NEWS IN BRIEF
EDAC buysMH Connectors
The EDAC Group of Companies has completed its acquisition of MH Connectors Ltd., a manufacturer of D-sub connectors, hoods and other interconnect products. The acquisition is expected to give EDAC a greater presence in targeted regionswhere the company sees growth opportunities and expand its reach in several key industries. The EDAC group consists of EDAC, Norcomp, Communication Devices and nowMH Connectors.
www.edac.net
ICC gets value-added approval Amphenol Fiber Systems International (AFSI) has approved Interstate Connecting Components (ICC) as a value- added distributor for AFSI'sMIL- PRF-28876 connector series. With the approval of both
AFSI and DLA Land and Maritime, ICC can begin assemblingM28876 connectors in itsMoorestown, N.J., facility. Most connectorswill be supplied under ICC's T'Da! Two- Day Assembly program.
www.connecticc.com
eSolar inks deal with Flextronics eSolar, a provider ofmodular, scalable concentrating solar thermal power plant technology, has entered into an agreementwith Flextronics for design services related to next- generation heliostats and solar collector systems. The electronicsmanufacturing services (EMS) providerwill provide electromechanical design services fromits location in Plano, Texas.
www.esolar.com www.flextronics.com
iPhone 4 teardown reveals $171.35 BOM
A teardown of Apple's iPhone 4 by IHS iSuppli reveals a bill of materials (BOM) of $171.35, down from $187.51 for the previous model, based on a preliminary pricing estimate issued in June 2010.When manufacturing expenses are added, the total production cost for the CDMA iPhone 4 amounts to $178.45, said the market research firm.
The teardown analysis also reveals a
new code division multiple access (CDMA) version of the iPhone 4 carried by Verizon Wireless, which includes significant changes in its design and component selection. It also finds that the design and supplier selection for the memory and the display subsystems, the two most expensive portions of the handset, remains virtually unchanged from the original iPhone 4, pending verification by the IHS teardown service's continuing analysis.
Here are some of the details from IHS
iSuppli's report: At $40.40, thememory accounts for 23.6
percent of the total iPhone 4 CDMA BOM. Thememory subsystemfeatures 16 GBytes ofMLC NAND flashmemory and 4 Gbits of mobile double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic randomaccessmemory (SDRAM)
fromSamsung Semiconductor. The subsystemalso includes additionalmemory chips in amultichip package (MCP) from Toshiba Corp. The display/touch screen module is the
next most expensive subsystem, at $37.80, or 22.1 percent of the BOM. Matching the original version of the iPhone 4, the display of the CDMA iPhone 4 uses a low- temperature polysilicon (LTPS) liquid crystal display (LCD) that features advanced in- plane switching (IPS) technology. The module is manufactured by multiple sources, with LG Display and Toshiba Mobile Display supplying the majority, according to Vinita Jakhanwal, director for small and medium displays at IHS.
The CDMA iPhone 4 includes two
SKY77711-4 transmit modules from Skyworks Solution Inc. In the original iPhone 4 teardown by IHS iSuppli, transmit modules from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. were identified. IHS believes that Apple was using both Skyworks and TriQuint as dual sources for the transmit modules in the original iPhone 4, and that Apple continues to use the TriQuint parts in the original version of the iPhone 4.
www.isuppli.com Newark, element14 debut LEDmicrosite
Newark, a leading North American electronics distributor, and its element14 engineering community have launched amicrosite dedicated to LED lighting technology. The new website offers solution-based guidance for applications such as street lighting, solar power signals and RGB colormixing, and access to design and collaboration tools.
The LED website enables engineers to view
and purchase lighting components available for same day shipping. Products include high power/high brightness LEDs, LEDmodules
www.newark.com www.element-14.com
Pulse Electronics raises component prices
Pulse Electronics Corp. has announced price hikes across the board for its component lines, starting with new quotes and contracts due to rising rawmaterials costs for basematerials and plastics and increased labor rates in China. The electronic componentsmanufacturer, based in Philadelphia, Pa., declined to give a percentage range for the price hikes stating thatmost of its products are customdevices. Products includemagnetic components, antennas and connectors.
"The price increases are necessitated by
higherminimumwage rates thatwill take effect inmany provinces in China inMarch, as
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well as rising costs for rawmaterials," stated Dan Jackson, Pulse's vice president of sales. "We have implemented higher pricing on select newquotes and contracts.Wewill also implement a broader price increase across most of our customer base and in our distribution channel in April."
Pulse would not comment on whether it
anticipated any availability issues for raw materials this year, although the company stated it expected stable lead times as long as rawmaterials remained available.
www.pulseelectronics.com www.electronics-sourcing.com
and arrays, indicators, thermal and power management products, optics, and lamps fromsuppliers such as Cree, Avago, Bridgelux, Ledil and Lumex.
Engineers alsomay link fromthemicrosite
to the lighting group at Newark's element14 engineering community to collaborate with industry peers and experts.
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