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    February 2024
    ­Efficient, Compact MOSFET Modules in Full-Bridge Configurations

    SemiQ’s high-performance 1200V SiC modules are designed to operate reliably in high-frequency and high-power environments.

    ­Efficient, Compact MOSFET Modules in Full-Bridge Configurations
      SemiQ unveiled the latest addition to the company’s QSiC family. The QSiC 1200V SiC MOSFET modules in full-bridge configurations deliver near zero switching loss, significantly improving efficiency, reducing heat dissipation, and allowing the use of smaller heatsinks.   With a high br
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    02/26/2024
    TTI Europe Acquires Specialist Transportation Cable Assembly Manufacturer and Interconnect Distributor Raffenday Limited

    Geoff Breed, Vice President Marketing TTI, Inc. – Europe

    TTI Europe Acquires Specialist Transportation Cable Assembly Manufacturer and Interconnect Distributor Raffenday Limited
    ­TTI, Inc. – Europe, a leading specialty distributor of Interconnect, Passive, Electromechanical, Sensor, Discrete and Powercomponents, announces the acquisition of Raffenday Ltd. With production and a distribution center in the UK plus facilities in Slovakia, Raffenday’s high-quality, technical
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    Date:
    02/21/2024
    ­SBDs Achieve Class-Leading Reverse Recovery Time

    ROHM has developed 100V breakdown Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) that deliver industry-leading reverse recovery time (trr).

    ­SBDs Achieve Class-Leading Reverse Recovery Time
      The SBDs are intended for applications including power supply and protection circuits in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.   Although numerous types of diodes exist, highly efficient SBDs are increasingly being used inside a variety of applications. Particularly SBDs with a trench
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    ­GaN FETs Deliver Power Density and Efficiency

    EPC GaN FETs leverage drivers and controllers by Analog Devices to simplify GaN design, increase efficiency, reduce cooling cost.

    ­GaN FETs Deliver Power Density and Efficiency
      EPC announces the availability of several reference designs that feature EPC GaN FETs and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) controllers. The newly released EPC9195 synchronous buck converter reference design board, operating at 750 kHz switching frequency, converts an input voltage of 36 V - 48 V to a regu
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    ­Farnell Adds Murata’s Latest DC-DC Converters

    ­Farnell Adds Murata’s Latest DC-DC Converters

    ­Farnell Adds Murata’s Latest DC-DC Converters
      Murata Power Solutions is known worldwide as the leading manufacturer of DC-DC converters as well as compact, high-efficiency power products designed to address power application requirements of all sizes.   The new products added to the range carried by Farnell include the MGN1 series of DC-DC conv
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    Date:
    02/18/2024
    CES 2024 Showed that the Future of Cars will be Defined by AI

    Connected and software-defined vehicle features.

    CES 2024 Showed that the Future of Cars will be Defined by AI
    Dr James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx

    IDTechEx’s new report, “Future Automotive Technologies 2024-2034: Applications, Megatrends, Forecasts”, highlights the biggest changes coming to cars over the next ten years. Electrification will change what powers cars, and automation will change how they are driven, but one of the biggest opportunities is
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    Date:
    02/16/2024
    Renesas Electronics Announces Intent to Acquire Altium

    Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of Renesas

    Renesas Electronics Announces Intent to Acquire Altium
    ­Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altium Limited (“Altium”, ASX: ALU), a global leader in electronics design systems, today announced they have entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (“SIA”) for Renesas to acquire Altium by way of a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law (“Scheme”). Un
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    Date:
    02/15/2024
    SiTime Complete and Differentiated Clock Portfolio Now Available

    Multiple SiTime clocks and oscillators are used throughout the cloud and datacenter.

    SiTime Complete and Differentiated Clock Portfolio Now Available
    ­For datacenter, AI and networking applications to function properly, you’ve got to get the timing right. That can be a challenge as data proliferates and workloads continue to increase. For example, in the datacenter, data travels through switches, active cables and SmartNIC cards to se
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    Date:
    02/14/2024
    Argonne Scientists Use AI to Identify New Materials for Carbon Capture

    Scientific visualization of the AI-guided assembly of a novel metal organic framework with high carbon dioxide adsorption capacity and synthesizable linkers. Building blocks, predicted by generative AI, are shown on the left, while the final AI-predicted structure is shown on the right.

    Argonne Scientists Use AI to Identify New Materials for Carbon Capture
    DOE/ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY

    ­Generative AI techniques, machine learning and simulations give researchers new opportunities to identify environmentally friendly metal-organic framework materials. Carbon capture is a critical technology in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other industrial facilities. But a sui
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    Date:
    02/14/2024
    A New Way to let AI Chatbots Converse All Day Without Crashing

    A New Way to let AI Chatbots Converse All Day Without Crashing

    A New Way to let AI Chatbots Converse All Day Without Crashing
    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    ­When a human-AI conversation involves many rounds of continuous dialogue, the powerful large language machine-learning models that drive chatbots like ChatGPT sometimes start to collapse, causing the bots’ performance to rapidly deteriorate. A team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere has pinpointed a surpris
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    Date:
    02/13/2024
    ­IP67 – even when unmated

    Protective caps for binder's 670- and 770-series cable connectors reliably protect the components against any ingress of dust and liquids when unmated.

    ­IP67 – even when unmated
      The requirements of protection degree IP67 are thereby met. binder, a leading supplier of industrial circular connectors, is adding protective caps for the cable connectors to its NCC (Not Connected Closed) 670- and 770-series portfolio. Their task is to prevent the ingress of particles and humidity
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    ­Innovative Double-Sided Cooling DFN 5x6 Package

    Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced the AONA66916, a 100V MOSFET packaged in a top and bottom side cooling DFN 5 x 6 package.

    ­Innovative Double-Sided Cooling DFN 5x6 Package
      Delivering a state-of-the-art package that keeps its semiconductor products cooler, AOS is taking a huge step in enabling engineers to develop more efficient designs in telecommunications and industrial applications that must frequently operate in harsh conditions.   Typically, when using
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    ­SOT-223-3 600V MOSFETs Contribute to Smaller Designs

    ROHM has added a lineup of compact 600V Super Junction MOSFETs – the R6004END4 / R6003KND4 / R6006KND4 / R6002JND4 / R6003JND4.

    ­SOT-223-3 600V MOSFETs Contribute to Smaller Designs
      These devices are ideal for small lighting power supplies, pumps, and motors. In recent years, power supplies for lighting and motors for pumps are required to be smaller as devices become more sophisticated – spurring the demand for compact MOSFETs that are essential for switching operation.  
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    Making AI a Partner in Neuroscientific Discovery

    Making AI a Partner in Neuroscientific Discovery

    Making AI a Partner in Neuroscientific Discovery
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY

    ­The past year has seen major advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. The ability of these models to interpret and produce human text sources (and other sequence data) has implications for people in many areas of human activity. A new perspective paper in the journal Neuron argues th
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    New AI Tool Discovers Realistic 'Metamaterials' with Unusual Properties

    New AI Tool Discovers Realistic 'Metamaterials' with Unusual Properties

    New AI Tool Discovers Realistic 'Metamaterials' with Unusual Properties
    DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    ­The properties of normal materials, such as stiffness and flexibility, are determined by the molecular composition of the material, but the properties of metamaterials are determined by the geometry of the structure from which they are built. Researchers design these structures digitally and then have it 3D-printed. Th
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    There is no Proof that AI can be Controlled, According to Extensive Survey

    There is no Proof that AI can be Controlled, According to Extensive Survey

    There is no Proof that AI can be Controlled, According to Extensive Survey
    TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP

    ­There is no current evidence that AI can be controlled safely, according to an extensive review, and without proof that AI can be controlled, it should not be developed, a researcher warns. Despite the recognition that the problem of AI control may be one of the most important problems facing humanity, it remain
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    Date:
    02/12/2024
    ­Würth Elektronik extends MagI³C-FISM family

    ­Würth Elektronik extends MagI³C-FISM family

    ­Würth Elektronik extends MagI³C-FISM family
      The device is 100% pin-to-pin compatible with the previous MagI³C-FISM. It has improved properties: the efficiency goes up to 84 percent, the ambient temperature range has been increased to 105°C and the isolation voltage is 3 kV (for 60 seconds). Like some of its predecessors, this power module ha
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    Date:
    02/08/2024
    How Teachers Make Ethical Judgments When Using AI in the Classroom

    Researchers at the USC Center for Generative AI and Society and the USC Rossier School of Education investigated teachers’ perspectives on ethics around AI for the first report to be published by the center.

    How Teachers Make Ethical Judgments When Using AI in the Classroom
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    ­A teacher’s gender and comfort with technology factor into whether artificial intelligence is adopted in the classroom, as shown in a new report from the USC Center for Generative AI and Society. The study, “AI in K-12 Classrooms: Ethical Considerations and Lessons Learned,” explores how teach
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    Date:
    02/08/2024
    ­PI introduces InnoSwitch5 offline flyback switcher IC

    ­PI introduces InnoSwitch5 offline flyback switcher IC

    ­PI introduces InnoSwitch5 offline flyback switcher IC
      The single-chip switcher achieves over 95 percent efficiency with a novel secondary-side control scheme which achieves zero-voltage switching (ZVS) without a dedicated and costly additional high voltage switch. The new IC, which features a 750 V or a 900 V PowiGaN™ primary switch, primary-side contr
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    Date:
    02/08/2024
    High Voltage GaN Transistors for Speed and Efficiency

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    Figure 1: Doped silicon transistor cross section compared to GaN HEMT

    High Voltage GaN Transistors for Speed and Efficiency
    Kengo Ohmori, Technical Product Marketing Manager, ROHM Semiconductors USA

    The high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is a relative newcomer in the world of mass-produced power switching devices.  Unlike its traditional doped Silicon counterpart, HEMTs are heterojunction devices built using two semiconductor materials with distinct bandgap voltages.  First demonstrated in the late 19
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    Date:
    02/04/2024
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