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European Patent Office grants new patent to semiconductor specialist
Semiconductors from SmartKem enable the creation of thin film transistors (TFTs) on plastic, allowing the manufacture of truly flexible displays: screens that can bend, fold and operate at low power to serve end markets including smartphones, wearables and embedded and large area displays.
Spray printed crystals will speed applications for organic electronics
University of Surrey scientists reckonthe time has come to replace traditionally used silicon with printable organic semiconductor inks. This technology, they say, is ideal for applications that need to be flexible, lightweight, wearable and low-cost.
Water cooled resistors reduce footprint of marine applications
Air cooled resistors are common in motor driven applications like cranes, lifts, hoists and conveyors, but in medium voltage, high power applications liquid cooling wins out.A medium voltage drive running off a 3.3kV supply to turn a 500kW motor will put a severe heating load on the application’s power transistors – hence the need for water cooling.
LCD platform delivers large area flexible displays
FlexEnable has developed a 12.1” glass-free, conformable organic liquid crystal display (OLCD) marking an important milestone in the commersialisation of large area flexible displays. The technology is compatible with existing LCD production lines, and is scalable to even larger area displays to meet the immediate market needs for applications including automotive, consumer electronics, and digital signage.
Students learn microwave amplifier design
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is the largest UAS in Finland. Founded in 2008 as the result of the merger of two universities in the Helsinki region, the Helsinki Metropolia UAS has almost 17,000 students, of which approximately 50% study programs in electrical engineering and automation technology. The students in the degree program select electronics, automation technology, or electrical power engineering studies as th...
High performance RF power amplifiers for jamming systems
A line of portable RF power amplifiers supported by a dedicated team of amplifier specialists has been introduced by ETL Systems. ETL’s range of RF power amplifiers offer high efficiency, broad frequency coverage and a compact form factor in a variety of power levels.
Meeting the global demand for lower energy
Electronic Specifier Editor Joe Bush spoke to Jim Witham, Chief Executive Officer of GaN Systems at electronica about the company’s offer of gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors and the role they are playing in the world’s energy reduction needs of the future.
Smarter transistors could be three times more efficient
Together with his research team, Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics at Lund University in Sweden, has developed a technology for smarter transistors which could be used in electronics that operate on low energy, such as sensors for the IoT. Using the new transistors on a large scale could save enormous amounts of energy.Transistors are the smallest building blocks in electronics - a kind of switch.
Memory may be more energy efficient than previously thought
Scientists often discover interesting things without completely understanding how they work. That has been the case with an experimental memory technology in which temperature and voltage work together to create the conditions for data storage. But precisely how was unknown.But when a Stanford team found a way to untangle the chip’s energy and heat requirements, their tentative findings revealed a pleasant surprise: The process may be more ...
DC/DC converter delivers up to 480A in parallel configurations
Ericsson announced the launch of a new two-phase 120A 3E digital point-of-load (POL) DC/DC power module. The BMR467 is pin compatible with its predecessor, the BMR465, but its upgraded design delivers 30A more current. The module is also compliant with new ‘teraAMP’ standard developed by the AMP (Architects of Modern Power) Group.