Industry News
Circuit protection deal
Littelfuse, producer of in-circuit protection products, has appointed Premier Farnell as the company's franchised high-service, low-volume partner in greater China, Southeast Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
[ + ]Novel scheme to fabricate Ge virtual substrates
IMEC has used selective epitaxial growth and chemical mechanical polishing to obtain Ge virtual substrates with low threading dislocation density.
[ + ]Hybrid venture
Magna Electronics and Semikron have formed a joint venture to develop and produce power electronics for future electric and hybrid vehicle applications.
[ + ]Belden distributor appointed
Belden has appointed Ecco Pacific to distribute all its cabling and connectivity products to the electrical wholesale market.
[ + ]Longer life green OLEDs
DuPont Displays says it has developed a proprietary third-generation, solution-based, organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials technology which has led to substantial performance gains for printable OLED light-emitting materials.
[ + ]Solar array collaboration
National Semiconductor and Suntech Power Holdings have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate National's SolarMagic technology with the intention of jointly promoting the technology and developing future solutions.
[ + ]Europe/Taiwan agreement
IMEC, Europe’s independent nanoelectronics research centre on process technology for the next generations of IC manufacturing, has signed a new and expanded research agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
[ + ]Automation division established
Belden Australia has created a division that will provide greater support for distributors of its Hirschmann Automation and Control and Lumberg Automation brands.
[ + ]Network acquisition
Fluke Networks has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AirMagnet, producer of security and compliance solutions for wireless local area networks.
[ + ]Filters may lead to more accurate weather forecasting
More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect following research by engineers at Queen’s University Belfast’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.
[ + ]Printable batteries
For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new device is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
[ + ]LED backlights to grow 40% by 2013
The LED backlight market has rapidly emerged in the TFT LCD industry and is expected to continue growing for the next five years, according to DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly LED & CCFL Backlight Report.
[ + ]Global distribution of Skyworks semiconductors
Digi-Key has signed an agreement for the worldwide distribution of Skyworks Solutions' analog and mixed signal semiconductors.
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