Chi Man Shum, Mini-CircuitsJanuary 21, 2019Comments Off on Solid State Switching for Next Generation Wireless Test Applications
Introduction Rapid growth in the number of connected devices for next generation wireless applications is driving demand for faster, more innovative, and more cost-effective test solutions. The need for reduction... Read More
Stéphane Dejean, KERLINKDecember 20, 2018Comments Off on Optimizing Device Lifecycle Management Of Remote, IoT Connected, LPWA Devices
Introduction Low-Power Wide Area (LPWA) Internet of Things technologies allow service providers and enterprises to offer long-range connectivity for battery-powered objects that consume little energy. Some popular use cases for... Read More
Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficeDecember 20, 2018Comments Off on Laser-pointing system could help tiny satellites transmit data to Earth
Platform offers the precision that shoebox-sized CubeSats need to beam down hefty data packets. A new laser-pointing platform developed at MIT may help launch miniature satellites into the high-rate data... Read More
SEBASTIEN CLAMAGIRAND, NXP BLOGDecember 18, 2018Comments Off on How innovation can shape the payment card market of the future
Where is the payment card industry heading? With more than three billion shipments per annum the payment card market continues to grow globally. Aside to this growth, it is also... Read More
Ann Monté, researcher at CMST and Fien Burg, research manager at RSscanDecember 18, 2018Comments Off on A smart shoe for athletes and diabetics
CMST, an imec lab at Ghent University, and Holst Centre, founded by imec and TNO, are working on an intelligent shoe sole with the Belgian company, RSscan. This sole contains... Read More
Leonie Clayson, DesignSpark Community ManagerNovember 29, 2018Comments Off on Engineering’s long-term need for outsider talent
Three hundred years ago, the British government had a major problem. The country had survived near bankruptcy under the Tudors but had found fortune on the high seas as it... Read More
Iuliana Radu, imecNovember 29, 2018Comments Off on When logic goes democratic: The potential of spintronic and plasmonic majority gates.
While CMOS device scaling is being pushed to its ultimate limits, researchers at imec are also exploring alternative solutions that break away from the fundamentals of classical scaling. They are... Read More
Rohan Shrotriya, Applications Engineer, Mini-CircuitsNovember 29, 2018Comments Off on Flattening Negative Gain Slope with MMIC Fixed Equalizers
1.0 Introduction Equalizers are devices used to compensate for the negative gain slope of amplifiers. Unlike a standard attenuator with a flat frequency response, an equalizer is a unique kind... Read More