Tact push button is five million cycle and IP40 rated

C&K has created long operation life versions of its 12 x 12mm PTS125 tactile switch range, in through-hole and surface-mount versions, with a new selection of plungers. “With the growing demand in long lasting instrumentation and machinery, the PTS125 has had to be improved to fit industry needs,” said C&K product manager Daisy Liu. “Flexibility ...

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Downbeat forecast from Intel

Intel’s  $18.35 billion Q1 revenue beat expectations though down 7% y-o-y. Gross margin was 50.4% down from 55.2%. “We expect the industry will continue to see challenges until at least 2024 in areas like capacity and tool availability,”  Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told the earnings call. PC chip revenue of $9.29 billion  was down 13% ...

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Bosch buys Arioso Systems

Bosch is buying Arioso Systems of Dresden,. “The planned acquisition of Arioso Systems further enlarges our sensing solutions expertise for consumer electronics in the field of micro speakers,”  explains Dr. Stefan Finkbeiner, CEO at Bosch Sensortec. Arioso Systems which emerged from the Fraunhofer IPMS and research activities at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg in 2019, is a ...

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Rohm and Delta hook up for GaN development

 Rohm and  Delta Electronics, the power supply manufacturer, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and mass produce GaN power devices. The aim is to develop 600V breakdown voltage GaN power devices optimised for a wide range of power supply systems. Rohm has already established a mass production system for 150V GaN HEMTsfeaturing an ...

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Two-brained Lord appointed as UK Space Agency Chair

The UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has appointed Lord David Willetts as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board. Willetts has previously served as Minister for Universities and Science, and held Chair and Board positions across the space and science sector. For example, he was Chair of the British Science Association, member of the Space ...

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Spectrum adds support for Nvidia Clara AGX

Spectrum Instrumentation has added driver support for the Nvidia Clara AGX computing architecture for AI medical instruments. This means that Spectrum’s digitiser boards (ADCs), arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) and digital IO cards can be used with Clara AGX (right) for electronic signal acquisition and the generation of analogue and digital signals. “The Nvidia Clara AGX ...

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Superconducting diode made reality

Unidirectional superconductivity without a magnetic fields is possible, according to the technical university of Delft. The proof-of-concept uses a van der Waals heterostructure with 2D materials: NbSe2 – Nb3Br8 – NbSe2, and is superconducting on one direction, and normally-conducting in the other. Compared with the semiconductor diode, “superconductors never had an equivalent of this one-way idea ...

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Elektra Awards 2022 open for entries

The Elektra Awards 2022 have officially opened for entries with a mission to once again highlight and celebrate the brightest and best technical and business achievements in the UK and European electronics market. This year’s entry deadline is Thursday 14 July, giving time to gather the information and ideas to enter your company, your products ...

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ESA’s Space Environment Report deems space usage unsustainable

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its 2022 Space Debris Environment Report, an annual summary of the state of space. The report finds that humans’ behavior in space is improving but is still unsustainable in the long term. Specifically, while technology improves our ability to spot and track smaller fragments of space debris, not ...

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Spartan migration competition

element14 has announced the “7 Ways to Leave Your Spartan-6” FPGA competition to help teach element14 Community members about the migration from the Spartan-6 to the Spartan-7 FPGA amid current parts shortages. element14 community members will have time till July 7, 2022 to play along in the competition to win prizes including a Samsung Galaxy Book ...

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Toshiba adds to MCUs

Toshiba has started mass production of 21 40nm MCUs in the M3H group of  the TXZ+ Family Advanced Class. The M3H group includes an ARM Cortex-M3 core running at speeds up to 120MHz, integrated 512kB (max.) code flash, and 32kB data flash memory with 100k write cycle endurance as well as 64kB of RAM. The chips ...

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Smart current sensor links to PCs and PLCs

Danisense has launched a smart version of its residual current monitor. Called SRCMH070IB+, it has a USB connection to allow residual currents to be analysed in detail on a PC using Windows-based software. Oscilloscope and FFT frequency analysis is available (right). The product is complaint with the updated norm IEC62020-1. “This means that it can used for ...

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Agile Analog recruits for Edimburgh office

Cambridge-based analogue building block intellectual property company Agile Analog is to establish an engineering team in Edinburgh. “Our Edinburgh office will increase capabilities in analogue design, digital design, software and hardware to support increased customer activities and company growth,” said Agile chairman Pete Hutton (right). “Scotland is a worldwide centre of excellence in semiconductor engineering ...

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TI adds to glut fears

Following the fall in GPU prices which sent Nvidia and AMD shares tumbling, TI has now raised fears that analogue ICs could be headed the same way. TI announced that its Q2  revenues and profits will be below market analysts’ expectations. “TI’s second quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $4.20 billion to ...

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Semi consolidation sees top ten with 57% market share

The top ten 10 Companies now hold  57% semiconductor  global market share, says IC Insights. In 2021, five of the top 10 semiconductor companies were fabless suppliers.  In 2008, there was one fabless company in the ranking; in 2000, there were none, says IC Insights’ 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022.  It presents an analysis of ...

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Silicon Valley ‘kind of overrated’ says New York Governor

Wolfspeed  has opened a 200mm SiC fab in Mohawk Valley, Marcy, New York. “There’s a little place far, far away called Silicon Valley. You ever hear of that? Yeah, it’s kind of overrated. I want to be the first to welcome you to ‘Silicon Carbide Valley,’ because this is the future,” said New York Governor, ...

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SAR specialist Capella Space raises $97m Series C

Capella Space, a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite data specialist, has announced a $97m Series C financing round, which was led by NightDragon and existing investors DCVC and Cota Capital. Capella says it will use the funding to expand its analytics and integrate “intelligent data offerings” within its Capella Console. For example, recently Capella launched ...

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Digi-Key signs RFX

Digi-Key has signed a global distribution agreement with RFX Group and carry RFX’s range of precision low phase noise OCXOs and PLL Oscillators. A previous recipient of a ‘Queen’s Award for Innovation’, RFX’s products are used in a multitude of worldwide applications including GPS Satellite Navigation Systems, Satellite Positioning Systems, Mobile Telephone Base Stations, System ...

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Space saving ac-dc converter brick by Cincon is available from Relec

Where fanless operation is required, the Cincon PDF700 series ac-dc modular brick can save space, with a baseplate-cooled package design. The converter is available from Relec Electronics. There are five full-sized brick converters in the range. Each offers 700W of output power and output voltages of 12, 24, 28, 48, 56Vdc derived from a universal, ...

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Arm adds to IoT portfolio

Arm has added to its Total Solutions for IoT portfolio by launching the Arm Cortex-M85 processor and by expanding Arm Virtual Hardware to more platforms, including third party  devices, to make the development process more accessible. Total Solutions is is based on Arm Corstone – a pre-integrated, pre-verified IP subsystem that freessilicon designers to focus ...

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Electric vehicle per-cell battery management from Infineon

Infineon has introduced a chipset to implement its take on electric vehicle battery stack monitoring, using a combination of capacitive and transformer coupling to get cell charge-state data safely across the hundreds of volts present. There are two chips: TLE9012DQU, the Li-ion battery monitoring and balancing IC, which can handle up to 12 cells in series, ...

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Imec ramps up High-NA patterning development

Imec has made significant progress in preparing the High-NA patterning ecosystem for the imec-ASML Joint High-NA Lab, which will be centred around the first 0.55NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography prototype tool. Advances are reported in developing patterning and etch processes, in screening new resist and underlayer materials, in improving metrology and in photomask technology. “Imec is ...

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Taiwan has 26% of world chip revenues

Taiwan had a 26% market share of semiconductor revenue in 2021, says TrendForce, second only to the US. The island’s IC design and packaging & testing industries account for a 27% and 20% global market share, ranking second and first in the world, respectively. Taiwan accounts for 64% of the foundry market with TSMC possessing ...

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SiC market to be worth $6.3bn in 2027

The SiC device market will reach $6.3 billion in 2027, says Yole Developpement. The 809V EV is the answer to fast charging and, with more 800V EVs coming, SiC is expected to grow quickly.  The IDM business model is the one chosen by leading players to supply devices, especially power modules.  ST is the leading ...

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AFRL opens its Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking competition

The U.S. Air and Space Force has opened registration for its third annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat 3. A satellite hacking competition with a chance to win one of ten $10,000 cash prizes. The idea is that the ethical challenge encourages security researchers to focus their skills on solving the cybersecurity challenges of space systems. ...

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2022 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

The Queens Awards for Enterprise have been announce, and Electronics Weekly has taken a look through to find companies in electronics and related industry. Please forgive any omissions – hundreds of companies have won awards and, not all are described clearly – do comment below if you know of a company that has been missed ...

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low-jitter oscillators in 2 x 2.5mm

Diodes is claiming “the world’s smallest crystal oscillator family” for the 2 x 2.5mm UF252 series. These are LVPECL output devices which come in 2.5V and 3.3V supply versions all with low jitter to suit them to high performance equipment. Maximum (RMS) phase jitter can be as low as 0.07ps (3.3V, 156.25MHz, 12kHz-20MHz offset, 0.05ps typical) ...

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Intel scales up qubit fabrication

Researchers at Intel and QuTech – consisting of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) –  have created silicon qubits at scale at Intel’s D1 manufacturing factory in Hillsboro, Oregon. The result is a process that can fabricate more than 10,000 arrays with several silicon-spin qubits ...

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NewSpace India rescues OneWeb satellite launches

OneWeb has agreed a satellite launch programme with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) to help complete its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. The Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), located in Sriharikota and operated by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is expected to see the first launch OneWeb later this year. The site will serve as an alternative to ...

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IEEE VLSI Symposium 2022 in Hawaii

The newly merged 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium on Technology & Circuits is organized around the theme: “Technology & Circuits for the Critical Infrastructure of the Future.” The five-day hybrid event, combining both live sessions onsite at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, as well as on-demand access to selected presentations, is scheduled from June 12 – 17, ...

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Farnell launches Innovation Experts e-book

Farnell has launched ‘The Innovation Experts’ eBook which features interviews with experts on the future of instrumentation for test, measurement, and related technologies. The eBook, which is free to download, shares the views of leading global manufacturers on the future of instrumentation for test, measurement, and related technologies. The eBook provides unique insights for professional ...

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Rare earth magnet uses less neodynium

Grade 42 commercial magnet performance (see graph) can be achieved with ~30% less neodymium than before, according to the Korea Institute of Materials Science. More of the less costly rare-earth cerium is the answer, but performing this substitution has been proving difficult. “In order to develop a neodymium-reduced permanent magnet, the content of cerium has ...

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80dB PSRR LDO has switchable current limits: 1A or 500mA

Diode’s AP7368 is an LDO with a selectable maximum output current of either 500mA or 1A, “allowing designs to optimise for the required output loads and thereby mitigating thermal or protection issues. Current fold-back is included, to 60mA for low-current mode and 110mA for high-current mode, to alleviates thermal shut-down cycling during short-circuit fault conditions, and to ...

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US Congressmen protest about sale of Newport Wafer Fab

 Nine members of the US House of Representatives have protested about the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to the Chinese company Wingtech – the owner of Nexperia. “The UK is a valued ally of the United States, and we hope it will decide to change course,” the congressmen wrote in a letter to President Joe ...

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Capacity to grow 8.7%this year but capacity utilisation will be 93%

Wafer capacity will grow 8.7% this year as 10 new fabs enter production, says IC Insights’ Update to the 2022 McLean Report, but strong unit growth will keep industry capacity utilisation at 93% in 2022. Over the past five years annual wafer start growth rates have ranged from -4.7% in 2019 to 19.0% growth in ...

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VIAVI tester for Rakuten O-vRAN network

Rakuten, the virtualised O-vRAN network operator, will use the VIAVI TM500 Network Tester to validate inter-operability of  O-RAN network components. The principal objective is to maximize resolution of any issues in the lab in order to accelerate deployment at scale, and it has been designed to simulate a citywide network.  O-RAN is taking off with ...

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NaviMoon satnav receiver faces integration testing for farside of the Moon

A test version of a special satellite navigation receiver – to be carried on the Lunar Pathfinder craft being built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to provide a commercial link between Earth and the Moon – has been delivered for integration testing, reports the European Space Agency. The NaviMoon satnav receiver is due to perform ...

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Adapter board ensures security for IIoT

Communication with all established Fieldbus systems and industrial Ethernet networks for a secure industrial IoT is provided by the HMS Anybus adapter board from Rutronik System Solutions.   It enables connectivity with networks using secure communication standards such as OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) and MQTT (message queuing telemetry transport) and has integrated ...

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No slackening in demand for litho tools

Demand for chip manufacturing equipment is showing no sign of weakening, says ASML CEO Peter Wennink. “We’re just looking at the data points, they just point to a market that is significantly short of semiconductor manufacturing capacity. This year and next year,” said Wennink yesterday on the company’s Q1 results call. “Currently we see no ...

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Transmissive Metasurface redirects cellular signals

Kyocera has developed a Transmissive Metasurface technology that can redirect wireless network signals in a specific direction to improve the coverage area and performance of 5G and eventually 6G networks. The Transmissive Metasurface will help deliver high-frequency millimeter-wave 5G and 6G to places where communication is impossible due to obstacles, expanding service areas beyond the ...

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Digi-Key hosts Fireside Chat on benefits of going digital

Digi-Key Electronics is hosting an informal live event with with MacroFab, entitled “Digital Solutions: A Live Fireside Chat”, on the benefits of using direct, digital communication (APIs, EDIs and Punchouts). The virtual event will feature speakers from Digi-Key and MacroFab who will discuss, for example, the benefits of using APIs to connect directly with electronic ...

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Renesas adds to clock buffers and multiplexers

Renesas is offering 11 new clock buffers and 4 new multiplexers. The devices, which also support and provide extra margin for PCIe Gen5 implementations. The PCIe Gen6 standard supports data rates of 64 GT/s while requiring  clock jitter performance of less than 100fs RMS. The RC190xx clock buffers and RC192xx multiplexers have PCIe Gen6 additive ...

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NexWafe raises €39m

NexWafe, the Freiburg solar photovoltaic specialist, has had a Series C investment round which takes its total funding to  €39 million. The money will be used to complete product and technology development for NexWafe’s solar photovoltaic products on a prototype line. NexWafe is creating a process to develop and produce monocrystalline silicon wafers directly from inexpensive raw ...

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Loch Fyne aquaculture R&D centre

Agri-EPI Centre and  aquaculture specialist Otter Ferry Seafish (OFS) with funding from Innovate UK, have opened the Marine Aquaculture and Innovation Centre (MAIC) on Loch Fyne to offer fully serviced research and development facilities to aquaculture producers and technology providers. The MAIC comprises a series of replicated small and large land-based tanks, located indoors under ...

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Cadence fluid modelling software gets new flow solver

Following on from acquiring Numeca and Pointwise, Cadence Design Systems has introduced suite of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for vertical markets including automotive, turbomachinery, marine and aerospace. Called Fidelity, it “introduces a next-generation flow solver featuring high-order numerics, scale-resolving simulations and massive hardware acceleration”, according to Cadence. Included are specialised flow solvers for marine ...

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AMD ramps up security for Ryzen Pro 6000 laptop processors

AMD has released more information on its Ryzen 6000 Pro series of processors for laptops, with eight 6nm ‘Zen 3+’ cores and RDNA 2 graphics. Much of the announcement was around increased performance and longer battery life when running Microsoft office and videoconferencing software, but there was also significant emphasis on cybersecurity provisions. “We saw new ...

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117dB audio amplifier uses Class-G output stage

STMicroelectronics is using Class-G analogue audio technology to create 117dB S/N ratio, >117dB dynamic range (A-weighted), automotive amplifier. Class-G amplifiers are similar to traditional Class-AB amplifiers except that, to increase electrical efficiency, the output devices are supplied from a low voltage rail when output signals are small, and a higher voltage rail during loud passages. In ...

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Advantest joins Open Invention Network for Linux cooperation

Automated test equipment maker Advantest has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) patent non-aggression community. OIN’s community, according to the Network, agrees non-aggression in patents in core Linux and adjacent open source technologies by royalty-free cross-licensing of Linux patents to one another. Patents owned by the Network are similarly licensed royalty-free to any organisation that ...

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Lifecycle security and Trustzone management for Renesas RA MCUs

Segger has tied up with Renesas to add DLM (device lifecycle management) and Trustzone partitioning during mass production for Renesas’ Arm Cortex-M33 based RA4 and RA6 microcontrollers. The new features are additions to Segger’s ‘Flasher’ line of in-circuit programmers, and are available to owners of existing Flashers as a software update with “no charge, no ...

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China’s Q1 IC output down 4.1%

Q1 semiconductor production in China fell 4.1%, reports China’s National Bureau of Statistics. In March alone, production fell 5.1%. Production was hit by Covid-induced lock-downs, most recently in Shanghai. The Q1 fall was the largest since Q1 2019 when production fell 8.7%. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, IC output has been slowing since ...

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India can only supply 9% of domestic IC market

India’s domestic semiconductor industry can only supply 9% of its $27 billion local market, says a report by the Indian Electronic and Semiconductors Association (IESA). The Indian semiconductor market is expected to have a 16% CAGR of from 2019 to 2026 to reach $64 billion in 2026, representing 22 per cent of the total end-equipment ...

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Infineon shipping 2Mb rad hard FRAM

Infineon is shipping rad hard, SPI FRAM for extreme environments. The new devices  are more energy efficient than non-volatile EEPROM and serial NOR Flash devices for space applications. The addition of a QML-V qualified F-RAM to Infineon’s memory portfolio makes the benefits of nearly infinite endurance, instant non-volatile write technology, and over 100-year data retention ...

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Russia targeting domestic 28nm process by 2030

Russia has drawn up a plan to spend $38.4 billion developing a domestic semiconductor industry, reports Cnews, with the initial target of having a 90nm process in place this year, and a long-term goal of having  a domestic 28nm process by 2030. The plan is due to be finalised and sent to the prime minister ...

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ESA formally ends lunar cooperation with Russia

The European Space Agency (ESA) has declared it will discontinue co-operation with Russia on its Moon terrain imaging Luna (-25, -26 and -27) missions. These now follow the previous announcement that the ExoMars mission, also due to launch this year, would no longer go ahead. The Luna-25 mission was due (August 2022) to image the ...

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Tiny 350V GaN transistor

 EPC is shipping the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum RDS(on) of 80 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. The EPC2050 measures just 1.95 mm x 1.95 mm. This tiny size enables power solutions that occupy ten times less area than comparable silicon solutions. Applications benefiting from the fast-switching speed and ...

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TT shipping UL-recognised fusible resistors

TT Electronics is shipping its UL-recognised, fusible resistor family – the WHS-UL Series. Developed for inrush control applications, such as power supplies, UPS, energy metering, and motor drives, TT’s WHS-UL resistors offer enhanced surge and pulse energy withstand capability. “We are supporting our customers in the rapid achievement of their EMC and safety testing goals with ...

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TSMC sees equipment supply slow-down

TSMC is experiencing an equipment supply crunch as lead-times for manufacturing tools grow.  “We have been seeing this kind of tool delivery problem unexpectedly from the beginning of this year,” said  TSMC CEO C.C. Wei on earnings call. “So far 2022 has no problem, and we are working on 2023 and beyond.”  “We have increased ...

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Semi sales hit $595bn.

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $595 billion in 2021, an increase of 26.3% from 2020, says Gartner. “The events behind the current chip shortage continue to impact OEMs around the world, but the 5G smartphone ramp up and a combination of strong demand and logistics/raw material price increases drove semiconductor average selling prices (ASPs) higher, contributing to ...

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Post-pandemic PC sales drop

After the pandemic-driven pC sales boom, things are returning to normal, says IDC. Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5.1% in Q1. The PC market is coming off two years of double-digit growth, so while the first quarter decline is a change in this momentum, it doesn’t mean the industry ...

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UKSA measures size and health of UK space industry

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has produced its annual report to take the vital signs of the UK Space industry – Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2021 The update – which is affected by the Covid-19 pandemic – suggests an increase in 3,000 jobs, with employment in the UK space sector reaching 46,995 ...

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Webinar to explore data connectors

A webinar hosted by distributor Digi-Key Electronics in collaboration with Phoenix Contact will explore data connectors’ design and choices. The webinar “Connect. Network. Evolve. Phoenix Contact’s Data Connectors” will be presented by senior marketing specialist, Guadalupe Chalas. The webinar will cover reliable device connectivity for high-performance data transmission using different devices. It is designed to ...

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IC unit growth returns to normal

IC unit growth returned to the long-term growth rate after an enormous 22% surge in 2021, reports IC Insights. IC Insights’ May 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022 forecasts that worldwide IC unit shipments will increase 9.2% this year to 427.7 billion units and resume tracking with the long-term IC unit CAGR of 9.4%. The ...

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Synopsys under investigation for China sales

Synopsys is under investigation by the US Department of Commerce for supplying EDA software to Huawei and SMIC, reports Bloomberg. The DoC’s Entity List  bars US companies from selling technology to certain Chinese companies, among them Huawei and SMIC. In December Synopsys said it had received a subpoena from the DoC’s Bureau of Industry and Security ...

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WiFi 6 to take 80% of smartphone market by 2025

By 2025, the market share of smartphones supporting Wi-Fi 6 and 6E is estimated by TrendForce to be over 80%. Wi-Fi 6E was commercialized in 2021 and, in addition to supporting the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands, it can also operate in the 6 GHz band. TrendForce believes that the market share of Wi-Fi ...

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Digi-Key, Phoenix Contact to host data connectors webinar

Working with with Phoenix Contact, connectivity specialists, Digi-Key Electronics is hosting a webinar covering device connectivity with high-performance data transmission. Running on Tuesday 26 April at 11 a.m. CDT, it is entitled “Connect. Network. Evolve. Phoenix Contact’s Data Connectors.” The webinar will consider connectivity for a range of applications within the device, inside the cabinet, ...

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ADC driving DC-10GHz differential amplifier has digital control

ADL5580 is a SiGe dc to 10.0GHz differential-in differential-out gain block from Analog Devices, which has a digital bus for signal path tweaking. “The amplifier offers a referred-to-input noise spectral density of 2.24nV/√Hz at 1GHz and is optimised for distortion performance over a wide frequency range, making the device ideal for driving high speed 12bit ...

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Intel six months ahead of schedule on 18A

Intel says it is six months ahead of schedule with its 18A process – the most advanced of the five process generations it is developing over four years. The process is now scheduled for H2 2024 – six months ahead of schedule. 18A will require ASML’s latest lithography tool the High Numerical Aperture (High NA) ...

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2021 equipment sales up 44%, says SEMI

2021 sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment were up 44% at $102.6 billion on the 2020 sales total of $71.2 billion, reports SEMI. China was the largest market with sales growing 58% to $29.6 billion. Korea, the second-largest  market, had a sales increase of 55% to $25.0 billion. Taiwan, in third place, had 45% growth to $24.9 billion. Region ...

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Applications open for Dialog-UKESF award for female undergraduates

Applications are now open for the Dialog Semiconductor Award for Female Undergraduates, a collaboration between Dialog and the UKESF (UK Electronics Skills Foundation). It is aimed at female students starting the first year of their electronics-related degree in September 20222. Those selected will receive a £1,500 bursary and can take advantage of a paid summer ...

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Schaffner adds to LED driver filters

Schaffner has added the ED100/ED101 EMC filter series for LED driver circuits. The new filter’s common-mode inductance is matched by a substantial differential-mode inductance. With only one component required on the PCB both types of  noise can be mitigated, saving cost and space while increasing reliability. LEDs are very sensitive to overcurrent and “driver circuits” keep the ...

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UK Circuits expands SMD production line

PCB contract electronic manufacturer UK Circuits and Electronics Solutions (UKC) has added a surface mount component counter and a screen printer to its production line in Manchester. “During the pandemic we experienced an unprecedented period of growth and built a strong order book through both existing and new business,” said MD Marc. “Given our high levels of ...

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Digital pots interface directly with quadrature encoders, push buttons and MCUs

LSI Computer Systems (LSI/CSI) has created a family of 63 tap (6bit) digital potentiometers for direct connection to quadrature decoders, push buttons, GPIOs or SPI serial controls. Debounce circuits are included where electromechanical switches are expected, although external pull-up resistors must be added. “The LSI/CSI digital potentiometers are used as replacements for mechanical potentiometers and for potentiometer ...

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200mm capacity to grow 21% 2020-4

Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are on track to boost 200mm fab capacity by 1.2 million wafers, or 21%, from the start of 2020 to the end of 2024 to hit a record high of 6.9 million wafers per month, SEMI announced today in its 200mm Fab Outlook Report. After climbing to $5.3 billion last year, 200mm ...

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TSMC March revenue up 33.2% y-o-y

TSMC’s March revenue of  $5.92 billion was 17% up on February and 33.2% up y-o-y. Revenue for January through March 2022 of  $16.9 billion was 35.5% up y-o-y. TSMC March Revenue Report (Consolidated): (Unit: NT$ million) Period Net Revenues March 2022 171,967 February 2022 146,933 M-o-M Increase (Decrease) % 17.0 March 2021 129,127 Y-o-Y Increase ...

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Automotive lighting dominated by five players

The automotive lighting market is dominated by five big players, Koito, Marelli, Valeo, Hella (now Forvia), and Stanley, says Yole Developpement. These top 5 represented 66% of the market in 2021. The Asian market is dominated by Japanese companies, with Koito and Stanley having captured 44% of the market. In Europe, the automotive lighting industry ...

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WES Annual Conference 2022 has a focus on innovation

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) is holding its Annual Conference in virtual form this April, on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 April. This year the event and exhibition, which aims to showcase exceptional engineering stories, takes the theme of innovation. The organisers say the conference agenda will “celebrate stories of women engineers who’ve shaped the ...

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What needs to be done to make useful Li-CO2 batteries?

Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries have theoretical promise, including in aviation where the lightweight materials are desirable – it might might make good use of Mars’ 96% CO2 atmosphere, for example. Headline figures are a theoretical specific energy density of 1,876Wh/kg and a ~2.8V discharge potential, but in practical terms the technology has not even reached infancy. To build a solid ...

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SMA to AMC micro-coax Wi-Fi 6 cable assemblies

Amphenol has introduced 1.13 and 1.32mm micro-coax SMA to AMC cables assemblies. “The configurations offer more efficient bandwidth sharing with excellent RF performance up to 9GHz,” accordingto the company. “The versatile nature of the SMA connector coupled with the small footprint AMC connector makes these assemblies ideal for IoT, antenna and Wi-Fi 6 applications.” The ...

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ELSA-d space debris removal mission restarts with half the thrusters

Astroscale, a Japanese startup focused on space debris removal, has revealed its progress on re-starting its ELSA-d test mission to capture a client spacecraft in space. Having previously demonstrated a controlled “Test Capture”, the mission had moved on to an “Autonomous Capture” demonstration. Among the “anomalies” experienced, one issue couldn’t be resolved: four of the ...

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Nissan builds prototype solid-state battery factory

Nissan showed off its prototype factory for solid-state batteries at the weekend. The technology could reduce the cost of EVs to the same level as ICE cars, says Nissan The company says the latest batteries charge three times faster and offer twice the range of earlier models.  Nissan said it is working with NASA and ...

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IC shortages to last till 2024 says VW CFO

The chip shortage is unlikely to completely resolved until 2024, VW CFO Arno Antiz told Boersen-Zeitung at the weekend. “The structural undersupply will likely only resolve itself in 2024,” Antlitz said. Some bottlenecks will ease towards the end of this year, said Antiz, but production won’t return to 2019 levels until 2023. Consequently demand will ...

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US DoD O-RAN Design Challenge

The US DoD is offering prize money for solutions to O-RAN inter-operability issues. A statement from the DoD reads: ‘The DoD, in collaboration with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), announced today the launch of the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event: RAN Subsystem Interoperability.’ ‘The 5G Challenge aims to foster ...

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Connector for 430A

Lemo is accommodating cables from 10mm2 (AWG 8) to 50mm2 (AWG 1) and currents up to 430A in high-power additions to its M-series of connectors. There are uni-pole and multi-pole parts (right) for for single three-phase requirements. “These configurations were developed for high power distribution of electronic devices and electric drive vehicles,” according to the company. ...

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Littelfuse acquiring C&K Switches

Sun Capital Partners is selling C&K Switches to Chicago-based Littelfuse in a deal valued at $540m. “C&K and Littelfuse share a common vision, with both companies having almost 100 years’ experience in design and manufacture,” said C&K CEO Lars Brickenkamp (photo). “With many common customers, applications and focus markets, our two companies share market and cultural ...

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Equipment lead times stretching out to 18 months and beyond

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment lead-times are stretching out, threatening the capacity expansion plans of device manufacturers, reports the Nikkei. Shortages which are affecting the build plans of equipment makers include lenses, valves,  pumps, MCUs, engineering plastics and electronic modules. Lead-times for parts and materials quoted by the Nikkei in months are: Valves, Pumps, Engineering Plastics – ...

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Top-Heavy Capacity

At the end of 2021, 57% of the industry’s total monthly wafer capacity was owned by the top five companies, according to Knometa Research’s Global Wafer Capacity 2022 report. One year earlier the share was 56% and back in 2018 it was 53%. A decade ago, the share held by the top five was about ...

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February chip sales up 32.4%

February chip sales of $52.5 billion  were up 3.4% on January’s $50.7 billion and up 32.4% on the $39.6 billion of February 2021, reports the SIA. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong in February, increasing by more than 20% for the eleventh consecutive month on a year-to-year basis,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “sales into the ...

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Spectrolab’s solar cells to power NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Spectrolab has been selected to provide approximately 4,000 XTJ Prime solar cells for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Boeing company – which is based in Sylmar, California – will manufacture, integrate and test the cells under the terms of the agreement with NASA. They will provide power to both the telescope and the ...

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ADI’s new super-precision voltage reference challenges LTZ1000

Analog Devices has created an alternative to its venerable LTZ1000 untra-precision voltage reference, with better initial accuracy and less noise, although not every parameter is improved. Called ADR1000 (right), the nominally 6.62V part is a pin-compatible replacement for the LTZ1000 (below), and like it includes a buried Zener reference, a heater for temperature stabilization and ...

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Energy harvesting controllers cold-start on 300mV

E-Peas has unveiled boost and buck energy harvesting controllers that can start up on a few hundred millivolts and provide regulated outputs as well as energy storage mediation. There are three parts: AEM00940: harvesting and storage manager with LDO Two regulated outputs Supercapacitor or battery storage Optional primary battery back-up source Boost harvester interface Harvest voltage ...

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Intel, Micron, ADI form alliance

Intel, Micron, ADI and MITRE Engenuity have agreed to accelerate semiconductor research, development, and prototyping to build a more robust U.S. semiconductor industry. The engagement establishes a Semiconductor Alliance to propose the foundation for a whole-of-nation approach for a more innovation-focused U.S. semiconductor industry and supply chain. The Semiconductor Alliance, led by MITRE Engenuity, was ...

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Packaging lead time 50+ weeks

Packaging lead times have risen to 50 weeks and more, says Sondrel. In the initial stages of the pandemic, packaging houses were badly hit by cancellation of orders and had to lay off staff or even close down, says Sondrel. As silicon production surges, they are struggling to cope with the result that the lead ...

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Samsung profit up 50%

Samsung’s Q1 operating profit was up 50% at $11.6 billion on sales that were up 18% at $62 billion. Chips for servers and 5G  drove the profit. The DRAM ASP fell 4% and the NAND ASP fell 3% but the NAND ASP is expected to rise 5-10% in Q2 after the contamination issues at Kioxia. ...

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Axiom Space preps for first private astronaut mission

Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is due to launch tomorrow from Florida and represents the first fully private astronaut mission, for Axiom Space. The privately funded mission, to the International Space Station (ISS), is a fully commercial flight involving commercial spacecraft. And its ultimate aim is the construction of a private space station, Axiom Station, in ...

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Sixteenth brick dc-dc delivers 100W down to 30Vin

Flex Power Modules has added to its PKU-D series of sixteenth-brick dc-dc converters with a module that will deliver a 12V 8.3A regulated output from 30V. Called PKU3913D, the 100W PSU is intended for nominal inputs of 48 or 54V with long cable lengths and consequent voltage drops – such as microwave radio links, said ...

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Sponsored Content: Report Highlights Demand for Industry-led IoT Security Guidelines

Securing Our Connected Future is More Important Than Ever. The Internet of Things (IoT) and the data it collects are allowing us to work and live connected lives like never before. IoT devices are unlocking innovation that is digitizing all industries. While traditionally the rate of IoT security adoption has lagged behind the pace of ...

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Chinese companies losing market share – now down to 4%

Chinese IC companies have only 4% world market share – down from 5% in 2020, says IC Insights, while US companies hold 54% world market share which is down 1% on the 55% share US companies held in 2020. The U.S. 54% share last year was propelled by a 47% share of IDM sales and ...

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Lead times rise in March

Lead times rose two days to 26 days in March, reaching a new high, after lockdowns in China and an earthquake in Japan further hampered supply, reports Susquehanna.   While lead times continue to grow, they are growing much slower than in 2021. Lead times increased for most chip types, including power management, microcontrollers, analogue ...

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BrainChip and SiFive hook up for edge AI

BrainChip and SiFive have combined to offer chip designers optimised AI/ML compute at the edge. BrainChip’s Akida is a neural networking processor architecture that brings AI to the edge. SiFive Intelligence solutions with their configurable multi-core, multi-cluster capable design, integrate software and hardware to accelerate AI/ML applications. The integration of BrainChip’s Akida technology and SiFive’s multi-core ...

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Lockheed Martin goes open-source for satellite on-orbit docking

Aimed at satellite manufacturers, Lockheed Martin has released an open-source interface standard to support on-orbit docking. Its Augmentation System Port Interface (ASPIN) is compliant with the Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard, which provides a mechanical interface design for docking spacecraft to one another. Details of ASPIN has been made available online. The aim is ...

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Avnet Silica to sell Octavo Systems’ system-in-packages

Avnet Silica has signed a worldwide exclusive deal with Octavo Systems to handle Octavo’s Xilinx-based OSDZU3 module family. “System-in-package technology is an increasingly important tool in the field of electronic design,” said Avnet director Lucio Fornuto. “Access to Octavo’s solutions will enable our customers to take advantage of significant savings in the product development process, in their ...

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RF GaN amplifiers span Q, V and E-bands

Altum RF has announced three GaAs pHEMT MMIC amplifiers for Q, V, and E-bands, using Win Semiconductors’ PP10-20 GaAs technology which is intended for use up to 170GHz and, compared with its earlier PP10-10 platform, “allows for a substantial increase in gain, with the same operating voltage for power applications”, according to Altum. They amplifiers ...

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Yanmar buys Eleo

 Yanmar Holdings of Osaka has acquired a majority share in ELEO Technologies, the Dutch battery specialist. Pictured are Takayuki Onodera (Yanmar) and Bas Verkaik (ELEO) at the signing ceremony. By integrating ELEO’s scalable, and modular battery technology, Yanmar will further its electrified powertrain capabilities with versatile, customized solutions for off-road applications. Yanmar acquired a majority share ...

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BAE’s phased-array iMOTR radar passes object tracking tests

BAE Systems says it has successfully completed prototype tests of its Multiple Object Tracking Radar (iMOTR). This is a mobile instrumentation radar that provides radar data on multiple airborne objects, be they low flying objects, sea skimming weapons or surface craft. The tests addressed performance parameters for range, transportability, accuracy, and beacon tracking, the company ...

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PULS-Power adds to PIANO power supply range

PULS Power, the DIN-Rail power supply specialist, has extended its  PIANO series of power supplies. The growing PIANO product family now includes 17 different DIN-Rail power supplies designed to offer cost effective basic functionality, high reliability with output power ratings from 36W to 480W. The focus of the PIANO product family is on providing the ...

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WR112 X-band waveguide components

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a family of WR112 X-band waveguide components for satellite communications, commercial data links and deep space missions. They are: D35/833333 high-power circulator (pictured) C83327 high-power termination D35/83393 high-power termination C35/83387 medium-power termination D83359 2×2 hybrid coupler D83328 SMA test coupler C35/82970 high-power isolator C35/83394 high-power isolator D35/83391 CW high-power isolator D35/83391 CCW ...

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JAC buys Tsinghua Unigroup

JAC Capital, a state-backed Chinese fund for investing in the semiconductor industry, has completed its takeover of Tsinghua Unigroup which owns Yangtze Memory. JAC should have completed the deal on March 31st but missed the payment of the final tranche of $9.4 billion needed to complete the purchase. JAC won an auction for Unigroup, besting ...

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SPARK Microsystems gets CDN$7.1m funding

SPARK Microsystems, the Montreal UWB specialist, has received CDN$7.1 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Proceeds will be used to drive the development and commercialization of SPARK’s low power, low latency, high data rate wireless UWB transceivers for mobile applications across IoT sensing, gaming, audio, AR/VR/XR and metaverse-enabling technologies. SPARK claims that ...

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Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab approved

The government has decided not to intervene in the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by quietly approving the controversial sale of a Welsh microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm. Nexperia, the Amsterdam-headquartered spin-off from NXP owned by Wingtech of Shanghai, took a 15% share in Newport Wafer Fab in 2019. Nexperia was a customer of ...

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Toppan forms photomask jv and eyes an IPO

Toppan has spun off its photo mask operation into a jv with private equity company Integral Corporation. Against a backdrop of a global shortage of semiconductors, manufacturers are moving to bolster production capacity, which is in turn driving unprecedented demand for photomasks, essential components for semiconductor fabrication. Toppan entered the the photomask business in 1961 ...

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Digi-Key premieres Season 2 of City Digital video series

Digi-Key Electronics is releasing Season 2 of its City Digital video series, diving deeper into smart cities, and specifically the ways technology is transforming our homes. Each of the three videos – which are also sponsored by u-blox, Littelfuse and Taoglas – aim to feature the latest, most innovative smart home technologies, ranging from appliances to security ...

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Micro:bit rides through brown-outs to teach energy harvesting

To teach children about programming processors that are powered by energy harvesting, Northwestern University engineers have made the Micro:bit educational computer power-aware and self-backup-ing. Three things are required: a modified version of Microsoft’s drag-and-drop MakeCode programming environment, an energy harvester such as a solar panel, and an SPI FRAM chip – the team is using Adafruit’s ‘SPI non-volatile ...

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Cyber attacks on businesses rising says NCSC

The government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 report  shows cyber attacks are becoming more frequent with organisations reporting more breaches over the last 12 months Although two in five businesses use a managed IT provider  only 13% review the security risks posed by their immediate suppliers. Almost one in three businesses (31%) and a quarter (26%) ...

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SAR satellite specialist raises $100 million Series B

Synspective, a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite data specialist, has raised US $100m in a Series B funding round, which was led by Sompo Japan Insurance, Nomura SPARX Investment and Pavilion Capital Pte. According to the Japan-based company, it makes it among the top ten largest startups in Japan, putting its total funding value at ...

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Toshiba shipping low-loss 150V MOSFET

Toshiba has started shipping a new 150V N-channel power MOSFET that uses the latest generation U-MOSX-H process to significantly reduce losses. Additionally, voltage spikes between the drain and source during switching have been reduced, thereby improving EMI performance within switching power supplies. The new device is suitable for a wide range of applications including switching ...

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Authenticator verifies device identities

NXP has announced EdgeLock 5000 for authentication applications where security is crucial throughout the product lifecycle like many IoT use cases, smart city infrastructure and connected industrial equipment. Authentication  verifies device identities during secure communication, assessing whether data comes from trustworthy sources, checking authenticity of product sub-components to ensure overall systems integrity, product safety and ...

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