Notable & Newsworthy

March 2020
USB Type-C Linear Mux/DeMux ReDriver with USB-C Detector
Diodes Incorporated announced the PI3EQX10612/PI3EQX10312 2-port 10Gbps linear ReDriver devices with integrated USB-C detection for equipment implementing a USB Type-C interface. Offering 1:2/2:1 mux/demux functionality, the ReDrivers can be used to extend the reach of USB signals running across rigid or flexible PCBs
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03/31/2020
Shielded Power Inductors Feature Low Resistance
Bourns, Inc., announced 11 new low resistance, high saturation current model series to its shielded power inductor line. Featuring a very low profile (less than 2 mm), the Bourns Model SRP0xxx series has a metal alloy powder core and flat wire construction that provides a range of benefits including low copper lo
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03/31/2020
Medical, ITE Power Supplies Shipping from Sager Electronics
Sager Electronics is now stocking TDK-Lambda’s CUS-M Series of 30W to 1500W Medical and ITE Power Supplies. TDK-Lambda's CUS-M product range offers high efficiency, a low profile and is suitable for medical and industrial applications such as hospital, dental, broadcast and professional audio equipment. The CUS-M product ran
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03/31/2020
D-Wave Provides Free Quantum Cloud for COVID-19 Response
D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced the immediate availability of free access to its quantum systems via the Leap quantum cloud service for anyone working on responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Joining the effort are partners and customers including CI
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03/31/2020
AI can Help Some Businesses but may not Work for Others
The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better the bottom line is understandable. But before pursuing automation that could put the jobs of human employees at risk, it is important that business owners take careful st
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03/31/2020
TTI Stocks High-Current System from Molex
TTI, Inc., announces that Molex’s High Current System, Coeur CST is now in stock. This new Molex product delivers up to 200A thru through 3 diameter sizes (8.00mm, 6.00mm and 3.40mm) and offers a wide range of configurations, connecting PCBs, bus bars and cables. The product design allows an industry leading 1
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03/31/2020
GaN and 48 V – Where are We and Where are We Going?

Figure 1: Si MOSFET-based architecture for providing AC power to the CPU or GPU

Three years ago, the cost of making medium voltage eGaN FETs fell below the cost of equivalently rated power MOSFETs.  At that time EPC decided to use the performance and cost advantages of eGaN FETs to aggressively pursue applications with input, or output, voltage around 48 V. Specifically, automotive an
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03/31/2020
Trends in Electromagnetic & Magnetic Components

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Figure 1 - Complete 3D CAD tool suites offer capability to create production level drawings

For many designers these magnetic and electromagnetic components are considered very “low tech”. The reality is, however, that much technology and know-how is applied to designing and constructing these passive components: moving their capability inexorably forward. Technological developments - energy
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03/30/2020
Powering Processors and FPGAs with the New TDK µPOL

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Figure 1: A typical ‘power tree’ for a Xilinx Zynq 7 device

Minimising power consumption is a high priority and in digital devices, it is directly related to voltage swing and data rates. Consequently, supply voltages have steadily reduced from 5V to sub-1V with sub-sections of devices having separate supply rails: processor cores between 0.56V to 0.88V on next generation 7n
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03/30/2020
Eco-Sustainability Using Pressure-less Silver Sintering

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Figure 1. Dispense Line Consistency (um)

Silver sintering provides a void-free strong bond with superior thermal and electrical conductivity. It can decrease the junction temperature (Tj) of a device up to 100°C. In the process, when the material is heated under optimal pressure, temperature and time, its form will change from powder to a solid structure. Th
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03/30/2020
SiC Semiconductors Towards an Energy Efficient Auto Industry

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Figure 1. The above graph shows the strong growth opportunity at hand as emission standards drive a significant shift to battery electric vehicles. (Source: Yole and Cree estimates)

It’s no secret that the automotive industry is striving for "zero emissions" transportation, which means manufacturers are rapidly ramping up their electrification programs. Most OEMs target 2025 for significant sales volumes of battery and hybrid electric vehicles (BEV and HEV). To meet customer ex
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03/30/2020
CES 2020: The Power Behind the Robot

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Figure 1. A baby-faced service robot on the CES 2020 show floor. (Picture courtesy of Reno Rossetti)

At this year’s CES 2020 in Las Vegas, service robots where a big hit on the show floor. It’s easy to understand why: they look and are, indeed, exotic. Among the automated machines I saw at CES: Samsung’s Ballie, a personal assistant the size of a tennis ball that rolls on the floor, following its owner an
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03/30/2020
The Ethernet of Things

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Figure 1. Twisted pairs in an Ethernet cable powered by Power over Ethernet

Wireless technology continues to expand into more applications, delivering higher data rates, lower power and superior coverage. Wired Ethernet connections may seem like ancient technology sitting in the rear-view mirror beside fax machines, dialup modems and dot matrix printers. Yet Ethernet, with its low latency, de
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03/30/2020
Step-Down Regulators for Automotive, Industrial Applications

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Figure 1. Ultralow EMI emission LT8609S 12 V to 5 V synchronous step-down converter

This device family is optimized for applications requiring low EMI, high efficiency, and a small solution size—suitable for demanding automotive, industrial, computing, and communications applications. All regulators in this series have the same 2 A continuous, 3 A transient (<1 second) load current capability. Th
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03/30/2020
Making Cables Safer

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Figure 1: LAPP’s Ölflex Classic control cables include the flame-retardant 130H version, which is suitable for facilities that face high fire risks.

Power, control and communication cables have undoubtedly contributed to the spread of many fires due to their flammability and prevalence throughout buildings. Defective cabling can also be an ignition source. To improve success in evacuating burning buildings and quickly extinguishing fires, the European Union (E
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03/30/2020
Selecting a Power Supply for Operation on Three-Phase Input

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Figure 1: Delta configuration

Power supplies with a rated output of greater than 2,500W often require, or have an option for, a high voltage three phase AC input. A load of 3,000W, for example, operating from a single phase 230Vac input will consume 13A (3000W / 230V = 13A). The same load operating from a 400Vac three phase input will draw jus
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03/30/2020
Hybrid Regulated Ratio Tech for Intermediate Bus Converters

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Figure 1: HRR operation is similar to fixed ratio at lower Vin, but limits Vout at higher values of Vin

When designing the distributed power architecture for applications such as data centers, an isolated intermediate bus converter (IBC) might be used to take a nominal 48V or 54V input and generate a 10V to 12V bus for one or more downstream point-of-load (PoL) converters. In the past, there have been broadly tw
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03/30/2020
FPGA Power System Management

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Figure 1. One possible FPGA power tree: a high voltage input supply (for example, 12 V, 24 V, or 48 V) is stepped down to an intermediate voltage bus feeding the POL regulators that power the FPGA

Since the 1980s, FPGA resources, speed, and efficiency have improved rapidly, making FPGAs the go-to solution for a wide variety of computing and processing applications, especially when production volume doesn’t justify application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development costs. FPGAs have advanced to
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03/30/2020
Smart Connected Sensors Drive Innovation at the Factory

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Figure 1. Sensors must offer versatility for broad applicability

Connected devices and smart equipment are streamlining manufacturing and supply chain processes on a global scale. Smart sensors are at the heart of this movement, driving change by extending the inherent capabilities of legacy sensors. Today, sensor technology that merely collected, stored and monitored data ca
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03/30/2020
Supercapacitors Deliver Reliable Warehouse Automation Power

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Figure 1a. Example voltage and current discharge curves for 10 kW discharge from one module with 56 V float voltage

Warehouse automation systems include robots, high speed shuttles and pallet movers used extensively in warehouses, storage facilities, and manufacturing plants to pick, transport, and place materials at various locations within a building. Efficient use of power throughout these systems ensure logistics companies pr
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03/30/2020
Switches: Critical to Modern Industrial Sensors

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Figure 1. Rated to IP67, the KSC3 series sealed tact switch offers positive adaptable tactile feeling

Machines can now outperform their human counterparts in activities that range from parts assembly to more cognitive tasks including self-learning algorithms for data mining and pattern recognition. At the center of this new industrial revolution are sensor switches that can simplify both factory and process au
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03/30/2020
Stretchable Supercapacitor Could Revolutionise Wearables
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of wearables. Whether it was action figures with eagle eye vision or Q’s selection of gadgets in my favourite James Bond movies, the incorporation of technology in everyday items has always really appealed to me, and it still does. I was even on the verge of buying a
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03/30/2020
The APEC That Could've Been
The worst collateral damage of COVID-19 is the decimation of global commerce, and trade shows have been hit especially hard – tough to practice “social distancing” with a few thousand people (or more) clustered together. And one of the most unfortunate victims of this new, quarantined reality was the 2020 Ap
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03/30/2020
Wire-to-Wire Connector w/ High Vibration and Heat Resistance
Hirose has developed a low-profile waterproof wire-to-wire connector for demanding automotive, agricultural and construction vehicles. Rated to IP67 / IP69K, the 2.2 mm pitch ZE064W Series is resistant to temperatures up to 125°C. A double-layer spring, three-point contact design ensures highly reliable con
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03/30/2020
Cree's 650V MOSFETs Offer Industry-leading Efficiency
Cree announced the expansion of its product portfolio with the release of the Wolfspeed 650V silicon carbide MOSFETs, delivering a wider range of industrial applications and enabling the next generation of Electric Vehicle (EV) onboard charging, data centers, and other renewable systems with industry-leading po
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03/30/2020
EPC Launches Update of Popular Video Podcast Series on GaN
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Corporation has posted an update to its popular “How to GaN” video podcast series, These updated videos are based on the recently published third edition textbook, GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion.This 14-part educational video podcast series is designed to provi
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03/30/2020
Molex Expanded Ditto Connector Series Available at TTI
TTI, Inc., announces Molex recently expanded the successful Ditto connector series to include Glow Wire capable versions. They are available in all products across the range of 2.50mm and 3.0 pitch offerings. The available OTS pigtails remain as non-glow wire. All of these products, including the Glow Wire variants ar
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03/30/2020
Automotive-Grade E-Shield Inductors Lower Costs, Save Space
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. expanded its IHLE series of low profile, high-current inductors featuring integrated e-shields for the reduction of EMI with new commercial and Automotive Grade devices in the 5050 case size. The Vishay Dale IHLE-5050FH-51 and IHLE-5050FH-5A lower costs and save board space by eliminating th
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03/30/2020
Omron Boosts its Robot Family with Next-Gen Software
Omron Automation Americas recently launched a next-generation software package for its mobile robots. Shortened as “FLOW Core”, the Fleet Operations Workspace Core is designed to increase the robots’ performance and ease of use while laying the foundation for future service-focused capabilities. Among the primary advantages that FLOW Core provides are a user-focused design that simplifies integration, charge management functionality that maximizes uptime, and intelligent fleet management capabilities that increase flexibility and efficiency. As an all-in-one platform, the software boosts the navigational capabilities of individual robots while simplifying the management of robot fleets.
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03/30/2020
TVS Arrays Guard Against Smartphone Electrical Transients
ProTek Devices has introduced a series of ultra-low capacitance TVS arrays for circuit protection in smartphones, other handheld wireless systems, USB interfaces and Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base T applications. The new series of TVS arrays consists of four new devices. The GBLCxxHP/CHP series comprises of two devic
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03/30/2020
Machine Learning Puts a New Spin on Spin Models

Simulated low temperature (left) and high temperature (right) phase of a 2D Ising model, where blue points are spins pointing up, and the red points are spins pointing down.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study spin models, used in physics to study phase transitions. Previous work showed that image/handwriting classifying AI could be applied to distinguish states in the simplest models. The team showed the approach is applicable to more co
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03/29/2020
Double-Walled Nanotubes Have Electro-Optical Advantages

Rice University theorists have calculated flexoelectric effects in double-walled carbon nanotubes. The electrical potential (P) of atoms on either side of a graphene sheet (top) are identical, but not when the sheet is curved into a nanotube. Double-walled nanotubes (bottom) show unique effects as band gaps in inner and outer tubes are staggered.

One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there's new evidence that two could be tops. Rice University engineers already knew that size matters when using single-walled carbon nanotubes for their electrical properties. But until now, nobody had studied how electrons act when confronted with the R
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03/29/2020
Data-Based Optimization of Energy Systems

Automated detection and inventorying of energy systems using photovoltaic facilities as an example. (Photo: Google Maps/greenventory)

greenventory brings the energy transition into cities: The startup offers utilities, grid operators, and municipalities highly resolved data and software tools for forward-looking planning of sustainable energy systems. The system for automated inventorying, analysis, and optimization made by greenventory considers el
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03/27/2020
Thinner Electrolyte can Improve Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Increasing the efficiency of Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)

In this post-industrialization age, electricity has become the backbone of our society. However, using fossil fuels to generate it is not the best option because of their limited availability and harmful nature. In the last two decades, significant efforts have been made to develop techniques to foster sustainable en
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03/27/2020
As Electronics Shrink to Nanoscale: Still Good as Gold?
Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data. But as these interconnected circuits shrink to nanoscale, engineers worry that pressure, such as that caused by thermal expansion when current flows through these wires, might cause gol
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03/27/2020
Würth Elektronik to Host Their First-Ever Virtual Conference
Würth Elektronik is proud to announce the introduction of their first-ever Virtual Conference. This free Virtual Conference includes easy-access to topics including Robust Design for E-Mobility, EMI Mitigation with Wide Bandgap Devices, Wireless Power Transfer: Advanced Coil Knowledge, and more; all presented by
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03/27/2020
Lightweight Glass for Efficient Cars, Wind Turbines
A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines. Glasses can reinforce polymers to generate composite materials that provide similar strengths as metals but with less weight. Liang Qi, a pro
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03/27/2020
Automotive Load Dump TVS Devices Offer Best-in-Class Specs
Taiwan Semiconductor announces the introduction of the TLD5S/6S/8S Series of AEC-Q101 qualified high power unidirectional transient voltage surge suppressors (TVS). The devices, offered with ratings of 3.6 KW, 4.6 KW and 6.6 KW, are ideally suited for critical load dump applications designed to protect onboard e
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03/26/2020
TTI Brings You Eaton's SuperCaps Modules for Reliable Power
TTI, Inc., has stock for immediate shipment of multiple values of the Eaton Supercap Modules. All products feature low ESR for high power density with environmentally friendly materials for a green power solution. Eaton supercapacitors are maintenance-free with design lifetimes up to 20 years and operating temperat
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03/26/2020
Siemens Helps Produce Components w/ Additive Manufacturing

Siemens connects healthcare providers and medical designers to produce components through additive manufacturing

In response to the ongoing global health crisis caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, Siemens is making its Additive Manufacturing (AM) Network along with its 3D printers, available to the global medical community to speed design and production of medical components. The AM Network connects users, designers an
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03/26/2020
Würth Elektronik Circuit Board Tech Creates Ventilator PCBs
The worldwide spread of the corona virus is not only increasing the demand for personal protective equipment, but also for medical ventilators. In order to ensure the supply in Germany, the German government has placed several orders for ventilators with different manufacturers at short notice – and this is wh
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03/26/2020
Proximity Sensors Feature World's Longest Sensing Range
Manufacturers in the automotive industry are striving to make the most of the current trend towards electric vehicles and low fuel consumption by building lighter-weight vehicles and favoring aluminum over iron. As the prevalence of mixed production lines containing both iron and aluminum increases, the demand fo
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03/25/2020
Aitech Joins NVIDIA Partner Network to Advance Embedded AI
Aitech has joined the NVIDIA Partner Network as a Preferred Solutions Integration partner. Involvement in the program requires a strong product development effort and continued commitment to growing the general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) community. With innovations like the NVIDIA Xavier-based A178 Thunder AI System, Ai
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03/25/2020
Mahr Adds New Depth Gages to Its Wireless Gage Offerings
Mahr Inc. announced an expanded line of digital depth gages. The pocket-sized 30 EWRi is easy to take along for fast depth measurements and the new universal depth gage 30 EWR-U/40 EWRi-U includes interchangeable anvils. The 30 EWRi is a compact depth gage with a 0.06inch (1.5mm) contact and 1 inch (25mm) gag
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03/25/2020
Visual Power Manager Delivers Essential Power Monitoring
Eaton has launched the newest version of its Visual Power Manager (VPM) software, VPM Essential. The new offering delivers the comprehensive remote power monitoring capabilities IT and data center professionals rely on in VPM, but in a self-installable, subscription-based license ideal for small to medium business ap
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03/25/2020
MCU Starter Kit Jumpstarts Accurate Analog Evaluation
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a new Renesas Solution Starter Kit (RSSK) for developers working with the 32-bit RX23E-A microcontroller (MCU), which features one of the most highly accurate analog front ends (AFE) in the industry. The RX23E-A RSSK brings together hardware, software, and tools optimized fo
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03/25/2020
TTI Earns Raytheon 4-Star Award for 10th Year
TTI, Inc., has received recognition from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems as a 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award winner for performance and partnership for 2019. Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business instituted the annual Supplier Excellence Awards program to recognize suppliers who have provided
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03/25/2020
Scientists Develop Handheld, High-Res Medical Imaging Device

(from R-L): Assoc Prof Liu Linbo and one of his researchers Dr Xinyu Liu from NTU Singapore, have developed the prototype of a handheld medical imaging device, which produces images 100 times higher resolution than what X-Ray, computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines can provide.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed the prototype of a handheld medical imaging device that can produce images down to resolutions of 1 to 2 micrometres. This is detailed enough to spot the first signs of tumours in specific cells and is about 100 times hig
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03/25/2020
Bourns Launches Mobile App for iPhone and Android
Bourns, Inc., announced the launch of its mobile app for iPhone and Android platforms. Bourns developed the mobile app to give customers easy, anytime access to the company’s extensive library of useful technical documents and product selection materials. The broad range of features available on the new a
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03/25/2020
Sager Electronics Offers DC/DC Converters from RECOM
Sager Electronics is now stocking RECOM Power’s RHV2 and RHV3 series of DC/DC converters. RECOM Power's RHV2 & RHV3 series DC/DC converter offers remarkably high 20kVDC isolation in a compact SIP16 case. With input voltages available at 5, 12 or 24VDC and output voltages at 5V, 12V, 24V, ±5V or ±12V, th
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03/25/2020
Shifting Dimensions: Exciting Excitons in Phosphorene

For exciton-exciton annihilation to occur, two excitons must interact with each other. These interactions are well-characterized for 1D and 2D systems. In a 1D system, we can think of exciton interactions occurring like schoolchildren talking on a bus.

Since its discovery in 2014, phosphorene - a sheet of phosphorus atoms only a single atom thick - has intrigued scientists, due to its unique optoelectronic anisotropy. In other words, electrons interact with light and move in one direction only. This anisotropy means that despite being two dimensional (2D), ph
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03/25/2020
SiTime Boosts Performance and Reliability for Garmin Devices
SiTime Corporation announced that Garmin International, Inc., has chosen SiTime’s MEMS timing solutions for several of Garmin’s automotive, aviation, marine, fitness, and outdoor products. “Garmin makes products that are engineered on the inside for life on the outside,” said Patrick Desbois, Garmin ex
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03/24/2020
Industrial Lighting Delivers High-Quality Illumination
Power management company Eaton announced its latest innovation in industrial and hazardous-area lighting, Crouse-Hinds series Champ CPMV and WPMV LEDs. The wallpacks are designed for vertical surface lighting applications in industrial environments and Class I, Division 2 areas, providing high-performance, maintenance-free il
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03/23/2020
High-Voltage Power Supplies Include Expandable Functionality
Dean Technology, Inc. announced the introduction of its new SPS series of digital high-voltage power supplies. These are the first products available using the company’s patented technology developed through years of research that drastically improves the performance and capability of high-voltage power supplies. Th
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03/23/2020
The Coronavirus Strikes Again – EDS 2020 Cancelled
No surprise here – COVID-19 has sacked every trade show, event, and gathering for the foreseeable future, so EDS had no prayer. The Elec­tron­ic Dis­trib­u­tors Sum­mit (EDS) board of direc­tors has officially cancelled its 2020 conference. EDS is held each year in Sin City, Las Vegas (lately, something
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03/23/2020
ABB Expands CLP Open-Frame Power Supply Family
With a focus on providing the power levels and options designers need, ABB is expanding its CLP open-frame power supply product family to support a higher range of output voltages. The new additions to the product line increase its output voltage options to up to 54 volts DC and its output power options to up to
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03/23/2020
Flex Power Modules Launches New Website
Flex Power Modules announces the launch of its newly revamped website. With a modern design aligned to its parent company’s branding, the new website has many new features to enhance overall user experience, navigation and search. For example, the website has introduced a parametric search, allowing custo
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03/23/2020
Design Kits for a Tech that Reduces Power Consumption
Tower Semiconductor announced the release of design kits for a novel 0.18um high-performance power management technology which offers over 35% power efficiency improvement and/or equivalent amount of die-area directly contributing to the die’s price competitiveness. This new offering enables scalable IC operation of
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03/23/2020
Anchor Design Workflow with One-Click RISA Integration
Hilti has streamlined the anchor and base plate design workflow for PROFIS Engineering Suite users by integrating the cloud-based software with RISAConnection. The agreement with RISA Tech, Inc., a structural design software developer, affirms Hilti’s investment in collaborating with external partners to better le
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03/20/2020
Berkeley Cosmologists are Top Machine Learning Challengers

2020 LHC Olympics logo.

In searching for new particles, physicists can lean on theoretical predictions that suggest some good places to look and some good ways to find them: It's like being handed a rough sketch of a needle hidden in a haystack. But blind searches are a lot more complicated, like hunting in a haystack without knowing wh
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03/20/2020
Tiny Double Accelerator Recycles Energy

Proof of concept for cascaded terahertz accelerator using long pulses. The mini-accelerator uses terahertz radiation that can be recycled for a second stage of acceleration.

A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the energy of the accelerated electrons a second time. The device uses narrowband terahertz radiation which lies between infrared and radio frequencies in the electromagnetic sp
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03/20/2020
Silicon Computing Power for Brain Research and Prosthetics

Abdulmalik Obaid (on left) and Nick Melosh with their microwire array. This bundle of microwires can enable researchers to watch the activity of hundreds of neurons in the brain in real time.

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new device for connecting the brain directly to silicon-based technologies. While brain-machine interface devices already exist - and are used for prosthetics, disease treatment and brain research - this latest device can record more data while being less intrusive th
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03/20/2020
OpenLicht is developing the light of tomorrow
OpenLicht was funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), with the goal of enabling new forms of collaboration between science, business, maker and startup community. Infineon Technologies AG is supervising the project in close cooperation with Bernitz Electronics GmbH, Deggendorf Institute
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03/19/2020
RS introduces easy to use IR thermal imaging cameras
Offering easy one-handed fixed-focus image capture, these new Fluke infrared imagers are ideal for engineers and technicians new to thermal imaging, allowing accurate non-contact temperature measurement from a safe distance to reveal invisible thermal issues that cannot otherwise be detected.   The TiS
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03/19/2020
UI Devices Adds Sirens Product Line to Audio Portfolio
The CPS models utilize piezo technology with a built-in driving circuit to create a range of variable tones and sounds, including hi-lo, warble, sweeping, one tone, and six tone. Featuring sound pressure levels (SPLs) up to 120 dB as well as through hole, panel mount, and wire lead mounting styles, these piezo si
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03/19/2020
SCALE-iDriver for SiC MOSFETs Achieves AEC-Q100 Qualification
Devices can be configured to support gate-drive voltage requirements of commonly used SiC MOSFETs and feature sophisticated safety and protection features.   The SIC1182KQ (1200 V) and SIC1181KQ (750 V) SCALE-iDriver devices are optimized for driving SiC MOSFETs in automotive applications, exhibiting rail-to-r
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03/19/2020
UnitedSiC Announces New Global Partnership with Digi-Key
The new partnership willprovide Digi-Key customers with worldwide, 24-hour availability of UnitedSiC’s Silicon Carbide product portfolio - including the only standard gate drive SiC devices currently in the market.   Yalcin Bulut, VP of Global Sales and Marketing at UnitedSiC, said: “This partnership focuses
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03/19/2020
OptiMOS™ IPOL voltage regulators with COT engine
      This product family is designed for today’s server, base station and telecom (operating at 85˚C ambient temperature) and storage applications requiring both high efficiency and high density. The IR3887M is the smallest 30 A device on the market. Fusing Infineon’s latest FET gene
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03/19/2020
KEMET Introduces Automotive Metal Composite Power Inductors
The MPXV product offering enhances the company’s METCOM range and is AEC-Q200 qualified for use in the automotive sector.   The new power inductors provide efficient power conversion while minimizing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and are ideal for use in DC to DC switching power supplies for t
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03/19/2020
Microchip Expands SiC Family of Power Electronics
Together with its broad portfolio of microcontrollers (MCUs) and analog products, Microchip serves the needs of high power system control, drive and power stage – supporting customers with total system solutions.   Microchip’s SiC family includes commercially qualified Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD)-based pow
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03/19/2020
Total to Build the Largest Battery-based Energy Storage Project in France
With a storage capacity of 25 megawatt hours (MWh) and output of 25 MW of power, the new lithium-ion energy storage system will be the largest in France. It will be used to provide fast reserve services to support the stability of the French power grid. It is part of government policy to support the development
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03/19/2020
JJ Micro deal gives Transonics access to triacs & thyristors
Many of these parts are drop-in replacements for leading brands such as STMicro and NXP (WeEN Semiconductor).   Transonics’ extensive UK inventory includes JJ Micro’s internally-isolated tab Triacs ranging from mAs up to 40A, with sensitive data recurring currents. JJ Micro’s range of Triacs extend
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03/19/2020
Expanded High Power Portfolio for Industrial Applications
Bel Power Solutions announced the expansion of their high power portfolio with the TXP4000 Series, a maximum 4000 W AC-DC power supply suitable for industrial, process and control, railway and machinery applications. The TXP4000 Series of AC-DC converters employs a PFC front-end stage and an isolated DC-DC sta
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03/19/2020
ETAL Group showcases expanded transformer range at PCIM
ETAL Group will present its newly introduced range of High Voltage and High Power transformers at the upcoming PCIM Europe show in Nuremberg.   ETAL Group is a leading supplier of magnetic components for the telecom, power technology, automotive and defence industries.   In addition, ETAL’s established
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03/19/2020
Power Integrations Expands Range of InnoSwitch3 ICs
The new INN3x78C devices incorporate a smaller “size 8” 750 V PowiGaN transistor, enabling compact, efficient power supplies delivering between 27 W and 55 W without heatsinks. The ICs are housed in the same high-creepage, safety-compliant InSOP-24D package as larger members of the GaN-based InnoSwitch3 families,
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03/19/2020
Microlease, Livingston and Electro Rent Europe finalise rebrand
The three companies will operate within the global Electro Rent Corporation as Electro Rent.   This will give its customers access to a global inventory worth more than $1.2bn. With over 300 quality brands all available from one source, including major brands like Anritsu, EXFO, Fluke, Keithley, Keysi
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03/19/2020
Infineon launches OPTIGA Connect 5G ready eSIM solution
This solution fully supports all GSMA standards from 3G to 5G and securely authenticates the device to the subscribed carrier network of choice. It is the perfect match for smartphones, tablets and wearables like smart watches or fitness trackers thanks to its small footprint. Combining hardware and software i
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03/19/2020
New 15W and 20W chassis / DIN rail mount DC-DC converters
Their flexible specification allows devices with incompatible voltages to be easily integrated into industrial systems.   The DTJ15 and DTJ20 series are designed for convenience of installation and operation. They can be installed to a chassis or DIN rail and connected via screw terminals and require
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03/19/2020
  PULS DIN-Rail Power Supplies with built-in redundancy
    The function is used for secure power N+1 redundant operation without the need for an external decoupling unit or use of inefficient “OR-ing” diodes.   The new CP power supply family features a 100-240VAC wide range input voltage and an output of 24VDC rated at 10A or 20A. Rugged
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03/19/2020
ON Semiconductor Introduces New 900 V and 1200 V SiC MOSFETs
Intended for use in a variety of demanding high-growth applications including solar power inverters, on-board charging for electric vehicles (EV), uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), server power supplies, and EV charging stations, the new devices offer levels of performance that were simply not possible with s
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03/19/2020
Pickering Electronics launches smallest HV reed relay
Housed in the miniature SIL/SIP package, new Series 131 reed relays have a footprint of just 12.5mm x 3.7mm and a height of 6.6mm and deliver a minimum stand-off of 1500V.     Featuring a choice of 3, 5 or 12 volt coils, with optional internal diode, Series 131 reed relays are available in the 1 Form A
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03/19/2020
Nexperia delivers first ESD protection device for USB4
Of special interest to engineers designing USB4 and Thunderbolt interfaces, the new device uses Nexperia’s TrEOS ESD protection technology with active silicon-controlled rectification. It delivers a winning combination of extremely low capacitance (down to 0.1 pF); extremely low clamping (dynamic resistance dow
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03/19/2020
Würth Elektronik adds 36 V versions to its MagI³C FDSM family
The components in a SIP-3 package represent cost-effective solutions to meet the requirements for the transient capability of a 24 V industrial voltage network. The new modules operate from 6 to 36 V VIN and generate a fixed output voltage of 3.3 or 5 V at a current of up to 1 A.   The FDSM series
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03/19/2020
Scientists Transform Tough Pollen into Flexible Material
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a way to turn pollen, one of the hardest materials in the plant kingdom, into a soft and flexible material, with the potential to serve as 'building blocks' for the design of new categories of eco-friendly materials. The findings, p
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03/19/2020
Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work in the Lab

Dr Agustin Schiffrin and his team at the School of Physics and Astronomy (Monash University)

An Australian-German collaboration has demonstrated fully-autonomous SPM operation, applying artificial intelligence and deep learning to remove the need for constant human supervision. The new system, dubbed DeepSPM, bridges the gap between nanoscience, automation and artificial intelligence (AI), and firml
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03/19/2020
The Power of Light for Internet of Underwater Things

This 1.5-meter-long experimental setup was used to test the effectiveness of a submerged temperature sensor to charge and transmit instructions to a solar panel.

A system that can concurrently transmit light and energy to underwater energy devices is under development at KAUST. Self-powered internet of underwater things (IoUT) that harvest energy and decode information transferred by light beams can enhance sensing and communication in the seas and oceans. KAUST researchers ar
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03/19/2020
Chip-Based Devices Improve Quantum-Secured Communication

New chip-based devices contain all the optical components necessary for quantum key distribution. The cost-effective platform is designed to facilitate citywide networks.

Advances in computing technology will soon leave today's methods for encrypting online data vulnerable to eavesdropping. Quantum key distribution offers impenetrable encryption by using the quantum properties of light to generate secure random keys between users for encrypting and decrypting their online data. Alt
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03/19/2020
Cross-Technology Communication in the IoT Simplified

The X-Burst framework developed at TU Graz can be integrated into the operating system of existing devices.

Whether networked vehicles that warn of traffic jams in real time, household appliances that can be operated remotely, "wearables" that monitor physical activity, or industrial plants that detect possible production errors in time and notify technical support, the number of intelligent products that co
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03/19/2020
Drones Could Still be a Threat to Public Safety
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are widely used in mapping, aerial photography, rescue operations, shipping, law enforcement, agriculture, among other things. Despite great potential for improving public safety, use of drones can also lead to very undesirable situations, such as privacy an
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03/19/2020
Polymer Films Pass Electron Gun Test
HSE researchers, jointly with colleagues from the RAN Institute of Organoelement Compounds and the RAN Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, have studied the properties of a polyarylene ether ketone-based copolymer (co-PAEK) for potential space applications. Co-PAEK films are highly resistant to
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03/19/2020
Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable

This film derived from fish scales could someday be used in flexible electronic devices.

Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch, directly on the skin. In its current form, however, this technology generally depends on plastic. New research in ACS Nano describes a way to make these displays, which wou
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03/19/2020
A Landmark Plan for Fusion Energy and Plasma Science

PPPL physicist Nathan Ferraro with image from cover of report behind him.

Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is a key goal of scientists around the world. Production of this safe, clean and limitless energy could generate electricity for all humanity, and the possibility is growing closer to reality. Now a landmark report released this we
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03/19/2020
Composite Metal Foams Move Closer to Widespread Applications

This image shows steel-steel composite metal foam samples before testing (right) and after 100 minutes exposure to 825C (left).

North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated that composite metal foams (CMFs) can pass so-called "simulated pool fire testing" with flying colors, moving the material closer to use in applications such as packaging and transportation of hazardous materials. In addition, researchers us
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03/19/2020
A Quantum Sensor that Covers Entire Radio Frequency Spectrum

Atoms in a glass vapor cell are excited with laser beams to Rydberg states. They detect the electric fields (coming from the gold antenna in the background) and imprint the information back onto the laser beams.

A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency spectrum, from 0 to 100 GHz, said researchers from the Army. Such wide spectral coverage by a single antenna is impossible with a traditional receiver system, and would require multiple systems of indivi
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03/19/2020
Coronavirus May Force TV Makers to Cut Panel Demand in Q2

Korean TV makers aim to refill panel inventories to meet shipment targets

Television makers that had been planning to significantly boost their display panel purchasing in the second quarter now may be forced to curb their ambitions as concerns rise over a potential coronavirus-driven recession. South Korean and Chinese TV makers were hoping to take advantage of improving panel ava
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03/19/2020
A Nanoscale Laser Made of Gold and Zinc Oxide

The research group "Ultrafast Nano-Optics" at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, investigates processes in the nanoworld using lasers that emit extremely short flashes of light.

Tiny particles composed of metals and semiconductors could serve as light sources in components of future optical computers, as they are able to precisely localize and extremely amplify incident laser light. A team from Germany and Sweden led by Prof. Dr. Christoph Lienau and Dr. Jin-Hui Zhong from the University of
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03/19/2020
Revolutionizing Autonomous Navigation, AR, Neuroscience
While beam steering systems have been used for many years for applications such as imaging, display, and optical trapping, they require bulky mechanical mirrors and are overly sensitive to vibrations. Compact optical phased arrays (OPAs), which change the angle of an optical beam by changing the beam's phase pro
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03/19/2020
Metal Composite Power Inductors for Automotive Applications
KEMET Corporation has launched a new family of metal composite power inductors to address the stringent demands of the automotive market. The MPXV product offering enhances the company’s METCOM range and is AEC-Q200 qualified for use in the automotive sector. The new power inductors provide efficient power con
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03/18/2020
Renesas RE Family Chosen as Main Controller of G-SHOCK Watch
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (“Casio”) has adopted a Renesas ultra-low power consumption RE Family controller as the main controller of the new Casio G-SHOCK watch GBD-H1000 with heart rate monitor and GPS functionality, unveiled on February 26, 2020. The GBD-H1000
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03/18/2020
Current Sense Chip Resistor w/ High Power in a Small Package
There is an on-going trend to smaller, portable and more functional devices in the consumer electronics world. This is particularly true in the current sense resistor market where power control architectures are being downsized even as the functionality is being enhanced. Stackpole's CSS0508 is a 1W current sense chip
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03/18/2020
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