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Nikkei Electronics


April 10 2006 Issue

Keyword .  .  .  p. 12

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What’s New .  .  .  p. 32

  • Kochi University of Technology Develops the World’s First Molybdenum Oxide Built on Top of Silicon Substrate
  • Mitsubishi Electric Markets a High Priced Electric Rice Cooker for \115,500
  • Toyota Starts Development of a Proprietary OS for Automotive Electronics
  • Internet ITS Consortium Established the Specification of the Internet Connection from the Automobile
  • The Rapidly Growing Co-Validation Environment Targets Application Software Designers
  • Sun Microsystems Aims to Exploit the “Open Source Effect” to Revive the SPARC Architecture
  • Toshiba to Market World First HD DVD Player
  • Sharp Settles LCD TV Patent Dispute

Leading Trends

Korean “Thin” Mobile Phones Show a Design Philosophy Targeting the Worldwide Market.  .  .  p. 51
On March 25, 2006, the world’s thinnest flip-style W-CDMA mobile phone went on sale in Japan.  
With the assistance of mobile phone engineers, we disassembled and analyzed a sister model, with the same thickness, to the model developed by Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in order to understand the design concept applied.

Cover Story

Now More than Ever, Go to Emerging World Markets.  .  .  p. 79
Japanese electronics manufacturers are enjoying their first boom in years due to expansion in the digital household appliances market.  But just by casting an eye to the world stage they know they certainly cannot allow themselves to be content while the global market is undergoing enormous change.  
The focus is turning to emerging markets in the regions known as the BRICs and already a fierce scramble is underway.  Japanese manufacturers, however, only maintain a weak presence.  Will they be engulfed by history, or will they change it?


Part1 .  .  .  p. 82
Head-On Competition in the Global Market Vital for Survival

Part2.  .  .  p. 90
The Real Picture of the Rapidly Expanding BRICs as Seen in the Electronics Market

China.  .  .  p. 92
Olympic Games and World Expo impetus boosting the number of middle-income earners

India.  .  .  p. 98
There’s still time for full-scale entry into an awakening giant market

Russia.  .  .  p. 104
Korean brands filling the stores to feed a consumer boom

Brazil.  .  .  p. 110
Soccer-crazed nation to be the new source for digital household appliances

Interview

ACCESS President and CEO, Toru Arakawa  “We Will Become a Company that Can Take on Everything”.  .  .  p. 117

Tech Tale

The Trajectory of Hand Motion Compensation Technology (Final): “Aiming for the Ultimate Camera”  .  .  p. 120

Guest Paper

MEMS Oscillator Using Silicon Technology Aims to Replace Quartz Oscillators.  .  .  p. 125
SiTime Corp. has started shipping samples of oscillators it has developed using Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) technology, and expects to move into mass production during the fourth quarter of 2006.
 The idea is that they will replace the crystal oscillators found in a variety of electronic devices.  Crystals have been used in a large number of oscillators since the mid 1940s as a means to generate a precise frequency, but now there is potential for change in that crystal-oriented market. 
After some 40 years of research and development, the MEMS resonator is at last to become a commercial reality.  MEMS resonators employed in oscillators have dimensions one digit smaller than crystals and help to halve manufacturing costs.  
The MEMS resonator is laminated and encapsulated in a package on an LSI chip, reducing the mounting area on a printed circuit board by almost 70%.  This article explains the background to the development of the MEMS resonator, as well as manufacturing methods, characteristics and the benefits for devices.

NETs Buyers’ Guide

ICs for Li-Ion Rechargeable Batteries.  .  .  p. 136
A whole array of ASSPs—application-specific standard (integrated circuit) products designed for a specific purpose—are found in devices equipped with lithium ion rechargeable batteries.  They include protection ICs, charge ICs and remaining charge detection ICs used in prevention of over-charging and over-discharging.  Charge IC products, in particular, are available in many different types, meaning there are more to choose from.  
There is a lot of competition to differentiate products, for example by heightening the maximum charge current to shorten the time required for charging, or by making it possible to measure the temperature of the chip and control the charge current accordingly.

NETs Seminar

“Usurped Application” Occurs frequently in China.  .  .  p. 143
Usurped applications, whereby a patent recognized in one country is issued to a third party in another country, are a frequent occurrence in China.  We introduce the circumstances in China surrounding usurped applications using rulings from a case concluded in Autumn 2005.  What action should be taken?  
Acquire preferential rights early on, regardless of whether or not a date has been fixed for sales in China.

The Expectations for Electronic Paper (Part 3): Focusing on New Materials that Can Finally Be Put into Practice:.  .  .  p. 146
The electronic paper that has been developed by Bridgestone Corp. is finally to be applied.  It will be employed in a general-purpose display to be released in Spring 2006 by Hitachi, Ltd.  Bridgestone’s electronic paper boasts a number of excellent features, including a short response time of 0.2ms.  This installment gives an overview of the technology and its future application.

Dynamically Controlling Body Bias and Power Supply Voltage (Part 1): Combining 3 Technologies in an LSI.  .  .  p. 153
Although design rules for LSI have shrunk to the 65nm level, leakage current has swelled to unprecedented levels, making it impossible to achieve the required power reductions with only 90nm-level and earlier low power consumption technology.  We explain the low power consumption technology, based on voltage control, which was developed by NEC Electronics Corp. as they searched for a breakthrough.

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Keyword: 12
News Ranking 14
What's New: 32
Selected Shorts: 43
Leading Trends: 51
Cover Story: 79
Interview: 117
Tech Tale: 120
Guest Paper: 125
NETs: 136
Calendar: 188
From the Readers: 192
From the Editors: 193

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