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EMC Lab Purchased

 

Lisle, IL-based Molex, Inc. has announced that it has purchased the equipment assets of the Motorola Antenna/EMC Measurement Labs in Aalborg, Denmark. The lab has state-of-the-art antenna and EMC measurement equipment, including anechoic chambers, an EMC chamber, and a SAR system. Molex will utilize the lab for RF research projects to advance Molex' antenna technologies for … [Read more...]

Microsoft’s Gates Files for EM Patent

 

Microsoft’s Bill Gates is one of the principal applicants on a patent published last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The concept underlying this hybrid engine is not software; the device is essentially an electromagnetic combustion engine. Ostensibly, the engine’s mechanical force, created by traditional combustion, would be converted into electrical or … [Read more...]

X2Y® Optimized Input Filter

 

Bill Klein of Johanson Dielectrics, Inc. shows how an X2Y® input filter can double the common mode bandwidth of an analog amplifier and includes the calculation of correct component values. Also included are a spreadsheet demonstration of the filter analysis and calculations to achieve this improvement.READ MORE … [Read more...]

ESD/EMI Device Protects Smartphone SIM Card Interfaces

 

The EClamp™2465T from Semtech Corporation is a combination EMI filter and line termination device with integrated TVS diodes for use on SIM card interfaces on cellular phones and other portable electronics. This device utilizes solid-state silicon-avalanche technology for superior clamping performance and DC electrical characteristics and a bidirectional EMI/RFI filter with … [Read more...]

Partnering for Automotive Video

 

San Jose-based Altera Corporation will collaborate with National Semiconductor to develop graphic interconnect solutions for routing high-resolution digital video in automotive applications, where passenger “infotainment” and driver assistance features are becoming more and more popular. This collaboration leverages Altera’s low-cost Cyclone® III FPGAs and National’s FPD-Link … [Read more...]

Automotive Innovators Recognized

 

A group of three engineers has been selected as recipients of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International’s Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Award. The awards presentation will take place during the SAE 2009 World Congress Awards Ceremony slated for April 21 at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, MI. The award, established in 1976, recognizes the … [Read more...]

Wind Farms and Interference

 

UK communications regulator Ofcom has released a study it commissioned on the potential of turbines from wind farms to affect microwave transmissions and radar signals. At present, there are approximately 40,000 microwave connections in the UK serving various needs such as mobile phone backhaul and Internet connectivity. The 3- to 20-GHz band generally used for microwave … [Read more...]

Philadelphia IEEE EMC Chapter Wins Award

 

Selected from almost 20 IEEE chapters in the region, the Philadelphia Chapter of the IEEE EMC Society received the award last Saturday, April 4th for “Outstanding Chapter of the Year” in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley IEEE region. The Annual Awards Banquet and Gala was held at the historic Union League in Philadelphia. Representing the chapter were Graham Kilshaw, Chair and … [Read more...]

Three Additions to AR’s Product Applications Team

 

AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has announced three additions to its Product Applications Team. Michael Hannon, shown at left,  has been promoted to Product Applications Engineer, and Jerry Joseph and Rob Rowe have each been named Product Applications Specialists for transient and conducted immunity test systems. A graduate of Lincoln Technical Institute Michael Hannon’s … [Read more...]

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