element14 Dev Kit HQ
09 January, 2013 | Supplied by: element14element14 has expanded its Dev Kit HQ with a ‘quick find’ online product selector designed to help engineers source the latest products available by manufacturer and technology application.
Gresham Power low-profile 600 W power supplies
09 January, 2013 | Supplied by: Gresham Power ElectronicsGresham Power Electronics has announced the availability of its eFO600 range of 600 W, low-profile, high power density power supplies.
Extension of operation temperature range to 200°C enabled by Al/Cu wire bonds
19 December, 2012 | Supplied by: Semikron DanfossThe demand for an extension of the operation temperature range to 200°C has been promoted by several trends.
Boosting heat transfer with nanoglue
13 December, 2012A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results of the team’s study could enable new advances in cooling computer chips and lighting-emitting diode (LED) devices, collecting solar power, harvesting waste heat and other applications.
Self-assembled monolayers create p-n junctions in graphene films
11 December, 2012 by John ToonA low-temperature, controllable and stable method has been developed to dope graphene films using self-assembled monolayers (SAM) that modify the interface of graphene and its support substrate. Using this concept, a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has created graphene p-n junctions - which are essential to fabricating devices - without damaging the material’s lattice structure or significantly reducing electron/hole mobility.
Milestone for instrument driver network
10 December, 2012National Instruments has announced that the NI Instrument Driver Network (IDNet) has reached a new milestone of 10,000 instrument drivers for automating stand-alone instrumentation.
Renesas Electronics chipset for CPU power supplies
05 December, 2012 | Supplied by: Renesas Electronics Singapore Pte LtdRenesas Electronics Corporation has announced a chipset implementing the voltage regulator (VR) for CPU power supplies used in PCs, servers and storage systems.
Phoenix Contact TP 5000 series HMI product line
04 December, 2012 | Supplied by: Rittal Pty LtdPhoenix Contact has expanded its HMI product line to include the TP 5000 series. In addition to the high-performance Intel Atom 1.6 GHz CPU, the devices have a range of functions.
Research discovery could revolutionise semiconductor manufacture
03 December, 2012A new method of manufacturing the smallest structures in electronics could make their manufacture thousands of times quicker, allowing for cheaper semiconductors. The findings have been published in the latest issue of Nature.
Some more electronics may stop us all seeing red about traffic lights
30 November, 2012 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerWhat is it with traffic lights? They often make me see red and seem to be stuck on that colour. They just don’t seem to have kept up with today’s traffic flow and demands on road space.
Metamaterials manipulate light on a microchip
30 November, 2012Using a combination of the new tools of metamaterials and transformation optics, engineers at Penn State University have developed designs for miniaturised optical devices that can be used in chip-based optical integrated circuits, the equivalent of the integrated electronic circuits that make possible computers and mobile phones.
Flexible, low-voltage circuits using CdSe nanocrystals
28 November, 2012With the combination of flexibility, relatively simple fabrication processes and low power requirements, CdSe nanocrystal circuits could pave the way for new kinds of devices and pervasive sensors.
Implanting electronics into the brain
23 November, 2012If you’re thinking about the ‘Six Million Dollar Man’, you’re not entirely off base. University of Utah electrical engineering professor Florian Solzbacher is pushing the boundaries of electrical devices that can be implanted into the brain and used as an interface between neurons and computers.
Making fast transistors from graphene
23 November, 2012 by John ToonBy fabricating graphene structures atop nanometre-scale ‘steps’ etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electronic bandgap in the material suitable for room-temperature electronics. Use of nanoscale topography to control the properties of graphene could facilitate fabrication of transistors and other devices, potentially opening the door for developing all-carbon integrated circuits.
Development of novel conduction control technique for graphene
23 November, 2012Researchers have developed a novel technique for controlling the electrical conductivity of graphene.
