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This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context…

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

Compared to other mesh networking protocols, Bluetooth mesh has the adoption rate and the specs to expand the…

Compared to other mesh networking protocols, Bluetooth mesh has the adoption rate and the specs to expand the infrastructure of smart lighting.

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

Trying to keep the momentum building for AR/VR technology, Google targets a micro-LED company, Microsoft and Qualcomm…

Trying to keep the momentum building for AR/VR technology, Google targets a micro-LED company, Microsoft and Qualcomm teaming up, and ams OSRAM has a new laser module prototype.

With an FPGA at its heart, the Moku product series allows engineers to tap into a suite of programmable test…

With an FPGA at its heart, the Moku product series allows engineers to tap into a suite of programmable test instruments—all on a single device.

High-efficiency, solid-state green LEDs remain an elusive goal for semiconductor manufacturers. Research funded by ARPA-E…

High-efficiency, solid-state green LEDs remain an elusive goal for semiconductor manufacturers. Research funded by ARPA-E targets these LEDs using standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processing tools.

Researchers around the world are continually finding new ways to prolong Moore's law. Now, Purdue researchers have found…

Researchers around the world are continually finding new ways to prolong Moore's law. Now, Purdue researchers have found another means to this end: using an atomic layer deposition technique for indium oxide-based transistors.

While the technology has existed for years in Canada and Europe, adaptive driving beams (ADBs) have historically been…

While the technology has existed for years in Canada and Europe, adaptive driving beams (ADBs) have historically been outlawed in the States—until now.

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch…

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch textile display by weaving active electronics into a fiber.

Human machine interfaces (HMIs) often incorporate light indicators. One option for HMI indicator technology is light…

Human machine interfaces (HMIs) often incorporate light indicators. One option for HMI indicator technology is light pipes. In this article, learn some of the design considerations for choosing and using light pipes.

Sensors are vital for almost any industry and application; however, how are researchers and companies leveraging…

Sensors are vital for almost any industry and application; however, how are researchers and companies leveraging technology like photodetectors to bring sensing to the quantum realm?

As 2021 comes to a close, STMicroelectronics, GaN Systems, and EPC push through final gallium nitride (GaN) based…

As 2021 comes to a close, STMicroelectronics, GaN Systems, and EPC push through final gallium nitride (GaN) based products. Could 2022 usher in even more GaN innovations?

In this article, we'll take a look at the harmonic current in switched-mode power supplies and how power factor comes into play.

In this article, we'll take a look at the harmonic current in switched-mode power supplies and how power factor comes into play.

Scientific complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (sCMOS), a type of CMOS image sensor (CIS) with stringent noise…

Scientific complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (sCMOS), a type of CMOS image sensor (CIS) with stringent noise specifications, appears to be entering its 4th generation era in 2021.

A new technique eliminates the limitations of shot noise on laser interferometry.

A new technique eliminates the limitations of shot noise on laser interferometry.

InGaN may be a forerunning substrate for up-and-coming LED technology. Now, researchers are devising native red LEDs and…

InGaN may be a forerunning substrate for up-and-coming LED technology. Now, researchers are devising native red LEDs and bridging the "green gap."

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have introduced a novel angle-based sensor made from exploring the near-filed…

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have introduced a novel angle-based sensor made from exploring the near-filed effect of flat optics, which claims could help create atomic-level measurements.

What's at the heart of Sony's flurry of new CMOS image sensors? To start, copper-to-copper connection, back-illuminated…

What's at the heart of Sony's flurry of new CMOS image sensors? To start, copper-to-copper connection, back-illuminated structure, and an EVS mechanism.

Foldable phones are becoming the next "big" thing; but, what is this trend in flexible electronics? What are the…

Foldable phones are becoming the next "big" thing; but, what is this trend in flexible electronics? What are the challenges? How are Samsung and LG, along with researchers, pushing this trend to reality?