Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel
June 2018
Brighton: Advanced Material Development (AMD) has raised a total of £750,000 in funding, as the company launches its plan to exploit the commercial potential of applications for graphene and other 2D nanomaterials. The company will contribute £600,000 to fund several distinct research projects conducted by th
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06/28/2018
TRACO POWER has announced the release of their TEC 3 series of 3 Watt DC/DC converters in compact SIP 8 packages using the latest technologies to reduce cost while improving efficiency and performance.
The TEC 3 Series consists of 32 models offering inputs of 4.5~13.2 / 9~18 / 18~36 / 36~75 Vin and outputs of 3.
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06/27/2018
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Mr. Martin Sjöstrand, CEO of Powerbox ; Mr. Masato Tanikawa, Cosel President and CEO
Cosel Co, Ltd has announced that it has acquired The Powerbox Group. The Powerbox Group and its subsidiaries employ 120 people, with a consolidated turnover of more than €40m throughout 15 countries. With design centers in Sweden (HQ), Germany & Netherlands as well as offices throughout Europe, USA, China an
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06/25/2018
Purdue students have conducted battery safety research that industry partners and research organizations are helping to translate into the larger batteries of naval warfare.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Fundamental Purdue University research on making batteries safer has been targeted by the U.S. Office of Naval Research for translation into prototypes of larger batteries used in technologies such as submarines and naval missile systems.
The prototype development process, supported
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06/22/2018
Shigenao Ishiguro, President and CEO of TDK Corporation, and Yoshiko Tanahashi, Director of Clarivate Analytics Japan
TDK Corporation announced that it has been selected as one of the 2017 Top 100 Global Innovators (http://top100innovators.clarivate.com/content/tdk) by Clarivate Analytics (formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters). This is the fourth time TDK has been named to the prestigious lis
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06/19/2018
Global energy efficiency standards often prohibit manufacturers from importing or selling products that do not meet these standards. In order to comply with specific minimum requirements, energy losses have to be reduced by using the latest technology. Infineon Technologies now offers the IM512 and IM513 series of the CIP
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06/18/2018
Automotive designers can significantly lower EMI and increase efficiency with the pin-compatible MAX20073 and MAX20074 buck converters from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). The compact converters, which offer the industry’s lowest EMI performance for low-voltage point-of-load applications, are
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06/18/2018
KEMET has expanded its industry-leading X7R 250 volt multilayer ceramic capacitor series to include smaller case sizes and increased capacitance values. These compact surface mount technology footprints benefit designers in saving printed circuit board space while reaching capacitance values up to 0.47 mic
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06/18/2018
Infineon Technologies expands its product portfolio of the thin-wafer technology TRENCHSTOP™5 IGBT. The new product family is offering up to 40 A 650V IGBT, co-packed with a full rated 40 A diode in a surface mounting TO-263-3 also known as D2PAK. The new TRENCHSTOP 5 IGBT in D2PAK package serves the growing deman
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06/18/2018
Toshiba Electronics Europe will be providing details on its new packaging for its 4.5 kV class press-pack IEGT (PPI) devices at PCIM 2018 in Nürnberg. The new packaging has been developed to further improve the rupture resistance of the device, thereby reducing the likelihood of damage to surrounding componen
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06/18/2018
KEMET introduced its first 150°C Automotive KO-CAP capacitor. The T599 KO-CAP High Humidity/High Temperature Performance Polymer series delivers stability and endurance under harsh humidity and temperature conditions.
Building on the success of the T598 series, KEMET further refined the design, mate
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06/18/2018
Analog Devices announced its latest generation of reinforced isolated power converters, setting a new benchmark for low component-level radiated emissions allowing systems to meet EN 55022/CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) standard requirements. The ADuM5020/6020 and ADuM5028/6028 series eliminate the n
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06/18/2018
At this year’s PCIM Europe trade fair in Nuremberg Infineon Technologies presents the first products of its automotive Silicon Carbide portfolio: the CoolSiC Schottky diode family is now ready for current and future on-board charger (OBC) applications in hybrid and electric vehicles. Infineon has designed th
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06/18/2018
ON Semiconductor has announced a new range of ultra-low noise LDO regulators with the industry’s best power supply rejection ratio (PSRR), enabling better performance in noise sensitive analog designs. The new NCP16x series, along with the AEC-Q100 qualified NCV81x automotive variants, delivers improved performance in
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06/18/2018
Powerbox announces the introduction of its supercapacitor boost technology, S-CAP BOOST, offering backup and peak power solutions to industrial and medical applications. Based on the latest supercapacitor technology combined with intelligent control and monitoring, S-CAP BOOST offers a solution to equipment manuf
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06/13/2018
Rigol Technologies EU GmbH introduces four new high-end oscilloscopes with a large 10,1“ touch-color display.
The MSO/DS7000 is a versatile mixed-signal high-performance oscilloscope that incorporates many of the latest Rigol own designed ChipSet ASIC technology and integrated processes. With b
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Date:
06/13/2018
TDK Corporation is expanding its portfolio of TMR angle sensors with the TAD2140 type in a TO-6 package for automotive and industrial applications. The new sensor provides an innovative system-in-package solution for PCB-less applications. It includes two full TMR bridges, a dedicated ASIC for signal conditionin
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06/13/2018
Ultra fast acquisition rate of one million waveforms per second, realtime compensation of transmission losses (deembedding) between the signal source and oscilloscope, and silent operation even at full load – these are just some of the benefits of the high-performance R&S RTP oscilloscope family.
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06/13/2018
Würth Elektronik eiSos expands its product family of MagI³C power modules with the compact MagI³C VDRM (Variable Step Down Regulator Module) in a LGA-16EP package. The module has an input voltage range of 4 to 18 V for converting voltages from the 5 V, 9 V or 12 V bus. The very compact component (9 x 9
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06/13/2018
IQD Frequency Products are pleased to announce that they have signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics, one of the world’s leading distributors of electronic components. Through this agreement, Digi-Key will distribute IQD’s frequency products worldwide. The IQD product line, availa
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Date:
06/13/2018
HARTING has developed a range of miniaturised power interfaces with integrated electro-optical conversion, enabling customers to save time and money by combining electrical connectivity and optical transmission in the same module.
The new interfaces are designed for use with powerful electric drives controlle
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Date:
06/13/2018
Nexperia, today announced that two of its LFPAK56-packaged portfolio of MOSFETs are now available with improved creepage and clearance to meet UL2595 requirements for battery-powered equipment rated between 15 and 32 V. Devices are 100% compatible with the industry-standard Power-SO8 footprint; no other compact, surface-m
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Date:
06/13/2018
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- KVH Industries, Inc. announced that the 1775 IMU, its top-of-the-line fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based inertial measurement unit (IMU), is now available with either ±10g or ±25g accelerometers.
The 1775 IMU with 25g accelerometers is designed for highly dynamic applications, or applicatio
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Date:
06/12/2018
NORWOOD, Mass.—Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) expanded its award-winning RadioVerse technology and design ecosystem with the industry’s widest bandwidth RF transceiver, which provides designers with a single radio platform to accelerate the deployment of 5G, sustain 2G/3G/4G coverage, and simplify phased
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Date:
06/12/2018
Hoffman Estates, IL. – Industrial automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas recently announced the 2017 fiscal year’s winners of the prestigious Distributor of the Year award at its FY18 Sales Conference during the week of May 21st. Over 650 persons representing Omron and its channel pa
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Date:
06/12/2018
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. – AVX Corporation has joined the Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) as a manufacturer member.
“AVX is proud to become a member of the ERA,” said Alex Schenkel, vice president of global sales, AVX. “The ERA is one of the most respected international trade organizations in the gl
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Date:
06/08/2018
What happens when the solar wind suddenly starts to blow significantly harder? According to two recent studies, the boundaries of our entire solar system balloon outward -- and an analysis of particles rebounding off of its edges will reveal its new shape.
In late 2014, NASA spacecraft detected a substanti
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06/07/2018
In some ways digital designers have it easier than their analogue and mixed signal compatriots. They have many more tools at their disposal to verify and validate designs before they go to fabrication, which can bring a reasonable measure of assurance that they have their design right, as well as tools that ca
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Date:
06/05/2018
Earlier this year, President Trump’s budget proposal toyed with the notion of draconian cuts to renewable energy subsidies and R&D. And while the $1.3 trillion spending bill ultimately passed without the proposed reductions, the episode reignited the energy subsidy debate. To wit – yay or nay?
On the one h
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Date:
06/05/2018
KYOTO, Japan and OTTAWA, Canada – ROHM and GaN Systems announced their collaboration in the GaN (gallium nitride) Power Semiconductor business, with the goal of contributing to the continuing evolution of power electronics.
This strategic partnership leverages GaN Systems’ industry leading capabilit
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Date:
06/04/2018
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