Infineon to invest €2bn in SiC and GaN

Infineon is to invest more than €2 billion building a third module at its fab site in Kulim, Malaysia to make SiC and GaN power ICs.

This article was posted on Feb 28, 2022

High-side mosfet load switch driver is 1.2 x 0.8mm

Toshiba has introduced a mosfet load switch gate driver in a 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.35mm 6bump WCSP6G the chip-scale package, suiting it to wearables and smartphones, it said.

This article was posted on Feb 28, 2022

500W ac-dc PSUs

Mornsun’s LMF500-20Bxx series of 500W ac-dc PSUs are available from Relec.

This article was posted on Feb 28, 2022

GaN-on-Si HEMT for mobile devices

Innoscience Technology, which was founded to pursue high performance, cost-effective Gallium Nitride on Silicon (GaN-on-Si) power ICs, has come up with a 40V bi-directional GaN-on-Si enhancement mode HEMT for mobile devices, including laptops and cellular phones.

This article was posted on Feb 28, 2022

Anglia signs to Ekinglux for discrete LEDs

Anglia Components has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Chinese LED maker Ekinglux.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

TT Electronics debuts HPDC chip resistors

TT Electronics has announced the debut of its HPDC series of high power density chip resistors.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

NASA picks new chief scientist and senior climate advisor

Dr. Katherine Calvin has been appointed NASA chief scientist and senior climate advisor, having worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI).

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

Semtech and Lacuna Space add IoT-to-Satellite connectivity to LoRaWAN

Semtech and Lacuna Space aim to extend the coverage of LoRaWAN by adding IoT-to-Satellite connectivity.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

PC units down 5% in Q4 but up 10% on the year.

Q4 PC unit shipments were down 5% y-o-y at 88.4 million units, says Gartner while, for the year, PC unit shipments reached 339.8 million units – a 9.9% increase on 2020.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

UK made: Phabrix celebrates making its 8,000th broadcast tester

Berkshire-based Phabrix is manufacturing its 8,000th Sx handheld 3G-SDI tester.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

TSMC plans 2022 capex of $44bn

TSMC has set a 2022 capex budget of $40-44 billion as it expects Q1 sales of $16.6 billion to $17.2 billion and growth for the year of 15-20%.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

Gold and platinum particle-free inks for conductor deposition

Electroninks has added gold and platinum particle-free conductive inks to its silver and copper inks.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

Toshiba sampling Ethernet bridge IC

Toshiba is sampling an Ethernet bridge IC – the TC9563XBG – for use in automotive zonal-architecture, infotainment, telematics or gateways as well as industrial equipment.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

Astroscale signs up for Gas Stations in Space

Astroscale U.S. has joined in partnership with Orbit Fab – the “Gas Stations in Space” refueling service provider – to provide on-orbit refueling services to Astroscales’s spacecraft.

This article was posted on Jan 21, 2022

Infineon MCUs for automotive include functional safety AI

First samples of Infineon’s 28nm Aurix TC4x family of automotive MCUs are available.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

Sondrel looking for Systems Architects

Sondrel, the ASIC design house, is looking to hire more Systems Architects.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

‘Smallest’ sine-cosine 3D Hall position sensor

Allegro is claiming a record for its latest Hall-effect position sensor IC, describing it as “the smallest sine/cosine 3D sensor currently available in the market”.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

Tektronix upgrades 5 Series mixed-signal oscilloscopes

Tektronix has announced Version B of its 5 Series mixed-signal oscilloscopes.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

Siemens extends mechanical prediction capabilities

Siemens Digital has extended its mechanical performance prediction capabilities with Simcenter 3D 2022.1

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

EMA merges with FlowCAD

EMA Design Automation, the US EDA specialist, has merged with FlowCAD,.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022

Hawkeye 360 wins $15.5m AFRL contract for space-based RF analytics

HawkEye 360, the space-based RF data specialists, has been awarded a three year, $15.5 million Experimental Purpose Agreement (EPA) contract with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate.

This article was posted on Jan 19, 2022