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Programmable Hall sensor is optimized for safety-critical applications
Programmable Hall sensor is optimized for safety-critical applications
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Allegro Microsystems Europe has introduced a dual-chip programmable Hall sensor IC for safety critical applications in automotive environments. The A1346…
Tower wants to build China fab
Tower wants to build China fab
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Specialty pure-play foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) is considering how it can build a greenfield wafer fab in…
Interview: Silicon Labs on the IoT
Interview: Silicon Labs on the IoT
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Editor's note; The Chief Marketing Officer of Silicon Labs (Austin, TX), Michele Grieshaber, offers us – before we get too…
Real-time handheld RF analyzer targets mobile networks, IoT, M2M and C2C
Real-time handheld RF analyzer targets mobile networks, IoT, M2M and C2C
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A real-time handheld analyzer, SignalShark from Narda (Chicago, IL), enables completely new facilities for measurements in the increasingly complex high-frequency…

Terahertz tech moves from tabletop to microchip
Terahertz tech moves from tabletop to microchip
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Electromagnetic pulses lasting one millionth of a millionth of a second may hold the key to advances in medical imaging, communications and drug development. To this end, researchers at Princeton…
Organic CMOS image sensor can switch between color and near-IR modes
Organic CMOS image sensor can switch between color and near-IR modes
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Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) has developed an organic image sensor pixel that can be switched from visible light to near infrared (NIR).
Thin haptic actuator operates at up to 200Hz
Thin haptic actuator operates at up to 200Hz
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TDK (Tokyo, Japan) has expanded its portfolio of haptic components with a 0.35mm thin PiezoHapt actuator featuring a response time of just 4ms.
Electronic DC circuit breakers for the smart grid developed
Electronic DC circuit breakers for the smart grid developed
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Researchers in Germany have developed power electronic circuit breakers for DC smart grid applications.
Intel FPGAs target IoT security
Intel FPGAs target IoT security
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) aims to serve the growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) applications with its Cyclone 10 family of FPGAs, able to collect and send data, and…
0.35mm thin haptic actuator operates at up to 200Hz
0.35mm thin haptic actuator operates at up to 200Hz
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TDK has expanded its portfolio of haptic components with a 0.35mm thin PiezoHapt actuator featuring a response time of just 4ms.
Western Digital doubles 3D-NAND capacity
Western Digital doubles 3D-NAND capacity
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Western Digital has started production of a 512Gbit 64-layer 3D-NAND flash memory with its manufacturing partner Toshiba in Yokkaichi, Japan. Mass production is expected in the second half of 2017.
3D printed PCBs for aerospace, defense
3D printed PCBs for aerospace, defense
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Nano Dimension Ltd. (Ness Ziona, Israel), the developer of the DragonFly 2020 3D printer for 3D circuitry and PCBs, has been awarded a grant to develop 3D printing of ceramic…
Qualcomm launches RF joint venture aimed at 5G
Qualcomm launches RF joint venture aimed at 5G
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A year on from the first announcement of the $3 billion deal Qualcomm and TDK Corp. have launched their radio frequency joint venture, RF360 Holdings Singapore PTE. Ltd.
flex+ Project delivers pool of ideas for healthcare
flex+ Project delivers pool of ideas for healthcare
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The goal of the two-year flex+ Project was to develop a comprehensive approach for the successful development and manufacturing of flexible electronics.
Panasonic reports organic multispectral image sensor
Panasonic reports organic multispectral image sensor
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Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) has developed an organic image sensor pixel that can be switched from visible light to near infrared (NIR).
Volkswagen plans to create navigation cloud – with Mobileye’s help
Volkswagen plans to create navigation cloud – with Mobileye’s help
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Today’s car navigation systems have a massive deficiency: With map update cycles of typically six to twelve months, they inherently are based on outdated map data. In a cooperation with…
Ford invests massively in AI startup
Ford invests massively in AI startup
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Over the next five years, carmaker Ford Motor Company will invest $1 billion into Argo AI, a startup company launched by former Google and Uber engineers. The start-up is focusing…
Toshiba mulls sell off of all of chip business
Toshiba mulls sell off of all of chip business
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Struggling Toshiba Corp. could sell a majority, or even the whole, of its profitable chip business to raise cash to cover a massive write down in its nuclear power business,…
Intrinsic-ID extends SRAM PUF security
Intrinsic-ID extends SRAM PUF security
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Embedded security company Intrinsic-ID BV (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has made two software additions, known as Broadkey and Citadel, to its SRAM physically unclonable function (PUF) technology.
Medical UPS system uses longer-lasting lithium iron phosphate batteries
Medical UPS system uses longer-lasting lithium iron phosphate batteries
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Tripp Lite has developed two new medical-grade UPS systems with lithium iron phosphate (LiFePhos) cells that provide up to 10,000 charging cycles, 20-30 times that of traditional batteries.
USB scope enables high-res measurements of differential voltage waveforms
USB scope enables high-res measurements of differential voltage waveforms
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USB oscilloscope specialist Pico Technology's PicoScope 4444 high-resolution differential oscilloscope features four true differential input channels and a range of accessories for measurements from millivolt to 1000V CAT III applications.
Johnson Controls takes lead battery recycling technology global
Johnson Controls takes lead battery recycling technology global
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Johnson Controls is to take a cutting-edge electrochemical battery recycling technology developed by US startup Aqua Metals global.
9 x 15-mm module houses 12V, 10A DC/DC step-down
9 x 15-mm module houses 12V, 10A DC/DC step-down
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Texas Instruments has added a pair of 12V, 10A, 4 MHz step-down power modules that provide a power management solution that is 20% smaller than any comparable module-based solution available.
Low-cost FPGAs with floating point hardware will support 10G traffic
Low-cost FPGAs with floating point hardware will support 10G traffic
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The Intel Cyclone 10 family of FPGAs – Cyclone 10 GX and Cyclone 10 LP – are differentiated by features that address the needs of different design teams.
Smallest isolated RS-485 transceiver IC
Smallest isolated RS-485 transceiver IC
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The ISL32704E offers performance, lowest EMI and optimum CMTI, and the highest working voltage for industrial IoT networks…
Double sided cooling for 60V power MOSFETs
Double sided cooling for 60V power MOSFETs
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has extended its range of high-efficiency U-MOS IX-H MOSFETs with an N-channel device in a ‘DSOP Advance’ SMD package that offers double sided cooling. Aimed at…
SoC battery operation time extended “2 to 5 times”
SoC battery operation time extended “2 to 5 times”
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IP supplier Dolphin Integration (Grenoble, France) offers three innovative voltage regulators as part of its DELTA library, in processes from 180 nm down to 40 nm. They will, Dolphin says,…
Double-sided cooling for 60V MOSFETs boosts motor control and power supplies
Double-sided cooling for 60V MOSFETs boosts motor control and power supplies
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched a 60V N-channel power MOSFET in a ‘DSOP Advance’ SMD package that offers double sided cooling.


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