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Tiny high-frequency inductors measure just 0.25 x 0.125 mm
Tiny high-frequency inductors measure just 0.25 x 0.125 mm
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The LQP01HQ series of high-frequency inductors from Murata, have the same industry-leading, high-Q characteristics as previous devices but occupy just…
Distributor Premier Farnell to be sold to Swiss company Datwyler
Distributor Premier Farnell to be sold to Swiss company Datwyler
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Premier Farnell plc (Leeds, England), distributor of electronic components (also operating as element14), has agreed a sale of the company…
Premier Farnell to be sold to Swiss distributor
Premier Farnell to be sold to Swiss distributor
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Premier Farnell plc (Leeds, England), a distributor of electronic components, has agreed a sale of the company to Datwyler Holding…
NXP downsizes by 25% with sale of business unit to China
NXP downsizes by 25% with sale of business unit to China
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NXP Semiconductor NV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) has agreed to sell its standard products business unit to a Chinese consortium. This…

Conductive, ultrathin film promising for bendable, wearable electronic devices
Conductive, ultrathin film promising for bendable, wearable electronic devices
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Able to be produced by produced by a cheap and simple method, an ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive to electric current has been developed by an…
Transparent, conductive nanofiber promises new wearable, solar applications
Transparent, conductive nanofiber promises new wearable, solar applications
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An international team of researchers from South Korea and the US have designed a cheap process to obtain highly conductive and highly transparent thin films that can flex and stretch…
Supercap in a chip could power the IoT
Supercap in a chip could power the IoT
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A micro-supercapacitor, which can be integrated directly inside a silicon microcircuit chip, has been developed by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland as a tiny energy source fthat is…
Wirelessly powering the IoT
Wirelessly powering the IoT
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Wireless power is enabling the ever-expansive universe of IoT, providing IoT product designers with an alternative to plugging in - whether it is to recharge a battery ("wireless charging") or…
Paper/graphene sandwich yields cheap, disposable flexible displays
Paper/graphene sandwich yields cheap, disposable flexible displays
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By sandwiching a sheet of ordinary printing paper (impregnated with a ionic liquid electrolyte) between two films of multilayer graphene (MLG), researchers from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, were able…
Wirelessly powering the IoT: opportunities & considerations
Wirelessly powering the IoT: opportunities & considerations
Feature articles |
Wireless power is enabling the ever-expansive universe of IoT, providing IoT product designers with an alternative to plugging in - whether it is to recharge a battery ("wireless charging") or…
MEMS market to grow more slowly, says report
MEMS market to grow more slowly, says report
Market news |
The MEMS component market will grow from $11.9 billion in 2015 to $20 billion in 2021, according to Yole Developpement, which represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%.
MEMS market to grow more slowly, says report
MEMS market to grow more slowly, says report
Market news |
The MEMS component market will grow from $11.9 billion in 2015 to $20 billion in 2021, according to Yole Developpement, which represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%.
IoT connected devices to surpass mobile phones by 2018, says report
IoT connected devices to surpass mobile phones by 2018, says report
Market news |
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report claims that the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018.
Contactless biosensor startup raises $5M
Contactless biosensor startup raises $5M
Business news |
Sensifree Ltd. (Cupertino, CA) a developer of an RF-based low-power biomedical sensor, has completed a $5 million round of Series A financing.
Japan grows again as global chip market shrinks
Japan grows again as global chip market shrinks
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Japan, for many years the sick man of the global chip industry, has shown a return to growth in 2016 and lead growth in April 2016 on a three-month average…
5G, NB-IoT and LTE Direct to drive wearables technology
5G, NB-IoT and LTE Direct to drive wearables technology
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Market research firm ReportsnReports estimates that wearable device shipments will grow at a CAGR of 29% between 2016 and 2020. By 2020, wearable devices will represent a market worth $40…
Samsung demos rollable OLED HD display
Samsung demos rollable OLED HD display
Technology News |
At SID 2016 in San Francisco, South Korean display manufacturer Samsung was exhibiting a 5.7-inch rollable display prototype, wrapping up to a 10-mm radius.
Plasmonics promise low-cost, fast, full-color e-paper displays
Plasmonics promise low-cost, fast, full-color e-paper displays
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Looking into ways to design high-resolution low cost display panels, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of…
ST falls to fourth in industrial chip vendor ranking
ST falls to fourth in industrial chip vendor ranking
Market news |
Industrial semiconductor revenues rose slightly in 2015 despite weakness in the overall chip market, mainly due to relative economic weakness in China, according to IHS Inc.
The joy of patents, part 2: Why patent?
The joy of patents, part 2: Why patent?
Feature articles |
Scott Deuty has started writing and editing patents but here he argues sometimes it is right not to patent.
Tiny NFC tags target connected devices
Tiny NFC tags target connected devices
Market news |
STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland) and Securitag Assembly Group (SAG) (Taiwan), supplier of RFID transponders, are to cooperate to produce a tiny NFC Ferrite Tag that uses STMicroelectronics’ ST25 NFC tag IC…
ST falls to fourth in industrial chip vendor ranking
ST falls to fourth in industrial chip vendor ranking
Market news |
Industrial semiconductor revenues rose slightly in 2015 despite weakness in the overall chip market, mainly due to relative economic weakness in China, according to IHS Inc.
European funding aims to develop FDSOI for IoT
European funding aims to develop FDSOI for IoT
Technology News |
Globalfoundries and STMicroelectronics are the leading chip companies in a European Commission collaborative research project that aims to create an ultra low-power platform for Internet of Things applications based on…
FDSOI grabs European money for IoT
FDSOI grabs European money for IoT
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Globalfoundries and STMicroelectronics are the leading chip companies in a European Commission collaborative research project that aims to create an ultra low-power platform for Internet of Things applications based on…
Europe commits $40M to improve FDSOI for IoT
Europe commits $40M to improve FDSOI for IoT
Technology News |
Globalfoundries and STMicroelectronics are the leading chip companies in a European Commission collaborative research project that aims to create an ultra low-power platform for Internet of Things applications based on…
Mechanical glove delivers physical cues about virtual objects
Mechanical glove delivers physical cues about virtual objects
Technology News |
Manipulating objects in the virtual world may become a bit more straightforward if you wear CEA-LIST's (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) latest hand exoskeleton, a sort of mechanical glove laden with sensors and…
Smart MEMS microphone market emerges
Smart MEMS microphone market emerges
Market news |
Smart microphone components are expected to emerge in 2016 and be taken up in a variety of consumer electronics including smartphones, wearable devices, smart home, and automotive, according to SAR…
The joy of patents, part 2: Why patent?
The joy of patents, part 2: Why patent?
Feature articles |
Scott Deuty has started writing and editing patents but here he argues sometimes it is right not to patent.


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