDD operating range with 5 V tolerant I/O pins.
Programmable amp
11 February, 2003 | Supplied by: http://www.soanar.com/
Linear Technology has introduced the LTC6910-1, a digitally controlled programmable gain amplifier (PGA).
Quantum-dot LED may be screen of choice for future electronics
05 February, 2003
MIT researchers have combined organic materials with high-performing inorganic nanocrystals to create a hybrid optoelectronic structure
Bright colourful future for LEDs
03 February, 2003
Technical Insights Frost & Sullivan has discovered two developments in the light-emitting diode (LED) arena. A single LED, with the facility to switch its emission spectrum and a hybrid device based on an inorganic quantum dot/organic LED combination capable of enhanced luminescence.
Chip made on 90 nm process
29 January, 2003
Texas Instruments' fully functional wireless digital base band on 90 nm process offers many benefits. By shrinking the dimension of the transistors power consumption, size and manufacturing costs are reduced relative to the previous manufacturing process. Distances between transistors are also reduced, increasing overall processor performance and allowing integration of many more features on an equivalent size chip.
LDO regulator
17 December, 2002 | Supplied by: Braemac Pty Ltd
The MIC5239 is a micropower low-dropout regulator providing keep-alive voltage for power-sensitive applications ranging from notebook PCs to automotive electronics.
Joint development of high density flash memory
04 December, 2002
Macronix, Taiwan has announced an agreement with Mitsubishi Electric which covers 0.15 um DINOR Flash technology development, joint design of product and wafer manufacturing.
High speed optocouplers
04 December, 2002 | Supplied by: http://www.agilent.com/
Agilent has introduced high speed optocouplers, claimed to be capable of transmitting data at a 50 megabaud (MBd) rate, allowing high speed collection and control in industrial automation applications where isolation is required.
Pressure from nanoelectronics
26 November, 2002
The future of nanoelectronics looks promising. Built with nanotubes and various self-assembling molecular structures, this technology may revolutionise the elctronic world by replacing the silicon transistor in approximately ten years.
Referees to use microchip technology
18 November, 2002
German company, Cairos Technologies is developing an automated soccer refereeing technology that could result in fewer disagreements over decisions particularly the offside rule.
