DB Designs

Researchers from Seoul National University describe findings in construction engineering.
Journal of Engineering; 11/18/2009; 807 words; ...public and private organizations, design-build (DB) has become a favored construction...schedule, and quality. However, DB has been especially criticized by...benefiting from the potential advantages of DB. In order to address these challenging...

Reports outline photonics research from Technical University of Denmark.
Electronics Newsweekly; 11/18/2009; 622 words; ...of this all-in-fiber device is 2.7 dB," wrote L. Wei and colleagues, Technical...polarization extinction ratio of 21.3 dB is achieved with 45 degrees rotatable transmission...IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Compact Design of an Electrically Tunable and Rotatable...

Research from Tohoku University provides new data about electron devices.
Electronics Newsweekly; 11/18/2009; 726 words; "An optimum design theory to clarify a possible limit of achieving...significant visible noise, achieving over 32 dB of SNR for an 18% gray card." Akahane...Transactions on Electron Devices (Optimum Design of Conversion Gain and Full Well Capacity...

Reports from Technical University of Munich advance knowledge in photonics.
Electronics Newsweekly; 11/18/2009; 556 words; ...lasers (VCSELs) incorporating a novel short-cavity (SC) design are presented." "These highly single-mode devices emitting...elevated temperatures of 65 degrees C and 80 degrees C, 3-dB-modulation bandwidths beyond 13 and 10 GHz are demonstrated...

Avago Technologies Expands Family of Low Noise Amplifiers with High-Gain GPS LNA with Variable Current and Shutdown Functions.
Electronics Newsweekly; 11/18/2009; 758 words; ...space and the number of components needed in the design. As a result, designers will be able to develop...situations. Features Very low noise figure: 1.0 dB typical High gain: 17.1 dB typical High IIP3 and IP1dB Low external component...