Adams & Co. Real Estate recently brokered a 10-year, 4,000s/f lease for Brick House Electronics at the 980 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the Vogue Building, bringing occupancy at the property to 100 percent. Jeffrey Buslik and Jeffrey Schwartz represented the landlord in the transaction, Ellman Realty Advisors represented the tenant.

Microsoft and Samsung enter a patent licensing agreement focused on the companies’ consumer electronics lines. The deal gives the two firms access to each others’ patents for existing and future inventions in categories including computers, televisions, digital video recorders and digital media players.

If big-ticket buys like digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and LCD TVs are on your shopping list, you’ll need a plan to find the best deals. Step one: Decide how high-tech you want to go. You want to be sure your investment won’t be obsolete as soon as you leave the store. Some advice to help you shop smarter:

Research first, buy later. Check the Internet to help narrow your search. Every major manufacturer posts product information online. You can also browse competitive prices on Web sites such as cnet.com, pricewatch.com, bestwebbuys.com/electronics/and newegg.com.

Shop around. If you’re a bargain hunter and your primary criterion is to find the best price, the big chains may be your best bet. For some consumers, service contracts and warranties, which bigger chains are more apt to offer, are essential. Larger chains also have huge inventories, so chances are the item you want will be in stock. On the other hand, national chains sometimes employ part-time sales associates who may not know which end of the box is up.

By contrast, independent electronics stores will likely offer great one-on-one service. They also take time to answer your ongoing questions with follow-up service. The drawback: Their prices may be slightly higher than national chains.

Be prepared to negotiate. Ask the salesperson, “Is this your best price?” If she’s not authorized to cut a deal, ask to speak with the manager, if the price is nonnegotiable, inquire about other options–free delivery, a reduction in shipping costs, free or discounted accessories.

Available with 1, 2, or 4 independent or linked channels, 28x series employs direct digital synthesis generator with variable clock sampling technology to reproduce waveforms at any repetition rate. This 40 MS/s generator series comes with Waveform Manager Plus software and is designed for low-frequency manufacturing and service applications. Signal simulation capabilities include arbitrary waveforms, function, trigger, tone and noise generators, and amplitude modulation source.

VERETT, Wash. - Fluke Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of test and measurement equipment, introduces the 28x series of universal waveform generators that produce multiple signals to test complex electronic circuits. The 28x series employs a direct digital synthesis generator with variable clock sampling technology to faithfully reproduce waveforms at any repetition rate.

The series includes the Model 281 single-channel, Model 282 two-channel, and Model 284 four-channel generators. All have extensive signal simulation capabilities, including arbitrary waveforms, function, trigger, tone and noise generators, and amplitude modulation source. Included is Waveform Manager Plus software, which creates, manipulates and manages arbitrary waveforms within a single Windows[R]-based program.

The Fluke 28x series is part of Fluke’s complete range of signal source generators designed for low frequency (50 MHz or lower) manufacturing and service applications.

The Fluke 281 is available at a suggested US list price of $1,995, the Fluke 282 is available for a suggested US list price of $3,395, and the Fluke 284 is available for a suggested US list price of $5,495.

Abstract We show how the hysteresis behaviour in electronic circuits can be explained in a robust manner using PSpice transient simulations. Furthermore, we describe a simple circuit for three-segment nonlinear characteristic shaping and show how this circuit can be used to produce hysteresis loops. The realisation of relaxation oscillators is then given as a typical application.

Keywords amplifiers; hysteresis; nonlinear circuits; nonlinear dynamics

(ProQuest Information and Learning: … denotes formulae omitted.)

Undergraduate electronic circuits textbooks, such as Ref. 1, introduce the hysteresis phenomena to their readers while attempting to explain the behaviour of a simple op-amp comparator with positive feedback. Such a circuit is then characterized as bi-stable; i.e. it has two different driving point characteristics depending on whether the input voltage is increasing or decreasing. When plotted together on the same V^sub i^-V^sub o^ chart, a discontinuous loop appears and is termed the hysteresis loop. The sudden jumps in the loop are attributed to the bi-stable nature of the circuit and are not discussed any further.

From a nonlinear dynamics point of view, sudden jumps correspond to very fast energy transfer. Accordingly, an energy storage element (capacitor or inductor) of a significantly small value must exist to hold this transit energy transfer. Including a parasitic capacitor (inductor) is necessary but not sufficient to explain the hysteresis jumps, as explained in detail in the pioneering work of Kennedy and Chua2 which ironically never found its way to any textbook. In particular, the two necessary conditions for hysteresis to occur are:

1 Astatic d.c. nonlinear non-monotone driving-point characteristic.

2 Aparasitic energy storage element to accommodate the fast energy transfer. This fast transition is described by a stiff differential equation (one which contains two widely separated time constants).

The work presented here has two objectives:

(i) To show how the hysteresis behaviour can be explained in a clear manner with a circuit simulation example.

(ii) To show how nonlinear driving-point characteristics can be designed.

Explaining hysteresis

To explain hysteresis, one should address the two necessary conditions stated above. The first condition relates to the existence of d.c. nonlinear characteristics. In Fig. 1, the four basic nonlinear characteristics which can be obtained from any three segments are shown. The characteristics of Figs 1(a) and 1(b) are monotone which means they are equally controllable via the x-axis or the y-axis variable. A single value for x corresponds to a single value for y. However, Figs 1(c) and 1(d) are non-monotone because they are controllable only through the y-axis variable. Attempting to control these characteristics through the x-axis variable results in multiple values of y for the same value of x, which is not possible in electronic circuits. Accordingly, the apparent characteristics acquire ‘discontinuous jumps’ and follow the dashed lines in Fig. 1. Stimulating hysteresis is thus associated with controlling a nonlinear non-monotone driving-point characteristic via the wrong control variable.

How do you design nano-sized circuits and guarantee “nearly perfect yields” in the process?

According to HP coding theory will be the key to building a “defect tolerant interface” for its cross-bar architecture in future processors.

Coding theory is most strongly associated with solving math, cryptography and telecom problems.

“We have invented a completely new way of designing an electronic interconnect for nano-scale circuits using coding theory,” said Stan Williams, HP Senior Fellow and director, Quantum Science Research at HP Labs. “By using a cross-bar architecture and adding 50 percent more wires as an ‘insurance policy,’ we believe it will be possible to fabricate nano-electronic circuits with nearly perfect yields even though the probability of broken components will be high.”

It’s the nano-equivalent of a telephone operator that keeps patching your call through no matter how many cables break.

DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58000) has announced the addition of Other Asian - Pacific Countries: Capacitor Market, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011 to their offering.

Market database with forecast, market data in euros, figures given in excel spreadsheet. No split by countries except China and Japan. Market is given for each component type by application end-user markets.

Component type list:
Capacitors
1. Film
2. Aluminum
3. Tantalum
4. Ceramic
5. Other capacitors

End user application markets
1. Consumer - audio video
- Television
- Set-top boxes
- DVD
- Videos & other

2. Data processing
- Mainframes, servers, workstations
- PCs
- Peripherals & other

3. Telecoms
- Mobile terminals
- Mobile infrastructure
- Fixe infrastructure
- Terminals and others

4. Aerospace & defence
- Space & avionics
- Radiocoms, weapon systems & others

5. Automotive
- Engine control
- Chassis
- Instrument panel & Comfort & others

6. Industrial
- Transportation
- Power supplies, converters
- Power distribution
- Automation and control equipment
- Medical
- Instrumentation & others

7. Consumer - household appliances

Topics Covered

Excel spreadsheet tables:

5 capacitor types: Films, Aluminium, Tantalum, Ceramic, Others plus total = 6 tables

Electronics production scenario= 1 table

A component type table gave markets by end user application

DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58233) has announced the addition of “Other Asian - Pacific Countries: Industrial Keyboards and Switches Market, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011″ to their offering.

Market database with forecast, market data in euros, figures given in excel spreadsheet. No split by countries except China and Japan. Market is given for each component type by application end-user markets.

We analyze the market demand for passive and electromechanical components.

The survey results are proposed in a database which contains the market data for passive and electromechanicals components (discrete, interface, interconnect product, etc…).

This survey is the result of ten years of economics research and market analysis.

Definition

- Twice a year the author conducts a market demand for passive and interconnection components (discrete, interface, electromechanical, etc…)

- This component market is made of height components type groups:

- PCBs - printed circuit boards

- Connectors

- Hybrid circuits / MCM

- Industrial Switches & keyboards

- Magnetic components

- Capacitors

- Resistors

- Piezo, crystal, filters

- The database gave a component demand drawn up in correlation with the electronics production. This approach allows you to evaluate a components end-users market: the market studied by the author is the “passive and interconnection components” contents of product manufactured by the electronics industry.

- Market data’s are the “passive and interconnection” component consumption of the Components end-users, this is the “passive and interconnection” component part in the electronics products.

- Forecasts are made at current prices and the mix-product evolutions as well as component and equipment price developments are taken into account.

- The time period is years 2005 to 2011.

Methodology

- data analysis

- industry interviews

- technological forecasting model :

A complete approach

- Electronics production by products

- The first steep is an enquiry on production evolution which is detailed by products.

- A scenario is made based on: past year balance sheet, current year tendencies, and probable future evolutions.

Passive and interconnection contents of the studied products

- For each electronic products its “passive and interconnection” contents is detailed by component type

- By examining functions, prices, and technological trend the “passive and interconnection” contents possible evolution is forecasted.

Output

- The Database is delivered on CD-ROM in Excel Spreadsheet format.

- Excel format is a useful solution: its make you enable to do your own simulations, estimates or calculations and allows you to prepare your own personal graphs and charts.

- You can choose your entry point by component type to find our historical data and forecasts.

All data is given in Euros.

A look back at the past 12 months shows how global the electrical aftermarket has become

Business activity over the past year indicates broadening markets, business consolidation, and robust sales

ANYONE LOOKING BACK on 2006 could be forgiven for thinking that the electromechanical service and sales business was all about globalization and consolidation this year.

A glance at news items appearing in “Business Briefs” over the past twelve months reveals a pattern of companies expanding their markets overseas. They’ve been doing this, for the most part, by buying and selling business units and acquiring or merging with one another for a better fit with overseas markets.

Domestically, companies have been forming alliances when they haven’t been buying one another outright, expanding existing facilities, and building new ones. In several instances, record sales and earnings have been the result as well as the cause of .this activity. Much of these sales have been related to the real estate market and to Hurricane Katrina, recovery from which has taken longer than expected.

It’s globalism, stupid

The global tone was set in March at National Manufacturing Week in Chicago, where organizers delivered, in their words, “more global manufacluring leaders than ever before.” Keynote speakers included executives from Schneider Electric and Caterpillar, Inc.-international players that have benefited from the construction boom of recent years, much of it outside the U.S.

Nowhere has this construction boom been more evident than in China, where Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, a Connecticut business, reached an agreement this year to provide Guangzhou University-City with two gas turbine units for a combined-cycle cogeneration facility. Operation was expected to begin by the end of this month. Pratt & Whitney also sold a gas turbine to the French utility Électricité de France.

Unsatisfied simply to export products and services, several U.S. companies opened offshore plants or expanded existing ones. Methode Network Bus Products of Rolling Meadows, 111., opened a plant in Shanghai for the design and manufacture of bus bars. A.O. Smith announced plans to build a materials testing lab in Suzhou, China, and recognized A.O. Smith plants in Acuña and Juárez, Mexico, for their safety records.

China and Mexico weren’t alone in seeing plant activity. Flowserve Corp., a Dallas provider of motion-control products and services, opened a regional sales and service center in Moerdijk, Netherlands.

Eased international distribution

The global flow of goods and services is being aided not only by new plants but also by new and flexible distribution agreements. So while Darby Electric of Anderson, S.C., has become a U.S. distributor of ABB motors and drives, for instance, RD. George has appointed Complete Resin Solutions as an authorized distributor of its impregnating resins in Mexico.

A Michigan maker of fiberglass enclosures, Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures, entered a partnership with Spelsberg UK, a British firm, under which Spelsberg will be Stahlin’s U.K. stocking distributor.

American Sensor Technologies chose a Bangkok company to distribute its products throughout Thailand, and FISO Technologies of Québec, a Canadian maker of fiber-optic sensors, found a distributor in Mexico City. Heyco Products, a New Jersey manufacturer of wire-protection components, chose a distributor in India, Bossard India, that is a subsidiary of a Swiss company.

In recognition of this flurry of global distribution, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce secretary, Carlos Gutierrez, presented the President’s E Star Award for Exports to John Stropki, chairman and CEO of The Lincoln Electric Co., “in recognition of its achievement in supporting exporting growth in the U.S. business community.”

A tiny, intricate bromeliad or cactus just begs to be viewed up close. That’s why each is a perfect candidate for temporary display indoors in a clear glass vase. Shop for plants in 1 1/2- or 2-inch containers at nurseries and big-box stores. Then create the illusion of a garden in miniature by surrounding the potted plant with pebbles or sand. The living sculptures look especially pretty when softly illuminated from above.

RELATED ARTICLE: Easy setup and care

* Assembly. Fill the bottom of a vase with 1 to 2 inches of polished river rock, sand, or aquarium pebbles. On top, place a container without a drain hole, and conceal it with more pebbles. Slip the plant (still in its plastic pot) into the container.