16,384 LEDs in a car headlight
Nichia and Infineon have come up with an integrated micro-LED light engine for HD adaptive driving beam applications.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023Digi-Key premieres Season 2 of its Farm Different video series
Digi-Key Electronics is releasing a new season of its “Farm Different” video series, diving deeper into the role of automation and control technologies in sustainable farming and food distribution practices.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023Power IC for Bluetooth LE has reset, battery fuel gauge, watchdog and more
Nordic Semiconductor has announced a power management IC for devices with Bluetooth Low Energy interfaces that includes battery charging and four regulated power outputs.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023Quantum dot company opens production laboratory in Cheshire
Photonic quantum dot company Quantum Science has expanded into a second laboratory at its site in Daresbury, Cheshire.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023CES: TDK puts ‘smallest’ ASIL-B IMU into production
IAM-20685 is the smallest ASIL-B-compliant monolithic 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit in production, according to TDK, and it was developed in compliance with ISO 26262 for automated vehicle parking, for example.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 202315V 20kA bi-directional transient suppressor in 17x15mm DFN
Bourns has released its highest current carrying bi-directional transient voltage suppressor diode series in surface-mount DFN packaging (17 x 15 x 2.5mm in this case).
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023CES: Harman monitors drivers for well-being as well as attention
At CES, Harman announced additional features for its closed-loop vehicle interior sensing product that measures driver eye activity, cognitive load and vital signs to determine the level of focus and attention on the road ahead.
This article was posted on Jan 10, 2023China self-drive car company has $100m Series B
Freetech Intelligent System, a Chinese self-driving car company, has raised nearly $100 million in a Series B funding round.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023Nexperia engages US law firm to fight UK government over Newport Wafer Fab
Nexperia has engaged US law firm Akin Gump to fight the UK government’s decision to block its purchase of Newport Wafer Fab.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023Korean semi production has worst month since 2009
Korean semiconductor production in November shrank for a fourth straight month, falling 15% from a year earlier for the largest drop since 2009, according to Statistics Korea.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023MOSFET for LEV motor controllers
Magnachip has launched its eighth-generation 150V MXT MOSFET optimized for Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) motor controllers and battery management systems (BMSs).
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023Poor year for wearables
Wearables declined for the first time since 2013 in 2022, says IDC with a 3.3% decline to 515.6 million units. However, 2023 should see a bounce-back to 539 million.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023Sensors monitoring rain forests
Infineon is extending its collaboration with the NGO Rainforest Connection (RFCx) for monitoring vulnerable regions of the earth with sensor technology.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023Canon launches back-end i-line stepper for 3D packaging
Canon has brought out a back-end process semiconductor lithography i-line stepper system for 3D packaging technologies with a 0.8 µm resolution and an exposure field of 100 mm x 100 mm.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023US Patent Office reduces costs for small organisations
To reduce the cost for small organisations of filing for patents in the US, President Biden passed a law last week which fincreased the small entity discounts from 50% to 60% and micro entity discounts from 75% to 80%.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023AI looks for sleepy drivers
Artificial intelligence computer vision company Seeing Machines has teamed up with Analog Devices to create an in-vehicle driver fatigue and driver distraction monitoring system.
This article was posted on Jan 9, 2023TSMC in talks to build fab in Dresden
TSMC is talking to suppliers about the possibility of putting a fab in Dresden, reports the Nikkei.
This article was posted on Jan 6, 2023ST enhances digital power controller
ST’s STNRG011A digital power combination controller for 90W to 300W power supplies features enhanced overload management that ensures accurate output-voltage regulation when overcurrent protection is active.
This article was posted on Jan 6, 2023Imec enables tight standard cell boundary scaling using a two-level semi-damascene integration scheme
Imec has presented a semi-damascene integration approach for implementing the vertical-horizontal-vertical (VHV) scaling booster – intended to enable 4-track (4T) standard cells.
This article was posted on Jan 6, 2023Murata seeks partners to develop applications for new conductive, transparent, flexible material
Murata is looking for partners to develop applications for a new material which combines transparency, flexibility and conductivity which it calls Transparent and Bendable Conductive Film..
This article was posted on Jan 6, 2023Tyndall joins Silicon Catalyst
Tyndall National Institute, based at University College Cork, is joining Silicon Catalyst as an In-Kind Partner.
This article was posted on Jan 6, 2023