140 W USB-C PD reference design 30 September 2024, Altron Arrow The design has a wide input range of 90 to 264 V AC, 50-60 Hz, and supports an output voltage range of 5 to 28 V (USB-PD 3.1 specification).
Nanometre-precision piezo actuators 30 August 2023, RS South Africa TDK Corporation has announced two new piezo actuators that are characterised by a wide dynamic range, a high force-to-volume ratio, but with precision in the nanometre range.
Webinar: The evolving electrification of the power distribution system EMP 2023 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Infineon Technologies New connected car functionality, along with the necessity to reduce the cost, weight and complexity associated with wire harnesses, has led to the transformation of the power distribution system in automotive engineering.
Improved MnZn material for power conversion industry 28 February 2023, Sivan Electronic Supplies Cosmo Ferrites Ltd, a leading manufacturer of soft ferrites, has launched an improved version of CF295 for the power conversion industry.
Common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 28 February 2023, Avnet Abacus TDK Corporation has announced the introduction of its new ACT1210E Series common mode filter for automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S.
Energising the industrial edge 28 September 2022 As if the drive to decarbonise energy as part of sustainability and climate change efforts was not enough, the recent rise in energy prices has brought into sharp contrast the need to re-examine how we generate, distribute, and consume electricity.
Samsung begins chip production using 3 nm process technology 27 July 2022, EBV Electrolink The optimised 3 nm process with GAA architecture achieves 45% lower power usage, 23% improved performance and 16% smaller surface area compared to 5 nm process.
Panasonic releases its updated touch-sensitive knob 27 July 2022, Altron Arrow Panasonic, in conjunction with Microchip, has launched an update to its existing Magic Knob, a capacitive knob ready for standard touch sensors for use in controlling automotive information displays.
Microchip’s new IC to replace Hall effect position sensors 30 May 2022, Altron Arrow The LX34070 IC from Microchip is set to help accelerate the global move away from expensive and less accurate magnet-based solutions for safety-critical EV motor position monitoring.
A brief history of HBTs 24 November 2021, Conical Technologies In 1947 the engineers at Bell Labs were tasked with developing a transistor. This development heralded the beginning of the semiconductor industry which changed the world forever. Transistors would have ...
Report forecasts impact of electrically conductive adhesives 25 August 2021 IDTechEx recently published a market research report, ‘Electrically conductive adhesives 2022-2032: Technologies, markets and forecasts’, covering this emerging form of joining technology. Electrically ...
NXP exhibits the art of semiconductors 25 August 2021 An exhibit of semiconductor history reinterpreted as art recently finished its run at ArtEZ University of the Arts in the Dutch city of Arnhem, close to Nijmegen and it was based on NXP Semiconductor’s ...
IBM shrinks chip geometries to 2 nm 26 May 2021 The current state-of-the-art in terms of semiconductor chip geometries has been superseded by a new breakthrough coming out of IBM’s world renowned research division. Currently the ‘process node’ most ...
Challenges for electronic circuits in space applications 28 April 2021, Altron Arrow Outside the protective cover of the Earth’s atmosphere, the natural space radiation environment can damage electronic devices and the effects range from a degradation in parametric performance to a complete functional failure.
The surprising ingredients used to bake a solar-panel cake 31 March 2021 Jon Major, from the BBC’s Future Planet team, has written an article that explores “The unexpected ingredients that improve solar cells”. Some of these ingredients include the likes of capsaicin, the ...
Analog Devices leverages Microsoft’s 3D ToF tech 25 November 2020 Analog Devices is working with Microsoft to leverage Microsoft’s 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor technology, allowing customers to easily create high-performance 3D applications that bring higher degrees ...
IoT communication without batteries 28 October 2020 When we talk about IoT, we often gloss over the fact that all these interconnected things need batteries and electronics to carry out the job of collecting and processing data while they’re communicating ...
Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer 25 March 2020 Researchers at Sweden’s Linköping University, working with colleagues in Great Britain, China and the Czech Republic, have developed a perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) with both high efficiency and ...
Infineon works with Qualcomm for 3D authentication 25 March 2020 Infineon Technologies has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies to develop a reference design for 3D authentication based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile platform. Infineon is thus extending its ...
