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Transistors' 0.4mm off-board height suits wearables
Claimed to be the world’s first DFN0606-packaged NPN and PNP devices, Diodes Incorporated has announced four transistors which occupy a board space of only 0.36mm2 with an off-board height of only 0.4mm. The devices are suited for wearables, such as smart watches, as well as other space-constrained consumer products, such as smartphones and tablets.
Verification offered for organic thin film transistor
Plastic Logic has adopted Synopsys' IC Validator product for physical verification of its proprietary organic thin film transistor technology. IC Validator's modern design and advanced hierarchical capabilities allow it to accommodate Plastic Logic's process technology and deliver fast turn-around times on the company's large flexible screen designs.
Motherboard supports 4th gen Intel Core processors
A Mini-ITX motherboard, which supports the Intel Q87 chipset and next-gen Intel Core processors, has been released by IBASE Technology. Suitable for applications in industrial control, factory automation, communications and gaming industries, the MI981 is designed to provide high performance and flexibility for functional expansions.
Newer nodes enhance FPGA performance
Sally Ward-Foxton investigates how more advanced process nodes are enabling performance enhancements in the latest-gen FPGA products.
3D rendering software module to help study comet 67P
The Qt Company, a subsidiary of Digia, is working with the ESA in order to develop a 3D rendering software module that will be used in the ESA MAPPS planning and analysing tool. First needed in the survey mission currently studying comet 67P by the Rosetta spacecraft, the ESA requires rendering algorithms that can deal with irregular bodies in addition to normal spheroid shaped planets.
Quantum dots enable spray-on wide-spectrum PV cells
Load bearing structures that are also electronic or electrical are called structural electronics. This two-for-one approach can be more reliable, attractive and long-lived and saves space. With a vehicle, saving weight also reaps dividends, such as when devices and circuits are applied experimentally to an electric car or plane that travels much further on a single charge as a consequence.
Making more of Doherty in LTE basestations
Steve Rogerson looks at how one company believes it is keeping 1930s Doherty amplifier technology up to date for modern LTE basestations.
Harnessing the advanced features of GaNPX packaging
GaN Systems has announced an application note for design engineers which sets out thermal design guidelines and PCB layout choices for its enhancement mode power switching transistors, which are supplied in its proprietary GaNPX device packaging. These are the first discrete power devices to be embedded in a laminate construction (in which conventional packaging techniques, such as clips, wire bonds and moulding compounds have been replaced with ...
8-bit MPU enabled by thin-film electronics
A general-purpose 8-bit MPU, manufactured using complementary TFTs processed at temperatures compatible with plastic foil substrates (250°C), has been realised by Holst Centre, imec and their partner, Evonik. The CMOS MPU circuit, which operates at a clock frequency 2.1kHz, integrates metal-oxide for n-type TFTs and organic molecules for p-type TFTs. The results were published online in 'Scientific Reports', an open access journal from the pu...
On-chip galvanic isolation provides reliable power control
Integrating galvanic isolation with analogue and logic circuitry in the same chip, the STGAP1S advanced single-channel gate driver is the first in STMicroelectronics’ next-gen range of gapDRIVE gate drivers. The devices aim to help simplify driver design while ensuring high noise immunity for safe and reliable power control.