tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:11 +0000Printed Circuit Board Directory is a free resource that offers information on the PCB manufacturing industry.http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)Blogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-1028045492814011805Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-03-11T17:20:11.772-06:00 Nürnberg: Murata Elektronik GmbH has become a Manufacturer-member of the German chapter of AIM, the worldwide industry association for Automatic Identification and Mobility. Representing automatic identification and mobility technology solution providers, AIM has led the way in industry standards, education and outreach since 1972. "We look forward to actively working together with the other http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/03/murata-elektronik-joins-association-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-2121879490324904287Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-03-09T05:20:06.391-06:00 DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Electro Static Discharge: Understand, Simulate, and Fix ESD Problems, 3rd Edition" to their offering. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/03/research-and-markets-electro-static.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-3572717410203481195Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-03-07T05:20:07.365-06:00 Prices of some models of aluminum capacitors produced by Taiwan makers may rise slightly due to tight supply, according to sources at passive component companies. Japan-based makers have already raised their aluminum capacitor prices, the sources indicated. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/03/taiwan-based-aluminum-capacitor-makers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-5163430278007557740Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +00002010-03-03T17:22:45.564-06:00EMLab P&K's Asbestos Laboratory in Phoenix, AZ Receives NVLAP Accreditation for Asbestos AnalysisEMLab P&K's Phoenix, Arizona laboratory is NVLAP accredited for PLM bulk asbestos analysis (NVLAP Lab Code: 500031-0).Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2010 -- EMLab P&K is pleased to announce the accreditation of its asbestos lab in Phoenix, Arizona by the National Volunteer Laboratory Accreditation http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/03/asbestos-laboratory-receives-asbestos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-3638786817623776732Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-03-02T17:20:06.285-06:00 PRINTED circuit board (PCB) maker GUH Holdings Bhd ( 3247 ) plans to diversify into new businesses like healthcare and waste water treatment to reduce its overdependence on the cyclical electronics industry. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/03/guh-holdings-eyes-new-businesses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-5040485770173448903Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-02-23T05:20:05.854-06:00 The world's first metamaterial antenna permits multiple bands--LTE, 3G, WiMax, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS--to share the same antenna without the usually switching circuits and matching components. Bluetooth - WiMax - Global Positioning System - Wi-Fi - GPS http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/metamaterials-antenna-supports-multiple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-3342677016705452817Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-02-18T17:20:05.716-06:00 NORTH YORK, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 18, 2010) - ZTEST Electronics Inc. ("ZTEST" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ZTE) wishes to announce that its annual and special meeting of shareholders will be held at the offices of the Corporation on Thursday March 11, 2010 and 1:00 p.m.(the "Meeting"). At the meeting management will be seeking shareholder support to, among other things, consolidate .http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/ztest-announces-proposed-consolidation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-1933421595408563782Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-02-18T05:20:06.410-06:00 Electronic Interconnect (EI), a leading provider of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and PCB engineering and design services, announces the availability of specialized PCBs for medical device electronic assemblies and engineering and design services to help customers plan and develop medical electronic printed circuit assemblies. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/electronic-interconnect-offers-medical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-2610914309118257437Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-02-16T17:20:12.557-06:00 Designed for 12 x 12 mm package size, CG-BGA-4010 socket operates at bandwidths up to 6.5 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss. It features clamshell lid with integrated heat sinking mechanism and is mounted on PCB using supplied hardware, with no soldering. Contact resistance and current capacity per pin are 20 mW and 2 A, respectively, while pin self inductance is 0.11 nH and mutual ... http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/bga-socket-targets-08-mm-pitch-bga-194.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-8815487110732847773Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-02-16T05:20:07.290-06:00 U-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland) has expanded its high-speed wireless connectivity reference design offerings to include full high-speed packet access (HSPA) capabilities: 7.2 Mb/s download and 5.8 Mb/s upload speeds. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/u-blox-modem-design-provides-hspa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-9050462477137491654Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-02-11T05:20:05.532-06:00 IC distributor WT Microelectronics has experienced better-than-expected sales in early first-quarter 2010 due to strong demand from the PC and consumer electronics segments, according to company general manager Cheng Wen-tsung. Additionally, the supply of IC components is expected to remain dripless through the whole of the year. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/02/ic-distributor-wt-microelectronics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-6821794209041283750Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-31T05:20:10.509-06:00 SANTA CLARA, Calif. & LAKE FOREST, Calif.----Agilent Technologies Inc. and DeMille Research Inc ., a leader in software solutions for in-circuit test, announced they have signed a value-added reseller agreement that allows Agilent to offer DRI’s TestSight Developer software to its Medalist i3070 and Medalist i1000 in-circuit test customers. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/trade-news-agilent-technologies-demille.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-3206447149125894381Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:12:00 +00002010-01-30T16:11:55.486-06:00Future Electronics and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) Sign an Americas Distribution AgreementPointe-Claire, Canada, December 12 -- Future Electronics and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announced today that both companies have signed an agreement for distribution of Toshiba display products in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Under the terms of http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/toshiba-electronic-components-sign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-1927216094934587440Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-01-26T17:20:13.869-06:00 Electronics is that division of science and technology which makes use of the controlled motion of electrons through different media and vacuum. The aptitude to control electron flow is usually applied to information handling or device control, so the usage of it at electronic cigarettes explains. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/innovation-of-cigarette-e-cig123.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-433063501321245180Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-24T05:20:07.626-06:00 For the nitty gritty of how Nanosys' proprietary LED backlighting technology works, check out our earlier coverage here -- what you really need to know is that the company promises a significantly wider color gamut from its displays, while reducing power consumption by up to 50 percent. Quantum dot LEDs have shown their faces before, but now there's the big hulking heft of LG Innotek -- LG's ... http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/nanosys-and-lg-innotek-agree-deal-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-5242752840171343014Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-17T05:20:08.823-06:00 Automated Media Services, an Allendale, New Jersey-based firm responsible for the creation and development of 3GTvâ¢, the first plannable, predictable, and measurable form of out-of-home television, announces the addition of five new senior engineers to the company.  http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/automated-media-services-inc-announces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-1065237451687923339Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-12T05:20:06.010-06:00 Japan-based IC provider Macnica's subsidiary in Hong Kong has recently announced a plan to acquire Taiwan-based IC provider Galaxy Far East. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/japan-ic-distributor-macnica-to-acquire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-6817427514417566705Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-01-05T17:20:14.810-06:00 Featuring quick ¼ turn locking action, ZIF Prime meets Military Standard 810 vibration/shock test performance. Uniform clamping pressure eliminates hot spots, creating uniform heat transfer, and ZIF characteristics are unaffected by adverse environments. Designed for .031, .050, .084, .093, and .125 in. thick circuit boards, retainers exhibit thermal resistance as low as 0.9°C/W/in. of http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/zif-style-circuit-card-retainers-suit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-5352362354929611921Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-05T05:20:08.997-06:00 SAN DIEGO, January 5 /PRNewswire/ -- - Antenna Implementation in the new LG Chocolate (LG BL40) Earns Top Spot in SAR Comparison Rayspan Corporation, the world's exclusive provider of wireless air interface (antenna and RF front-end) technology based on metamaterials, announced that the new LG Chocolate (LG BL40) phone, the first cellular handset to implement the company's metamaterial antenna .http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/rayspan-metamaterial-antennas-reduce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-7805526547698963720Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-01-03T05:20:09.754-06:00 ANAHEIM--DDi Corp. and Coretec Inc., both leading providers of technologically advanced printed circuit board (“PCB”) engineering and manufacturing services, announced today that DDi has completed the acquisition of Coretec. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2010/01/ddi-corp-completes-acquisition-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-8461927991153267605Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-12-31T17:20:14.198-06:00 RFaxis' WLAN RFeIC and High-Gain Antenna to Boost B-Link's Solutions http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2009/12/multiple-wlan-and-antenna-design-wins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-8698808501435055926Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:20:00 +00002009-12-27T05:20:10.078-06:00 HannStar Board expects its shipments of notebook PCBs see have a single-digit decline in the first quarter of 2010 compared to declines of 10-20% during the same quarter in previous years thanks to strong demand from notebook makers. Notebook PCB shipments will total 67 million units in 2009, accounting for 45% of the global market, the company estimated. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2009/12/hannstar-board-expects-notebook-pcb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-1651625779160172856Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-12-24T17:20:13.042-06:00 A giant magnetoresistive (GMR) magnetic sensor is designed for use in battery-powered implantable devices such as pacemakers, ICDs, neurostimulators, and drug pumps. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2009/12/online-information-source-for-medical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-3717876882192827062Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-12-20T17:20:11.863-06:00 Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2009/12/reportlinker-adds-wlp-2009-technologies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20956937.post-6002797847400521226Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:20:00 +00002009-12-17T05:20:06.133-06:00 Taiwan-based quartz device makers are expected to enjoy strong growth in 2010 on increasing demand from the handset and networking segments, according to market sources. http://www.pcb-directory.com/blog/2009/12/taiwan-quartz-component-makers-to-enjoy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com ((hris)0