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Floating surge stopper provides unlimited overvoltage protection May 17, 2013
Protecting sensitive electronic circuitry from voltage transients is an essential part of any system be it automotive, industrial, avionics or even battery-powered consumer applications.
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Tightly knit network to cure range angst, study says
May 17, 2013
The number of electric vehicle charging stations is set to soar globally by 2020, supporting a shift in driving away from traditional petrol and diesel-fuelled vehicles, says a report from market research company IHS. The market watchers strongly advocate a unified charging system.
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Ultra-low-power SoC supports world's smallest Bluetooth location stickers
May 16, 2013
Nordic Semiconductor ASA's nRF51822 SoC has been specified into the world's smallest Bluetooth low energy coin-sized location stickers.
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Imec and Renesas collaborate on ultra-low power short range radios
May 16, 2013
Imec and Renesas Electronics have entered into a new strategic research collaboration at Holst Centre to enhance ultra-low power (ULP) wireless technologies for short range communication, targeting sensor networks for automotive and industrial purposes.
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sureCore receives £250 000 SMART Award to prototype low power SRAM technology
May 16, 2013
sureCore Ltd has secured a Technology Strategy Board SMART award of £250 000 to help realize the company’s low power SRAM technology in a leading edge next generation silicon process node.
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Amantys partners Fuji Electric to launch IGBT gate drivers for wind and solar markets
May 15, 2013
Amantys collaborates with Fuji Electric to introduce Amantys Power Insight enabled gate drivers for the growing market for PrimePACK compatible IGBT modules.
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Cambridge Nanotherm starts mass manufacturing of thermal management substrate
May 15, 2013
UK-based electronics thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm plans to build the company’s first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK following the award of £250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency - Technology Strategy Board (TSB).
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New generation of thermal sensor arrays overcome the limitations in single-element sensors
May 15, 2013
ULIS is concluding the first of two phases in the MIRTIC (Micro Retina Thermal Infrared) project with the launch of the Micro80P thermal sensor array.
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EU antidumping duties could block Chinese modules out of the European Market
May 15, 2013
Average pricing for Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic (PV) solar modules could surge by 45 percent in June, cutting some solar project IRRs to below 7 percent and further dampen demand in Europe as a result of the preliminary antidumping duties imposed in the European Union, says market analysis firm ...
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Altera acquires power technology innovator Enpirion
May 15, 2013
Altera Corporation has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Enpirion, Inc., the industry’s leading provider of high-efficiency, integrated power conversion products known as PowerSoCs (power system-on-chip).
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