Notable & Newsworthy

November 2019
AutoChips and X-FAB Launch China's First TPMS Chipset
AutoChips Inc., in partnership with X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, has successfully initiated volume production of a highly advanced Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) chipset. The automotive-grade AC5111 chipset has been fully designed in-house by AutoChips’ skilled engineering team and is being manufactured at
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11/30/2019

Mouser, Grant Imahara Explore Innovator Crowd Funding
Mouser Electronics Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara unveiled the third video in the Engineering Big Ideas series, part of their award-winning Empowering Innovation Together program. To watch the third video in the series, go to https://mou.sr/EIT2019-3. In part three, Imahara meets with Josh Lifton, President of Crowd Supp
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11/30/2019
World's Lowest Profile Push/Pull Nano SIM Card Connector
Hirose has developed the industry’s lowest profile push/pull Nano SIM card connector. Featuring an ultra-low profile of 1.12mm, the KP13C Nano SIM card connector offers a printed circuit board (PCB) mounting space savings of up to 23% compared to other products on the market. The miniature KP13C Nano SIM card co
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11/30/2019
Virgin Hyperloop Tech Ready for 3rd-Party Safety Assessment
Certifer announced they are working with Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) to meet their goal of surpassing the safety of all existing transport systems. Certifer has followed VHO’s progress with the R&D, prototyping and testing stages, and has performed a complete review of their solution design status. The ex
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11/27/2019
20A 40Vdc EMI filters simplify compliance to MIL-COTS applications
Housed in a rugged encapsulated quarter-brick package, it comes with a choice of flanged or non-flanged baseplates. These modules are suitable for use in a wide variety of harsh and demanding environments, including MIL-COTS vehicle and airborne applications. The FQA series is designed with a high differential
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11/27/2019
Robust, Low-Latency PHY Technology for Industrial Ethernet
The ADIN1300 is a low-power, single port Ethernet transceiver with industry leading power and latency specifications primarily designed for time-critical industrial Ethernet applications up to Gigabit speeds. As industrial automation increases the adoption of Ethernet and pushes in the boundaries of data rates, the
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11/27/2019
Medical Blueline Power Range from 5-60W External Adapters
Meeting both DoE Level VI and CoC Tier 2 efficiency requirements, the five Blueline models are UL approved and cover power ratings from 5W to 60W. They are certified to EN 60601-1 medical safety and EMC specifications. Safety features include overvoltage and short-circuit protection, LED status indicator, and 4000VAC/570
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11/27/2019
High power density 15A/50W output digital PoL regulator
The new module provides up to 15A/50W at an adjustable output voltage of 0.6-3.3V, which equates to a 25% higher current and power delivery at 3.3V than the previous 12A maximum for that voltage. The input voltage range of the device is 4.5V to 14V. The higher output is in response to customer demands, offering increased cu
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11/27/2019
CoolSiC MOSFET evaluation board for motor drives up to 7.5 kW
The board will help to pave the way for SiC in motor drives and help strengthening Infineon’s market position as #1 for industrial SiC. It was developed to support customers during their first steps in designing industrial drives applications with a maximum of 7.5 kW motor output. The evaluation board co
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11/27/2019
New Compact 36W, 60W and 90W DIN-Rail Mini Power Supplies
Three new 24VDC output DIN-Rail power supplies have been added to the range; PIM36 (36W - coming soon), PIM60 (60W) and PIM90 (90W). The new PIANO Mini (PIM) power supplies free-up space in industrial automation, machines or control panels to offer more flexible system planning. The PIM90 a 90W DIN-Rail power sup
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11/27/2019
Components Bureau Adds Artesyn to Its Power Portfolio
This new agreement is part of the company’s strategy to expand its power product portfolio and build on its already established specialist power franchises. Artesyn has a broad power offering with products from 3W to hundreds of kW. These products will add an exhaustive range of high power modular and prog
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11/27/2019
FN 2580 power line EMC Filter Family for Lighting Equipment
The filter can be used in typical single-phase applications (120 VAC and 230 VAC). Or industrial applications when utilizing phase to neutral voltage off three phase power. Example: 480 VAC P-P / 277 VAC P-N and 600 VAC P-P / 347VAC P-N. The new parts are very compact and are designed specifically for lighting ap
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11/27/2019
Automotive-Compliant Level Shifters from Diodes Incorporated
The PI4ULS5V108Q and PI4ULS5V202Q are designed for use in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), infotainment, and telematics equipment. Both devices are compatible with either push-pull or open-drain connections, delivering the convenience of a single part number to address multiple applications. In addition, bid
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11/27/2019
Analog Devices Acquires Test Motors
Based in Barcelona, Spain, Test Motors offers products and services that detect faults in electric motors before they cause damage to production cycles and advises on how and when to repair them. The acquisition expands ADI’s portfolio of condition-based monitoring solutions capable of identifying equipment fault
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11/27/2019
40V, 2.2MHz Synchronous Buck Converters
The MOSFETs provide point-of-load (PoL) solutions with a continuous output current of either 3.5A or 5A. The devices feature proprietary gate driver technology, delivering superior EMI performance in step-down DC-DC conversion for consumer, industrial, networking, and automotive applications. The AP64350, AP
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11/27/2019
TEN 40E & TEN 40WIE Series – New 40 Watt DC/DC converters
Driven by current market trends these series were developed to maximize quality and cost efficiency in one product. Due to a new design approach the TEN 40E and TEN 40WIE thus offer a cost efficient solution with not only no concession on quality or reliability but even improved specifications compared to their p
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11/27/2019
RS Components adds high-voltage regulated DC power supplies
Aimed primarily at electronic engineers designing IT equipment for industrial, instrumentation and transportation applications, TRI Series power converters combine a sophisticated reinforced isolation system, able to withstand high test voltages, with high common-mode transient immunity. The TRI Series offers fi
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11/27/2019
ROHM presents Ultra-High Noise Tolerant Comparators
The comparators are ideal for sensor applications in automotive systems such as ECUs and powertrain. New advancements in computerization and increase of densely packed electric devices have increased the amount of noise in electric vehicles and cars equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Howev
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11/27/2019
Infineon adds industrial-grade CoolGaN devices
The CoolGaN 400 V device (IGT40R070D1 E8220) is tailored for premium HiFi audio systems where end users demand every detail of their high resolution sound tracks. These have been conventionally addressed by bulky linear or tube amplifiers. With the CoolGaN 400 V switch as class D output stage, audio designers
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11/27/2019
High-Side Load Switch with True Reverse Current Blocking
Single-channel high-side load switches provide an effective way of applying or removing power to a load, particularly to removable peripherals powered through a USB port. The large output capacitors (100µF) associated with the USB port and self-powered USB peripherals create the possibility that the load switch may
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11/27/2019
Microchip delivers up to 90 W over Ethernet wiring
This development eases the transition to using IEEE 802.3bt-2018-compliant PoE injectors and midspans for users, and Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) chipsets for system developers. As the industry adopts the latest generation of PoE technology for managing data and power over a single Ethernet cable, users f
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11/27/2019
Low profile open frame OVC III certified power supplies
Benefiting from the latest power switching technologies, the LHA150F is 30% smaller and gains up to 4.5 efficiency points compared to the previous LFA150F, whilst the more powerful LHA300F gains up to 6 points of efficiency and is 50% smaller than the LFA300F. In addition to higher efficiency, by using an LLC r
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11/27/2019
Battery Charging Detector Supports Dual Roles
Diodes Incorporated announced the dual-role PI3USB9201 USB BC 1.2 detector, which incorporates both host and client circuitry, enabling designers to optimize the BoM size and cost of adding USB Type-C interface circuitry in devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, drones, and small home appliances. Unlike current mar
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11/26/2019
The World's Lowest Profile Nano SIM Card Connector
Hirose has launched the world’s lowest profile Nano SIM card connector. The KP13B Nano SIM card connector reduces the required printed circuit board (PCB) mounting space by up to 26% compared to other products on the market. The space-savings connector simplifies designs in digital cameras, digital video cameras
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11/26/2019
AVX Receives the South Carolina Life Sciences Pinnacle Award
AVX Corporation was honored with the South Carolina Life Sciences Pinnacle Award for Organizational Contribution at the 2019 SCBIO Annual Conference, which was held October 29–31 in Greenville, South Carolina. Bestowed by SCBIO Life Sciences Industry, an investor-driven economic development organization exclusively fo
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11/26/2019
Calibration System Supports up to Four Accelerometers
MB Dynamics, Inc. announced the global market launch of its “4-in-1” multi device-under-test (DUT) automated accelerometer calibration system (“4-in-1” MDAC).   The “4-in-1” MDAC facilitates simultaneous and accurate calibrations of up to four piezoelectric (charge or PE), IEPE (low-impeda
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11/26/2019
Nuclear Fusion Plasma Control Expert Pursues Energy Goal

Eugenio Schuster, a professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is an expert in nuclear fusion plasma control. He is pictured at Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) in South Korea.

It's hard to believe, but there is actually one initiative that currently unites the world. It's the quest to build a fusion reactor. The European Union, China, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia, and the United States have all committed funding and scientific resources to build ITER (Latin for "The Way"), th
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11/26/2019
Proposed Barrier Could've Withstood Chernobyl, Fukushima

In December 2017, the 'Chernobyl liquidators' monument by Andrei Kovalchuk was ceremonially unveiled on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow's Victory Park to pay tribute to the people who took part in the clean-up operations after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986.

In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011), where all three have turned into devastating disasters due to meltdown in the core of a reactor, leading in turn to the release of radiation into the environment, many co
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11/26/2019
UK Company Ready to Take Purdue Heating Tech to the Market

Alconbury Weston Limited, a science-engineering company based in the United Kingdom, has licensed carbon fiber technology from Purdue Research Foundation.

A novel heating technology based on materials commonly used in the aerospace industry soon may be helping doctors, forensic scientists and automobile manufacturers. Alconbury Weston Limited, a science-engineering company based in the United Kingdom, has licensed carbon fiber technology from Purdue Research Foundation to
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11/26/2019
Grain from Breweries Could be Converted into Fuel for Homes
A Queen's University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for homes in winter, charcoal for summer barbecues or water filters in developing countries. Breweries in the EU throw out around
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11/26/2019
Position/Displacement System for Analytical Applications
The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., highlights the availability of its SMT 9700 position/displacement system, which provides high resolution noncontact position/displacement feedback of virtually any electrically conductive target. Kaman’s flexible SMT 9700 features easy, cost-effective performance
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11/26/2019
Big Trucks, Little Emissions
One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed all others in the U.S., accounting for nearly 30% of total GHG emissions, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. One strategy r
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11/26/2019
A Record-Setting Transistor

Professor Yuping Zeng (right) and graduate student Peng Cui have worked on designs for transistors that could enable cheaper, faster wireless communications.

Many of the technologies we rely on, from smartphones to wearable devices and more, utilize fast wireless communications. What might we accomplish if those devices transmitted information even faster? That's what Yuping Zeng, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delawar
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11/26/2019
Quik-Pak Acquires Wafer-Preparation Firm QBBS
Quik-Pak announced it has acquired Santa Clara-based QBBS to broaden its portfolio of wafer-preparation services. The addition of QBBS’s automated backgrinding capability will enable Quik-Pak to process customer wafers in larger volumes. The deal was finalized on November 1, and Quik-Pak will integrate the QB
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11/25/2019
Sonatype Fully Automates Container Security
Sonatype announced an open API that makes it easy for third-party container scanners to integrate with Nexus Lifecycle and equip engineering teams with a holistic solution to automatically and accurately control risk related to containers traversing the modern software development lifecycle (SDLC). In addition
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11/25/2019
Glass-Encapsulated MLVs Rated for 150°C Operation
AVX Corporation released a new series of high-temperature, glass-encapsulated multilayer varistors (MLVs) that are qualified to AEC-Q200, rated for operating temperatures up to 150°C, and designed for use in a wide variety of high-energy, harsh-environment automotive underhood, industrial, and oil and gas applications. Co
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11/25/2019
Choke Coil Withstands Temperatures up to 150 Degrees Celsius
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced that the DLW32MH201YK2, a common mode choke coil (CMCC) for Automotive Ethernet*1 (100BASE-T1*2). Withstanding extreme temperatures ranging from -55 to +150ºC, makes this product a world first for its type*3. Mass production of this product will start in December 2019. In recent ye
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11/25/2019
Light-Trapping Nanocubes for Cheap Multispectral Camera

A new type of lightweight, inexpensive hyperspectral camera could enable precision agriculture. This graphic shows how different pixels can be tuned to specific frequencies of light that indicate the various needs of a crop field.

Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated photodetectors that could span an unprecedented range of light frequencies by using on-chip spectral filters created by tailored electromagnetic materials. The combination of multiple photodetectors with different frequency responses on a single chip could enable li
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11/25/2019
Software Makes Multi-Physics Electronics Simulator Realistic
Cradle Software, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, announced advanced new co-simulation and post-processing capabilities that make it easier for any engineer to analyse multi-physics problems and analyse mixed fluid-particle interactions. Cradle CFD blends state-of-the-art with practical
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11/24/2019
Detecting Mental and Physical Stress via Smartphone

The smartphone used as an instrument readily available, for simple self-monitoring of one's health.

Can we use our smartphones without any other peripherals or wearables to accurately extract vital parameters, such as heart beat rate and stress level? The team led by Professor Enrico Caiani of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano has shown that it is possib
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11/24/2019
Clear, Conductive Coating Could Protect Advanced Solar Cells
MIT researchers have improved on a transparent, conductive coating material, producing a tenfold gain in its electrical conductivity. When incorporated into a type of high-efficiency solar cell, the material increased the cell's efficiency and stability. The new findings are reported in the journal Science Ad
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11/24/2019
Bridging Surface Plasmon Polaritons and the Digital World

(a) The schematic diagram of the prototype of the digital SSPP waveguide, which is supported by the direct interaction between the incident wave and digital coding. (b) The schematic diagram of a single digital SSPP unit, which is described by the period p = 3.2 mm, strip width w = 0.5 mm, slit width s = 0.45 mm, height of below metallic bar h1 = 3 mm, and height of upper metallic bar h2 = 2.8 mm. (c) The simulated dispersion curves of the digital SSPP unit with different states. (d-f) The Eigen-mode field distributions of the digital SSPP units with '1' state (d & e) and '0' state (f) at 7.2 GHz (d & f) and 10 GHz (e).

Digital coding and digital modulation technologies are important cornerstones of modern information science and technology, but they are limited in the digital world. In 2014, Prof. Tie Jun Cui at Southeast University and his coworkers proposed the concept of digital coding metamaterials, which combine the digital te
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11/24/2019
Efficient Memory Device Inspired by Lithium-Ion Batteries

The stacked layers in the proposed memory device form a mini-battery that can be quickly and efficiently switched between three different voltage states (0.95 V, 1.35 V, and 1.80 V).

Virtually all digital devices that perform any sort of processing of information require not only a processing unit, but also a quick memory that can temporarily hold the inputs, partial results, and outputs of the operations performed. In computers, this memory is referred to as dynamic random-access memory, or
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11/24/2019
Improving Military Communications by Boosting 5G Technology

An Army project developed a carbon nanotube technology that, for the first time, achieved speeds exceeding 100GHz in radio frequency applications, and may boost military communications and sensing technologies.

An Army-funded project may boost 5G and mm-Wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment. Carbonics, Inc., partnered with the University of Southern California to develop a carbon nanotube technology that, for the first time, achieved speeds exceeding 100GHz in radio frequency applicati
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11/22/2019
Saving the Planet by Improving Energy Storage

Nanomaterials will be key components for enabling wearable technology, according to an international team of researchers whose comprehensive report on the future of the field was published in science this week.

The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. But it all hinges on the charged particles moving through invisibly small materials. Scientists and politicians have recognized the need for an urgent and substantial shift in the world's mechanisms of energy
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11/22/2019
More Power Generation for Grid Reliability w/ Climate Change
Researchers created a new modeling approach that accounts for climate and water impacts on electricity infrastructure development. The new analysis compares results with traditional modeling approaches that may or may not consider climate impacts, revealing that the U.S. power grid may need more capaci
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11/22/2019
Largest Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System in the Nordics
The Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) energy storage system (ESS) will support frequency regulation at a 21 megawatt (MW) wind farm in northwestern Finland. It will also optimize the wind power, as well as provide backup and black start capabilities. The Li-Ion ESS, the largest in the Nordic countries, is sized to provide a
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11/21/2019
Maxim Unveils Cuffless Blood-Pressure Measurement Solution
Design engineers can develop blood-pressure trending solutions with the MAXREFDES220# reference design from Maxim. Comprised of a complete integrated optical sensor module, a microcontroller sensor hub and a sensing algorithm, the MAXREFDES220# optical blood-pressure trending solution can be embedded into smartphon
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11/21/2019
For Rohde & Schwarz, access to these messages is critical to the development of test solutions such as QualiPoc, for example, that captures and analyses these messages for determining network quality and customer quality of experience. Any type of interaction between a mobile device and the mobile network req
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11/21/2019
Medical PC Power Supplies with potential equalisation
The new supplies provide the reliable ATX power supply of mainboards with +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V and + 5Vsb. Due to a minimum load of 0 A at all output voltages, the latest generation mainboards with special power saving modes can be supplied. For international use, the high-performance switching power suppl
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11/21/2019
Nexperia Launches High-efficiency GaN FET
The GAN063-650WSA features a low RDS(on) - down to 60 mΩ - and fast switching to offer very high efficiency. Nexperia is targeting high performance application segments including xEV, datacentres, telecom infrastructure, industrial automation and high-end power supplies. Nexperia’s GaN-on-silicon proces
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11/21/2019
Flex DC-DC converters have ultra-wide input range
The 50W PKM7500W offers an extremely wide input voltage range of 12V to 160V, while the 100W PKM7100W has an input range of 14V to 160V. This wide input voltage range means that equipment designers can use just one DC-DC converter for products intended for use anywhere in the world, which makes installatio
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11/21/2019
ROHM presents new 200V Ultra-low IR Schottky Barrier Diodes
The RBxx8BM/NS200 expands on the RBxx8 lineup of SBDs enabling high temperature operation that have already been proven in the automotive market in Japan. This new series offers ultra-low leakage current (IR) characteristics to achieve high withstand voltage of 200V. Replacing Fast Recovery Diodes (FRD) and rectifie
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11/21/2019
20A 40Vdc MIL-COTS filters use active circuitry for protection
The FQB MIL-COTS series is designed for the harsh environments found in 28Vdc nominal input vehicle and airborne applications. The filters have high differential and common mode noise attenuation, simplifying system level compliance to the MIL-STD-461(F, G) standard. The module’s surge and spike protection
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11/21/2019
SIGA makes investment in Bedfordshire magnetics facility
SIGA has invested in a larger bobbin winding machine, which can wind heavier gauge wire and copper strip, allowing it to offer customers larger transformers with a higher current carrying capacity and higher power ratings. SIGA has also purchased a Wayne Kerr Precision Magnetics Analyzer ref 3260B, a state of the art
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11/21/2019
Siemens expands IoT based energy automation offerings
The Grid Diagnostic Suite initially includes four cloud-based applications which collect data from new or existing field devices for protection, distribution automation and power quality. These data are stored and analyzed in the cloud. This requires almost no additional engineering effort. Distribution grid operators
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11/21/2019
Flex introduces power modules for railway rolling stock
The new modules are designed for the demands of the EN 50155 standard for railway applications, including a wide input voltage range, surge protection, power interruption and backup, wide operational temperature range, and resistance to shock and vibration. The modules achieve high efficiency of up to 92% at
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11/21/2019
Berlin to be the first site of Tesla’s European factory
This gives Tesla direct access to the European electric vehicles (EV) market, which is expected to be the next biggest EV market after China, due to the country’s stringent carbon dioxide (CO2) emission regulations, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Calum MacRae, Automotive Analyst at
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11/21/2019
RS Components offers Level VI medical power supplies
The ALM200 is also approved to international medical and IT safety standards. The ALM200 series offers voltage output options of 12V, 15V, 19V, 24V and 48V, each with power output of up to 200W. Class I and Class II versions are available. Load regulation is 3% or 3.5%. Average efficiency exceeds 90% ac
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11/21/2019
Powerbox announces power supply for immerged computing
The OFI600A12 is the first commercial power supply designed to meet immerged applications specifications and guarantee the highest level of safety for system and operators. With its built-in digital supervising functions, in just a few minutes the OFI600A12 can be factory reconfigured to meet specific tasks and
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11/21/2019
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the development of the R-IN32M4-CL3 IC for industrial Ethernet (IE) communication. Renesas’ latest industrial network device heralds support for CC-Link IE Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), a communication standard for next-generation Ethernet TSN technology. As one of th
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11/21/2019
Bourns, Inc., announced an addition to the company's flyback power transformer line. Designed to support IEEE 802.3 af-compliant, integrated Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Powered Device (PD) and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controller applications, Bourns Model SM13117EL provides DC/DC power conversion in isolated mode
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11/21/2019
Current Sense Chip Resistor Extends Range Down To 2 milliohm
Stackpole has added a 2 milliohm resistance value to its popular CSS0603 Series. The ultra-precision 0603 metal foil is rated at 0.33W of power and the 2 milliohm resistance value has a TCR of ±150ppm with tolerance capability as low as 1%. The CSS Series' metal alloy element and design combines excellent environmenta
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11/21/2019
International Transformers UL Recognized as Class 2 Models
Signal Transformer announced select models of the 14A Series One-4-All International Transformers for low power applications are now recognized by UL as Inherently Limited Class 2 transformers per (UL 5085-3). The 14A Series offer better performance at an affordable price point and meet the high isolation, creepage an
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11/21/2019
Innovative Low-Temperature Alloy Technology
Indium Corporation continues to innovate alloy technologies with a new high-performance, high-reliability low-temperature alloy. Durafuse LT is a novel, low-temperature alloy system designed to provide high-reliability in low-temperature applications that require a reflow temperature below 210°C. Where tra
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11/21/2019
Belly-to-Belly Connectors can Enable Higher Faceplate Density
TE Connectivity (TE) is introducing its new zSFP+ stacked belly-to-belly connectors that are designed to support data rates at both 28G NRZ and 56 Gbps PAM-4. The upright latching feature for zSFP+ stacked belly-to-belly connectors is a key capability that can accommodate four row belly-to-belly applications to
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11/21/2019
 Environmental Lights Introduces Continuous LED Strip Light
Environmental Lights announced the launch of the new Continuous LED Strip Light. Continuous LED Strip Light is a new style of strip light that utilizes chip on board LEDs to create one diffused line of light. It is ideal for use around reflective surfaces, such as marble floors and countertops, because it elimin
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11/21/2019
200V Ultra-low IR Schottky Barrier Diodes
In recent years, the technological trend in Drive Systems for 48V mild hybrids is mechanical integration, in which the motor and peripheral circuits are combined into a single module. This demands high efficiency and high voltage SBDs capable of stable operation at high temperatures. At the same time, higher vo
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11/21/2019
Legend Power Systems Introduces SmartGATE Insights
Following its recent announcement of significant enhancements to its SmartGATE platform, Legend Power Systems Inc. has taken a key next step in finding and minimizing building-specific risk and waste created by the electric grid with the introduction of its SmartGATE Insights technology. It is available as a st
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11/21/2019
L3Harris Technologies to Fund Space Foundation STEM Programs
Thanks to funding by L3Harris Technologies, the Space Foundation will present its Space in the Community (SITC) program at six Colorado Springs schools in December. SITC is an immersive program for students, parents, teachers, and community members to reinforce the importance of science, technology, engineeri
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11/21/2019
Water-Based Optical Device Revolutionizes Optics Research

Extracting light modulation using the interfacial Pockels effect.

Light is versatile in nature. In other words, it shows different characteristics when traveling through different types of materials. This property has been explored in various technologies, but the way in which light interacts with materials needs to be manipulated to get the desired effect. This is done using sp
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11/21/2019
Access Fixtures Introduces Brackets and Mounts for Lighting
Access Fixtures has introduced an introductory line of brackets and mounts for lighting. This launch includes three different bullhorn sizes, two round pole reducer tenons, and a 90 degree wall mount bracket arm. These mounts are for heavy duty commercial and industrial use as well as for home use such as with a
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11/20/2019
DC-DC Converters Have Ultra-Wide Input Range
Flex Power Modules announces the PKM7500W and PKM7100W, two new series of quarter-brick modules for powering railway rolling stock equipment. The 50W PKM7500W offers an extremely wide input voltage range of 12V to 160V, while the 100W PKM7100W has an input range of 14V to 160V. This wide input voltage range
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11/20/2019
Mouser Electronics, Amphenol SSI Sign Distribution Agreement
Mouser Electronics, Inc., announces a global distribution agreement with Amphenol SSI. Through the agreement, Mouser now stocks a broad line of Amphenol SSI products, including pressure sensors and gauges, drum liquid level gauges, and combination temperature and pressure gauges. Amphenol SSI P51 Pressure
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11/20/2019
How Much Energy do we Really Need?
Two fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it is critical that the world knows whether achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New IIASA research for the first time provides a basis to answer this question, including the tools needed to relate basic needs di
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11/20/2019
Four-Way Switch Promises Tunability of Layered Materials

Van-der-Waals layered CuInP2S6 has different properties depending on the locations of copper atoms (orange spheres).

A scientific team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never seen. The newly discovered phase couples with a known phase to enable unique control over material properties--an adv
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11/20/2019
Emissions from Electricity Leads to Premature Deaths

University of Washington researchers have found that air pollution from electricity generation emissions in 2014 led to about 16,000 premature deaths in the continental U.S.

Air pollution doesn't just come from cars on the road — generating electricity from fossil fuels also releases fine particulate matter into the air. In general, fine particulate matter can lead to heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and other diseases, and is responsible for more than 100,000 deaths eac
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11/20/2019
High-Speed Protector Responds in Less Than 1µs
Bourns Transient Blocking Units (TBU) high-speed protectors are circuit protection devices constructed using MOSFET semiconductor technology. When placed in a series in the system, the TBU protector monitors the current flowing through the line. If the current exceeds a preset level, the TBU device triggers, pr
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11/20/2019
High-Speed IR Emitters Deliver 30% Higher Brightness
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the release of new high speed infrared (IR) emitters in a 2 mm by 1.25 mm by 0.8 mm 0805 surface-mount package, the industry's smallest package to offer opaque side walls. Built on Vishay's SurfLight surface emitter chip technology, the Vish
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11/20/2019
ATEN Technology, Inc. Expands KVM over IP Extender Series
ATEN Technology, Inc., announced several new additions to its innovative KE Series of KVM over IP Extenders. The solutions are ideal for the broadcasting industry (post-production and live events), control room environments (air traffic control, 911 call centers, utilities process control centers), network operation ce
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11/19/2019
CIMCON Granted Wi-SUN Certification
CIMCON has been granted Wi-Sun Certification for its smart lighting controllers. Wi-SUN certification validates CIMCON's interoperability with standard based field area networks and head-end equipment used to deliver a secure Internet of Things (IoT) for smart city applications. With this certification, CIMCON's smar
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Date:
11/19/2019
Environmental Lights Launches 5-in-1 LED Light Sheets
Environmental Lights announced the launch of the new 5-in-1 LED Light Sheets. The 5-in-1 LED Light Sheet is a cuttable and modular light sheet designed specifically for backlighting applications where bolder colors or softer pastels are of critical importance. Five LEDs are packaged in every node on each l
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Date:
11/19/2019
Mouser Electronics Stocks NXP MCUs for Smart LED Lighting
Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the S32K ISELED-enabled microcontrollers from NXP Semiconductors. Part of NXP’s family of S32K automotive-qualified microcontrollers, the S32K ISELED-enabled devices offer the same feature set, but add the ISELED communication protocol. ISELED is an open alliance dedicated to
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Date:
11/19/2019
PSDcast - Responding to Cyber Threats with the Modern SOC

Jason Mical, the Cyber Security Evangelist at Devo

The IoT is on the horizon, and a world that's more connected is an even more tempting target for hackers and cyber criminals. So it goes without saying that the modern Security Operations Center has its work cut out for it. Here to talk about these issues is Jason Mical, who's the Cyber Security Evangelist at Devo
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Date:
11/19/2019
EC Fans Designed For Power-Hungry Applications
Orion Fans has expanded its family of Electronically Commutated (EC) fans to include 11 new fan models to meet a wide range of AC application requirements. Offering more design freedom, the enhanced product offering features 7 new frame sizes with CFMs ranging from 39 CFM to 220 CFM. EC fans offer a low power, e
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11/19/2019
Mahr Introduces New Vision Capabilities for ICM 100 IP
Mahr Inc. announced the expansion of its proven Precimar ICM 100 Dial and Digital Indicator Calibrator with image processing, designed for the automated testing of measuring equipment. Existing Precimar Optimar 100 devices can also be upgraded with the new vision capabilities. The ICM 100 is a proven solution
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Date:
11/19/2019
Quarter Brick DC-DC Converter Supports GaN Power Amplifiers
Artesyn Embedded Power announced its newest dc-dc converter module focused at Gallium Nitride (GaN) radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) applications, the 500 watt AGQ500 series. Housed in the industry standard quarter-brick format, the AGQ500 series offers greater than 95 percent typical efficiency and a wid
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Date:
11/19/2019
First Multilayer Band-Pass Filter for Millimeter Wave Bands
TDK Corporation has expanded its lineup of high frequency multilayer products with the world’s first* multilayer band-pass filter for the 28 GHz band in 5G mobile communication networks. The new high-frequency component is based on TDK’s LTCC (low-temperature co-fired ceramic) material and precise multilayer te
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Date:
11/19/2019
Mouser Announces New USB Type-C Solution Page
Mouser Electronics, Inc., is pleased to offer customers a new page dedicated to the comprehensive selection of USB Type-C products from ON Semiconductor and TE Connectivity. USB Type-C cables introduced new design flexibility with interchangeable cable ends, in addition to vastly improved rates of power and da
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Date:
11/18/2019
Researchers Bring Gaming to Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers have designed multiplayer games occupants of autonomous vehicles can play with other players in nearby self-driving cars. A new study, led by researchers from the University of Waterloo details three games created for level three and higher semi-autonomous vehicles. The researchers also made sugg
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Date:
11/18/2019
ASU Collects 5 Solar Awards in Latest Round of DOE Funding

A gallium arsenide wafer cleaved in half using a Sonic Wafering technology developed in the Defect Engineering for Energy Conversion Technologies (DEfECT) Lab at ASU.

Arizona State University has received five prestigious Department of Energy awards totaling $9.8 million in this year's Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) awards to advance solar energy research and development. Overall SETO funding for fiscal year 2019 totaled $128 million for 75 projects designed to "l
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Date:
11/18/2019
Hot Electrons Harvested Without Tricks

This is a set up for ultrafast spectroscopy, as used in the study.

Semiconductors convert energy from photons (light) into an electron current. However, some photons carry too much energy for the material to absorb. These photons produce 'hot electrons', and the excess energy of these electrons is converted into heat. Materials scientists have been looking for ways to harvest this
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Date:
11/18/2019
AC and Pulse Film Capacitors Ensure Compliance With AEC-Q200
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new series of Automotive Grade AC and pulse metallized polypropylene film capacitors for hybrid and electric vehicles. With a maximum operating temperature of +125 °C (observing voltage derating), Vishay BCcomponents MKP385e series devices ensure compliance with IEC 60
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Date:
11/18/2019
UTAC Receives Accreditation to Automotive Quality Standard
UTAC Holdings Ltd. announced that they have been awarded the prestigious automotive-related quality standard ISO26262 for their automotive manufacturing  focused facility UTAC Thailand (UTL) in Bangkok. Many vehicles incorporate significant amounts of electronic content to provide semi-autonomous and fully-auto
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Date:
11/18/2019
INCITE Advances Open Science with Supercomputer Grants
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science announced allocations of supercomputer access to 47 science projects for 2020--awarding 60 percent of the available time on some of the nation's most powerful supercomputers, with the ultimate goal of accelerating discovery and innovation. For the past 15 yea
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Date:
11/18/2019
Four-Way Switch for Greater Tunability of Layered Materials
A scientific team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never seen. The newly discovered phase couples with a known phase to enable unique control over material properties--an adv
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Date:
11/18/2019
TDK Announces Compact, High-Performance Disk Varistors
TDK Corporation announced the EPCOS Compact S14 AdvanceD-MP series of metal oxide disk varistors that feature smaller dimensions with the same excellent performance as the EPCOS S14 AdvanceD-MP standard series. The disk diameters of the new B72214P2* varistors range from 13 mm to 14 mm, a reduction of approximately 3
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Date:
11/16/2019
BLDC Fan Driver Lowers Data Center Energy Use
Allegro MicroSystems announced the launch of the world’s first three-phase BLDC driver IC with integrated power loss brake (PLB) features. The A89331 enables high airflow, compact fan designs with motors speeds up to 45Krpm, and output currents up to 3A at up to 18V.  The code-free, sinusoidal sensorless dr
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Date:
11/16/2019
KORE Power and Redetel Sign Memorandum of Understanding
KORE Power announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to enter into a strategic alliance with Redetel, S.A. and Runisol SA (“Redetel”) to promote, market and sell solutions for energy storage projects in Central America. Through this strategic alliance, both KORE Power and Redet
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Date:
11/16/2019
Flex Power Modules' Power Modules for Railway Rolling Stock
Flex Power Modules announces the PKJ7200 and PKJ7300 series of power modules for railway rolling stock equipment. The new modules are designed for the demands of the EN 50155 standard for railway applications, including a wide input voltage range, surge protection, power interruption and backup, wide operational te
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Date:
11/14/2019
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