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Synthetic current control drives efficiency in IoT infrastructure
Synthetic current control drives efficiency in IoT infrastructure
Interviews |
Patents on synthetic current control are key to the latest power technology development at Intersil. Nick Flaherty talks to Mark…
Kit hosts sensor-to-cloud, end-end IoT package
Kit hosts sensor-to-cloud, end-end IoT package
New Products |
The Thunderboard Sense Kit is intended to “inspire IoT developers to connect everything” - the kit simplifies development of cloud-connected…
150W PSUs employ base plate cooling
150W PSUs employ base plate cooling
New Products |
With the PCMAT150 S24, MTM Power (Mellenbach, Germany) says it has a new generation of AC/DC modules which can be…
Panasonic boost from Tesla solar roof and powerwall
Panasonic boost from Tesla solar roof and powerwall
Business news |
Panasonic is set to benefit from the launch of a new solar cell rooftop tile system developed by Solar City,…

Researchers fireproof lithium-ion batteries
Researchers fireproof lithium-ion batteries
Technology News |
Lithium ion batteries are indispensable as energy source for millions of electronic devices as well as for electromobility. Their drawback: They are not overly safe in that they are easily…
Cylindrical supercapacitors offer high pulse-power handling
Cylindrical supercapacitors offer high pulse-power handling
New Products |
AVX’ SCC Series delivers high capacitance values, low ESR, low DCL, and long lifetime performance for industrial and consumer hold-up, energy harvesting, and pulse power applications; the series includes the…
Ultra-small hSensor platform for wearable wellness apps
Ultra-small hSensor platform for wearable wellness apps
New Products |
For wearable products in the health and fitness applications space, Maxim has configured a complete development platform that uses ARM mbed support, which the company says can eliminates up to…
Receiver handles 10 Gbit/s USB SuperSpeed+ signalling rate tests
Receiver handles 10 Gbit/s USB SuperSpeed+ signalling rate tests
New Products |
Anritsu’s MP1800A Signal Quality Analyzer offers an all-in-one USB3.1 receiver test solution for high-reproducibility measurements.
Maxim’s ultra-small hSensor platform for wearable wellness apps
Maxim’s ultra-small hSensor platform for wearable wellness apps
New Products |
For wearable products in the health and fitness applications space, Maxim has configured a complete development platform that uses ARM mbed support, which the company says can eliminates up to…
Digital multiphase PWM controllers with AVSBus; current control to 450A
Digital multiphase PWM controllers with AVSBus; current control to 450A
New Products |
Intersil has assembled a complete controller and smart power stage configuration using a technique it calls synthetic current control, that delivers up to 450A load to any processor, ASIC or…
Silicon Labs’ kit hosts sensor-to-cloud, end-end IoT package
Silicon Labs’ kit hosts sensor-to-cloud, end-end IoT package
New Products |
The Thunderboard Sense Kit is intended to “inspire IoT developers to connect everything” - the kit simplifies development of cloud-connected devices with multiple sensing and connectivity options and with no…
Microchip’s 8bit PIC18 family frees CPU with independent peripherals
Microchip’s 8bit PIC18 family frees CPU with independent peripherals
New Products |
PIC18F “K40” devices are introduced, incorporating an intelligent ADC with filtering and signal-analysis capabilities that are applicable to touch detection and signal conditioning; they off-load the CPU to reduce power…
Receiver handles 10 Gbit/s USB SuperSpeed+ signalling rate tests
Receiver handles 10 Gbit/s USB SuperSpeed+ signalling rate tests
New Products |
Anritsu’s MP1800A Signal Quality Analyzer offers an all-in-one USB3.1 receiver test solution for high-reproducibility measurements.
ARM IP addresses demand for richer mobile VR and 4K streaming
ARM IP addresses demand for richer mobile VR and 4K streaming
New Products |
ARM has announced IP for; A multi-standard video processor with VP9 encode, the ARM Mali-V61, that addresses increasing demand for enhanced real-time video performance; and, the Vulkan-enabled ARM Mali-G51 graphics…
Low-power IP automates power gating design
Low-power IP automates power gating design
New Products |
Low-power SoCs, says Dolphin Integration (Grenoble, France) rely on two design techniques, multiple operating frequencies and supply voltages to minimize dynamic power; and coarse grain power gating by shutting down…
Cylindrical supercapacitors offer high pulse-power handling
Cylindrical supercapacitors offer high pulse-power handling
New Products |
AVX’ SCC Series delivers high capacitance values, low ESR, low DCL, and long lifetime performance for industrial and consumer hold-up, energy harvesting, and pulse power applications; the series includes the…
Machine learning processor startup gets big backing
Machine learning processor startup gets big backing
Business news |
Graphcore Ltd. (Bristol, England), a startup developing a processor for machine learning, has completed a $30 million Series-A round of funding led by Robert Bosch Ventures and Samsung Catalyst Fund.
EPC, JJPlus collaborate on GaN-based wireless charging
EPC, JJPlus collaborate on GaN-based wireless charging
Business news |
JJPlus Corporation, a Taiwanese design house and GaN FET makers Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (Segundo, CA), are to partner to focus on product design for the accelerating wireless charging market.
Sony revealed as MRAM foundry for Avalanche
Sony revealed as MRAM foundry for Avalanche
Business news |
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. has agreed to make spin-transfer torque (STT) magnetic random access memories (MRAMs) for Avalanche Technology Inc. (Fremont, Calif.)…
ARM multimedia cores engineered for 4K
ARM multimedia cores engineered for 4K
New Products |
ARM Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has introduced a video codec core and a graphics core into its Mali range; the Mali-V61 and the Mali-G51, respectively.
Slideshow: The other things Tesla discovered, invented
Slideshow: The other things Tesla discovered, invented
Feature articles |
Steve Taranovich, editor of EE Times' Planet Analog website, presents a slideshow illustrating the less well-known work of the polymath Nikola Tesla.
LinkCharge CT from Semtech enables public wireless charging
LinkCharge CT from Semtech enables public wireless charging
Market news |
The LinkCharge-CT concept is framed to help accelerate wireless charging adoption by public enterprises and venues, as the only device with dual mode standards compliance and compatibility with faster charging…
Analog Devices buys Innovasic for automation, industrial IoT
Analog Devices buys Innovasic for automation, industrial IoT
Business news |
Analog Devices (Norwood, MA) has announced the acquisition of Innovasic (Albuquerque, NM), specialist semiconductor and IP vendor of deterministic Ethernet semiconductors and software. The acquisition, ADI says, adds a suite…
Gallium nitride almost as wear-resistant as diamond
Gallium nitride almost as wear-resistant as diamond
Technology News |
Reporting their findings in August in Applied Physics Letters (APL) in an article titled "Ultralow wear of gallium nitride", four Lehigh engineers have discovered a previously unknown property for GaN…
High phase stability microwave cables operate up to 26.5 GHz
High phase stability microwave cables operate up to 26.5 GHz
New Products |
HUBER+SUHNER has announced a family of SUCOFLEX® microwave cables that are capable of extremely precise measurements thanks to their very high phase stability combined with low loss and excellent return…
Qualcomm, NXP acquisition will not be easy
Qualcomm, NXP acquisition will not be easy
Business news |
With a view to creating a semiconductor engine for the connected world, Qualcomm Incorporated and NXP Semiconductors N.V. have announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors…
New tools for driving GaN E-HEMT transistors
New tools for driving GaN E-HEMT transistors
Technology News |
To meet customer demands, and in their desire to remain competitive, power supply designers and manufacturers are in an endless quest to develop solutions with both higher power density (W/mm³)…
Graphcore gets big backing for machine learning
Graphcore gets big backing for machine learning
Business news |
Graphcore Ltd. (Bristol, England), a startup developing a processor for machine learning, has completed a $30 million Series-A round of funding led by Robert Bosch Ventures and Samsung Catalyst Fund.


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