Capacitor design should be simple

Capacitors are among the simplest of electronic components – in theory – but the practical implementation is becoming more complex, says Christian Merkel.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Battery cooling challenges for safe and reliable electric two-wheelers

The rise in popularity of electric bikes and two-wheelers has brought to focus the need for increased safety requirements. By Vashist Bist and Shashank Wekhande.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

The age of digital healthcare heralds IoMT

With increasing use of the IoT in healthcare and medical applications, the internet of medical things is emerging to operate alongside the IoT in logistics, industry and consumer products, says Tomohide Yamazaki.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Mixed digital and analogue audio tester

Audio Precision has introduced a test instrument with two analogue audio generator/analyser channels and a swappable digital channel to address multiple data standards.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Lockheed demonstrates regenerative gNodeB 5G Satellite Base Station

The race for 5G from space is speeding up. Lockheed Martin has completed a final demo of what it describes as its first regenerative non-terrestrial network 5G Satellite Base Station (gNodeB). Basically, where a satellite provides signal regeneration, for bridging comms between Earth and a satellite network.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Pickering adds high voltage surface mount reed relays

Pickering Electronics, has announced its first high voltage surface mount reed relays known as the Series 219.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Kyocera to invest €34m in Germany

Kyocera Fineceramics plans to invest around €34 million in its two European sites in Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) and Selb (Bavaria) in the current 2023/24 financial year.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Siemens buys Insight EDA

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Insight EDA Inc., an EDA software company delivering groundbreaking circuit reliability solutions to many of the world’s leading integrated circuit (IC) design teams.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Nvidia and Microsoft offer AI foundry service

NVIDIA has introduced an AI foundry service to supercharge the development and tuning of custom generative AI applications for enterprises and startups deploying on Microsoft Azure.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Synopsys and Microsoft deploy AI to design ICs

Synopsys and Microsoft have developed Synopsys.ai Copilot which designs ICs for the Azure Open AI Service.

This article was posted on Nov 23, 2023

Rugged COM Express 6 modules sport gen 13 Intel Cores

Congatec has introduced COM Express Type 6 modules with Raptor Lake (13th generation) Intel Core processors, intended for rugged use over -40 to +85°C.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

50MHz 8051 MCUs

Silicon Labs has built a family of 8bit microcontrollers around its 8051-based CIP-51 core, running at 50MHz.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

UK Space Agency funds research for space fuel sustainability

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced funding research for the refuelling an upcoming mission to remove space junk. The aim, for sustainability, is to help prolong the life of satellites and prevent adding more debris to the space environment.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Sales of systems, chips and front-end IC manufacturing equipment up, but back-end down

Sales of electronics products, ICs and front-end manufacturing equipment are moving upwards, while the market for back-end manufacturing equipment remains weak, says SEMI.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

PAVE360 on AWS

Siemens Digital Industries Software’s PAVE360-based design software for automotive digital twin is now available on AWS.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Advanced substrate market on 11% CAGR 2022-28

The advanced IC substrate market is expected to grow at an 11% CAGR from $15 billion in 2022 to nearly $34 billion in 2028, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Infineon FY2023 revenues up 15% y-o-y

Infineon had calendar Q3 (fiscal Q4) revenue of €4.149 billion for a profit of €1.044 billion at a margin of 25.2% with free cash flow of €614 million.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Opto-isolated gate voltage generator switches mosfets and IGBTs

Littelfuse has introduced an optically isolated photovoltaic gate driver for mosfets and IGBTs.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

1.8V 2.5Gbit/s MIPI D-PHY 1.2 repeater boosts data and clock

Diodes has released a 2.5Gbit/s MIPI D-PHY 1.2 compliant signal repeater for high pixel-count cameras.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Single-pair Ethernet can help achieve net zero CO2 emissions

The building sector needs to modernise the communications infrastructure to meet net zero CO2 emission goals, urges Meghan Kaiserman.

This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023

Productronica: high-voltage SMD reed relays

Pickering Electronics will introduce a series of surface-mount >1kV reed relays at Productronica in Munich next week.

This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023