Automotive data line EMC filters get AEC-Q101, and ISO10605 surge

Infineon has added new current ratings to its 1200 V TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 modules.

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Broadcom bows to EU pressure

Broadcom has made an offer to the EU to get it to drop its anti-trust investigation, reports Reuters.

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On releases IGBT power modules

Amongst a flurry of announcements, On Semiconductor has introduced 1.2kV 25, 35, and 50A transfer-moulded IGBT power modules – in converter-inverter-brake (CIB) and converter-inverter (CI) configurations.

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Microswitch ranges have wide approvals

CIT Relay & Switch has introduced VM3 miniature and SM3 snap-action switches, aiming them at lighting, security, automation, industrial controls and gaming.

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Automotive data line EMC filters get AEC-Q101, and ISO10605 surge

STMicroelectronics has integrated common-mode filters and ESD suppression into automotive data line protectors.

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Infineon adds current ratings to IGBTs

Infineon has added new current ratings to its 1200 V TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 modules.

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China analogue startup to IPO

3PEAK, an eight year-old Shanghai analogue vendor, is to IPO on the tech-focussed Shanghai STAR Market, reports Digitimes.

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UK going against international consensus on contact tracing app

The UK is going down a different technological route on contact tracing to the one which was agreed last weekend between a German-led consortium, a Swiss-led consortium and Apple-Google.

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Image sensor has 0.7 micron pixel size

This allows high end and high mainstream smartphone designers to create the thinnest possible phones with high resolution 64 MP cameras.

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ChangXin Memory signs Rambus licence

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), the four year-old leader of China’s efforts to get into DRAM, has signed a patent license agreement with Rambus, reports Digitimes.

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Accurate 1.3°/hr inertial measurement unit for assisted car driving

Aceinna has announced a triple-redundant, three-axis MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope sensor for automotive driver assistance, drones and robotics.

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SEMI billings hit four month low

The SEMI billings figure for sales of North American chip manufacturing equipment vendors fell to a 4-month low of $2.21 billion in March 2020.

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UK consortium to build anti-slug agri-robot

SlugBot will be the world’s first robotic monitoring and bio-molluscicide treatment system for slugs, according to a UK consortium.

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Google progresses towards Android 11 with Developer Preview 3

Google is making progress for Android 11 with the release of a Developer Preview 3 (available, by manual download and flash, for Pixel 2, 3, 3a, or 4 devices).

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SMD isolated DC/DC converters

Flex Power Modules has added to its range of miniature isolated DC/DC converters intended for industrial applications with the introduction of the PUB-2M series.

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RF front end market has 8% CAGR to 2025

The RF front end market will have 8% CAGR between 2018 and 2025, says Yole Developpenent. From $15 billion in 2018, the market should reach $25.8 billion by 2025.

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Raspberry Pi-based server rack

The Turing Pi cluster board is available for preorder from Turing Machines Inc.

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Auto industry to take 22% hit

Global light vehicle sales are forecast to be down 22% to 70.3 million units this year, says IHS Markit.Though most factories in China are back to work, IHS forecasters caution that it will take time for plants to fully recover.

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Hydrogel cools electronics while converting waste heat into electricity

Researchers reporting in the American Chemical Society’s Nano Letters have developed a hydrogel that can both cool down electronics, such as cell phone batteries, and convert their waste heat into electricity.

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5G limps along

There have been 15 5G commercial launches this year, including Thailand, Hong Kong (2 operators) and Japan (4 operators), says Strategy Analytics

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Germany to adopt Swiss approach to Bluetooth contact tracing

The row between a Swiss-led consortium and a German-led consortium about the right approach for a European contact tracing app has been resolved with Germany falling in with the Swiss model.

This article was posted on May 13, 2020