| Implantable ICs to advance medical R&D
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2009-02-17 |
| Researchers described at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) two implantable wireless chips that could advance medical research on multiple fronts. |
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| Silicon resonator consumes 1,000x less power
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2009-02-16 |
| By adding a piezoelectric thin-film atop its silicon resonator and using a switched capacitor method for performing temperature compensation, the Swiss Center for Electronics (CSEM) is claiming a 1,000-fold decrease in power consumption in a paper presented during the ISSCC. |
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| Cellphone-like prototyping tool stimulates creativity
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2009-02-12 |
| STM32 Primer2 looks like a cellphone, has a zoomy color touchscreen and even contains powerful audio capabilities—but cellphone it isn't. The handheld prototyping tool actually enables product designers prove ideas quickly and independently by adding rich features to a series of self-contained handheld platforms for embedded design. |
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| Solution to address stability problems
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2009-01-30 |
| Silicon Clocks Inc. claims to have solved the stability problem with a passive approach that compensates for temperature with materials that consume no power but achieve results rivaling quartz crystals. |
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| MEMS oscillators extend handhelds' battery life
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2009-01-28 |
| SiTime Corp. claims to have lowered the power consumption of its MEMS oscillators to less than half that of competitors' chips. Available in a 0.25mm package, the SiT80x3 family of MEMS oscillators can also supply two related frequencies |
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| MEMS aim at consumer, networking apps
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2008-12-16 |
| SiTime Corp. offers two new MEMS chip families for high-frequency stability and multiple-frequency output realms of GPS, cellphones and mobile devices, as well as servers, routers and other networking equipment |
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| Quartz MEMS usher smallest real-time clock
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2008-12-12 |
| Epson Toyocom is claiming the smallest real-time clock chip fashioned by combining a quartz MEMS resonator with an ASIC. The chip was wire-bonded in the same 3.4mm x 1.7mm x 1mm package |
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| Epson Toyocom heralds QMEMS process
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2008-11-25 |
| Epson Toyocom reports it has perfected a semiconductor-like photolithography process called Quartz MEMS that it claims will keep it ahead in the silicon MEMS oscillator market |
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| RF MEMS switch targets T&M gear
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2008-11-19 |
| Omron Electronic Components has started sampling a 10GHz RF MEMS switch, offering a typical insertion loss of 1dB at 8GHz in a tiny package measuring 5.2 x 3.0 x 1.8mm |
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| Smart MEMS enhance mobile system functions
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2008-11-14 |
| As more mobile devices integrate MEMS chips to identify orientation and control functions from scrolling the display to avoiding damage from drops, accelerometers require low power for always-on operation to prolong battery life |
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| Tunable capacitor to match any mobile band
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2008-11-13 |
| Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. claims to be unveiling the first single-chip solution to adjust a mobile antenna's RF response to all the different bands mobile media devices. |
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| MEMS accelerometers pack smart embedded features
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2008-11-11 |
| STMicroelectronics has developed a new family of high-performance three-axis linear accelerometers with digital output. |
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| RF MEMS switches can operate digital signals
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2008-11-10 |
| Electronic switching of high-frequency signals can now be handled by MEMS switches, according to Omron Corp |
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| Clock oscillators meet FCC interference standards
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2008-11-05 |
| SiTime has expanded into the electromagnetic compliance business with a family of MEMS electromagnetic interference products |
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| 3V pressure sensors suit handheld mobile apps
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2008-10-30 |
| Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a series of low-voltage pressure sensors designed to meet power efficiency demands in battery-backed handheld and mobile communication products. |
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