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PLCC-6 Package Provides Better Color Control and Reliability

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced a new family of compact high-brightness tricolor surface mount (SMT) LEDs for indoor and outdoor full color signs and video displays.

29 Apr 2008

Improving Our Understanding of How Light Interacts with Matter

An advance by North Carolina State University physicists improves our understanding of how light interacts with matter, and could make possible the development of new integrated-circuit technologies that result in faster computers that use less energy.

28 Apr 2008

Nanowires Could Lead to Longer Lasting Displays

A new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. The copper nanowires could serve as interconnects in electronic device fabrication and as electron emitters in a television-like, very thin flat-panel display known as a field-emission display.

28 Apr 2008

Combining Clinical Benefits of Dual Wavelengths Through Patented MultiPlex Technology

Cynosure, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad array of light-based aesthetic treatment systems, today announced the introduction of Smartlipo MPX, the next generation of the company's award-winning family of workstations for laser lipolysis.

28 Apr 2008

DRS Technologies Receives Order for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System Subassemblies

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an initial order of $36.4 million on a five-year contract with a projected minimum value of approximately $101 million to produce critical subassemblies for the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) program.

28 Apr 2008

Optical Feedback Support To Help LED Designers Maintain Perfect Color

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced significant enhancements for its award winning EZ-Color(TM) design solution for intelligent color and white LED lighting systems. The new ColorLock(TM) feature enables designers to use optical feedback to automatically ensure precise color points over time and temperature for applications such as LCD backlighting, architectural lighting and more.

28 Apr 2008

Innovative Image Enhancement Technology Enables 3X Zoom Capabilities for Camera Module and Handset Manufacturers

Tessera Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, today announced its OptiML(TM) Zoom solution is now available for licensing. This innovative image enhancement solution combines unique lens design with specialized algorithms to replace traditional mechanical zoom capabilities, enabling 3X optical zoom capabilities in a compact camera module without moving parts.

28 Apr 2008

Calix Announces its FTTP Solutions are Deployed Across the State of Texas

Calix today announced that its fiber to the premises (FTTP) solutions, including the Calix 700 family of GPON Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), are deployed across the state of Texas allowing service providers to deliver advanced information, communication, and entertainment services to residential and business customers alike.

28 Apr 2008

Applied Energetics Awarded Contract from Army for Laser Guided Energy Technology

Applied Energetics, Inc., today announced it has been awarded a $4.5 million Sole Source Contract from the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (ARDEC - Picatinny, NJ) for the development and advancement of the company’s Laser Guided Energy technology.

28 Apr 2008

Phase III SBIR contract from the US Army for Cadmium Telluride on Silicon Night Vision

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the award of the second year of a three-year, Phase III SBIR contract from the US Army for developing the manufacturing infrastructure for the commercialization of cadmium telluride (CdTe) on silicon (Si) as the key precursor substrate for the creation of mercury (Hg) cadmium telluride (MCT) based infrared (IR) imaging cameras and systems.

28 Apr 2008

Solar Power Focused with Operations Based in Spain and Italy

First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity firm specialising in the energy industry, has completed the acquisition of Gamesa Solar, the leading solar energy company in Spain, for a total consideration of euro 261 million.

28 Apr 2008

Global Polysilicon Market Will Be Eased off in 2009

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Solar Polysilicon Industry Report, 2007-2008 to their offering.

25 Apr 2008

Innovation Increases Street Lighting Levels and Safety

After more than two decades of producing the energy efficient optical system for commercial outdoor lighting, Schréder Lighting USA highlights the innovative, award-winning Sealsafe Optical Lighting System in the United States.

25 Apr 2008

Fresh Insights into the Composition of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

An international team of scientists has detected that some of the glow of Earth's aurora is polarized, an unexpected state for such emissions. Measurements of this newfound polarization in the Northern Lights may provide scientists with fresh insights into the composition of Earth's upper atmosphere, the configuration of its magnetic field, and the energies of particles from the Sun, the researchers say.

25 Apr 2008

Cameras Offer an Extended Range of User-Convenient Benefits

Meiji Techno announces the latest in CMOS digital camera technology: With scientific grade, defect free sensors, these high quality cameras are designed to be a cost-effective versatile solution for documentation of microscopy imaging where high resolution is required.

25 Apr 2008