Notable & Newsworthy

January 2023

4JET Presents new Solution for Tire Uniformity Correction with Laser Technology

Touchless laser removal in the bead

4JET Presents new Solution for Tire Uniformity Correction with Laser Technology

The 4JET Group (Alsdorf, Germany) presents another innovation for laser-based processing of tires at TIRE Expo Hannover: The new LUC systems enable digital, precise and touchless post-processing of tire beads to improve uniformity. The new process optimizes tire performance and replaces mechanical reworking wi

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01/31/2023

Don’t Overlook These Keys to Optimized Converter Performance

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Figure 1: Typical Isat and Irms Ratings

Don’t Overlook These Keys to Optimized Converter Performance

Len Crane, Senior Technologist, Coilcraft

Inductors function as circuit elements by reaction to current flow in the windings. Inductors are fundamentally current-driven devices, and anyone who has designed a dc-dc converter knows power inductor datasheets are covered with Irms and Isat current ratings. Picking a power inductor is all about current ratin

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01/31/2023

Bourns Expands High Power Thick Film Chip Resistor Line with Four New AEC-Q200 Compliant Series

Bourns® Model CRM-Q, CRS-Q, CMP-Q
and CHP-Q AEC-Q200 compliant high power thick film resistor series

Bourns Expands High Power Thick Film Chip Resistor Line with Four New AEC-Q200 Compliant Series

Bourns, Inc., expanded its industry-leading line of high power thick film resistors with four new AEC-Q200 compliant product series. The new Bourns® Model CRM-Q, CRS-Q, CMP-Q and CHP-Q Series are automotive grade and feature high rated power and superior pulse load surge ca

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01/30/2023

SCHURTER Receives PSE-JET Approval for High-Performance SMD Fuses

SCHURTER Receives PSE-JET Approval for High-Performance SMD Fuses

SCHURTER Receives PSE-JET Approval for High-Performance SMD Fuses

SCHURTER product family types UMZ 250, UMF 250, UMK 250 according to IEC 60127-4 have received the Japanese PSE-Jet approval. The newly marked packaging will be rolled out the first week of April 2023, date code 2314 or higher on the label. SCHURTER offers a wide range of circuit protection solutions

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01/30/2023

Cincon's PDF700S Series AC/DC Brick Power Supply Now Shipping from Sager Electronics

Cincon's PDF700S Series AC/DC Brick Power Supply Now Shipping from Sager Electronics

Cincon's PDF700S Series AC/DC Brick Power Supply Now Shipping from Sager Electronics

Sager Electronics is now stocking Cincon's PDF700S series AC/DC brick power supply. Cincon's PDF700S series are innovative, high density, 700W brick type AC-DC power modules with the input range of 90-264Vac, and output voltage of 12Vdc, 24Vdc, 28Vdc, 48Vdc, and 56Vdc. The PDF700S Class I powe

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01/30/2023

Power Play: Innovative Mobile Device Connects Vessels to Shoreside Electricity

An innovative, cost-effective Mobile CPD is facilitating shore power connections.

Power Play: Innovative Mobile Device Connects Vessels to Shoreside Electricity

One of the keys to reaching Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) target of net-zero carbon cruising globally by 2050 is switching from diesel burning engines to shoreside electricity while in port. Although the technology can significantly reduce emissions to address climate change and improve ai

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01/30/2023

200 V, 10 mΩ GaN FET Joins Family of Footprint Compatible QFN Packaged Devices for High Efficiency

200 V, 10 mΩ GaN FET Joins Family of Footprint Compatible QFN Packaged Devices for High Efficiency

200 V, 10 mΩ GaN FET Joins Family of Footprint Compatible QFN Packaged Devices for High Efficiency

EPC introduces the 200 V, 10 mΩ EPC2307 in a thermally-enhanced QFN in a tiny 3 mm x 5 mm footprint. The EPC2307 is footprint compatible with the previously released 100 V, 1.8 mΩ EPC2302, the 100 V 3.8 mΩ EPC2306, the 150 V, 3 mΩ EPC2305, the 150 V, 6 mΩ EPC2308, and the 200 V, 5 mΩ

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01/30/2023

Dan Carnovale, the director of Eaton’s Experience Centers

PSDcast – Eaton's Experience Centers Tout Home Energy Management Strategies

Eaton recently updated its “Experience Center” in Pittsburgh, installing EV charging infrastructure to show visitors how that tech contributes to home energy management strategies for the benefit of the grid.

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01/30/2023

STMicroelectronics Unveils World's First MCU Edge-AI Developer Cloud

STMicroelectronics Unveils World's First MCU Edge-AI Developer Cloud

STMicroelectronics Unveils World's First MCU Edge-AI Developer Cloud

STMicroelectronics is continuing to expand its solutions for embedded AI developers and data scientists with a new, industry-first set of tools and services to get edge AI technology on the market faster and with less complexity by aiding hardware and software decision-making. The STM32Cube.AI Developer Cloud op

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01/30/2023

Teledyne LeCroy Extends CrossSync PHY Technology to USB4 and USB Type-C Connectors

Teledyne LeCroy Extends CrossSync PHY Technology to USB4 and USB Type-C Connectors

Teledyne LeCroy Extends CrossSync PHY Technology to USB4 and USB Type-C Connectors

Teledyne LeCroy announced the extension of their patented CrossSync™ PHY technology to USB4® signaling over USB Type-C® connectors. CrossSync PHY enables waveforms from Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscopes to be viewed alongside protocol analyzer traces, with complete time-correlation of electrical an

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01/27/2023

Danish Quantum Physicists Make Nanoscopic Advance of Colossal Significance

Illustration of two a chip comprising two entangled quantum light sources

Danish Quantum Physicists Make Nanoscopic Advance of Colossal Significance

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN - FACULTY OF SCIENCE

In a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr University Bochum, have solved a problem that has caused quantum researchers headaches for years. The researchers can now control two quantum light sources rather than one. Trivial as it may seem to those uninitiated in

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01/27/2023

DoE Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Gen Batteries and Energy Storage

DoE Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Gen Batteries and Energy Storage

DoE Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Gen Batteries and Energy Storage

DOE/US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million for basic research on rechargeable batteries to provide foundational knowledge needed to transform and decarbonize our energy system through the development and adoption of cost-effective and clean energy sources. The national, ec

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01/27/2023

LiDAR Technology Could Improve Safety Features in Vehicles

Dr. Scott Budge and his graduate students conduct LiDAR tests in the Center for Advanced Imaging LiDAR, commonly known as CAIL.

LiDAR Technology Could Improve Safety Features in Vehicles

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

As of 2022, 17 car manufacturers have announced plans to use or are currently using LiDAR sensors across 21 different models. However, there are a few things that need to be solved before this technology can be used widespread. LiDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, is the use of light photons t

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01/27/2023

UC Irvine Researchers Decipher Atomic-Scale Imperfections in Lithium-Ion Batteries

UC Irvine Researchers Decipher Atomic-Scale Imperfections in Lithium-Ion Batteries

UC Irvine Researchers Decipher Atomic-Scale Imperfections in Lithium-Ion Batteries

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - IRVINE

As lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous part of our lives through their use in consumer electronics, automobiles and electricity storage facilities, researchers have been working to improve their power, efficiency and longevity. As detailed in a paper published today in Nature Materials, scientist

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01/27/2023

Sentry Enterprises and Infineon Collaborate to Fuel Biometric Access Control and Cold Storage Crypto Wallet Platforms

Sentry Enterprises and Infineon Collaborate to Fuel Biometric Access Control and Cold Storage Crypto Wallet Platforms

Sentry Enterprises and Infineon Collaborate to Fuel Biometric Access Control and Cold Storage Crypto Wallet Platforms

Sentry Enterprises, a technology-leading company focused on transforming what identity means across the physical and digital worlds, selected Infineon’s latest generation SLC37x Secure Element chip family to fuel its biometric platforms. Sentry Enterprises is the creator and maker of the SentryCard bi

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01/26/2023

Isolated DC-DC Converters for xEVs Reduce Application Size and Minimize Noise Design Countermeasures

Isolated DC-DC Converters for xEVs Reduce Application Size and Minimize Noise Design Countermeasures

Isolated DC-DC Converters for xEVs Reduce Application Size and Minimize Noise Design Countermeasures

ROHM Semiconductor introduced the BD7Fx05EFJ-C isolated flyback DC-DC converter (BD7F105EFJ-C, BD7F205EFJ-C) optimized for gate drive power supplies in xEV applications, such as electric compressors and PTC heaters. In recent years, xEVs such as hybrid and electric vehicles have beco

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01/26/2023

All-in-One Hybrid Power Drive Module Solution is Designed for Electric Aviation Applications to Reduce Development Time and Weight

All-in-One Hybrid Power Drive Module Solution is Designed for Electric Aviation Applications to Reduce Development Time and Weight

All-in-One Hybrid Power Drive Module Solution is Designed for Electric Aviation Applications to Reduce Development Time and Weight

Aircraft manufacturers designing More Electric Aircraft (MEA) are looking to convert the flight control systems from hydraulic to electric to reduce weight and design complexities. To meet the needs for an integrated and configurable power solution for aviation applications, Microchip Technology Inc. announces a

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01/26/2023

Renesas Introduces New Gate Driver IC for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs Driving EV Inverters

Renesas Introduces New Gate Driver IC for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs Driving EV Inverters

Renesas Introduces New Gate Driver IC for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs Driving EV Inverters

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a new gate driver IC that is designed to drive high-voltage power devices such as IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) and SiC (Silicon Carbide) MOSFETs for electric vehicle (EV) inverters. Gate driver ICs are essential components to EV inverters, providing

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01/26/2023

Transistors Repurposed as Microchip 'Clock' Address Supply Chain Weakness

A method of repurposing existing techniques to produce a microprocessor timing device in a standard chip fab plant could address supply chain and security weak points. (Photo courtesy of Second Bay Studios)

Transistors Repurposed as Microchip 'Clock' Address Supply Chain Weakness

Microchip fab plants in the United States can cram billions of data processing transistors onto a tiny silicon chip, but a critical device, in essence a “clock,” to time the operation of those transistors must be made separately – creating a weak point in chip security and the supply line. A new approach us

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01/26/2023

Annapolis Transit Electrifies Their Fleet with Purchase of Two BYD K7M Buses

Annapolis Transit Electrifies Their Fleet with Purchase of Two BYD K7M Buses

Annapolis Transit Electrifies Their Fleet with Purchase of Two BYD K7M Buses

The City of Annapolis announced the purchase of two BYD (Build Your Dreams) battery-electric K7M transit buses, which will be the first in its transit fleet. Annapolis, known for its historic district and scenic streets, will soon welcome BYD buses to the community. The BYD K7M seats up to 22 passengers and inclu

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01/26/2023

SiTime Expands Portfolio of Precision Timing Solutions for Aerospace and Defense with Two New Endura Oscillator Families

SiTime Expands Portfolio of Precision Timing Solutions for Aerospace and Defense with Two New Endura Oscillator Families

SiTime Expands Portfolio of Precision Timing Solutions for Aerospace and Defense with Two New Endura Oscillator Families

SiTime Corporation announced two new Endura precision timing oscillator families. These ruggedized devices are engineered to deliver high performance in extreme conditions in aerospace-defense applications such as Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), tactical communications, network synchronization an

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01/26/2023

PSDcast – Wolfspeed's Silicon Carbide Agreement with Jaguar

Wolfspeed's Ty McNutt

PSDcast – Wolfspeed's Silicon Carbide Agreement with Jaguar

Britain’s Jaguar is aiming to become an electric-first company and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2039. And to do so, they’ve partnered up with our old friends at Wolfspeed for access to silicon carbide.

Date:

01/25/2023

TDK Releases the Most Compact Safety Class S2 Motor-Run Capacitors

TDK Releases the Most Compact Safety Class S2 Motor-Run Capacitors

TDK Releases the Most Compact Safety Class S2 Motor-Run Capacitors

TDK Corporation presents its new B33331I6* series, compact EPCOS motor-run capacitors that comply with safety class S2 as well as the IEC 60335-2-24 standard, that will come onto the market in September 2023. The robust aluminum cans have extremely compact dimensions, making the series now the most compact mo

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01/24/2023

Industry's First Signal Processing Board To Feature Intel's Latest Direct RF Technology

Mercury Unveils the Industry’s First Signal Processing Board To Feature Intel’s Latest Direct RF Technology

Industry's First Signal Processing Board To Feature Intel's Latest Direct RF Technology

Mercury Systems, Inc., introduced a new COTS open-architecture board that delivers the latest commercial signal processing technology for aerospace and defense applications, driving higher performance from a smaller form factor. The DRF3182 Direct RF Processing Module is the first standard product purpose-built fo

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01/23/2023

Physical Effect Also Valid in the Quantum World

Photons can be "swallowed" by the dye molecules (red) and later "spat out" again. The more likely this is, the more the photon number fluctuates.

Physical Effect Also Valid in the Quantum World

UNIVERSITY OF BONN

Physicists at the University of Bonn have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called "Bose-Einstein condensates." Their results now make it possible to measure certain properties of the quantum “superparticles” and deduce system characteristics th

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01/23/2023

Collision Risk and Habitat Loss: Wind Turbines in Forests Impair Threatened Bat Species

Dr. Christian Voigt, bat specialist from the Leibniz Insitute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, conducting fieldwork at wind energy sites in Brandenburg forests, Germany

Collision Risk and Habitat Loss: Wind Turbines in Forests Impair Threatened Bat Species

LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH (IZW)

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming – often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the German mainland so far, and the industry is currently scrambling to locate increasingly rare suitable sites. Thus, forests are coming into focus as potential si

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01/23/2023

Incorporation of Water Molecules into Layered Materials Impacts Ion Storage Capability

The image of confined nano-space where water molecules are structured around ions.

Incorporation of Water Molecules into Layered Materials Impacts Ion Storage Capability

SHINSHU UNIVERSITY

Investigating the interplay between the structure of water molecules that have been incorporated into layered materials such as clays and the configuration of ions in such materials has long proved a great experimental challenge. But researchers have now used a technique elsewhere commonly used to measure ex

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01/23/2023

Team Develops Strategy to Regulate Light Absorption Behaviors of Titanium OXO Clusters

Polyhedral models showing the molecular structure of the two heterometallic clusters the research team created. Left model is TiIV4MoV4MoVI2O16(OCH3)16. Right model is TiIV4MoV4O10(OC2H5)14(C6H5COO)2.

Team Develops Strategy to Regulate Light Absorption Behaviors of Titanium OXO Clusters

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS

A research team has improved the solar energy absorption of titanium oxo clusters. Their work demonstrates an effective strategy for regulating the light absorption behaviors of these clusters by importing electron-rich heterometals. These results have potential applications in the field of solar energy where so

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01/23/2023

New Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry

Opening the last stage of the dilution refrigerator for the quantum computer at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. A copy of this quantum computer will be built using SEK 102 million in funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation....

New Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry

CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

A Swedish quantum computer is to become more widely available. A copy of the quantum computer at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden will be built using additional funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The new computer, accompanied by a quantum helpdesk, will allow Swedish companies an

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01/23/2023

Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE

Perovskite solar cells have drawn a significant amount of research attention as a promising alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells, due to their efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. Perovskite solar cells are a hybrid of organic and inorganic materials and consist of a light-harvesting la

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01/23/2023

Cornell Dubilier Introduces 105°C Flat Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Series

Cornell Dubilier Introduces 105°C Flat Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Series 

Cornell Dubilier Introduces 105°C Flat Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Series 

Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. has released a new series of Flatpack, low-profile aluminum electrolytic capacitors, tested and rated for 10,000 hours at 105 °C. Type MLPS offers high capacitance density in a flat configuration, with voltage ratings up to 450 Vdc and a temperature range from -55 °C to 10

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01/23/2023

Würth Elektronik Enables Organifarms' BERRY Robot to Harvest 24/7 Throughout the Year

A cooperation that bears fruit: Organifarms and Würth Elektronik presented their cooperation to a tech-savvy audience for the first time at DLD Munich 23.

Würth Elektronik Enables Organifarms' BERRY Robot to Harvest 24/7 Throughout the Year

Thanks to an LED board from Würth Elektronik, the BERRY harvesting robot from Organifarms – the German AgriTech startup – detects the level of ripeness of strawberries, even under the difficult lighting conditions in an indoor farm or a greenhouse. The cooperation was first presented at the Digital Life De

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01/20/2023

Sinisi Solutions Deploys Ballistic Protection for Critical Infrastructure as Attacks on the Power Grid Rise

Transformer Protected From Ballistic Attack by Strategically Placed Level 8 Shield Covering Line of Sight

Sinisi Solutions Deploys Ballistic Protection for Critical Infrastructure as Attacks on the Power Grid Rise

Sinisi Solutions, a provider of modular transformer separations and ballistic fire barriers, has completed strategic installations for major U.S. substations and critical infrastructure to protect from fire, blast, and ballistic events that directly impact grid resiliency. In the past year

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01/20/2023

Navitas to Acquire Silicon Control IC Company

Navitas CEO and co-founder Gene Sheridan

Navitas to Acquire Silicon Control IC Company

Navitas Semiconductor announced an agreement to acquire the remaining minority interest in its silicon control IC joint venture from Halo Microelectronics for a purchase price of $20 million in Navitas stock. In 2021, Navitas and Halo created a joint venture to develop application-specific silicon c

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01/19/2023

160 V 3-Phase Gate Driver IC Integrates Power Management Unit, Current Sense Amplifier, and Overcurrent Protection

160 V 3-Phase Gate Driver IC Integrates Power Management Unit, Current Sense Amplifier, and Overcurrent Protection

160 V 3-Phase Gate Driver IC Integrates Power Management Unit, Current Sense Amplifier, and Overcurrent Protection

The MOTIX family for automotive and industrial motor control applications from Infineon Technologies AG offers a broad product portfolio with various levels of integration. To further expand its offering, Infineon introduces the MOTIX 3-phase gate driver IC 6ED2742S01Q. The 160 V silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ga

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01/18/2023

Cornell Dubilier Responds to Needs of Next-Gen EV Charger Designers with Custom Capacitors

Cornell Dubilier Responds to Needs of Next-Gen EV Charger Designers with Custom Capacitors

Cornell Dubilier Responds to Needs of Next-Gen EV Charger Designers with Custom Capacitors

In response to the rapidly growing demand for higher-performance DC link capacitors for EV chargers, Cornell Dubilier Electronics (CDE) has expanded its standard-product offerings with devices issued through franchise distributor New Yorker Electronics. While the inverter circuitry at the heart of EV charging st

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01/18/2023

TTI Announces Expanded Distribution Partnership with ams OSRAM

John Drabik, President TTI Americas

TTI Announces Expanded Distribution Partnership with ams OSRAM

TTI, Inc., is pleased to announce the company is now an authorized distributor of ams OSRAM’s sensing solutions. Since the merger of these two world-class organizations, ams (global sensor leaders) and OSRAM (global light emitter leaders), they have been lighting up the optoelectronics world offering industry-leading re

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01/18/2023

Vishay Intertechnology Launches New Gen 7 Platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast Rectifiers With Two Devices in SMA (DO-214AC) Package

Vishay Intertechnology Launches New Gen 7 Platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast Rectifiers With Two Devices in SMA (DO-214AC) Package

Vishay Intertechnology Launches New Gen 7 Platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast Rectifiers With Two Devices in SMA (DO-214AC) Package

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced the first two devices in its new Gen 7 platform of 1200 V FRED Pt Hyperfast rectifiers. Offered in the SMA (DO-214AC) package, the 1 A rectifiers offer the best trade-off between reverse recovery charge (Qrr) and forward voltage drop for devices in their class. Optimized fo

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01/17/2023

Teledyne LeCroy Supports PCI Express 6.0 Electrical Testing

Teledyne LeCroy Supports PCI Express 6.0 Electrical Testing

Teledyne LeCroy Supports PCI Express 6.0 Electrical Testing

Teledyne LeCroy announced support for PCI Express 6.0 electrical test and validation with QPHY-PCIE6-TX-RX fully automated test software, as well as SDAIII-PCIE6 and SDAIII-PAMx characterization and debug software packages. The growth of new technologies, including artificial intelligence/machine learning (

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01/17/2023

Microchip Introduces New COTS RT Power Device for LEO/Space Applications

Microchip Introduces New COTS RT Power Device for LEO/Space Applications

Microchip Introduces New COTS RT Power Device for LEO/Space Applications

The commercialization of the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) region is transforming space exploration and satellite communication at roughly 1,200 miles above Earth. For satellites to successfully operate and reach their destination, it is essential to select components that can withstand the harsh space environment. Bu

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01/17/2023

Industry's First Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning Chipset Enables Self-Cleaning Cameras and Sensors

Industry's First Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning Chipset Enables Self-Cleaning Cameras and Sensors

Industry's First Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning Chipset Enables Self-Cleaning Cameras and Sensors

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the first purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning (ULC) technology, enabling camera systems to quickly detect and remove dirt, ice and water using microscopic vibrations. Removing contaminants from camera lenses traditionally requires manual cleaning, causing s

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01/17/2023

Automotive Intelligent Power Device Enables Safe and Flexible Power Distribution in Next-Generation E/E Architectures

Automotive Intelligent Power Device Enables Safe and Flexible Power Distribution in Next-Generation E/E Architectures

Automotive Intelligent Power Device Enables Safe and Flexible Power Distribution in Next-Generation E/E Architectures

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a new automotive Intelligent Power Device (IPD) that will safely and flexibly control power distribution within vehicles, addressing the requirements of next-generation E/E (electrical/electronic) architectures. The new RAJ2810024H12HPD is available in the small TO-252-7 pack

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01/17/2023

Dual-Channel Digital Isolators Cover Flexible Configurations

Dual-Channel Digital Isolators Cover Flexible Configurations

Dual-Channel Digital Isolators Cover Flexible Configurations

STMicroelectronics has extended its family of dual-channel high-speed digital isolators, enhancing flexibility for designers to optimize their board layout. The new STISO620 contains two channels of the same directionality, having all digital inputs on one side of the isolation barrier and all d

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01/16/2023

Magnetic Components are Dedicated to Harsh Environment Applications

Magnetic Components are Dedicated to Harsh Environment Applications

Magnetic Components are Dedicated to Harsh Environment Applications

Exxelia developed the CCM (Chameleon Concept Magnetics) family of products to withstand the harsh environments of aerospace and particularly of space applications. CCM technology is Exxelia’s response to the growing interest of electronic engineers for inductors and transformers with multiple outputs, high po

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01/16/2023

FTDI Chip FT4232HA USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC Provides High-Speed USB Support to Target Designs

FTDI Chip FT4232HA USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC Provides High-Speed USB Support to Target Designs

FTDI Chip FT4232HA USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC Provides High-Speed USB Support to Target Designs

Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the FT4232HA high-speed USB-to-UART/MPSSE IC from FTDI Chip. The FT4232HA is an automotive-qualified USB 2.0-to-UART converter that seamlessly provides high-speed USB support to target designs. Featuring four independent configurable interfaces, the FT4

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01/16/2023

Blocking Radio Waves and Electromagnetic Interference with the Flip of a Switch

Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering

Blocking Radio Waves and Electromagnetic Interference with the Flip of a Switch

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a thin film device, fabricated by spray coating, that can block electromagnetic radiation with the flip of a switch. The breakthrough, enabled by versatile two-dimensional materials called MXenes, could adjust the performance of electronic de

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01/16/2023

New Small Laser Device can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets

An Orbitrap cell.

New Small Laser Device can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become increasingly critical—especially as the hunt for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets or moons continues. A University of Maryland-led team developed

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01/16/2023

Researchers Create Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries for Clean Energy

Researchers with flow battery

Researchers Create Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries for Clean Energy

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Clean energy is the leading solution for climate change. But solar and wind power are inconsistent at producing enough energy for a reliable power grid. Alternatively, lithium-ion batteries can store energy but are a limited resource. “The advantage of a coal power plant is it's very steady,” said

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01/16/2023

UH Professor Developing new Technologies to Improve Safety, Resiliency of Offshore Energy Systems

Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston

UH Professor Developing new Technologies to Improve Safety, Resiliency of Offshore Energy Systems

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as an early-career research fellow in the Offshore Energy Safety track. He and fo

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01/16/2023

Design Higher Density and Lower Cost Lidar Systems with New 80 V, 15 A GaN eToF Laser Driver IC

Design Higher Density and Lower Cost Lidar Systems with New 80 V, 15 A GaN eToF Laser Driver IC

Design Higher Density and Lower Cost Lidar Systems with New 80 V, 15 A GaN eToF Laser Driver IC

EPC announces the introduction of the EPC21701, a laser driver that monolithically integrates an 80 V, 40 A FET with gate driver and 3.3 logic level input into a single chip for time-of-flight lidar systems used in robotics, surveillance systems, and vacuum cleaners. It is tailored to lidar sy

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01/16/2023

New Charging Technology Enables Range of 400 km After 15 Minutes Charging Time

New Charging Technology Enables Range of 400 km After 15 Minutes Charging Time

New Charging Technology Enables Range of 400 km After 15 Minutes Charging Time

As part of the research project "Direct Superfast charging for the Electric vehicle", the participating cooperation partners developed a new charging technology and a vehicle prototype to store the energy required for a real 400 km range in just 15 minutes. The aim of the research project "Dir

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01/12/2023

STMicroelectronics Brings 32-bit Kick to Cost-Sensitive 8-bit Applications with STM32C0 Series Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics Brings 32-bit Kick to Cost-Sensitive 8-bit Applications with STM32C0 Series Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics Brings 32-bit Kick to Cost-Sensitive 8-bit Applications with STM32C0 Series Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics is again broadening access to its STM32 microcontroller (MCU) family by introducing the most affordable series yet: the STM32C0. STM32 MCUs are used in billions of smart industrial, medical, and consumer products worldwide. With thousands of existing STM32 part numbers, product d

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01/12/2023

Signatec Adds New Features to Its DsScope Signal Recording Software

Signatec Adds New Features to Its DsScope Signal Recording Software

Signatec Adds New Features to Its DsScope Signal Recording Software

Signatec announces three significant feature additions to its DsScope Windows-based signal recording software. DsScope is a Windows-based PC oscilloscope application that requires no programming and allows the operator to: view/edit all digitizer hardware settings, display the acquired signal data for ana

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01/12/2023

Flex Power Modules' BMR473 Digital PoL Regulator now Available as SMD Horizontal-Mount Version

Flex Power Modules' BMR473 Digital PoL Regulator now Available as SMD Horizontal-Mount Version

Flex Power Modules' BMR473 Digital PoL Regulator now Available as SMD Horizontal-Mount Version

The BMR473 digital non-isolated PoL converter from Flex Power Modules is now available in a surface-mount format with solder bump terminations. This new mechanical version is also suitable for reverse mounting during reflow-soldering. Dimensioned just 19 x 13 x 7.5 mm, the device operates from 6 – 15 V input an

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01/12/2023

Renesas Introduces Low-Power RL78/G15 MCU with the Smallest 8-pin Package Option Available within the RL78 Family

Renesas Introduces Low-Power RL78/G15 MCU with the Smallest 8-pin Package Option Available within the RL78 Family

Renesas Introduces Low-Power RL78/G15 MCU with the Smallest 8-pin Package Option Available within the RL78 Family

Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a new general-purpose microcontroller (MCU) in the low-power RL78 Family, with small package sizes that target 8-bit MCU applications. The versatile RL78/G15 packs many peripheral functions and 4-8KB of code flash memory in package sizes ranging from 8 to 20 pin

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01/12/2023

Solartility Inc. Launches Alberta's First Virtual Power Plant Offering 100% Green Energy and Reduced Electricity Rates for Customers

Kelly Tallas, Co-Founder and CEO of Solartility Inc.

Solartility Inc. Launches Alberta's First Virtual Power Plant Offering 100% Green Energy and Reduced Electricity Rates for Customers

Solartility Inc., the Calgary based electricity retailer, is launching Alberta’s first 100% green energy virtual power plant (VPP) with a new solution that makes green energy more accessible and affordable for Alberta homes and building owners. Energy prices are skyrocketing. In Alberta, rates have set

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01/12/2023

Menlo Micro Introduces Integrated Low-Power Solution for MEMS Switches and High-Voltage Driver Applications

Menlo Micro Introduces Integrated Low-Power Solution for MEMS Switches and High-Voltage Driver Applications

Menlo Micro Introduces Integrated Low-Power Solution for MEMS Switches and High-Voltage Driver Applications

Menlo Micro announced the formal qualification and production release of the MM101, an 8-channel, low-voltage to high-voltage driver with an integrated charge pump. The MM101 driver provides a cost-effective solution for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices and other high-voltage driving ap

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01/12/2023

Novel Design Helps Develop Powerful Microbatteries

Depiction of microrobots in a hazardous environment (Cover art by Alex David Jerez Roman, Beckman institute, UIUC)

Novel Design Helps Develop Powerful Microbatteries

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GRAINGER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Translating electrochemical performance of large format batteries to microscale power sources has been a long-standing technological challenge, limiting the ability of batteries to power microdevices, microrobots and implantable medical devices. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have created a

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01/12/2023

Computers that Power Self-Driving Cars Could be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

Computers that Power Self-Driving Cars Could be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

Computers that Power Self-Driving Cars Could be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

Adam Zewe, MIT News Office

In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world today. That is one key finding of a new study from MIT researchers that explored the potential energy consumpti

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01/12/2023

New Spin Control Method Brings Billion-Qubit Quantum Chips Closer

How multiple qubits may be controlled using the new ‘intrinsic spin-orbit EDSR’ process.

New Spin Control Method Brings Billion-Qubit Quantum Chips Closer

WILDFIRE COMMUNICATIONS

Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates. What’s more, the new mechanism is less bulky and requires fewer parts, which could prove essential to making large-scale silicon quantum computers a reality. The serendipi

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01/12/2023

Turning Abandoned Mines into Batteries

Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections

Turning Abandoned Mines into Batteries

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition. Renewable energy sources are central to the energy transition toward a more sustainable future. However, as sources like suns

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Date:

01/12/2023

High-Performance / Low-Cost 240 Watt UPS Module

High-Performance / Low-Cost 240 Watt UPS Module

High-Performance / Low-Cost 240 Watt UPS Module

TRACO POWER announces its new TIB 240-124BCMU module that turns any existing AC/DC 24 VDC power source into full-fledged uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system supporting up to 240 watts of power, optimally charging and protecting connected lead acid batteries. An integrated microprocessor ensures that the c

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01/12/2023

Tevva set for Mass Production After Receiving Whole Vehicle Type Approval

Tevva set for Mass Production After Receiving Whole Vehicle Type Approval

Tevva set for Mass Production After Receiving Whole Vehicle Type Approval

British electric vehicle manufacturer Tevva has hit another major milestone after securing European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 7.5 tonne (t) battery-electric truck. It means that Tevva can start producing and selling in volume across the UK and Europe and represents the key regulatory st

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Date:

01/11/2023

TE Connectivity Acquires Smart Grid Company Kries

Bart Otten, senior vice president and general manager of TE Connectivity’s energy business unit

TE Connectivity Acquires Smart Grid Company Kries

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has acquired Kries, a German pioneer in smart grid systems. With this strategic acquisition, TE’s energy business unit fortifies its position as a leading provider of grid reliability solutions to utilities and owners of power networks and re

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01/11/2023

Richtek and EPC Collaborate to Create Small 140 Watt Fast-charging Solution

Richtek and EPC Collaborate to Create Small 140 Watt Fast-charging Solution

Richtek and EPC Collaborate to Create Small 140 Watt Fast-charging Solution

EPC & Richtek announces the availability of a 4-switches bidirectional buck-boost controller reference design board that converts an input voltage of 12 V - 24 V to a regulated 5 V - 20 V output voltage and delivers up to 5 A continuous current and 6.5 A maximum current. The combination of the new Richtek RT

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Date:

01/11/2023

ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

ROHM Semiconductor announced the adoption of its new fourth generation SiC MOSFETs and gate driver ICs in electric vehicle inverters from Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a leading Japanese automotive parts manufacturer. As the electrification of cars rapidly advances towards achieving a decarbonized society,

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Date:

01/10/2023

Automotive-Grade Devices Run Cooler in Surface-Mount ACEPACK SMIT Package

STPOWER automotive-grade devices from STMicroelectronics run cooler in surface-mount ACEPACK SMIT package

Automotive-Grade Devices Run Cooler in Surface-Mount ACEPACK SMIT Package

STMicroelectronics has introduced five power-semiconductor bridges in popular configurations, housed in ST’s advanced ACEPACK SMIT package that eases assembly and enhances power density over conventional TO-style packages. Engineers can choose from two STPOWER 650V MOSFET half bridges, a 600V ul

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Date:

01/09/2023

Connected Vehicles to Surpass 367 Million Globally by 2027, as 5G Unlocks Data-heavy Use Cases

Connected Vehicles to Surpass 367 Million Globally by 2027, as 5G Unlocks Data-heavy Use Cases

Connected Vehicles to Surpass 367 Million Globally by 2027, as 5G Unlocks Data-heavy Use Cases

A new Juniper Research study found that the number of connected vehicles in service will reach 367 million globally in 2027, from 192 million in 2023. This growth of 91% will be driven by the advancement of both ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and increasing the capabilities of in-vehicle in

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Date:

01/09/2023

Chinese Scientists Discover Ubiquitous, Increasing Ferric Iron on Lunar Surface

Profs. XU Yigang from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Scientists Discover Ubiquitous, Increasing Ferric Iron on Lunar Surface

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HEADQUARTERS

The Moon has been considered extremely reductive since the Apollo era, as estimated by the low ferric iron content in lunar samples returned in the 1970s. In addition, it has long been a mystery whether a large amount of ferric iron exists on the Moon and how it is formed. Recently, however, a research team led

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Date:

01/09/2023

Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic and Greenhouse Gases into Sustainable Fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun.

Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic and Greenhouse Gases into Sustainable Fuels

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the system, which can convert two waste streams into two chemical

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Date:

01/09/2023

Chemical Researchers Discover Catalyst to Make Renewable Paints, Coatings, and Diapers

University of Minnesota researchers have invented new catalyst technology that improves the process and substantially reduces the cost of manufacturing renewable chemicals that can be used in a wide range of products including paints, coatings and diapers.

Chemical Researchers Discover Catalyst to Make Renewable Paints, Coatings, and Diapers

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst technology is also hi

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Date:

01/09/2023

Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction

Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction

Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction

TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The Seebeck effect is a thermoelectric phenomenon by which a voltage or current is generated when a temperature difference exists across a conductor. This effect is the basis of established and emerging thermoelectric applications alike, such as heat-to-electricity energy harvesters, sensing devices, and temperature co

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Date:

01/06/2023

Using Machine Learning to Forecast Amine Emissions

A power plant made with AI.

Using Machine Learning to Forecast Amine Emissions

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE

Global warming is partly due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide that we release, mostly from power generation and industrial processes, such as making steel and cement. For a while now, chemical engineers have been exploring carbon capture, a process that can separate carbon dioxide and store it in ways th

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Date:

01/06/2023

Into the Blue: Progress in Perovskite LEDs for Deep-Blue Light

Scanning electron microscopy image with digital photograph during operation (left) and transient absorption spectrum (right) of deep-blue emitting perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) prepared by hot-antisolvent bathing.

Into the Blue: Progress in Perovskite LEDs for Deep-Blue Light

SPIE -- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

The deep blue of your LED display is likely produced by indium gallium nitride (InGaN), a costly substance. In the field of LEDs, researchers are seeking alternatives in a type of perovskite known as quasi-2D Ruddlesden‒Popper perovskites (2D-RPPs). 2D-RPPs have excellent optoelectronic properties – ideal fo

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Date:

01/06/2023

High-Performance Visible-Light Lasers that fit on a Fingertip

Illustration of the integrated laser platform created by the Lipson Nanophotonics Group, where a single chip generates narrow linewidth and tunable visible light covering all colors.

High-Performance Visible-Light Lasers that fit on a Fingertip

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

As technologies keep advancing at exponential rates and demand for new devices rises accordingly, miniaturizing systems into chips has become increasingly important. Microelectronics has changed the way we manipulate electricity, enabling sophisticated electronic products that are now an essential part of ou

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Date:

01/06/2023

Electricity Harvesting from Evaporation, Raindrops and Moisture Inspired by Nature

Hydro dams and tidal barrages are not the only way to harvest clean electricity from water.

Electricity Harvesting from Evaporation, Raindrops and Moisture Inspired by Nature

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Raindrops, evaporating water, and even moisture in the air are all potentially sources of decentralized clean electricity generation, but many of the technologies that take advantage of this ambient and vast source of energy—many of which are inspired by the electricity harvesting techniques of plants and an

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Date:

01/06/2023

New Strategy Suggested for Ultra-Long Cycle Li-ion Battery

Figure 1. The schematic illustration of the epitaxial spinel stabilizer and S-doping mechanism.

New Strategy Suggested for Ultra-Long Cycle Li-ion Battery

HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

In recent years, lithium ion batteries have been widely used in many fields. Compared with traditional lithium ion battery cathode materials, more lithium ions in lithium rich manganese based cathode materials of unit mass participate in energy storage. However, in the process of battery reaction, stress accumulation an

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Date:

01/06/2023

OKdo and OStream Unveil New Partnership at CES for Scalable, Edge AI Media Processing

OKdo and OStream Unveil New Partnership at CES for Scalable, Edge AI Media Processing

OKdo and OStream Unveil New Partnership at CES for Scalable, Edge AI Media Processing

OKdo, the innovative Single Board Computer and Internet of Things arm of RS Group plc, announced a global partnership with OStream, the leading innovator for Edge AI media processing infrastructure. The technology partnership will allow integrators to enrich video and audio streams with the context t

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Date:

01/06/2023

onsemi and Ampt Collaboration Increases Efficiency for Utility Solar Providers

Simon Keeton, executive vice president and general manager, Power Solutions Group, onsemi

onsemi and Ampt Collaboration Increases Efficiency for Utility Solar Providers

onsemi and Ampt LLC announced their collaboration to meet the high demand for DC string optimizers. Ampt uses onsemi’s N-Channel SiC MOSFET, part of the EliteSiC family of silicon carbide (SiC) technologies, in its DC string optimizers for critical power switching applications. Ampt string op

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Date:

01/05/2023

Smarter Digital Transformation Module Includes Machine Learning-Enabled ICM-45686-S IMU

TDK announces SmartBug 2.0 – a smarter digital transformation module, now with machine learning enabled ICM-45686-S IMU

Smarter Digital Transformation Module Includes Machine Learning-Enabled ICM-45686-S IMU

TDK Corporation announces the InvenSense SmartBug 2.0 with various new and exciting features for consumer and IoT applications as a smart remote data-collection module for IoT after the success of the original SmartBug in 2019. “SmartBug 2.0 will take digital transformation to the next level by not only be

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Date:

01/05/2023

Advanced Energy Launches Medical and Industrial Power Conversion Platforms with Leading Power Density

Advanced Energy Launches Medical and Industrial Power Conversion Platforms with Leading Power Density

Advanced Energy Launches Medical and Industrial Power Conversion Platforms with Leading Power Density

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. introduced two new ranges of AC-DC power supplies with industry-leading power densities for critical medical and industrial equipment. The SL Power™ NGB800 800 W and NGB1200 1200 W families are optimized to address the performance, power, size, reliability and compliance re

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Date:

01/05/2023

NXP Introduces Advanced Automotive Radar One-Chip Family for Next-Gen ADAS and Autonomous Driving Systems

NXP Introduces Advanced Automotive Radar One-Chip Family for Next-Gen ADAS and Autonomous Driving Systems

NXP Introduces Advanced Automotive Radar One-Chip Family for Next-Gen ADAS and Autonomous Driving Systems

NXP Semiconductors announced a new industry-first 28nm RFCMOS radar one-chip IC family for next generation ADAS and autonomous driving systems. The new SAF85xx one-chip family combines NXP’s high performance radar sensing and processing technologies into a single device, offering tier ones and OEMs new flexibility in

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Date:

01/05/2023

Infineon, Green Hills Software to Deliver Comprehensive Automotive Safety and Security Solutions for the TRAVEO T2G MCU Families

The combination of Infineon’s TRAVEO T2G microcontrollers and Green Hills’ complete production-proven software solutions is tailored for a broad range of automotive applications such as electrification, body control modules, gateway and infotainment.

Infineon, Green Hills Software to Deliver Comprehensive Automotive Safety and Security Solutions for the TRAVEO T2G MCU Families

Infineon Technologies AG and Green Hills Software will provide a complete ecosystem for the development and deployment of advanced safety applications for the automotive industry. This collaboration combines Infineon’s cutting-edge TRAVEO T2G Body and TRAVEO T2G Cluster microcontrollers (M

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Date:

01/05/2023

Mouser-Backed Formula E Team Kicks Off Season 9 in Mexico City

Mouser-Backed Formula E Team Kicks Off Season 9 in Mexico City

Mouser-Backed Formula E Team Kicks Off Season 9 in Mexico City

Mouser Electronics, Inc., cheers on the DS PENSKE Formula E team as they kick off Season 9 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track in Mexico City on January 14, 2023. With a race-ready surface and long corners, Mexico City is one of the fastest tracks on the calendar featuring a mix of long and fast straights an

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Date:

01/05/2023

TI Enables Automakers to Take Full Advantage of EV Range with the Industry's Most Accurate Battery Cell and Pack Monitors

TI Enables Automakers to Take Full Advantage of EV Range with the Industry's Most Accurate Battery Cell and Pack Monitors

TI Enables Automakers to Take Full Advantage of EV Range with the Industry's Most Accurate Battery Cell and Pack Monitors

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced new automotive battery cell and pack monitors with the most accurate measurement capability available on the market, maximizing electric vehicle (EV) drive time and enabling safer operation. As EVs grow in popularity, advanced battery management systems (BMS) are helping o

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Date:

01/05/2023

Low-Cost RF Power Transmitter to Bring Convenient Over-the-Air Wireless Charging into Homes

Powercast shows its easy-to-integrate, drop-in embeddable Ubiquity module in an acrylic case.

Low-Cost RF Power Transmitter to Bring Convenient Over-the-Air Wireless Charging into Homes

Powercast Corporation has unveiled its Ubiquity transmitter, an ultra-low-cost RF power transmitter which was selected as a CES 2023 Innovation Award Honoree in three categories: Smart Home Embedded Technologies Sustainability, Eco-Design & Smart Energy Designe

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Date:

01/05/2023

Researchers Team up to Visualize Radiation with Virtual Reality

Students Cole Manfred (at left) and Emily Meilus inspect a virtual nuclear reactor using the RAPID system. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia Tech.

Researchers Team up to Visualize Radiation with Virtual Reality

Three Virginia Tech professors from nuclear engineering, physics, and industrial engineering are bringing together their expertise and inventions to create a highly innovative technology for high-fidelity, real-time monitoring of nuclear power plant cores. The project would increase the safety and econo

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Date:

01/04/2023

Bourns' Highest Current Carrying PTVS Diode Series in a Compact DFN Package

Bourns' Highest Current Carrying PTVS Diode Series in a Compact DFN Package

Bourns' Highest Current Carrying PTVS Diode Series in a Compact DFN Package

Bourns, Inc., released Bourns' highest current carrying bidirectional Power Transient Voltage Suppressor (PTVS) Diode series that is available in a compact surface mount DFN package. Bourns Model PTVS20-015C-H is capable of handling 20 kA, 8/20 µs current surge at a low voltage of 15 V. These feat

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Date:

01/04/2023

TDK Announces Thermally Stable Industrial IMU for Tilt and Stabilization Applications

TDK Announces Thermally Stable Industrial IMU for Tilt and Stabilization Applications

TDK Announces Thermally Stable Industrial IMU for Tilt and Stabilization Applications

TDK Corporation announces the expansion of the InvenSense SmartIndustrial sensor platform family. With its support for an extended temperature range of -40°C to 105°C, this new 6-axis IMU targets industrial applications that require extreme stability over temperature and great vibration immunity. The IIM-20670

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Date:

01/04/2023

WirelessCar Reaches 10 Million Connected Cars Worldwide

WirelessCar reaches 10 million connected cars worldwide

WirelessCar Reaches 10 Million Connected Cars Worldwide

WirelessCar announced a major milestone of reaching ten million connected cars in over 100 countries. Since its founding in 1999, WirelessCar has worked with many of the largest global automakers to develop, deliver and operate digital services worldwide. Over the past twenty-plus years, Wi

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Date:

01/04/2023

New Smart Sensor System is More Than Just a Digital Fitness Coach in Miniature Size

New Smart Sensor System is More Than Just a Digital Fitness Coach in Miniature Size

New Smart Sensor System is More Than Just a Digital Fitness Coach in Miniature Size

Today’s consumers want portable and smart devices that have high performance and a full set of features, yet provide a long battery life. For product designers, this means making difficult decisions to minimize power consumption without affecting the user experience. Bosch Sensortec announces a new smart

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Date:

01/04/2023

Family of Applications Processors Delivers Safe, Secure and Scalable AI-enabled Edge Platforms

Family of Applications Processors Delivers Safe, Secure and Scalable AI-enabled Edge Platforms

Family of Applications Processors Delivers Safe, Secure and Scalable AI-enabled Edge Platforms

NXP Semiconductors announced the i.MX 95 family, the newest addition to its i.MX 9 series of applications processors. The new i.MX 95 family combines high-performance compute, immersive Arm® MaliTM-powered 3D graphics, an innovative new NXP accelerator for machine learning, and high-speed data processing. To

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Date:

01/04/2023

Wolfspeed Enables Higher-Voltage Batteries for EV Systems

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Figure 1: High-level view of an EV and several opportunities for Silicon Carbide technology

Wolfspeed Enables Higher-Voltage Batteries for EV Systems

Yuequan Hu, Ph.D, Sr. Manager, Automotive Applications, Discrete Power Devices, Wolfspeed

Silicon Carbide (SiC) technology has transformed power management in many markets, especially power delivery systems in electric vehicles (EVs). SiC provides advantages in terms of efficiency, power density, size/weight, thermal management, and reliability. Advantages of Higher Battery Voltage Many areas of an

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Date:

01/04/2023

SolarEdge to Acquire Hark Systems, a European-Based Energy Analytics and IoT Company

Zvi Lando, CEO, SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge to Acquire Hark Systems, a European-Based Energy Analytics and IoT Company

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Hark Systems Ltd. (“Hark”). Founded in 2016 and based in Leeds, UK. Hark offers a highly flexible Software as a Service (SaaS) Internet of Things (IoT) platform that allows enterprises an

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Date:

01/03/2023

Morse Micro and AzureWave Deliver the World's Smallest Wi-Fi HaLow Module

Morse Micro and AzureWave Deliver the World's Smallest Wi-Fi HaLow Module

Morse Micro and AzureWave Deliver the World's Smallest Wi-Fi HaLow Module

Morse Micro announced a partnership with AzureWave Technologies, Inc., a worldwide leading provider of wireless connectivity and image processing solutions. Paving the way for broad implementation of Wi-Fi HaLow in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, the partnership sees AzureWave design and manufacture tw

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Date:

01/03/2023

TDK SmartSound MEMS Microphones and SmartSound One Development Platform Now Available

TDK SmartSound MEMS Microphones and SmartSound One Development Platform Now Available

TDK SmartSound MEMS Microphones and SmartSound One Development Platform Now Available

TDK Corporation announces availability of the InvenSense T5838 and T5837 MEMS microphones, and the SmartSound One Development Platform. These MEMS microphones push the boundaries of microphone acoustic performance, power efficiency, and advanced feature sets all in small package footprints. SmartSound One of

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01/03/2023

Owl Autonomous Imaging Launches Monocular 3D Thermal Ranger Computer Vision for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles

Owl Autonomous Imaging Launches Monocular 3D Thermal Ranger Computer Vision for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles

Owl Autonomous Imaging Launches Monocular 3D Thermal Ranger Computer Vision for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles

Owl Autonomous Imaging announced the availability of an Evaluation Kit for their new Thermal Ranger ADAS & Autonomous Navigation Development Platform. This hardware and software kit enables Tier 1 and OEM automotive companies to easily evaluate Owl AI’s Thermal Ranger imaging solution for use i

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01/03/2023

Silicon Carbide Family Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Efficiency

Silicon Carbide Family Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Efficiency

Silicon Carbide Family Solutions Deliver Industry-Leading Efficiency

onsemi introduced “EliteSiC” as the name of its silicon carbide (SiC) family. The company is set to showcase three new members of the family – the 1700 V EliteSiC MOSFET and two 1700 V avalanche-rated EliteSiC Schottky diodes. The new devices provide reliable, high-efficiency performance for energy in

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01/03/2023

Nichia and Infineon Launch Industry's First High-Definition Micro-LED Matrix Solution

The new 16,384 pixel µPLS micro-Pixelated Light Solution from Nichia and Infineon combines high-definition resolution with industry’s highest light output.

Nichia and Infineon Launch Industry's First High-Definition Micro-LED Matrix Solution

Automotive LED lighting technology has developed rapidly in recent years as a means for vehicle manufacturers to enhance driving comfort and road safety. In this regard, matrix LED technology for adaptive driving beam has become an important headlight feature for selective road illumination. Three years ago

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01/03/2023

Eggtronic Unveils Advanced Power Conversion Architecture for High-Power PFC Applications

Eggtronic Unveils Advanced Power Conversion Architecture for High-Power PFC Applications

Eggtronic Unveils Advanced Power Conversion Architecture for High-Power PFC Applications

Eggtronic has launched a high-performance AC/DC converter technology that provides industry-leading efficiency, reduced component count and improved EMI performance in high-power applications requiring power factor correction (PFC). Derived from the traditional boost PFC + LLC resonant power converter,

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01/03/2023

Playing all the Angles: A High-Contrast Grating Structure for Direction-Tunable Lasing

Innovative direction-tunable laser design enables beam steerability necessary for LiDAR applications and 3D sensing.

Playing all the Angles: A High-Contrast Grating Structure for Direction-Tunable Lasing

SPIE -- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

Lasers find applications across several fields ranging from telecommunications and remote sensing to medicine. There are many ways in which one can generate laser emission, or lasing, from a device or material. Consequently, there are many types of lasers with different principles of operation. One emerging

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01/03/2023

Self-Powered, Printable Smart Sensors Created From Emerging Semiconductors Could Mean Cheaper, Greener IoT

Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia

Self-Powered, Printable Smart Sensors Created From Emerging Semiconductors Could Mean Cheaper, Greener IoT

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Creating smart sensors to embed in our everyday objects and environments for the Internet of Things (IoT) would vastly improve daily life—but requires trillions of such small devices. Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia believes that emerging alternative semiconductors that are printable, lo

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01/03/2023

Interfacial Engineering for Improved Stability of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Qi Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology

Interfacial Engineering for Improved Stability of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PRESS CO., LTD

“For the perovskite film, there are some factors influencing the intrinsic material stability,” said paper author Qi Chen, professor from Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and De

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01/03/2023

Researchers Discover new Process to Create Freestanding Membranes of 'Smart' Materials

University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Bharat Jalan is co-leading a team that has developed a new method for making nano-membranes of “smart” materials, which will allow scientists to harness their unique properties for use in devices such as sensors and flexible electronics.

Researchers Discover new Process to Create Freestanding Membranes of 'Smart' Materials

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of scientists and engineers has developed a new method for making thin films of perovskite oxide semiconductors, a class of “smart” materials with unique properties that can change in response to stimuli like light, magnetic fields, or electric fields. The discovery

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01/03/2023

NuCurrent and Infineon Partner for Deploying Smart Lock and Energy Harvesting Technology

NuCurrent and Infineon partner for deploying market-leading smart lock and energy harvesting technology

NuCurrent and Infineon Partner for Deploying Smart Lock and Energy Harvesting Technology

Infineon Technologies AG is bringing on NuCurrent, the global authority in wireless power systems, as an Infineon Preferred Partner. This partnership will advance the capabilities and scalability of Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology for energy harvesting and charging applications. Infineon’s NFC tag-s

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Date:

01/02/2023

Low EMI Silent Switcher, 1.2 A µModule Regulator in 4 mm × 4 mm × 1.82 mm BGA Package

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Figure 1. The LTM8074 uses Silent Switcher architecture for a complete low noise solution in a tiny package.

Low EMI Silent Switcher, 1.2 A µModule Regulator in 4 mm × 4 mm × 1.82 mm BGA Package

Austin Luan, Analog Devices, Inc.

Crowded application boards leave little space for high performance dc-to-dc POL converters. Furthermore, electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a significant concern at high component densities, limiting the field of acceptable power solutions. The LTM8074 µModule® regulator easily meets these limiting factors. It

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01/01/2023

Does Europe Need a Bigger Stick to Attract Investment?

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Does Europe Need a Bigger Stick to Attract Investment?

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

I was catching up with some tech news the other day, and one article in particular caught my attention. The article was an announcement by LG Chem saying that the company would invest $3.2B opening up a battery cathode plant in Tennessee. I get those types of press releases all of the time, so wasn’t paying to

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01/01/2023

China Announces Huge Expansion to Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

China Announces Huge Expansion to Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The biggest polluter in the world just announced a huge addition to their emissions repertoire — the People’s Republic is set to massively expand their coal-fired power plants. China occupies a unique place in the world — the Communist behemoth is the largest polluter on Earth, and it’s not even

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01/01/2023

EVs and Charging – Where Does Your Electricity Come From?

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

EVs and Charging – Where Does Your Electricity Come From?

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The transition to the electrification of transportation is inevitable; however, it is my belief that the current electric vehicle market is not living up to its potential and that we need a radical technological revolution in some key areas. Unless you’ve missed the news, you’ve heard how billions of dolla

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01/01/2023

The Amazing Technology Behind EV Batteries

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Figure 1. Simplified description of the multicell battery monitor

The Amazing Technology Behind EV Batteries

Greg Zimmer, Analog Devices

For decades, the automotive industry has slowly consolidated, while technology and brand differentiation has decreased. The powertrain, the system that transfers energy into motion, is arguably the auto manufacturer’s most prized intellectual property, with more than a century of refinements behind it. In th

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01/01/2023

What is Actually Needed to Ensure Efficient Charging of EVs?

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Figure 1: Simplified block diagram of a bidirectional charger

What is Actually Needed to Ensure Efficient Charging of EVs?

Ralf Hickl, Product Sales Manager Automotive Business Unit (ABU) at Rutronik

For BEVs (battery-electric vehicles), low power (kWh/km) is essential. Its calculation often not only includes the power from the battery but also the power required by the AC Wallbox to charge the battery. Charging losses in the onboard charger (OBC) therefore affect this figure directly. To ensure a low pow

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01/01/2023

Meeting the Demand for Higher Rated, Small-sized and More Reliable Power Modules

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Figure 1. Diagram and equivalent circuit of the 7th generation X-series RC-IGBT technology

Meeting the Demand for Higher Rated, Small-sized and More Reliable Power Modules

David Marrero, Field Application Engineer, Fuji Electric Corp. of America and James Usack, Division General Manager, Fuji Electric Corp. of America

From electric vehicle onboard chargers (OBCs) and fast DC chargers to solar micro-inverters and larger industrial laser, welding, and automation use cases, there is a wide array of applications that rely on modern power conversion. One striking commonality between these applications is the continual push in ch

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01/01/2023

Sensing and Control Solutions Trends in Electric Vehicles

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Figure 1: Brake pedal force sensors provide many safety and performance advantages for the developers and designers of next generation braking systems

Sensing and Control Solutions Trends in Electric Vehicles

Deirdre Hegarty, Martin Poceiro, and Ayoub Sidhom all at Sensata Technologies

From electric vehicles including passenger cars and commercial vehicle fleets to 2- and 3-wheelers, the electrification trend in transportation is transforming the need for different systems and component technologies to ensure safety while speeding up charging times and vehicle time to market for vehicle OE

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01/01/2023

Using PoE as the Backbone for IPS and RTLS

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Figure 1: Transmitter and Receiver Arrangement in the AoA Method

Using PoE as the Backbone for IPS and RTLS

Parthiv Pandya, Applications Marketing, Industrial, onsemi

In response to the continued evolution of connectivity, it is now common for new or renovated office buildings and warehouses to support Power over Ethernet (PoE) at an infrastructure level. Just like Ethernet, PoE is being used to connect devices such as surveillance cameras, intelligent lighting and other �

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01/01/2023

Agriculture Digitization and its Underlying Technology

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Figure 1: Schematic describing soil composition

Agriculture Digitization and its Underlying Technology

Juli Ban, Product Manager, Murata

Widely publicized in the media, there are rising concerns both within the agricultural industry and from government policymakers as to whether food production can keep up with unprecedented future demands. The ever-expanding population (especially in developing countries), combined with limited suitable land re

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01/01/2023

GaN: Solving the Dual Challenge of Sustainability and Profitability in the Data Center

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Figure 1. GaN powers products across the data center, industrial, automotive, consumer electronics, and Hi-Rel

GaN: Solving the Dual Challenge of Sustainability and Profitability in the Data Center

Paul Wiener, VP Strategic Marketing, GaN Systems

Internet traffic has increased by nearly two billion new users in the past five years, creating challenging new demands on the overall Internet and cloud infrastructure. At the same time, cloud operators have significantly ramped technology investments in sustainability, scalability, and profitability. At the ce

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01/01/2023

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Performance and Circuit Impacts

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Figure 1: The construction (right) and cross section (left) of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor.

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Performance and Circuit Impacts

Ron Demcko, Senior Fellow, KYOCERA AVX

A growing number of applications, ranging from solar power converters all the way to miniature power supplies for highly complex processing cores, are starting to capitalize on the benefits of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. Aluminum electrolytics are also increasingly used to satisfy miniaturization demands in

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01/01/2023

Empowering Advanced Motorized Applications with Optimal Current Sensing

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Figure 1. Next generation power sensing technology is essential for tomorrow’s transportation vehicles, related charging infrastructure and industrial motors & equipment

Empowering Advanced Motorized Applications with Optimal Current Sensing

Teoman Ustun, VP Automotive Business Unit, ACEINNA

The growth of power and functionality in the latest electronic systems, especially motorized products, has resulted in increasing demands for more efficiency, precision, reliability, and safety. The need for precise power and motion control in these next-generation products put pressure on the electronic design en

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01/01/2023

A Vehicle Revolution is the Industry's New Year Resolution

A Vehicle Revolution is the Industry's New Year Resolution

A Vehicle Revolution is the Industry's New Year Resolution

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The Chinese have a curse that says, “may you live in interesting times”. I’ve no idea if someone cursed the world, but the last couple of years have definitely been interesting times for all of us. Hopefully things start to settle down a little this year and both the world and its economies start get ba

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01/01/2023

An Electric Start to the Year

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

An Electric Start to the Year

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

As we close the books on 2022 and look towards 2023, we’ll hopefully begin to put this economic recession behind us, along with the defining event of our time, COVID-19. And hey, maybe we can go a whole year without some major or minor catastrophe – a guy can hope, can’t he? By the time you read this

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01/01/2023

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