Separated by strait, united by problems. Some aspects of microelectronics development in China and Taiwan The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) relied on the development of microelectronics with a slight difference in time and achieved impressive results. There is much in common between the PRC and Taiwan but differences remain due to the size of economies, the population size, the availability of natural resources and traditions.
Determination of effective parameters of heat transfer layers in multi-layer printed circuit boards The article presents the mathematic simulation study on determination of maximum thickness of heat transfer layers in multi-layer printed circuit boards of electronic modules. Further increase of the thickness of heat sink layers becomes unreasonable due to an excessive increase in the mass of these layers and the lack of significant decrease of the temperature of the heated components.
Molex antennas for Internet of things Molex being one of the leading manufacturers of connectors and antennas offers effective solutions for wireless systems. The article considers Molex antenna products for applications of Internet of things.
Nonvolatile memory registers increase the reliability of digital temperature sensors Nonvolatile memory registers in digital temperature sensors enable to avoid many of thermal management design issues. The article shows how nonvolatile memory registers in digital temperature sensors can help to improve the reliability of the system.
Engineering Services in Adoption of Preproduction Design and Process Development Automation The article describes a number of projects in the area of engineering services which have been accomplished by SWR Group for several companies and were intended to improve operational effectiveness in product creation and preproduction design and process development using CAD / CAM / CAE tools.
Nordson EFD solder paste jetting system: high accuracy and performance The article reviews the features and advantages of Nordson EFD Liquidyn P-Jet SolderPlus non-contact jetting system which provides high accuracy, productivity and repeatability of the process.
Determination of the radiating object temperature by spectral pyrometry method The article describes the spectral pyrometry method. The advantage of this method over traditional methods of temperature measurement is wider range of application including numerous new objects whose optical properties are not known
Development of gallium nitride-based microwave electronics Gallium nitride (GaN) is the most effective of all types of compound semiconductors. It is widely used in many areas of present-day electronics. Among the directions of GaN electronics gallium nitride microwave electronics has a special place and plays an important role both in the development of communication systems and in the creation of advanced defense systems.
GaN heterostructures in microwave electronics: scientific papers review The article reviews a number of scientific papers on the use of GaN heterostructures and devices based on them in microwave electronics. It is noted that actively conducted today research in the field of GaN heterostructures are both fundamentally scientific and applied in nature.
Cost-effective input-matched hybrid GaN transistor for S-band radar applications The article considers QPD1020A GaN transistor with internal GaAs input matching die. It is noted that this transistor has characteristics that allow it to be successfully used in S-band radar applications.
Integrated microwave switches Part 3 The article considers the integrated microwave switches based on silicon field effect transistors. The information on the parameters and features of these switches produced by a number of manufacturers is provided.
Expansion of microwave ADC’s dynamic range using logarithmic amplifiers High-frequency signal processing with a wide dynamic range is one of the priority tasks in the development of modern communication systems. The higher the input signal frequency the higher the conversion frequency. The authors proposed the design consisting of logarithmic amplifier and ADC that expands the dynamic range of the signals processed by ADC while maintaining a constant specified relative error.
The effective method for BGA components assembly defect detection The article gives the recommendations on the use of variable angle viewing two-dimensional X-ray inspection when monitoring the quality of BGA components and their solder joints. It considers the technology advantages over fixed angle 2D X-ray inspection and X-ray computed tomography.
Why does Apple slow down old iPhones? The article considers the reasons why Apple eventually reduces the processor speed of older models of iPhone smartphone. It is noted that Apple’s solution is not a cunning marketing scheme. The company’s specialists do what they have to do to ensure the fault-tolerance of their customers’ devices.
Strategic Development Concept for Computing Technology The article analyses historical development stages and prospects of high-performance computing systems, describes concepts and system solutions for integrated multiarchitecture computing supersystem, identifies tasks and focus development areas intended for development of Russian supercomputers and entire computing technology.