The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application that reveals Apple’s intent to reinvent the ionic wind generator. The traditional ionic wind generator design is only effective at cooling limited areas of an electronic device and distributes air throughout the device evenly, without thought to what portions of the device are in use. According to the … [Read more...]
LED Design Case Study: Down Lighter Thermal Management with Simulation
Future Facilities released a case study showing that its new CFD software for electronics cooling design, 6SigmaET solves the problem of how to shrink electronics devices that generate heat. The Future Facilities' case study describes how Advanced Thermal Solutions-Europe, BV used Future Facilities' 6SigmaET software to model lamp performance while simultaneously reducing heat … [Read more...]
Companies Form Partnership to Launch Hybrid Electric Drive
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. and SBE, Inc. announced a technology partnership. As part of this partnership, SBE, Inc. is providing a novel integrated capacitor/bus structure design solution for Quantum power electronics for automotive applications. The SBE integrated module is an innovative approach which offers many benefits such as higher performance, … [Read more...]
Linear Technology Acquires Wireless Sensor Networking Company
Linear Technology Corporation has acquired Dust Networks, Inc., a provider of low power wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. The acquisition of Dust Networks will enable Linear to offer a complete high performance wireless sensor networking solution. Dust Networks’ low power radio and software technology complements Linear’s strengths in industrial instrumentation, power … [Read more...]
GM to Stop Chevy Volt Battery Coolant Fires
General Motors is going to modify its Chevrolet Volt plug-in car to eliminate the possibility that its batteries can catch on fire hours or days after a serious side-impact crash. It turns out that battery coolant could leak on an electronic board, causing the fire. The leaks were discovered in tests in which a Volt was rotated until it was inverted. Only a small amount of … [Read more...]
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