5.5MHz precision dual op-amps for automotive use

Diodes has used post-package trimmig to hone a 25μV maximum offset 9.5nV√Hz (1kHz) noise dual op amp with 5.5MHz bandwidth. Called AS2376Q, the device is intended for filtering and control, particularly in automotive applications – it is qualified AEC-Q100 Grade 1 and has automotive-grade supporting PPAPs. Both input and output are rail-to-rail, and operation is ...

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Yangtze Memory CEO reported to have resigned

Yang Shining (pictured) the CEO of Yangtze Memory (YMTC) is reported by DigiTimes to have resigned for personal reasons. Yang was once described as a ‘genius’ by Zhao Weiguo the former chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup which owns YMTC. Zhao was detained by the Chinese authorities in July for investigation. Yang has had a distinguished semiconductor ...

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Ionics replace electronics in an analogue 16 x 16 multiplier

Harvard scientists have managed to create a processing circuit usign ionics rather than electronics. Working with biotech start-up DNA Script, they designed an ionic transistor which consists of an aqueous solution of quinone molecules, interfaced with two concentric ring electrodes with a centre disc electrode (see photo). The ring electrodes electrochemically lower and tune the local ...

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SiFive has licenses C++ library for Risc-V

IC intellectual property company SiFive has licensed Segger’s emRun++ C++ library for Risc-V, a library optimised for GCC/LLVM-based tool chains and embedded systems, based on the emRun and emFloat runtime and floating-point libraries. This follows on from last year, when SiFive licensed Segger’s emRun C runtime library for use in its Risc-V IDE and Tool ...

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STM starts parallel ‘unofficial’ GitHub for less formal code

STMicroelectronics has started a second STM32 entry on GitHub alongside its official STM32 GitHub for the microcontroller family. Called STM32 Hotspot, it “contains non-productised code created by ST’s in-house engineers, originally written for purposes such as exhibition demonstrations and proof-of-concept models. Code examples like these would typically not be shared outside ST,” according to the ...

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2817 SMD foil-on-ceramic resistor range extended up to 100mΩ

Stackpole has extended its CSRF2817 range of surface-mount foil-on-ceramic resistors up to 100mΩ – it continues to reach down to 3mΩ. “For devices that need somewhat higher resistance values, high current handling, low temperature coefficient and high stability, finding cost effective solutions can be challenging,” according to the company. “Film type resistors will not have ...

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August Korean chip output down 1.7%; inventories rising

Korean chip production fell 1.7% in August y-o-y after a  17.3% rise  in July, according to  Statistics Korea. It is the first fall in output since January 2018. Inventories increased  67.3% in August while factory  shipments fell 20.4%. DRAM prices fell 18% iin Q3 and NAND is expected to fall up to 13-20% in Q4.

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Vision Fund may cut 30% of employees

Arm’s owner SoftBank is in the process of laying off Vision Fund employees and is expected to cut at least 30% of its total staff, reports Bloomberg. At least 150 out of 500 employees will be laid off, says the report, after the fund made a $23 billion loss. The fund is headquartered in London. ...

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NRO announces commercial contracts for space-based RF data intelligence

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is responsible for space-based intelligence, has awarded six study contracts around commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. The six companies involved are Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab. The organisation – an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, which develops and ...

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1.2A stepper driver in 4x4mm package needs no external sense resistor

Toshiba has launched an 4 x 4mm QFN24 stepper motor driver that can run from 4.5 to 33V and deliver up to 1.2A. Typical on-resistance of the output block is 1.2Ω. “It is well suited for constant-current control stepper motor applications including those found in office automation, commercial and industrial equipment. It is also suited for ...

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The Most Digitally Competitive Countries

IMD has come up with its annual list of the most digitally competitive countries. Here they are: Denmark USA Sweden Singapore Switzerland Netherlands Finland Korea Hong Kong Canada Taiwan Norway UAE Australia Israel UK China Austria Germany Estonia Iceland France Belgium Ireland Lithuania Qatar New Zealand Spain Japan Luxembourg Malaysia Bahrain Czech Republic Latvia Saudi ...

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DASA launches competition for Morello/CHERI within Defence and Security

The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a £1.5 million competition to trial the CHERI security architecture in a defence and security context. CHERI stands for Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions, and it addresses memory safety issues and enables fine grain protection of applications. For its part, DASA is seeking proposals to experiment ...

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Photo relays for battery management systems

Panasonic’s PhotoMOS HE relay series offers 5kV I/O isolation and an increased clearance and creepage distance on output side, plus miniature 1-Form-A DIP5 packaging, making it a suitable switching device for Battery Management Systems (BMS) in storage systems, charging stations, and numerous other high voltage measurement and infrastructure control applications.  “These devices extend the load ...

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Moulded SiC power modules for on-board vehicle chargers

Onsemi has announced three silicon carbide power modules for 800V 11 – 22kW on-board charging and high-voltage dc-dc converiosn in electric vehicles  – all in transfer moulded packaging, claimed to be a first. “Our modules employ the latest SiC technology to minimise losses and overall system volume, allowing designers to meet charging efficiency and space ...

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Perovskite solar to shine at Cambridge Symposium

A two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cell with 24.1% power conversion efficiency and over 2V open-circuit voltage will be amongst the state-of-the-art perovskite research revealed in late October at the Cavendish Laboratory’s third Cambridge Cluster Tool symposium. Fine control of halide content in the cell is used to widen the bandgap, a self-assembling mono-layer is used ...

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Hauser slams Kwarteng

Hermann Hauser (pictured) has slammed Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for being ‘financially undereducated’. “The UK in particular is in this very stormy period of having a financially undereducated chancellor, who goes by neoliberal ideology rather than rational decision making so that doesn’t help,”  Hauser told the Bloomberg Technology Summit in London. Hauser was saying that the ...

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MEMS oscillators for ADAS

SiTime is sampling  a MEMS- based automotive differential oscillator family for ADAS. According to the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium, a vehicle generates 2 TB per hour today, increasing 10x to 20 TB per hour by 2025. ADAS sensor data must be transferred at very high speeds within the in-car network. The SiT9396/7 precision timing products are ...

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CAN bus LED controller for automotive lighting

STMicroelectronics has used the ‘CAN FD Light’ protocol in a 32-channel automotive lighting controller. “With 32 regulated current sources, independently programmable from 1mA to 15mA, L99LDLH32 can drive individual pixels in external and interior lighting applications. Global dimming is also provided, with 8-bit resolution,” according to the company, whose data sheet said that it is ...

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Arduino shield combines many sensors for data fusion development

Aiming at sensor fusion application development, Rutronik has created a single Arduino-compatible board with a plethora of sensors from Infineon, Bosch SE and Sensirion. Called ‘RAB1 – Sensorfusion’, “the board offers its own platform that allows machine learning based sensor fusion,” according to the company. “Thanks to the components and the possible intelligent combination of ...

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High-power E-band transceiver for 5G xHaul

Filtronic has announced an E-band transceiver for carrier-grade 5G back-haul, mid-haul and front-haul, together known as xHaul. Called Morpheus X2 and designed to work at 71 – 76GHz and 81 – 86GHz, it offers +23dBm linear transmit power, 3dB higher than the company’s earlier Morpheus II product, from the same 90 x 80mm footprint. “This ...

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Novel topology aims to replace LLC PFCs in PSUs and charging

Cambridge-based start-up Pulsiv is aiming to replace LLC front-ends in ac-dc power supplies with a proprietary design which “can be combined with commodity fly-back DC-DC converters to displace higher-cost LLC solutions”, it claims. According to the company, it has demonstrated a universal input single-switch 150W fly-back power supply design that delivers 97.5% average (99.5% peak, ...

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Arm appoints new CFO to prepare for listing

Yesterdays Arm appointed Splunk’s CFO Jason Child (pictured) as its new CFO as the company prepares for its public listing. Child will join Arm on November 2  and lead the company’s global finance and IT organisations, reporting to CEO Renee Haas.  “Jason is an experienced leader in global finance and technology,” said Haas, “his extensive ...

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Classiq expands Series B from $36m to $49m

Classiq, the Tel Aviv quantum computing software developer, has expanded its Series B round from $36 million to $49 million after an investment by Canadian-Israeli VC Awz Ventures. Along with significantly growing its R&D team—(to increase from 50 to 100 workers in 2023), the firm also announced near-term growth in Japan and Europe, opening local ...

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DFT for 3D and 2.5D ICs

Siemens Digital Industries Software has introduced the Tessent Multi-die software solution, which helps customers  speed and simplify critical design-for-test (DFT) tasks for next-generation ICs based on 2.5D and 3D architectures. As demand for smaller, more power efficient and higher performing ICs continues to challenge the global IC design community, next-generation devices increasingly feature complex 2.5D ...

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UK Space Agency backs Clearspace, Astroscale for debris removal missions

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is backing Clearspace and Astroscale to design missions to help clear hazardous space junk. The contracts – worth £4 million – have been awarded following the completion of a feasibility study of the CLEAR mission to remove two UK-registered derelict objects from low Earth orbit. A consortium – led by ...

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USB4 v2.0 offers 80Gbit/s through USB Type-C cables

USB Promoter Group has announced USB4 Version 2.0, which will enable up to 80Gbit/s through USB Type-C cables and connectors. The associated specification is due before USB DevDays in November. It will deliver “up to 80Gbit/s operation based on a new physical layer architecture, using existing 40Gbit/s USB Type-C passive cables and newly-defined 80Gbit/s USB ...

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LoRa, GNSS and cloud service on Arduino MKR-style module for 15km range IoT

Move-X is aiming at tracking applications that need meter-level accuracy and a long-range battery-powered wireless connection with a module that is physically compatible with Arduino’s 63mm long MKR boards. Called Cicerone, it is built around u-blox’ MAXM10S GNSS (sat nav) receiver module and Move-X’ MAMWLE LoRa transceiver module, which has a Semtech SX126x inside. “This ...

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Intel chooses Vigasio for its European packaging plant

Intel has picked Vigasio, near Verona, in Italy’s north east region of Veneto to be the site of its new European packaging plant according to Reuters. The plant will cost €4.5 billion and is expected to employ 1,500 direct jobs and create 3,500 indirect jobs. It is due to come online in 2025-7. The Vigasio ...

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TIA IC accommodates 50 Gbit/s NRZ and 100 Gbit/s PAM-4 modulation.

Researchers from IDLab (an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Nokia Bell Labs have presented the first upstream linear burst-mode transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip that accommodates 50 Gbit/s NRZ and 100 Gbit/s PAM-4 modulation. The chip enables optical line terminals (OLTs) to cope with upstream packets’ varying signal ...

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DRAM demand weakens as suppliers look to increase share

As DRAM demand weakens, DRAM suppliers are looking to increase their market share with cases of “consolidated Q3/Q4 price negotiations” or “negotiating quantity before pricing” expected to deliver  an acceleration of Q4 ASP decline to 13-18%, says TrendForce. PC OEMs are de-stocking but a rising market penetration of higher-priced DDR5 to 13-15% in Q4 will ...

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Open Cosmos plans Open Constellation to mutualise climate change data

Open Cosmos, the British space company, has announced the Open Constellation project, which is described as a shared satellite infrastructure. It will be built and managed by Open Cosmos with the aim to provide data to address challenges around climate change. Essentially, entities that contribute satellites to the constellation gain access to the wider data. ...

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Test PCIe 6.0 (Base) receivers, including stressed eye measurement

Tektronix has tied up with Anritsu to create a tester for PCIe 6.0 (Base) receivers. “PCIe receiver validation is notoriously difficult due to the sensitivity of calibrating the stressed eye signal across a high loss channel,” according to Tektronix. The “receiver test solutions provide confidence that designs are thoroughly tested at the required bit error ...

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International Cyber Expo in London next week

The International Cyber Expo is next week in London. “Cyber security vendors will rub shoulders with the decision-makers in the sector,” according to the IASME Consortium. “Heads of information security from enterprises, government, critical national infrastructure and public sector organisations will connect in person again to hear about the latest innovations and solve critical cyber ...

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Waterproof side-actuated tact switch

C&K has added an IP67 waterproof side-actuated tactile push button to its PTS645V series. “From power tools to instrumentation, smart meters and smart home control panels to communication networks, and home security to factory automation systems, the IP67 tactile switch is versatile and can be customised to application needs,” according to the company. Part numbers ...

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Dual redundant magnetic angle sensor for power steering

Alps Alpine is aiming at safety redundancy, particularly in vehicle power steering, with a pair of magnetic angle sensors on two separate die inside the same package, positioned to share the same external magnet. “Redundancy design is increasingly a requirement for automobile driving systems,” according to the company. “The use of multiple sensors was once ...

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Modelling grid effects of electric vehicle charging in the next decade

Researchers at Stanford University have modelled over-night home charging of electric vehicles and predict that it is not the correct strategy, for the Western US, at least. Simulation is based on a model, revealed in March, for charging demand that can be applied to different human populations under different conditions. In a demonstration, they have ...

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Prophesee raises €50m Series C

Prophesee, the French neuromorphic vision startup, hss raised a  €50 million C Series round with new investment from Prosperity7. Prosperity7 Ventures, a fund of  Saudi Aramco, joined Sinovation, Xiaomi, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 360 Capital, iBionext, and the European Investment Bank in the round. Prophesee has now raised $127 million since its founding ...

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Siemens Digital and UMC develop 3D IC technologies

Siemens Digital Industries Software and UMC are to develop and implement a new multi-chip 3D IC planning, assembly validation and parasitic extraction (PEX) workflow for UMC’s wafer-on-wafer and chip-on-wafer technologies. UMC plans to soon offer this new flow to customers. By stacking silicon die or chiplets on top of each other in a single packaged device, ...

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NXP and Elektrobit hook up on HVBMS software

NXP and Elektrobit are to co-develop the software platform that supports NXP’s high-voltage battery management system (HVBMS) reference design. Using Elektrobit’s Classic AUTOSAR tooling and software, the new software platform of the HVBMS reference design eases the development of HVBMS architectures for electric vehicles (EVs) by abstracting the communication and controlling interactions between the BMS ...

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Anchor ready for 300kW wave energy buoy

The first anchor has been installed for CorPower’s 9m diameter 300kW C4 wave power converter. The custom anchor, dubbed Umack, has been installed 4km off the coast of northern Portugal at Aguçadoura, where the giant buoy will be part of the HiWave-5 wave power demonstration project. C4 generates power by bobbing up and down along ...

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Transparent power conductor hi-fi demo at Light+Building

Zytronic will be demonstrating is ElectroglaZ high-current transparent conductor technology using this hi-fi (right) at Light + Building in Frankfurt. The hi-fi system is intended to show “how the technology can simultaneously power a set of floating Bluetooth speakers and an LCD”, according to the company. “In addition, the system integrates Zytronic’s projected capacitive touch ...

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130W single-stage ac-dc fly-back controller for battery charging

Infineon has introduced an ac-dc controller IC for battery charging up to 130W. Called ICC80QSG, it is a single-stage PWM controller for fly-back converters, intended to be used with one of the company’s P7 super-junction mosfets as a power switch. As is common amongst similar controllers, multiple modes are used to balance efficiency and EMI ...

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Chip expectations vary

Semiconductor Intelligence (SI) has completed its round-up of the chip scene. The semiconductor market dropped 0.8% in 2Q 2022 versus 1Q 2022, according to WSTS.  The 2Q 2022 decline followed a 0.5% quarter-to-quarter decline in 1Q 2022. The 2Q 2022 revenues of the top 15 semiconductor suppliers match the overall market results, with a 1% ...

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Digi-Key opens Back2School Prize Draw for engineering resources

Digi-Key Electronics has opened its Back2School Prize Draw sweepstake, giving college students a chance to win prizes of real-world engineering tools and resources. The annual prize draw is open to any student with a university or college email address, and entries may be made in the students’ local language. There will be 11 prize giveaways ...

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Functional safety certification for Microchip FPGAs

Microchip has created IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level 3 functional safety certification packages for two of its FPGA containing IC ranges: SmartFusion 2 and Igloo 2. “Systems used in many high-reliability commercial aviation, space, defence, automotive and industrial applications require certification to the IEC 61508 SIL 3 functional safety specification,” according to the company. Package ...

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3A buck converters are I2C-programmable on-the-fly

Halo Microelectronics is aiming at portable systems with dynamic voltage scaling with a pair of 3A synchronous buck converter that can be programmed on-the-fly over I2C for output voltage and output slew rate. Both run from 2.5 to 5.5V, and are available in multiple variants that affect output characteristics. HL7593 can produce 0.600 to 1.394V ...

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DRAM collapses

As the DRAM market deflates, a cyclical downturn looms, says IC Insights. Monthly DRAM sales are  dropping as end-users adjust inventory levels and consumer spending succumbs to inflation/recession pressure. A vigorous DRAM market upturn that started in the last half of 2020 and continued through May 2022 is, by all accounts, over, says IC Insights’ ...

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MathWorks upgrades MATLAB and Simulink

MathWorks has unveiled Release 2022b (R2022b) of the MATLAB and Simulink product families. R2022b introduces two new products and several enhanced features that simplify and automate Model-Based Design for engineers and researchers tasked with delivering product innovations and breakthroughs for their organizations. The global battery management systems market is expected to reach $13.4 billion by 2026. Bloomberg New Energy Finance ...

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Remote IoT land and sea module communicates with space

Astronode S is an RF module from satellite operator Astrocast, intended to be built into land or sea-based battery-powered IoT devices. It is based on an architecture developed by French research lab CEA-Leti, and an IC co-developed with Astrocast to optimise its link budget and power consumption to suit a particular Astrocast’s ground-to-satellite protocol – ...

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Harwin adds male options to 1.5kV 60A Kona connector range

Harwin has added more male options to its Kona high-power compact connector range, rated at 1.5kV and 60A per contact. All the new parts are suited to 8AWG wire. “The new additions are male connectors suitable for use with both standard cable connection and made-to-order cable assemblies,” according to the company. “Engineers can select housings ...

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65A at 600V from finger-flick terminal block

EBY Electro has created a pcb-mount finger-flick terminal block rated at 65A and 600V. Part of a family, EB4220-xx-x01 mounts on a 15mm pitch and is 35 deep and 30mm high – 44mm above-PCB clearance is needed for lever operation. “The stainless steel spring clamp system has a patented ergonomic lever design for finger-friendly, tool-free ...

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Earthquake in Taiwan leaves minimal damage to chip fabs

Last Saturday evening an earthquake magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred in Guanshan Township, Taitung, Taiwan killing one person and injuring three people. Despite derailing a train and causing the collapse of a bridge and several buildings there  are no reports of substantial  damage to semiconductor fabs, says TrendForce, and the worst effect in chip ...

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CDR receiver for data centre optical links

Semtech has announced initial production availability of a Tri-Edge CDR receiver for data centre short-reach (SR) and long-reach (LR) optical links. The Tri-Edge GN2559S is a  PAM4 receiver with quad PAM4 CDRs and integrated linear transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs). The Tri-Edge GN2559S is now in initial production and Semtech will also offer a complete Reference Design Kit ...

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Sponsored Content: Gearing Up for the EV Road Ahead

Reliable, Convenient Fast Charging Will Drive the Future of EV Adoption For consumers in developed nations, lifestyle convenience is ingrained. We don’t know what it’s like not to have access to necessities – food, water, clothing, housing and transportation – not to mention luxuries. When it comes to dependency on automotive transportation that, too, is ...

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Another Big Fund exec under investigation

The toll being extracted for the failure of the Big Fund, China’s attempt to get leading edge chip technoligy, has claimed another victim. Ren Kai, vp at  Sino IC Capital which managed the Big Fund,  has been was put under  investigation by the authorities, reports the Nikkei, to bring the number of execs under investigation ...

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VCSEL market doubles in four years to $840m

By 2022, the VCSEL market has almost doubled compared to 2018, reaching $840 million, says Yole Developpement. Starting in 2023, datacom could regain its supremacy and dominate the VCSEL market for the following five years. VCSEL revenues for datacom are expected to reach $2.1 billion in 2027, while VCSEL revenue for mobile and consumer could ...

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Re-freezing the Poles

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U.S. acquisition of Inmarsat given green light by Jacob Rees-Mogg

Viasat’s planned acquisition of Inmarsat, the satellite service provider – which was first announced in November 2021 – has been given the go-ahead to proceed by the UK government. It has been decided the transaction poses no risk to UK’s national security and can therefore advance towards completion. Previously, the selling of UK technology companies ...

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Industrial development board gets Elkhart Lake processor and 16Gbyte of ram

Industrial PC maker Aaeon has updated its UP Squared development board, putting an Intel Pentium J6426 Elkhart Lake processor into its 85 x 90mm footprint. There is also a Celeron N6210 version. As well as being used for product development, the company expects it to be built into products and bought by makers. “Users can ...

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Nvidia Grace super processor adopts Arm Neoverse V2

Arm’s Neoverse V2 processor is to be the core at the heart of Nvidia’s Grace data centre CPU. With up to 144 of the Arm v9 cores, Grace CPUs (right)  are aimed at supercomputers and cloud computing and will run the company’s software stacks and platforms including RTX, HPC, AI and Omniverse. Error-corrected LPDDR5x memory ...

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CIS market to fall 7%

The CMOS Image Sensor market is stalling, says I C Insights, with Optoelectronics’ biggest product category expected to suffer its first sales decline in 13 years because of a smartphone slump, low camera growth in handsets, and weak global economy, says update report. For most of the last two decades strong growth in CMOS image ...

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Foxconn and Vedanta to invest $19.5bn to build ICs and displays in India

Foxconn and mining company Vedanta are to invest $19.5 billion in manufacturing facilities for chips and displays in India. $11.95 billion will go into the display facility and $7.58 billion into building the fab. Foxconn is responsible for providing the technology and Vedanta, which wants to diversify away from mining, will provide the capital. The ...

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Arm upgrades Neoverse

ARM’s  Neoverse V2 core, Demeter, has been optimised for customer server workloads including the BERT  ML  framework. The flow of the BF16 instruction was tuned to boost performance and the instruction cache for the core is doubled to 2Mbits. Arm has also increased the vector performance of the core with four lanes of 128bit wide ...

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Farnell has record revenue year

Farnell had record-setting fiscal year revenue of $1.8 billion. The strong performance, with full year revenue increasing 20.2% year-over-year, was the result of notable increases in demand from the electronics, energy, security and transportation sectors. Farnell reported Q4 revenues of $442 million and an operating income margin of 14.2%, which was an increase of 597 basis ...

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RFA One gets Boost! for commercial space transportation

The European Space Agency has awarded Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) a contract worth €11.72m as part of the agency’s Boost! commercial space transportation services programme. The German startup is developing a three-stage RFA One orbital launch vehicle – designed to operate at a high cadence – and ESA says it will be partnering with it ...

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12bit oscilloscopes up to 800MHz

Rigol has announced a series of four-channel 12bit oscilloscopes, available in 200 to 800MHz bandwidth version. Called HDO4000, they sample up to 4Gsample/s, have a 100μV/division range, and 250Mpoint of memory (optional 500Mpoint). HDO1000 scopes were announced at the same time, with 70-200MHz bandwidth, two or four channels, 1Gsample/s, 500μV/div and 50Mpoint (100Mpoint option). “Both ...

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Cortex-M0+ automotive MCU with functional safety and cybersecurity

Microchip is aiming to meet ISO 26262 functional safety and new ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity standards with a family of Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontrollers with memory-built-in self-test, secure boot and support for Autosar – the latter an open software architecture that allows lower-level hardware to be changed without changing the original application code. “When using Autosar, Microchip ...

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Improved bidirectional GaN high-side switch

Innoscience has released an improved bi-directional GaN transistor that can replace back-to-back silicon mosfets in high-side switching. Called INN040W048A, it is a 40V bi-directional GaN-on-silicon HEMT with on-state resistance as low as 4.8mΩ, which comes in a 2.1 x 2.1mm WLCSP package. It follows on from the 40V 15A 7.8mΩmax (5.5mΩ typ) 2 x 2mm ...

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IC’s offer Wi-Sun metropolitan coverage and battery-powered Wi-Fi 6

In a flurry of announcements alongside its developer converence, Silicon Labs has revealed a chip set for metropolitan Wi-Sun radio, a low-power IC for battery-powered Wi-Fi 6 links and a hardware-software development kit for Amazon Sidewalk. Wi-Sun For Wi-Sun (which is wireless smart utility network), and proprietary sub-GHz protocols, in cities and other built-up environments, ...

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Marvell upgrades LiquidSecurity

Marvell has launched its LiquidSecurity 2 (LS2) hardware security module (HSM) adapter for enabling encryption, key management, authentication and other HSM services in the cloud. LS2 is a converged security platform for payment, privacy compliance, and general purpose applications, and is powered by a Marvell OCTEON data processing unit (DPU),  claimed to be proven at ...

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Azure LED for ‘human-centric’ lighting

Aiming at so-called circadian lighting, Nichia has introduced an ‘azure’ coloured LED for people to wake up to. “What has been lacking in conventional indoor lighting is 480nm light, which is abundant in the morning sun,” according to the company. “This 480nm light stimulates the secretion of serotonin and activates the human body and mind. ...

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Platform for developing EH PMICs

Trameto, a manufacturer of power management semiconductors for energy harvesting (EH PMICs), has introduced a proof-of-concept platform for evaluating how to generate a reliable micro-power source from ambient light and heat. Called Severn, the compact platform can be used as a prototype because its size and form factor could be adopted for production. An engineering ...

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Plastic connectors for railway applications

For rail use, Smiths Interconnect has created Easy REP, a lower cycle-life variant of its REP connector series. “Today a number of rail and industrial applications do not require high-cycle life as a technical requirement, but still require compliance with the railway standard of 500 cycles and other important qualified features,” according to the company. ...

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9kV PXI and LXI switching modules

Essex-based Pickering Interfaces has launched 9kV switching modules for test use, with PXI or LXI interfaces. The 4x-323 PXI and 65-23x LXI ranges include multiplexers and un-committed SPST switch arrays “enabling complex test setups to be implemented,” according to the company. “Hardware interlock is provided on all models in addition to loop-thru ports on multiplexer ...

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250W 1/16th brick dc-dc converters are tough for vehicles and industry

TDK has introduced 250W 1/16th brick (~36 x 26 x 13mm) non-isolated dc-dc down converters for use in harsh environment. Efficiency is up to 98%, reducing heat dissipation and allowing operation with the case between -40°C to +110°C. Called RGA, they are capable of operating from 9 to 40V, or 9 to 53V. For the ...

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45mm collimators for CoBs in PMMA and PC

Gaggione has produced a family of 45mm collimators for cob (chip-on-board) leds. VEGA45V produces a 50° beam Called Vega, they follow on from its 45mm LLC59 colimators. Like LLC59, Vega collimators will be available in PMMA plastic, but also in polycarbonate. There are eight beam options, some of them compatible with colour mixing or tunable white ...

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30, 60 and 90W DIN rail ac-dc PSUs for industry

Cosel has introduced three DIN rail mount ac-dc power supplies for industrial applications, in three power levels: 30W, 60W or 90W. Intended for rack-mount use, all operate over 85 to 264Vac, and ambients of -20 to +70°C with derating caveats depending on local ventilation. The 30W model, WDA30F, is available in four different output voltage ...

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TT Electronics launches high power high precision chip resistors on AIN ceramic substrate

TT Electronics today announced its TFHP series thin film, high power chip resistors which combines high power and high precision in a single resistor, capitalising on aluminium nitride (AIN) ceramic substrate with nearly six times the conductivity of alumina. This high power density component saves printed circuit board (PCB) area and can boost reliability by ...

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Rubio writes to Tim Cook warning against buying NAND from Yangtze

US Senator Marco Rubio (pictured) has written toTim Cook warning him not to buy NAND flash from Yangtze Memory on pain of being subjected to a congressional investigation. Here is Rubio’s letter: Dear Mr. Cook: I write to express serious concern with recent reports that Apple is considering purchasing NAND chips, or other integral technological ...

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3rd Gen 200V MV MOSFETS for LEVs

Magnachip has introduced its third- generation 200V Medium Voltage (MV) MOSFETs for Light Electric Vehicles (LEV) motor controllers and industrial power supplies. To maximize energy efficiency in power devices, Magnachip’s new 200V MOSFETs incorporate third-generation trench MOSFET technology. The capacitance was reduced by 50% compared to the previous generation 100V MV MOSFET and the enhanced ...

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Prototype tidal turbine tested in the Thames

Kingston University is testing a hydroelectric turbine prototype from a pontoon in the Thames. Developed by Hales Marine Energy near Eastbourne, the aim is to create a turbine that can be used in the sea as well as rivers, sitting on a submergible tank that normally rests on the sea bed, but can be floated ...

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400W S-band power amplifier MMIC

Eindhoven-based Altum RF has created a 400W S-band power amplifier microwave IC (MMIC) with a 50-55% PAE (power added efficiency). Operating between 2.8 and 3.3GHz, it was developed with Netherlands research organisation TNO, which has been working on phased-array high power amplifier research for more that 30 years, according to Altum, and Taiwan’s Win Semiconductors, on ...

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Q2 chip manufacturing equipment sales up 7%

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings rose 7% q-o-q of 2022 and 6% y-o-y to $26.43 billion, says SEMI. The data comes from members of SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ). Following are quarterly billings data in billions of U.S. dollars with q-o-q and y-o-y changes by region: Region 2Q2022 1Q2022 2Q2021 2Q (QoQ) ...

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NEC and Mavenir deploy O-RAN in France

NEC and Mavenir have deployed massive MIMO (mMIMO) on Orange’s 5G standalone (SA) experimental network. Mavenir’s cloud-native Open virtualized Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) software has been deployed on Orange’s cloud infrastructure with NEC’s 32T32R mMIMO active antenna unit (AAU) to deliver high capacity and enhanced coverage. Interoperability between radios and virtualized Distributed Units (vDUs) ...

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Princeps signs Hammond

Princeps, the specialist distributor of obsolete and difficult-to-source electronic, electrical and e-mech components, has signed an distribution agreement with Hammond Manufacturing. Princeps is supplying Hammond’s complete portfolio of electrical enclosures, which can be modified and customised in-house to suit specific customer requirements. Hammond manufactures a huge range of electrical enclosures in metallic and non-metallic materials ...

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Leonardo set to boost apprentices, industrial placements by 50%

Leonardo is highlighting that it is increasing its early careers population in the UK by 50% over the coming year. The aerospace engineering company – with UK electronics sites including Basildon, Edinburgh, Luton and Southampton – says it is planning to hire an additional 300 apprentices, industrial placements and graduate scheme starters in 2023. This ...

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Laser connector system for hyperscale data centres

For hyperscale data centres, Molex has announced a pluggable module for laser sorces, with a cage and blind-mating hybrid optical-electrical connector. It is called Elsis. “Traditional pluggable modules have their optical connections at the user side of the module, creating concerns about eye safety when used with high-power laser sources, such as those planned for ...

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Orolia ruggedises mini rubidium atomic clock

Orolia has introduced a ruggedised version of its mRO-50 miniature (51 x 51 x 20mm) rubidium atomic clock. Called ‘mRO-50 Ruggedized’, its vibration rating has been raised from 4Grms to 7.7Grms (lock retained, MIL-STD-810H method 514.8 annex E – was annex C), and shock raised from 30G to 50G (MIL-STD-202G 11ms half sine) – qualification ...

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Morse Micro raises $140m Series B

Morse Micro from Sydney, Australia, a HaLow Wifi specialist, today announced $140 million  in Series B funding. The round was led by MegaChips Corporation, a leading ASIC and SoC services company based in Japan, with participation from existing investors including Blackbird Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Skip Capital, Uniseed, SpringCapital, Malcolm and Lucy ...

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IONETIC launches battery pack design platform

IONETIC, the  UK EV battery pack start-up specialist,  has launched an EV battery pack design platform, which can cut the development cost and time for automotive manufacturers bringing a new electric vehicle to market. IONETIC claims to offer a blend of cost and customisation to help accelerate battery pack development. It claims its software-based platform ...

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7GHz differential probe matches Rigol’s top-end scope

Rigol has created a 7GHz differential probe to go with the 5GHz DS70000 oscilloscopes that it announced at the begionning of the year. Called PVA8000, the probe also comes in a 3.5GHz variant, and there are single-ended types. Inside is the same ‘Phoenix’ asic that the company designed for the scopes. “As soon as you ...

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Ribbon cables and connectors for space

French connector company Nicomatic has revealed flat flexible cables for space use. “Manufactured from NASA-grade materials, ‘FFCs for Space’ create strong board-to-board connections on PCBs and display boards in electronic equipment, systems and sub-assemblies, linking data and power points in tight areas,” according to the company. It sees them being used in satellites, exploration rovers, ...

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WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 co-existence filters

Johanson Technology had announced surface-mount filters to help Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 co-exist. 5500BP44A0700 (right) comes in a 4.5 x 3.2mm 1812 package and passes 5.1 to 5.8GHz while offering 50dB attenuation to the 6GHz Wi-Fi band. It can handle 3W (CW) and operates over -40 to +85°C 6100BP14A1995 is a 6.1GHz ...

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1,200V SiC T-switch for three-level converters, and a bridge too

STMicroelectronics has released a silicon carbide T-switch module for three-level dc-dc converter topologies (right), and also a single-phase full-bridge. Both are rated at 1.2kV, 75A and contain four of the company’s second-generation 13mΩ SiC mosfets, in its 48 x 57mm Acepack power package which can be press-fitted or soldered. The package (left) has Cu-Al2O3-Cu substrates ...

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3GHz relays stack at high density

Pickering Electronics has announced miniature coaxial reed relays for use up to 3GHz, with the company emphasising low insertion loss (-3dB at 3.16GHz right). Called series 113RF, single-in-line through-hole relays have a 12.5 x 3.7mm footprint and are 6.6 or 8.9mm tall. Pin pitch is 2mm. The single 1 Form A (normally-open) contact can switching ...

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IQE H1 EBITDA up 6%

IQE reported H1 EBITDA of  of £12.3 million up 6% from 2021’s £11.6 million on revenue up 8.4% y-o-y at £86.2 million and an operating loss of £7.4 million compared to the H1 2021 loss of  £1.9 million. Wireless revenue was £46.6 million (H1 2021: £41.6m) up 12.0%. Photonics revenue was £38.5m (H1 2021: £36.4m) ...

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Escatec upgrading EV EMS capabilities

EMS provider, ESCATEC, is upgrading its automotive EMS capabilities to meet the growing demand for electronic sub-systems in electric vehicles EVs. ESCATEC Electronics – the Group’s business unit located in Penang, Malaysia, – is spearheading the drive to expand in the automotive space under the management of Business Unit Manager, Teoh Ban Chong. He is ...

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Sondrel architects the future

At the beginning of a new custom chip development, the most important question is who to partner with to reduce risk and time to market (TTM). Being first to market with a new, innovative chip could be worth millions if it establishes a market-leading position. Last year, Sondrel launched its Architecting the Future series covering ...

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OneWeb takes $229m loss after Russians grab 36 satellites

The Ukraine war has cost OneWeb $229.2 million after the Russians have refused to return 36 OneWeb satellites waiting to be launched from the Baikonur spaceport. OneWeb cancelled the launches after war broke out and will use SpaceX instead. OneWeb has now got 428 satellites in orbit and needs another 220 to complete its 648 ...

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Nanofiltration membrane to recover lithium from used EV batteries

Toray Industries has developed  a nanofiltration membrane to recover lithium from used automotive lithium-ion batteries. Toray is  starting to evaluate the recovery using actual lithium-ion batteries and will accelerate research and technological development to commercialize its approach. The challenge with the mainstream evaporation pond process for lithium production is that the number of high-output locations ...

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Google polishes Flutter toolkit input for version 3.3

Google has announced a further upgrade to Flutter, its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code. The release adds improved support for trackpad input, improved text selection, the capability to understand Scribble handwriting input, more consistent presentation for Windows desktop and support for more Material Design 3 ...

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Plastic die packaging now in Scotland

Alter Technology has started its plastic die packaging line in Strathclyde. “We have set up the UK’s only QFN plastic package semiconductor line, which has a capacity of several million single die QFN-equivalents per year, with plans to go beyond 10 million next year,” said company CEO Stephen Duffy. “While still a long way off ...

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HawkEye 360 eyes tactical RF information for U.S. Army

HawkEye 360 has announced a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). The space-based RF data specialist says that under the CRADA it will “develop and demonstrate new commercial overhead RF-sensing capabilities that could provide relevant tactical support for the warfighter”. SMDC will assist in ...

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Qorvo adds MMIC Ku-K band amplifier

Qorvo’s QPA1724 is a packaged high power MMIC amplifier, Ku-K band, fabricated on Qorvo’s production 0.15 um GaN on SiC process (QGaN15).  QPA1724 is targeted for 17.3 – 21.2 GHz Satcom band.  It provides 20 W of saturated output power with 16 dB of large signal gain while achieving 27% power-added efficiency. To simplify system ...

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Hex-core real-time MCU for automotive domain-oriented drive-train control

STMicroelectronics is aiming at electric vehicle drive-trains and domain-oriented systems with a group of over-the-air updateable microcontrollers announced today “The real-time ‘Stellar P6’ automotive microcontrollers integrate motion-control and energy-management domains with actuation capabilities” for software-defined drive-traction architectures,” said ST automotive v-p Luca Rodeschini. “As the automotive industry begins work on vehicle platforms for model-year 2024, ...

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Gold plated mini slide switches for less-benign environments

C&K has added gold-plated contact versions to three of its miniature slide switch families for enhanced environmental protection, and enhanced switching for low-energy circuits. “Whether end-products are exposed to damp air or sulphide-containing environments, gold plating decreases the potential risk of electrical short circuits due to the age of plating with dendrite growth caused by ...

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