On-chip inductors get smaller with graphene and electron momentum

US researchers have made on-chip inductors smaller by adding ‘kinetic inductance’ to conventional magnetic inductance. The work cuts the size of 10-50GHz inductors by a third. Kinetic inductance arises from the physical momentum of charge carriers resisting the change in current direction associated with a change in electric field, according to the team, from the ...

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Call for clarity in on-coming GDPR data regulations

Pick your data security standards carefully when responding to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that will be in force in May, was the message UK memory firm Integral Memory bought with it on its first trip to Embedded World in Nuremberg. “GDPR has brought the issue of data security into sharp focus,” said Integral ...

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Knowles offers EMI filters for space and medical

Syfer-branded EMI filters from Knowles Precision Devices are being targeted at medical implantable devices and the space sector. Designed for replacing conventional array filters in medical implantable devices is the SYFER E03 (X2Y) range. Available in case sizes from 0805 to 2220 these are integrated passive devices featuring both common and differential mode capacitors in a single ...

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Legal challenge to US FCC net neutrality ruling

Following  legal challenges by 22 US States’ Attorneys-General to the US FCC’s February 22nd order to overturn net neutrality rules, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict litigation says that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco will hear the consolidated challenges. The San Francisco court has 24 judges, of which 18 were appointed by ...

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Toshiba still intends to sell memory unit

Despite reports that Toshiba may walk away from the proposed sale of  its memory business to a Bain-Hynix led consortium, the head of the  memory unit says the deal is going ahead. At the moment the deal is awaiting regulatory approval from China. A clause in the sale agreement says that if  regulatory approvals are ...

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Top 25 patent applicants to EPO in 2017.

Thanks to SEPAM for this insight – the 25 most prolific applicants for patents at the European Patent Office last year: 1.HUAWEI. 2 398 2.SIEMENS. 2 220 3.LG. 2 056 4.SAMSUNG. 2 016 5.QUALCOMM 1 854 6.ROYAL PHILIPS 1 733 7.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES 1 719 8.INTEL. 1 435 9.ROBERT BOSCH. 1 412 10.ERICSSON. 1 373 11.GENERAL ...

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