What's New @ IEEE in Circuits

October 2006 Volume 7, Number 10

IN THIS ISSUE:
1. New on IEEE.tv: "Testing for EMC Compliance: Approaches and Techniques"
2. Japanese Conference to Examine Intelligent Signal Processing
3. Members Sought to Mentor Young Professionals
4. Cooling Technologies Use Water to Battle Data Center Heat
5. Join IEEE for 2007 and Get the Rest of 2006 Free
6. Mobile Chip Makers Sought to Set Industry Standard for Mobile Security
7. Flexible Transistors to Create Interactive Clothing
8. Digital Memory Device Joins Nanoparticles with Virus
9. Call for Papers: Integrated Circuits
10. In Brief: New Research in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library

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1. NEW ON IEEE.TV: "TESTING FOR EMC COMPLIANCE: APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES"
This month, the new IEEE.tv online broadcast network interviews author Mark I. Montrose about his book "Testing for EMC Compliance: Approaches and Techniques" (Wiley-IEEE Press). This interview is currently available to IEEE members only; additional IEEE.tv programs, including two career-focused features, may be viewed by the public. Visit: www.ieee.org/ieeetv

2. JAPANESE CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE INTELLIGENT SIGNAL PROCESSING
This December, the 2006 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS) comes to Tottori, Japan. The conference covers topics including radio propagation and channel modeling, analog circuits, filters and data conversion, and fast computations for signal processing and communication systems. The conference takes place from 12 to 15 December. To register to attend, or for more information, visit: splab.cs.kitami-it.ac.jp/ispacs2006/

3. MEMBERS SOUGHT TO MENTOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
The IEEE Mentoring Connection Program is looking for "online" mentors to help guide younger professionals in career planning and professional development. Mentor participation is open to all higher grade IEEE members. For more information, visit: www.ieee.org/mentoring

4. COOLING TECHNOLOGIES USE WATER TO BATTLE DATA CENTER HEAT
New cooling technologies that use water to combat the dangers of excessive heat on data centers are now being developed by various companies. One technique uses a cooling approach that squirts chemically treated water onto a plate situated on top of a processor. With more than 100 microchannels, the plate can use the water to guide coolant onto a chip's hot locations. Another approach uses a modular cooling system that connects to a server rack and employs chilled water to send cool air across the front of the rack. This technique allows more servers to be installed into the racks, which allows for a lack of heat buildup due to vacant slots. Read more: www.powermanagementdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193005485

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6. MOBILE CHIP MAKERS SOUGHT TO SET INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR MOBILE SECURITY
With the ultimate goal of setting an industry standard for mobile security in mind, ARM Holdings (UK) seeks help from mobile chip makers to identify the next generation applications programming interface for its TrustZone software technology. While some companies are eager to accept the initiative and believe it will make security easier to put into practice and make cellular platforms more compatible, others are more cautious and believe it is better to discover how this will fit in with other standards. Read more: www.eet.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193104711

7. FLEXIBLE TRANSISTORS TO CREATE INTERACTIVE CLOTHING
Sensitive textiles made from thin film flexible transistors may soon be used to produce interactive clothing, according to a team of physicists from the U.S. and Austria. Their approach allows for their new film transistors to be switched back and forth in reaction to pressure. By joining TFTs with ferroelectrets (thin films of polymer foams), the scientists demonstrated the use of pressure sensors for replacement skin or thin microphones. They applied a propylene foam, which is the actual sensor, over a TFT on a polyimide base. An electrical signal was then created when the differently charged sides of the distinct holes in the foam met. Read more: www.primidi.com/2006/10/01.html

8. DIGITAL MEMORY DEVICE JOINS NANOPARTICLES WITH VIRUS
A digital device has been developed by researches at the University of California (USA) in an effort to discover applications in the field of bio-compatible electronics. This new, hybrid biological system has the ability to store digital information because the researchers installed inorganic platinum nanoparticles into the tobacco mosaic virus. By transferring charges from the RNA (a nucleic acid polymer) to the Pt nanoparticles with the TMV's surface proteins serving as an energy barrier, the trapped charges are stabilized. Read more: physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/10/5/1

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." ~ Andre Gide

9. CALL FOR PAPERS: INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
The 2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) is now accepting paper submissions on topics including cellular system IC's and architectures, wireless data system IC's and architectures, and frequency generation circuits. The paper submission deadline is 8 January 2007. The conference takes place from 3 to 8 June. For more information, visit: www.rfic2007.org/

10. IN BRIEF: NEW RESEARCH IN THE IEEE XPLORE DIGITAL LIBRARY

"IEEE Circuits and Devices" magazine (v. 22, no. 4):
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=36050
"IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology" (v. 16, no. 9):
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=35992

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