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Signal conditioners boast 6mW/Gb signal reach

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has rolled out 10 signal conditioning ICs that claim to address signal issues caused by insertion loss, jitter, reflections and crosstalk in high-speed enterprise servers, ....

High density embedded capacitance materials are halogen-free

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

3M has announced the availability of its high-capacitance Embedded Capacitance Material (ECM), which improves power integrity and reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI). The newest offering of 3M�s ....

Interconnect solution designed for 10Gbps Ethernet, 16Gbps Fibre Channel applications

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

The Molex Inc. enhanced zSFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable Plus) SMT 20-circuit connectors deliver high-speed performance in telecom and data communications equipment. Designed for 25Gbps serial channels ....

PLL synthesizers promise improved phase noise performance

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has released two new PLL synthesizers that allow flexibility and phase noise performance. The ADF4151 and ADF4196 PLL synthesizers ease design in applications such as communications ....

Get off the sidelines

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Progress: It�s what engineers do. They advance, they grow, and they move forward. To engineers, there is nothing more defeating than standing still or, worse, taking a step back. Yet, for many engineers, ....

Developing markets weather economic pains

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

In the wake of reports on the unemployment rate, the European Union�s debt management, and the skyrocketing tablet-computer market, however, companies in the electronics supply chain believe that the ....

Flexible location-aware API developed for MEMs-equipped Android devices

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

CSR plc has developed the SiRFstudio Client LoCoMo API, which gives developers tools to add location and context-awareness of pedestrian motion on any MEMS-enabled Android device. LoCoMo API innovations ....

Quadrature-connector layout reduces crosstalk

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

A blueprint for a differential connector that radically reduces crosstalk between nearest-neighbor pairs is illustrated in Figure 1. This cross-sectional view of a nine-pair connector shows the arrangement ....

Prospects for graphene FET mixer in future electronics

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have demonstrated a novel subharmonic graphene FET mixer at microwave frequencies. The mixer provides new opportunities in future ....

Signal generator/VSA pairing support generic modulation, demodulation