Notable & Newsworthy

March 2017

Analog Devices Acquires Broadband GaAs and GaN Amplifier Expert OneTree Microdevices to Enable Complete Cable Infrastructure Solutions

Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the acquisition of OneTree Microdevices, Inc., a privately held company based in Santa Rosa, California. ADI is a leading supplier of mixed signal solutions for cable access ranging from data converters through clocking and control/power conditioning. With the acquisition of

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03/30/2017

Mouser/Molex-Sponsored IndyCar Takes Checkered Flag at St. Pete

The Mouser-sponsored No. 18 car opened the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series in grand style, capturing a first-place finish in Florida at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg onMarch 12. It was a historic win for driver Sebastien Bourdais, who overcame a last-place start to secure his 36th career IndyCar victory,

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03/27/2017

Danfoss and General Electric join forces in strategic collaboration

Danfoss Silicon Power is establishing production in the US and entering into a collaboration with industrial giant General Electric (GE). The collaboration means that Danfoss Silicon Power will become the world’s leading provider of silicon-carbide (SiC) power modules. The SiC power modules will create sm

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03/27/2017

Dr. Robin Bornoff, Dr. John Parry and John Wilson

Mentor Graphics wins Harvey Rosten Award for heatsink optimization

Mentor Graphics announced that Dr. Robin Bornoff, Dr. John Parry and John Wilson, a team from Mentor Graphics Mechanical Analysis Division, received the Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence in thermal modeling and analysis of electronics. The team received the award for their paper, Subtractive Design: A Novel Ap

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03/20/2017

John Goodenough

Li-ion cell inventor creates fast-charging, noncombustible batteries

A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable ba

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03/17/2017

Analog Devices announced the completion of its acquisition of Linear Technology

Analog Devices completes acquisition of Linear Technology

Analog Devices announced the completion of its acquisition of Linear Technology. The combination creates the premier analog technology company with the industry’s most comprehensive suite of high-performance analog offerings and integrated engineering, manufacturing, sales and support operations that will ac

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03/11/2017

Looking for the next boost in rechargeable batteries

USC researchers may have just found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the next wave of rechargeable batteries. In a paper published in the January issue of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Sri Narayan and Derek Moy of the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute outline how they

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03/08/2017

Jayakanth Ravichandran and PhD student Shanyuan Niu in USC’s Laboratory for Complex Materials and Devices

Novel materials bid to create new energy sources

Jayakanth Ravichandran, an assistant professor in the USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, believes in a purpose for the supposed chaff of the periodic table: transition metals. Using these seemingly valueless elements, he designs new and complex materials in a bid to create ne

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03/08/2017

NV6250 AllGaN half-bridge GaN Power IC

Navitas claims first integrated half-bridge GaN power IC

Navitas Semiconductor announced a major technology breakthrough with the introduction of the industry’s first integrated half-bridge Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power IC. Half-bridge circuits are essential building blocks in the power electronics industry, used in everything from smartphone chargers and laptop adapters, to

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03/03/2017