Everyone seems to be talking about unlocking smartphones by 3D face recognition instead of fingerprint or PIN. Making authentication more convenient and more secure, it may soon become indispensable for mobile payment applications and mobile ID. With the 3D image sensor chip from Infineon Technologies the unlock-with-your-face feature becomes smarter, faster and more reliable.

Efficient and easy to use wireless charging for smartphones, wearables, medical and industrial devices possible with the AURIX and XMC microcontroller families. Infineon Technologies offers flexible chip sets for high performance including software IP for smart and safe wireless charging applications. Working with a systems solution partner, Infineon provides reference designs for both inductive and resonant wireless char...

The more connectivity and automated driving functions are built into cars, the more important embedded IT security becomes for vehicle communication. Infineon Technologies and ESCRYPT work closely together in the field of automobile cyber security. Both companies are now offering a solution that encrypts on-board communication and makes it more secure while considering future security requirements.

Infineon Technologies has been recognised with two SESAMES Awards for the world's first post-quantum cryptography implementation on a contactless security chip. 

Within the core of electronic ID cards (eID) and passports you can find powerful and robust security solutions. Security chips in 'Coil-on- Module' (CoM) packages offer significant advantages here. Infineon Technologies AG is now expanding its CoM portfolio with a complete solution for contactless ID documents. The new SLC52 security chip is now available, integrated with the card antenna into a polycarbonate monoblock inlay (Inlam).

  Infineon Technologies' latest high voltage Superjunction MOSFET technology has been released. The 600V CoolMOS CFD7 completes the CoolMOS 7 series. This new MOSFET addresses the high power SMPS market for resonant topologies. It offers efficiency and reliability in soft switching topologies like LLC and ZVS PSFB.

  Available in a QFN package, the IRPS5401 is Infineon Technologies' five output point of load (PoL) digital voltage regulator for FPGAs, ASICs, and other multi-rail power systems.

Following the recent news on the WiFi Krack vulnerability, Richard Edgar, Director of Communications, Imagination Technologies, said: “With 71% of mobile comms flowing over wireless internet, WiFi is now the most significant communications platform around the world. Therefore, when a story like KRACK breaks it is easy to understand why it makes the headlines – the vulnerability could affect millions of people. However, ...

  The AURIX microcontroller family from Infineon Technologies helps realise automated driving by using a critical safety compute element and vehicle interface for the NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 AI car computing platform. 

On 5th October 2017, XMOS launched its VocalFusion 4-Mic Dev Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS) for far-field applications. The kit integrates Infineon’s high SNR microphones to ensure highest performance and reliability. XMOS now offers the first Amazon AVS development kit with a linear mic array for far-field applications. The 4-Mic Development Kit features crystal clear voice capturing even in noisy environments. This enables comma...

  The search for improved power conversion efficiency and reduction of energy losses is always on. In co-operation with Infineon Technologies, Eltek engineers have cracked the code again, reducing losses by 50% while further improving reliability and total cost of ownership.

In just three years from now, we can expect that 30 billion devices will belong to the Internet of Things (IoT). Cars, homes, industrial plants and consumer devices are rapidly becoming connected to the Internet. While today the interaction between humans and machines is mostly done by touch, the next evolutionary step of IoT will lead to the omni-presence of high-performance voice control. Infineon Technologies wants to further develop its capab...

  Infineon Technologies is expanding its recently launched CoolMOS P7 superjunction power MOSFET family with a SOT-223 package. The device has been developed as a one-to-one drop-in replacement for DPAK.

Addressing the needs for high performance, low noise MEMS microphones, Infineon Technologies is entering the packaged silicon microphone market. The analogue and digital microphones are based on Infineon’s dual backplate MEMS technology and feature a 70dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This is combined with a low distortion level of ten percent at a 135dB sound pressure level (SPL). In a 4x3x1.2mm MEMS package, the microphones are suited...

With the introduction of the EconoPIM 3 package, Infineon Technologies has expanded its product portfolio of IGBT modules. The current rating of the module is thereby increased from 100A by 50% to 150A. The new power modules serve the growing demand for higher power density within the same footprint. Typical applications are motor controls for drives in elevators, escalators, fans or pumps.

Development kits for sensors from Infineon are significantly reducing design effort – and thereby development time and system costs. For reliable and fast measurement of speed, Infineon Technologies has announced the new Hall sensor TLE4922 as well as the 'Speed Sensor 2Go' design kit that goes with it. The TLE4922 was developed for industrial and automotive applications, where fast and reliable measurement of speed is critical, such as spe...

Car makers want in-vehicle electronic systems to provide a large number of energy-efficient functions in as little space as possible. Infineon supports this trend with its new power IC manufacturing technology SMART7. Infineon designed it specifically for automotive applications such as body control modules or power distribution centres. SMART7 power ICs drive, diagnose and protect loads in applications like heating, power distribution, air-...

The Japanese automotive system supplier DENSO has honored Infineon with a “Supplier of the Year Award”. DENSO acknowledged the Infineon North America team for their outstanding local support. The award is given to the supplier who demonstrates commitment to exceptional quality and logistics performance. The assessment criteria also include collaboration in advancing automotive technologies and the supplier’s willingness to consi...

Imagine this scenario: a famous football player is involved in a serious traffic accident, just as his team is fighting to avoid relegation. While the player’s accident is not yet publicly known, the IT systems of the hospital are attacked. Looking for sensitive data, the perpetrators come across the name and records of the football player. Nobody yet knows that a substitute for the player will be necessary or that the team’s pos...

Infineon Technologies has expanded its 1200 V discrete IGBT product portfolio by offering up to 75 A. The devices are co-packed with a full rated diode in a TO-247PLUS package. The new TO-247PLUS 3pin and 4pin packages serve the growing demand for higher power density and highest efficiency in discrete packages. Typical applications with a blocking voltage of 1200 V requiring high power density are drives, photovoltaic, and UPS. Additional applic...