Mat Dirjish is the Power/Components/Interconnects/Packaging & Optoelectronics Editor. He can be reached at (718) 793-5501. Email address: mdirjish@penton.com
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October 9, 2008[TechView: Test] Data-Logger Trio Handles Heat, Pressure, And Budgets
Targeting temperature and pressure data-logging applications across a wide range of industries, Omega Engineering offers a number of cost-effective solutions. Whether in the field or in house, these instruments pair comprehensive feature sets with cost-effective pricing. Described as a precision resistance temperature detector (RTD) temperature recorder, the OM-CP-RTDTEMP2000 has one of the largest memory capacities of any similar data ...
October 2, 2008[Technology Report] Tools Make Motion-Control Design A Snap
One of the most challenging and widespanning areas of design work involves motors and motion control. Choosing the right motor and related control circuitry is one thing. Getting it all to fit into the end product and work accurately is another. And, as with any mechanical component, the opportunities for error are many. Fortunately, motor makers offer users many powerful tools to take the vinegar out of their design chores. More often than not, these...
September 25, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Researchers Open Windows Of Opportunity For Solar Power
Solar-power researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been very busy in their labs lately, and not without significant fruits for their labors. Two projects promise to elevate solar power from an expensive and cumbersome alternative to an affordable and unlimited energy source. SOLAR POWER GOES GREEN-LITERALLY! Relying on the process of photosynthesis occurring in plants for inspiration, MIT...
August 28, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Engineer Seeks Cure For Common Wall Warts
With the mass proliferation of mobile devices and various computer and homeentertainment peripherals, most of us suffer from a bad case of wall warts. Doug Palmer, a principal development engineer at the San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), uses the phrase “wall warts” to describe the plethora of external power supplies that vie for position in his and our wall sockets and power strips...
August 28, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] White LEDs Clear Another Brightness Bar
Ceramic capacitors are rapidly increasing in capacitance and volumetric efficiency (CV/cc) due to higher dielectric constants and smaller dielectric thickness as well as higher layer counts. To compete with ceramic capacitors and meet demands for miniaturization, tantalum (Ta) capacitors also need to increase their volumetric efficiency. Traditionally, the only way to increase CV/cc in Ta capacitors was to reduce particle size in the Ta powder, thereby...
July 24, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Projects And Partners Move OLEDs Closer To The Spotlight
Developments in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology are accelerating. Delivering its “final milestone,” the Organic LEDs for ICT and Lighting Applications (OLLA) organization has unveiled what it is calling Europe’s most efficient OLED lighting tile. Also on the other side of the Atlantic, Osram Opto Semiconductors is leading the charge to develop lower-cost volume production methods for OLEDs. The company is a principal player in a European...
June 24, 2008
[EEPN In Electronic Design] BSI Technology Flips Digital Imaging Upside Down
The quest for superior digital images in evershrinking camera designs never ends. Now, CMOS-sensor specialist OmniVision Technologies has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) to take a completely different approach to traditional CMOS image sensor technology. OmniVisionâ??s OmniBSI architecture consists of a novel sensor design that uses backside illumination (BSI) to improve image quality while shrinking pixel size down to 0.9 μm....
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] From The Typewriter To The PC And Beyond
Patented in 1869 by Milwaukee newspaper editor Christopher Sholes with partners S.W. Soule and G. Glidden, the first typewriters went into production at Remington Arms Co. in 1873. Essentially, they were word processors without a display or memory. They also were unforgiving in terms of user-input errors, since they lacked spellcheck or even correctable tape. Yet the typewriter is notable for its alphanumeric layout (...
June 12, 2008
[MD&M 2008] Emerging Technology Under And Behind The Knife
One would be hard pressed to dispute that Medical Design & Manufacturing East is the world's largest conference and exhibition for medical manufacturing and related products. Taking up nearly one third of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, the event featured over 1,000 exhibitors from every area of the healthcare market.
May 22, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Tiny Sensor Detects Dangerous Gases Quickly And Efficiently
Under the leadership of Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a team of engineers is developing a very small gas sensor that they predict will be able to detect very tiny amounts of hazardous gases faster than currently available gas sensors. It also will be able to detect toxic industrial chemicals and chemical-warfare agents. In addition to being...
May 22, 2008[Engineering Feature] Top 101 Components Showcase Industry Innovation
Every week over the past five years, EEPN’s Products of the Week e-newsletter has been sent to over 70,000 subscribers. Covering notable products and technologies in the semiconductor, components and assemblies, computer board/module, and design/test sectors, this concise offering generates significant interest in each product category via direct links to the manufacturer’s datasheets or product information. The components that appear in each issue (here...
April 24, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Unique Technology Boosts Image Quality Of Low-Cost Cameras
Two key areas of electronics are driving the development of new test and measurement (T&M) instruments—high-speed serial buses and wireless test. Both require very high-frequency capability as well as the ability to support the many standards that are being developed. CIRCUITS AND PACKETS There is a movement in digital design, from parallel bus structures to serial buses at microwave frequencies, with the growing set of T&M...
March 27, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] PiP Technology Cuts PCB Assembly Costs While Boosting Reliability
OEMs are constantly maintaining or, better put, trying to trim their manufacturing budgets while ensuring product reliability. A big area of interest in the cost-cutting process is the assembly of printed-circuit boards (PCBs). But with their wide array of devices, components, and component types plus their various mounting processes, PCBs offer great potential for errors and big expense. One solution gaining popularity in this arena is pin-in-paste (PiP)...
February 28, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] OLEDs Get Ready To Break Size Barriers
Sharing technical expertise to solve the manufacturing challenges in producing organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), Saint Gobain Recherche (SGR) has partnered with Novaled to create a breakthrough in glass substrates. The development, based on a unique, high-performance metallic anode, demonstrates the feasibility of large-area OLED displays. Teaming up under a two-year research program, SGR and Novaled have sought to develop basic technologies for ...
January 31, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Unique Touchscreen Tech Gets Ready To Enter Portable Markets
Enlisting semiconductor sultan AMI Semiconductor, Tyco Electronics’ Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touch technology may be appearing on a cell phone near you soon. AMI has agreed to develop a silicon solution that will allow the integration of APR touch technology from Tyco’s Elo Touch- Systems group with handheld and mobile devices. Normally associated with larger touchscreen installations in the commercial and industrial spaces, the APR technology may...
December 13, 2007[EEPN In Electronic Design] LEDs Get Brighter And Brighter Still
Most components are on a quest to become the marketâ??s smallest part or consume the least power. Yet LEDs strive to become the brightest, and with good reason. Nowadays, LEDs are called upon to do more than act as function and alert indicators. They can replace incandescent and fluorescent fixtures as well as automotive headlights and signals, plus tackle backlighting chores. So, the brighter the better. Of particular importance are those ...
December 13, 2007[Engineering Feature] Digital Home Networks Need Some Discipline
Not all that long ago, a state-of-the-art home network may have comprised two or more computers wired together via their serial or parallel ports. In more sophisticated arrangements, network cards provided the link from PC to PC. Just the ability to share data between a laptop and a desktop, as well as a printer and other basic peripherals including a common Internet connection, was network nirvana. But as simple as these topologies appear, achieving a successful and reliable...
December 13, 2007[EEPN In Electronic Design] Batteries Up, AMOLEDs Down, And Camera Modules Shrink
According to an October 2007 report by industry analyst firm NanoMarkets, the market for thin-film and printable batteries will generate revenues of $5.6 billion by the year 2015. Ultra-light and flexible, these power components feature customizable shapes, making them desirable for use in emerging portable electronics as well as viable for adding functionality to existing products like smartcards, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, and sensor...
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