Researchers at Florida State University are working to produce a commercially useful version of a material they have dubbed “buckypaper.” According to the research team at the Tallahassee-based institution, this material is 10 times lighter than steel but 250 times stronger. It is both thermally and electrically conductive and could be used as a film to protect electronic … [Read more...]
Flexible Lead EMI Filters Offer Design Options
New Flex Lead EMI filters from Pacific Aerospace and Electronic (PA&E) offer new options when choosing an EMI filter. These new filters are said to offer several advantages over conventional filtering approaches. Reliability is boosted by the elimination of a solder joint, and the lead insulation encapsulated within the filter body reduces the potential for accidental … [Read more...]
EMI and Other Factors to Be Examined in Qantas Airbus Plunge
EMI and Other Factors to Be Examined in Qantas Airbus PlungeThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is carrying out an investigation into what caused a Qantas Airbus A330-300 to make an uncontrolled climb and dive that resulted in injuries to 74 passengers, with 51 requiring hospital care for serious injuries including fractures, lacerations, and spinal damage. Qantas … [Read more...]
Robert Yff, Founder of Panashield, Dies after Fall
Robert Yff, age 77, a longtime Norwalk resident, died Sunday October 19, 2008 of injuries sustained from a fall at the summer home he built on Fire Island. Born in Venezuela of Dutch parents on January 22, 1931, he was the son of the late Johannes Yff and Sophia Magdalena Korlaar Yff. Robert was the husband of Mary Margaret "Peggy"Girard Yff. He was pre-deceased by his first … [Read more...]
Meeting Military Requirements for EMC and Transient Voltage Spike Suppression
The basics of EMI and transient compliance for military systems using SMPSs are covered. Dr. Glenn Skutt, VPT, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, USA THE EMI AND VOLTAGE TRANSIENT CHALLENGE Military and aerospace engineers face several challenges with respect to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and transient voltage compliance. The standards developed by the various military … [Read more...]
Vishay Announces Acquisition of Specialty Capacitor Line
Vishay Intertechnology, a global provider of a wide line of electronic components, has announced the acquisition of a specialty wet tantalum capacitor line from KEMET Corporation for $35.2 and other consideration in the form of a three-year term loan of $15 million. Closing was scheduled to occur by the close of business on Monday, May 15, 2008. Dr. Felix Zandman, Executive … [Read more...]
NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Slated for EMC Testing
NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler mission, scheduled for launch in 2009, recently survived an extreme temperature test. The thermal vacuum test is part of a series of environmental tests the spacecraft will undergo before it soars into space aboard a Delta II rocket from Florida’s Caper Canaveral Air Force Station. The test, which was performed at Ball Aerospace and Technologies … [Read more...]
UK EM Wave Research Could Shape the Next Generation of Avionics Antennas
Scientists from Queen Mary University London and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are among members of a consortium using a £1.9 grant from the Technology Strategy Board’s Collaborative Research and Development Programme in the category “Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing” for leading-edge research into new aerospace antenna technologies. The three-year … [Read more...]
Federal Commission Completes Report on Consequences of an EMP Attack
The Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse has issued a 208-page report detailing a grim scenario of cascading disasters as critical infrastructures fail. If terrorists were to obtain a nuclear weapon and to detonate it over the continental United States, every facet of modern life that depends on electricity would be impacted. The … [Read more...]
News from 2008 EMC Detroit: Teseq Announces Partership with Milan-Based NARDA
Well known EMC test systems firm Teseq announced a partnership with NARDA today, an Italian test solutions firm, to offer an expanded range of EMC components including field probes, measurement receivers, signal generators, and power meters to the North American consumer electronics, automotive, telecommunications, medical, aerospace, and defense markets. With locations … [Read more...]
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