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Exar Addressed Architectural and Lighting Requirements with New LED Driver

Exar Corporation entered the industrial and architectural lighting market today with the release of a high-voltage step-down DC/DC controller, the SP7601. This LED driver delivers an input voltage range up to 30V in an industry-first, small 6-pin TSOT (2.9x2.8mm) package. This highly-integrated device is capable of supporting 24 Voltage Direct Current (VDC) and 12VDC rails most commonly found in architectural and general LED lighting systems.

4 Oct 2007

Micrel Launches the Smallest and Most Powerful LED Driver for Portable Applications

Micrel Inc., , an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched the MIC2299, the industry's smallest and most powerful LED driver for portable applications. This high-efficiency boost DC-to-DC converter features an integrated 3.5A guaranteed switch current and delivers a net output power of 7-12W -- from a tiny 3mm x 3mm MLF(R) package.

4 Oct 2007

OIDA formed Community of Interest Group to Focus on Silicon Photonics Activities

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) has formed the Silicon Photonics Alliance (SPA), a Community of Interest (COI) group within OIDA to focus on market and business issues for its members engaged in silicon photonics activities.

3 Oct 2007

Photonics Offers Superior Performance and Reliability for the Automotive Industry

The high performance capabilities of photonics technology meets the automotive industry's need for safety and entertainment solutions that offer superior performance, reliability, robustness, and cost effectiveness, reports Frost & Sullivan.

2 Oct 2007

Kodak Announces the incorporaion of Image Sensor Technology in Digital Cameras

Eastman Kodak Company announced today the first digital camera in its successful EASYSHARE line to incorporate the company's new, innovative CMOS image sensor technology.

2 Oct 2007

Sea-Based Radar System Installed in Alaska by Boeing

The Boeing Company today announced that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) mooring system has been installed at SBX's homeport in Alaska, completing a key piece of infrastructure for the missile defense sensor.

1 Oct 2007

Advanced Photonix Received Purchase Order from U.S. Military for Night Vision Systems

Advanced Photonix, Inc. announced today that it has received a purchase order worth approximately $1,000,000 for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Arrays used for night vision displays employed by the U.S. Military. The order is expected to ship within the next nine months.

1 Oct 2007

U.S. Marine Helicopter Test Fired Two Laser-Guided APKWS Rockets

Fired from a Marine Corps Cobra helicopter, laser-guided 2.75-inch rockets destroyed ground targets from four kilometers away during a Navy test at China Lake, Calif., on Wednesday.

1 Oct 2007

Future Cancer-Sensing Device: A Wristwatch

Cancer-sensing devices built as cheaply and efficiently as wristwatches - using many of the same operating principles - could change the way clinicians detect, treat and monitor cancer in patients. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an acoustic sensor that can report the presence of small amounts of mesothelin, a molecule associated with a number of cancers including mesothelioma, as they attach to the sensor's surface.

27 Sep 2007

World's Brightest Quantum Dots have Many Potential Applications

By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic
crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois have
demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 10⁸.
Potential applications include high-brightness light-emitting diodes,
optical switches and personalized, high-sensitivity biosensors.

26 Sep 2007