Molecular switches that assemble themselves
05 January, 2002"Smaller means faster and more efficient" is the maxim of the electronics industry as it strives towards the greater miniaturisation. Conventional fabrication methods are reaching their limits, with the production of components around 100 nm in size
Tiny fans to cool electronics
20 December, 2001Research engineers at Purdue University are developing tiny, quiet fans that wiggle back and forth to help cool future laptop computers and other portable electronic gear.
Optical amplifiers poised for growth in 2003
17 December, 2001Hi-tech research firm, Cahners In-Stat Group anticipates that the total market for optical amplifiers used as linear amplifiers on long haul and metropolitan area network (MAN) applications will increase from approximately $6.6 billion in 2001 to $9.4 billion in 2006.
Chip prices rise
11 December, 2001With a general chip drought, and higher than expected demand, chip prices are rising in the PC processor sector, leading to hopes of a recovery.
Diagonal Fans
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: Adilam TechnologiesAt the top end of the PAPST product range, the DV6200 series offers fans with both high flow rates, >500 m/h, and high static pressure.
Charger MOSFETs
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty LtdFour PowerPAK 1212-8 MOSFET devices designed for battery charger switching and protection applications have been announced by Siliconix.
Linux Board
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: Allied Data Systems Pty LtdCompuLab has introduced a Linux installation image for the 586CORE single board computer. The Kernel integrates the 586CORE module with additional drivers to support the onboard functions to create an embedded computer with capabilities usually offered only by much larger boards.
Low Profile PCI Boards
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: http://www.ieci.com.au/Interworld Electronics has released a series of low profile PCI, RS-232 serial boards in one, two and four port versions.
Switching Amplifiers
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty LtdTurck has announced MK13-222Ex0-R two channel switching amplifiers - compact devices that incorporate 1 NAMUR DIN 19234 sensor, or one dry contact, per input channel and provide one single pole single throw relay per output channel.
Surface Mount LVDS
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: C&K Components PlusM-tron has announced surface mount LVDS output oscillators and voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXOs). These devices offer low noise performance in hot swap applications, fibre channel, gigabit ethernet, and other IEEE 1394-based high-speed data systems.
Intel transistor raises speed limit
29 November, 2001Intel has unveiled a design for transistors which it says will operate at speeds hundreds of times faster than today's production devices.
Crystal growth yields more precise semiconductors
28 November, 2001Traditionally, scientists grow quantities of single-crystalline semiconducting materials by immersing the tip of a pencil-shaped starter crystal in a melt of the same composition.
Chip sector begins to grow
22 November, 2001Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October 2001, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
Embedded Controllers
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty LtdNational Instruments has announced what it claims is the fastest, highest-performance 3U embedded controllers available for PXI/CompactPCI - the NI 8171 series.
Line Transformer
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: IRH ComponentsIRH Components has released the ESMIT 100 double insulated encapsulated telecom line isolating transformer for surface mount.
