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.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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).

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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).

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

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.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Thin durable tactile push button switch is 4.3mm tall

Panasonic is introducing a series of durable thin surface-mount tactile switches for “applications requiring a switch with a short travel distance for extremely quick output”, according to the company. “The switches benefit from a low profile height of 4.3mm, a sharp tactile feel, low contact resistance, as well as only a small bounce noise.”

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

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 microcontrollers announced today

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

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

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Euroconsult forecasts Ground Segment market in billions of dollars

Euroconsult, which specialises in the space sector, has released its latest Ground Segment Market Prospects report, outlining the value of the ground segment ecosystem.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Q2 GPU units down 14.9% q-o-q

PC CPU shipments decreased by -34% y-oy.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Upbeat forecast from Broadcom

Broadcom has defied the trend and given an upbeat forecast for the current quarter with CEO Hock Tan (pictured) conceding it was “somewhat surreal.”

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

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).

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

GaN HEMT ICs protect handsets from temperature rises while charging

Innoscience, the GaN-on-Si power IC specialist, has announced the Bi-GaN series of bi-directional GaN HEMT devices that are small and facilitate fast charging without dangerous rises in temperature.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Kioxia adds eMMC memories

Kioxia has begun sampling 64 and 128GB eMMC NAND for consumer applications which integrate the memory and a controller in one package.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Diamonds from plastic bottles

Researchers at California’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created nanodiamonds from the same material as is used to make plastic bottles

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

100MHz four channel scope has preset automotive tests

Micsig’s SATO1004 is a four-channel automotive oscilloscope with a comprehensive list of pre-set vehicle related tests.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2022

Consumer AR market tripled 2020-21 led by Nreal

The AR device market has so far been dominated by enterprise devices, says Strategy Analytics, has yet to reach the mainstream consumer market.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2022

EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Dr Ejay Nsugbe

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2022

Google rolls out Android 13

Google has begun rolling out Android 13, the newest version of the mobile OS, to its own Pixel devices. It will be available for devices from the likes of Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, OnePlus, Sony and Xiaomi “later this year”.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2022