News tagged with power voltage

How the alphabet of data processing is growing: Research team generates flying 'qubits'

The alphabet of data processing could include more elements than the "0" and "1" in future. An international research team has achieved a new kind of bit with single electrons, called quantum bits, or qubits. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toshiba announces family of ultra-efficient, high-speed, low voltage MOSFETs

Toshiba today announced a new family of ultra-high-efficiency, high-speed MOSFETs that deliver significant improvements in trade-off characteristics between low on resistance (RDS(ON)) and low input capacitanc ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toshiba develops circuit techniques for embedded SRAM operating at 0.5V-1.0V

Toshiba Corporation today announced it has developed circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that operate in a wide supply voltage range, from 0.5V to 1.0V, that effectively contribute to lower power consumption by electronic ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Moving forward, spin goes sideways

Building electronic devices that work without needing to actually transport electrons is a goal of spintronics researchers, since this could lead to: reduced power consumption, lower levels of signal noise, faster ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study discovers amazing electrical properties in polymers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Crystals and ceramics pale when compared to a material researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that has 10 times their piezoelectric effect, making it suitable for perhaps hundreds of everyday ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ferroelectrics could pave way for ultra-low power computing

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that it is possible to reduce the minimum voltage necessary to store charge in a capacitor, an achievement that could reduce the power draw and ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Finding reserves on the electrical grid

The weather determines how much energy wind turbine systems provide. The same applies to power line capacity. On cold and stormy days, this capacity is higher than on days with no wind and high mid-summer ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A world record in direct current transmission

Siemens is building power converter stations for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with a record capacity of 2 x 1,000 megawatts. Beginning in 2013 the new HVDC PLUS technology will ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Engineers find new way of utilizing solar farms at night

(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology from The University of Western Ontario utilizing photovoltaic (PV) solar farms at night will help in connecting more renewable energy sources like wind turbines to Ontario's grid, increasing ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Panasonic Develops High Power Gallium Nitride Transistor for Long-distance Millimeter-Wave Communication

Panasonic today announced the development of a high power Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistor for long-distance communication at millimeter-wave frequencies. A 25GHz wireless transceiver is fabricated using the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shoe power generator earns Louisiana Tech professor national attention

Dr. Ville Kaajakari, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is being featured by MEMS Investor Journal, a national online industry publication, for developing a techno ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Samsung's New CMOS Imagers Offer High-Performance, HD Capable Solutions for Mobile Phones

Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed two new CMOS image sensors - the S5K4E2 and the S5K5CA - for the mobile phone market. Designers and manufacturers of high-end smart phones and slim mobile handsets ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toshiba Develops SRAM Circuit Technique that Secures Low Voltage Operation of System LSI

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology that achieves low voltage operation of System LSI, opening the way to reduced power consumption in digital products. The ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Electrical circuit runs entirely off power in trees

You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run an electronic ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (22) | comments 15

Smaller, cheaper cell phones possible

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ph.D. candidate Sataporn Pornpromlikit played a critical role in research at UC San Diego that made a big impact at a recent conference, and might provide manufacturers with the means for making cell phones ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0