Development of Low Power, Low Noise All-Digital Phase Lock Loop LSI by NEC
As demand for short distance radio communication for such systems as remote controllers, alarm systems and automatic meter reading is on the rise, one major concern that has preoccupied manufacturers of these systems is their power consumption, requiring these systems to have a longer battery life. At the same time, small and lightweight criteria for wireless devices imposed by the market demand forcing manufacturer to further reduce the battery, however, reduced battery size will translate to reduced total available energy. For such battery driven devices one way to extend the battery life is through intermittent operation through use of all digital PLL (Phase Lock Loop) offering a quick operations as well as their advantage in eliminating large on-chip passive filters. In comparison analog-based PLL does not constitute a good solution due to their long start-up time. Based on this requirement, NEC and NED Electronics developed a low-power low-noise all-digital phase lock loop (ADPLL) LSI targeted to be employed in midget wireless equipment yielding a long operation lifetime for small sized batteries. Read more
Development of Performance Analysis System for Cloud Computing System by NEC
Global acceptance of cloud computing is on the rise requiring a robust IT platform for cloud centric data centers for providing a safe and secure services. Such services would require a rapidly process of large volume of data while flexibly adjusting to sudden changes in workloads. Furthermore, in order to take advantage of virtualization technologies, the system needs to provide efficient operations of a large number of servers and storage devices. To address to this needs, NEC has developed “Invariant Analysis Technology”, software system capable of detecting the cause of unexpected failures. Read more
NEC Unveils New LSI Technology for Next Generation High Speed Serial Communication Interfaces
With rapid increase in volume of data that is being process for personal use due to existence of multitude of high functionality equipment such as HD TV and 3D video content has resulted in a greater demand for high speed communication of data both between and within a wide variety of equipments. In order to cope with such overwhelming demand, various types of sophisticated transmission schemes have been proposed to compensate for the large waveform distortion of input signals fed to the receiver, in order to reach a communication speed of 10 Gb/s to accommodate the next generation USB and PCI Express. However, due to complexity of some of the transmission scheme, their application has been limited, as they are not compatible with widely used binary transmission schemes currently used in USB and PCI Express. Based on this need, NEC and NECEL have developed a new high speed communication interface technology that utilizes binary transmission schemes capable of data transmission rates of 16Gb/s which is 3 times faster than the existing communication interface standards such as USB 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0. Read more
Development of World’s Smallest All-in-one Compact LTE Base Station by NEC
Following the Kyocera’s announcement on development of micro LTE base station, NEC today made its own announcement on development of world’s smallest, all in one base station at the Mobile World Congress 2010, where NEC claims will enable mobile operators to tailor the provision of their LTE services based on capacity demand, ranging from small-scale to wide-scale commercial deployments. NEC’s has developed the new base station in accordance with 3GPP mobile communication standards, integrating REC ( Radio Equipment Controller) control functions and RE (Radio Equipment) transmission functions. Read more
Development of Dynamic Optimal Path Management Technologies for Mobile and Fixed Networks by NEC
NEC Corporation made an announcement on extending OpenFlow Technologies to Mobile Network as part of promoting globally open innovation for future Internet technologies. The new technologies incorporated modules capable of observing the utilization status of multiple base stations for each mobile communication method, dynamically selecting the most suitable mobile communication routes by analyzing location information within mobile networks, received signal power level, communication resource utilization and mobile backhaul congestion. Read more
NEC Showcases Three New Professional Installation Projectors
NEC Asia unveiled 3 new installation projectors NP3200, NP2200 and NP1200, targeted at educational and corporate environment, designed to meet the demanding integration projects. The new NP installation Series models are intended to fulfill the needs of individuals requiring bright light output for large screen at a reasonable price. In order to provide maximum flexibility for installers, the three projectors use an optional bayonet style lenses for easy exchange. Read more
Integration of NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI by NEC
In recent years the market demand for filed programmable logic has been growing steadily mainly due to their role in reducing both time for the development and cost, since the time from development phase to market introduction for electronic equipment has become increasing important. Up to now, the way to enhance the performance and in introducing multi-functionality in electronic devices rested upon reducing the size of transistors enabled programmable logic. However, size reduction on transistors coupled with current leakage due to an increase in stand-by power has dampened further reduction in transistors size, forcing the manufacturers to come up with innovative technologies in enhancing the performance of programmable logic. Read more
Development of High Threshold Voltage Control Nitride Semiconductor Power Transistor on Silicon Substrate by NEC
NEC and NEC Electronics made an announcement on development of high threshold voltage control gallium Nitride power transistor on a silicon substrate. The new product has improved the control and suppression of electrical currents when electrical power is off which is a required feature for the safe operation of consumer electronics as well as IT devices.The new transistor comes with a new structure for the layer just beneath the gate electrode, resulting in improvement in controllability of threshold voltage that intercepts electrical current as well as enabling the achievement in low power loss, high speed switching and high temperature operations. Read more
Launch of Super-Resolution Transcoder by NEC
With spread of high definition television (HDTV) capable of supporting terrestrial digital broadcasting , viewer demand for high resolution programming is growing. However, when SD video gets rebroadcast via a HD television the images tend to blur resulting in a poor picture quality. Up to now, “multiple frame super-resolution ” technologies has been the way to overcome this issue through conversion of multiple image frames to HD, but this method suffers from the high cost plus it requires time in order for a large number of servers to process the image data. Read more
Development of ECO Friendly Flame Retardant Bio-plastic by NEC
In recent years use of reproducible biomass based materials has been gaining popularity. Among this trend is use of bioplastic especially composites with polylactic acid that are being used in daily products such as fibers and utensils as well as such durable products as electronic equipment and automobiles. Having said that, the wide spread success of bioplastics in manufacturing of PCs and other advnced electronic equipment rests on development of advanced bioplastics that are highly flame retardant, durable with a high level of moldability. In response to such market demand NEC made an announcement on development of an ECO friendly flame retardant bioplastic. Read more
