Tech Talk

January 2023

Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior Vice President of Global Service & EMEA and APAC Business at Mouser

A Distributor’s View of the Industry, 2023 with Mouser

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Last year we invited Mark Burr-Lonnon from Mouser to give us some insight on how the company saw the year ahead. The article proved popular with our readership, and in hindsight it turned out pretty accurate. With that in mind, we’ve decided to invite Mark to look into his crystal ball again and g

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Date:

01/31/2023

Ding Yandoc led the team who developed LFPAK packaging

20 years of LFPAK technology

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Up until relatively recently, the packaging of power semiconductors was not high on the list of priorities when designing products. However, the continuing need to fit more power into smaller footprints has meant that situation has changed, and the specifications of the packaging have become almost as

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Date:

01/24/2023

Microstructure and elemental mapping (silicon, oxygen and sulfur) of porous sulfur-containing interlayer after 500 charge-discharge cycles in lithium-sulfur cell

Lithium-sulfur technology comes closer to challenging Li-ion

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Batteries are the hottest topic in the technology field. Many chemistries are being investigated to try either replace the Li-ion batteries we use today, or to provide a solution for an individual application and save on the amount of lithium that is extracted. Although none of the research has really come to f

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Date:

01/17/2023

A large lens concentrates sunlight onto the water-splitting catalyst. Outdoors, the device was ten times more efficient than previous efforts at solar water splitting.

Raising Green Hydrogen Extraction Efficiency

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The single biggest problem currently with renewable energy is that the sources are not consistent or predictable. A cloudy or windless day and less energy is generated, and the power grid has to be supplemented by other means. Most of these other ways of generating power, such as coal, oil and natural gas are major co

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Date:

01/10/2023

Matthias Feulner, Senior Director ADAS at NXP Semiconductors

Small RADAR Solution Enhances Vehicle Safety

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

There are many other advancements happening in vehicles in parallel with the move to electrification. Consumers are demanding more features that enhance the vehicle’s safety and comfort, as well as providing greater infotainment options. Those features include monitoring the performance and environment of

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Date:

01/06/2023