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Users of Tanner EDA tools are to get economical access to an analogue and mixed-signal, 0.25 micron Silicon Germanium Carbon (SiGe:C) BiCMOS process through a new collaboration with IHP’s pilot line in Frankfurt (Oder). Europractice has developed design kits for Tanner EDA’s L-Edit family of integrated circuit layout tools to ensure compatibility of designs with their process.

Push-pull connectors from Intelliconnect have many advantages over screw and locking type connectors. They offer panel designers space savings as there is no need for a coupling-tool or locking by hand and fast and easy mating and un-mating for portable and test equipment as well as systems with frequently changing set-ups.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, has published its Corporate Responsibility Report for 2009. The report demonstrates how ST creates value for its stakeholders through its culture of Sustainable Excellence and has maintained its commitment to Corporate Responsibility despite the economic crisis.

CIT Relay & Switch offers the AS Series Illuminated Indexing Switch. This panel mount switch is available in SPDT and DPDT with 90° indexing and DPDT with 45° indexing. The AS Series is splash proof and offers non-illuminated, single LED or bi-color LED illumination. LED voltage choices are 6V, 12V, 24V, 110V and 220V or a no internal resister in series with the LED. Illumination color choices are Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White and Orange with...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has picked up two awards at the annual Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards held in London on 10th July. The NMI won the categories for ‘Membership Success’ and ‘Environmental Initiative’.

SiTel Semiconductor today announced that three of its advanced DECT ICs feature in the new Jabra PRO 9400 Series headsets from GN Netcom. The new headsets feature SiTel’s SC14450 high-end baseband processor, LMX4180 DECT transceiver and SC14480 single-chip CAT-iq IC. These chips deliver high performance and low power consumption. As a result, the headsets boast a host of new features, excellent energy efficiency and outstanding voice quality in...

To meet ENERGY STAR regulations and reduce their carbon footprint, power-electronic design teams continue to push efficiency towards the 100 percent rating, bringing higher system efficiency to PCs, servers, industrial power supplies and consumer electronics. Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) has leveraged its expertise in power to develop a CCM PFC controller for 300W to 2kW power supply designs that bring high system efficiency, high power fa...

Mentor Graphics announced today a significant expansion of the company’s Capital product suite. Already offering a powerful electrical system and wire harness design flow for the automotive, aerospace and defence industries, the Capital suite now includes three new products that extend that flow both upstream and downstream. With the introduction of new tools addressing configuration complexity, harness manufacturing and vehicle documentation a...

Ryder Industries, a Swiss-owned, China-based electronics manufacturing services provider, announces plans to open a new manufacturing campus in China’s Jiangxi province following the westward spread of China’s industrial development.

Rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology has received a huge boost with the investment of £40 million in Nexeon, the company pioneering the use of silicon anodes in place of carbon. The Series C investment was led by existing investor Imperial Innovations Group and included Invesco Perpetual; both organisations are existing investors