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Tester helps check out digital coherent optical modules
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 14:36
The VIAVI 800G FLEX DCO Module provides a wide range of critical test and measurement capabilities that manufacturers need to design and validate pluggable digital coherent optical modules. Native support for both 400G c...
A Connector Solution To Achieve 112 Gbps PAM4 Data Rates
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 23:53
By Danny Boesing, Product Marketing Director, Samtec, Inc. Design Challenges Of High Data Rate As data rate requirements approach and surpass 112 Gbps PAM4, developers are challenged with balancing increasing throughput,...
DSP architecture targets 5G Intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN) and enterprise access points
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 16:10
CEVA, Inc. announced its powerful DSP architecture, the Gen4 CEVA-XC. This new architecture delivers unmatched performance for the most complex parallel processing workloads required for 5G endpoints and Radio Access Net...
Thirdhand Smoke: Study Finds Smokers' Clothes are Carrying Cigarette Chemicals Indoors
Discover - 4 Mar 2020 22:24
A new study reveals chemicals from cigarettes linger on a person's clothes in higher amounts than we realized. As a result, nonsmokers are unknowingly being exposed to the toxins.
Report: 5G can't fall back to LTE
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 21:50
A report by Information Gatekeepers (IGI Group) says that the two largest U.S. carriers are not spending enough on 5G rollout. That's what author Clifford Holliday told 5G Technology World. In Analyst: 5G is all about th...
The difference between SWR and TDR meters
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 21:08
In setting up transmission lines, it is often desirable to measure the amount of signal reflection. The relevant metric is the standing wave ratio (SWR). SWR is defined as the ratio between the amplitude of a partial sta...
Coriolis flowmeter, Part 4: The future
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 20:33
The Coriolis effect, a subtle and often-misunderstood principle of physics, has been adapted for highly accurate mass flowmeter instrumentation. Due to their attractiveness as well as technology advances, Coriolis-based ...
Coriolis flowmeters, Part 3: Flowmeter design
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 20:14
The Coriolis effect, a subtle and often-misunderstood principle of physics, has been adapted for highly accurate mass flowmeter instrumentation. The application of the Coriolis force offered a new way to solve the long-s...
Why So Many Epidemics Originate in Asia and Africa -- and Why We Can Expect More
Discover - 4 Mar 2020 20:00
COVID-19 is not the first -- nor likely the last -- to emerge from the two continents.
Power converter modules handle 36-V inputs
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 19:11
The MagI³C FDSM power modules with fixed 3.3 or 5 V output voltages are now also available with an input voltage of 36 V, following on from versions with maximum input voltages of 28 and 42 V. The components in a SIP-3 ...
Superjunction MOSFETs target bridge rectification, inverters, low-frequency power switching
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 19:08
Infineon Technologies AG develops solutions for highest efficiency and quality requirements. The newly launched 600 V CoolMOS S7 product family leads the way for power density and energy efficiency for applications where...
Web simulation tool verifies circuitry for power devices and ICs
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 15:39
Rohm announced a web simulation tool, "ROHM Solution Simulator", that allows designers of electronic circuits and systems in the automotive and industrial markets to simultaneously verify power devices and ICs on 44 diff...
Power quality analyzer includes synchrophasor, frequency measurement functions
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 15:38
A new plug-in module for the PM180 eXpertMeter Power Quality Analyzer adds synchrophasor and frequency measurement functionality. With the introduction of the Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) plug-in module, the flexible PM...
Digital modulation basics, part 2: QAM and EVM
Medical Design Technology - 4 Mar 2020 08:00
In Digital modulation basics, part 1 we examined the concept of quadrature modulation and signal generation. We showed a common block diagram for generating a quadrature signal (Figure 1). There is a corresponding receiv...
How loneliness affects end-of-life experiences
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(Wiley) In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of Americans over age 50 years who died between 2004 and 2014, individuals who were characterized as lonely based on survey results were burdened by more symp...
Household chemical use linked to child language delays
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(Ohio State University) Young children from low-income homes whose mothers reported frequent use of toxic chemicals such as household cleaners were more likely to show delays in language development by age 2, a new study...
Better planning could save millions in health care costs
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(Michigan State University) New research from Michigan State University and Rutgers University reveals the amount of money washed away in hospital operating rooms, offering solutions to save hospitals -- and the country ...
Even fake illness affects relationships among vampire bats
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) How do social interactions change in the face of illness? As humans face potential global pandemics we look to nature for examples. Close observation of another highly social ani...
New measure for excessive buying problems
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(Flinders University) Excessive or uncontrolled buying or shopping is a highly prevalent, disabling and growing problem, yet measuring the extent and effects of this significant psychological problem and social issue rem...
New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(University of Houston) Researchers have reported a new material, pliable enough to be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness.
Decades-old antidepressant may fend off prostate cancer's return
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(University of Southern California) An antidepressant from the '50s, repurposed to fight prostate cancer, lowered PSA levels in men with recurrent disease, pilot study shows.
New platform for cancer diagnostics and drug testing
EurekAlert! - 4 Mar 2020 07:00
(University of Gothenburg) Parts of tumor tissue, which is normally discarded in cancer surgery, bear information about the disease. So far, as studies at the University of Gothenburg show, this has been unexploited. Thi...