Lightning harnessed to protect grid components
The foes of power grids everywhere, lightning and other high voltage currents now can help utilities track the health of components throughout their systems.
The foes of power grids everywhere, lightning and other high voltage currents now can help utilities track the health of components throughout their systems.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 25, 2014
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A new wideband ring voltage-controlled oscillator (VOC) was proposed by UNIST undergraduate student, Seyeon Yoo with the the research work published in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 8, 2013
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Physicists from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg have reached an important milestone and have made the first South African contribution of a "piece of hardware" to the ATLAS Experiment on the Large Hadron ...
General Physics
Sep 5, 2013
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Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have demonstrated the operation of a synthetic electric field tunnel field-effect transistor with a new architecture.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Aug 21, 2013
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Researchers have developed a mobile million-volt DC voltage divider, coordinated by the Finnish centre for metrology and accreditation, MIKES.
General Physics
Jul 8, 2013
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NXP Semiconductors today announced its state-of-the-art DC6M DC/DC switching regulator family featuring a very high 6-MHz frequency, an ultra-low output voltage ripple performance of 7 mV, and high efficiency up to 95 percent. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 12, 2012
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Panasonic Corporation today announced that its HIT photovoltaic module's high-level of resistance to potential induced degradation (PID) has been verified by the results of tests conducted within and outside the company. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 19, 2012
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TDK Corporation has developed a multilayer ceramic chip capacitor that in addition to its rated DC voltage of 630 V can withstand a rated AC voltage of 500 VRMS for 60 s and 600 VRMS for 3 s. Thanks to its optimized ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jul 27, 2012
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Fujitsu Semiconductor today announced the release of MB39C326, a DC-DC converter for mobile devices. By automatic step-up/down switching mode, its range of power supply voltage can be expanded. MB39C326 contains an oscillation ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jul 23, 2012
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A team of researchers from Peking University in Beijing, China, and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube-based integrated circuits can work under a supply voltage much lower than ...
Nanophysics
Jun 22, 2012
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