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Driving automotive LED forward lighting systems
Discovering the driving forces behind the steadily increasing demand for LEDs in automotive front light systems: the quality of light and the European CO2 emission target for new passenger cars. By Luc Dang, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, STMicroelectronics.
BAM! Microcontrollers pack power efficiency into smartphones
Sensor-hub applications are the target for STMicroelectronics STM32 Dynamic Efficiency microcontrollers. The devices improve the power-saving performance of data batching – the technique also used in Google’s latest Android 4.4 (KitKat) operating system to maximise battery life - and extend the advantages to many more applications besides smartphones and tablets.
Rad-hard devices meet global standards
ST’s new series of rad-hard devices combine proven 130nm process technology with dedicated chip architecture and layout rules to achieve superior radiation-immunity and electrical characteristics. The development has been supported by the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) for use in future commercial and government satellite projects.
Top speakers/sponsors on parade for free design forum
A top flight panel of speakers and sponsors are lined up to appear at the RF & Wireless/LED & Lighting Design Forum in Manchester on September 9. The free event is organised by Motiv8 Forums and it takes place at The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford.
Large MEMS companies are challenged by low-cost solutions
Yole Développement has published a report describing and analysingMEMS technologies and market trends. The report, entitled 'Status of the MEMS Industry',announces 2013-2019 market data covering more than 220 MEMS applications, with an in-depth study of the industrial and strategic evolutions.
1200V IGBTs boost energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is on all agendas and to help meet this requirement STMicroelectronics’ has introduced 1200V IGBTs that leverage second-generation trench-gate field-stop high-speed technology to boost energy efficiency and ruggedness in applications such as solar inverters, welders, uninterruptible power supplies, and Power-Factor Correction (PFC) converters.
Low-voltage MCUs bridge mobile-platform subsystems
STMicroelectronics has unveiled a pair of low-voltage microcontrollers to help overcome the challenges designers face when adding a companion chip to a low-voltage host processor. These focused low-voltage microcontrollers connect to the same digital power domain as the host, such as a 1.8V power supply, while allowing on-chip peripherals to operate from higher voltages such as 3.3V, giving freedom from the usual performance trade-offs that come ...
Raging trench warfare
The rate of improvement in trench MOSFETs may be slowing down but, as Steve Rogerson found out, there are still some fighting the battle.
Ultra-thin is the new bulk
The quest for smaller, faster, cheaper integrated devices really drives the semiconductor industry from a commercial point of view; an ever-present burden on developers working on the next great process breakthrough. Philip Ling reports for ES Design magazine.