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January 2012
Brainstorm: Battery Technology
In the future, how will battery technology need to respond to the increased power demands of today's advanced sensors?
By Sol Jacobs, VP and General Manager, Tadiran Batteries
Technological advancements are creating a dynamic growth curve for sensors intended for use in remote areas where there is no connection to the power grid.
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November 2011
Brainstorm: Low Power Designs
Question: What are the primary drivers for developing low power designs? Cost savings, movement to green, longer life for batteries?
by Todd Hanson, Director of Strategic Marketing and Wireless Solutions at Honeywell Sensing and Control One of the most critical factors for component and board designers pursuing low power wireless designs is the overall power budget.
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October 2011
Brainstorm: Renewable Energy
Question: What type of innovation must take place to provide the ability to increase the efficiency of renewable energy while reducing its cost?
by Shan Morgan, Sr. Vice President Sales & Marketing, Elma Electronic In regards to how the renewable energy market can become a more profitable business entity, we see it from a larger perspective than innovation at just the component, board or system level.
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July 2011
Performance of LEDs
Question : How can today's LEDs be improved to provide better performance (brighter, longer life) while at the same time lowering energy consumption?
By: Brian Witzen Sr. Field Technical Manager Sharp In commercial buildings, lighting accounts for a substantial portion of the energy budget and total energy cost.
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Software Design Tools
Question : How can effective use of software design tools improve the product development cycle and help the designer engineer get it right the first time?
By: Frank Liu, Communications and Electronics Industry Marketing, MathWorks Successful product development teams are made up of engineers who can span multiple application domains and multiple design phases.
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June 2011
Military Electronics: Improvements in Network Technology
Question: What types of improvements need to be made in network technology/architecture that can provide improved performance and capabilities in military applications?
By: Mukesh Kumar, Multicore DSP Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments With the Department of Defense taking a more net-centric approach to communications, the focus is on the implementation of the Global Information Grid (GIG) project.
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The Brainstorm - Data Security
The Question: "The constant movement of data increases a company’s exposure to the risk of data loss. What type of solutions can help cost effectively identify and protect an organization’s critical data from internal and external threats?"
By Will Aguilar, Director, Product Management for Wireless, Enterasys Networks
The growth of mobile devices in the enterprise has been explosive and drives end-users’ expectation they will be able to access business services anywhere, anytime in the office, campus, or remotely.
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April 2011
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Q: How can today’s LEDs be improved to provide better performance while at the same time lowering energy consumption?
By Brian Witzen, Sr. Field Technical Manager
Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas
In commercial buildings, lighting accounts for a substantial portion of the energy budget and total energy cost.
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February 2011
Packaging and Miniaturization
Q: How can semiconductor packaging help support these new advanced technologies so that gains at the wafer level are not lost at the system level?
By Ralph Ebbutt, Tektronix Component Solutions
The advancement of semiconductor process nodes and the demand for miniaturization creates multiple challenges for the packaging industry.
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December 2010
Automotive Electronics
With all the new features consumers want in the cars they buy today, the number of automotive electronics, which require complex semiconductors, continues to increase.
Q: “How do designers stay within their power budget and still remain competitive?”
By Michael Haight, Freescale
“I want it all” is often the desire for the car buyer.
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October 2010
RFID Applications
The future holds RFID Applications that go far beyond mere bar coding. The world will be a different place once readers and RFID tags are everywhere.
Q: “What are some of the untapped applications for RFID that we may see in the foreseeable future?”
By Victor Vega, Alien Technology
UHF RFID has matured to a point where “it just works.
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August 2010
Caution: MIMO Test Challenges Ahead
By Greg Jue, RF Applications Specialist, Agilent Technologies
It wasn’t all that long ago that Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology first captured the cellular industry’s attention by promising higher data rates for a single user using two or four streams of data transmitted (and received) with multiple antennas.
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Have the rapid technological changes of the past decade negatively or positively impacted the timing solutions market place?
By Jim Holbrook, General Manager, Networking and Communications Timing at IDT
One of the most significant technological changes that has occurred in the past decade has been the shift from parallel to serial busses for high-speed system I/O and also for chip-to-chip interconnect.
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MIMO Applications
Multiple antenna technology enables high capacity and high data rates.
Q: Right now there is a limitation on data rate for each user. Can MUMIMO overcome these limitations and if so, how?
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Multiple antenna technology enables high capacity and high data rates.
Q: Right now there is a limitation on data rate for each user. Can MUMIMO overcome these limitations and if so, how?
William J. McFarland, Chief Technology Officer for Atheros Communications
The advent of Web-enabled phones has clearly pointed out that wireless carriers need more system capacity to meet the expectations of their users.
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July 2010
Have the rapid technological changes of the past decade negatively or positively impacted the timing solutions market place?
By Jim Holbrook, General Manager, Networking and Communications Timing at IDT
One of the most significant technological changes that has occurred in the past decade has been the shift from parallel to serial busses for high-speed system I/O and also for chip-to-chip interconnect.
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June 2010
Power Efficiency
The path to achieving energy efficiency is ridden with obstacles.
Q: If we continue to increase the power efficiency of a product, are we approaching the point of diminishing returns? Will it eventually detrimentally impact the cost of the product?
Doug Bailey, VP marketing, Power Integrations
This is an interesting question.
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May 2010
WiMAX and LTE: Closer than You Think
By Joe Cozzarelli, Senior Director Broadband RF Products and Glenn Eswein, Director Of Product Marketing, Broadband RF Business, ANADIGICS
After three years of deliberation, the IEEE802.16m air interface definition will be ready for prime time in the next few months.
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April 2010
Battery Technology
MIT scientists have developed a battery that can recharge a device in seconds.
The researchers have already made a small prototype cell that charges fully in 10 to 20 seconds, compared with six minutes for cells made in the standard way. They project this technology will be available commercially within two to three years.
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Military/Communications
Communications interoperability is a national priority, yet issues still exist between government agencies and first responders working together to secure the homeland.
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February 2010
Base Station Technologies and Trends
LTE will bring changes to base station design, from both the hardware and software perspective, giving operators challenges as they prepare for technology trials.
What do you feel is the greatest challenge today in deploying base stations and how can designers address it?
By Frank Ditore, ESL/SystemVue Product Manager, Agilent EEsof EDA Multi-format, multi-band radios are quickly reaching maturity in the commercial wireless infrastructure market.
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LEDs
All indications are that LED backlights will be the preferred light source in mobile applications in 2011, representing a significant growth opportunity for OEMs and the entire backlight and panel supply chain.
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December 2009
How can Wi-Fi interoperate with WiMAX and LTE?
While Wi-Fi technology has proven to be largely successful in providing inexpensive wireless Internet service within close proximity to the Wi-Fi access point, WiMax technology could expand the potential of wireless penetration and connection quality.
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Security Technology
The detection of counterfeit components has become increasingly difficult. The majority of parts have the same or similar markings as their qualified counterpart. In many cases, the identification of major manufacturers is applied despite manufacturers' efforts at product differentiation.
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October 2009
Make the right choice early in the design cycle.
Q: The antenna is a key component in an RF system and can have a major impact on performance. Welcome to Brainstorm! What are the most desirable antenna characteristics when used in a MIMO technology-based wireless device? By Monty Rohde, Product Management Director, Laird Technologies, Inc.
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The Old Way
To meet the challenge of increased power consumption in today's complex and integrated designs, a variety of techniques are available to be used in combination.
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April 2009
Welcome to Brainstorm!
There are inherent risks when it comes to wireless technology in medical electronic devices – security, performance, coexistence, EMI and privacy.
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March 2009
Welcome to Brainstorm!
The proliferation of wireless networks supporting roaming workers, guests, and occasional users requires a number of new measures to identify and shut down vulnerabilities before security breaches can occur.
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February 2009
Welcome to Brainstorm!
At 58% Power Added Efficiency (PAE), 50W of output power would require only 86 W of DC power
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January 2009
Welcome to Brainstorm!
Manufacturers of portable devices are faced with the challenge of designing in the right battery pack and choosing from the many available options.
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December 2008
Welcome to Brainstorm!
The ability to reduce the size of today's sophisticated electronic components has created success in applications that we thought not possible just a few years ago.
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October 2008
What are the critical technical challenges of 3-D ICs? And how will this technology impact the semiconductor food chain?
Semiconductor ICs face constant pressure for increased performance while still decreasing their size. At the same time, their packages must be able to accommodate to new functionalities. 3-D IC is the most ‘integrated’ packaging approach
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September 2008
What are some of the security concerns of WAP Does it have direct impact on the development of wireless smart devices?
What are some of the security concerns of WAP? Does it have direct impact on the development of wireless smart devices?
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August 2008
How can today’s FPGAs enable designers to deliver high performance while at the same time reduce systems costs, board space and component count?
How can today’s FPGAs enable designers to deliver high performance while at the same time reduce systems costs, board space and component count?
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July 2008
Welcome to Brainstorm
The topic for the July question is Power Management. Current wireless network power management can often times substantially degrade performance and may even increase overall energy usage.
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June 2008
Welcome to Brainstorm!
Brainstorm is a new editorial addition to WDD designed to bring together multiple viewpoints on a single issue. Each month Brainstorm will pose a question on a controversial topic and will feature multiple viewpoints from experts across a variety of industries.
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