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Panasonic starts mass production of high-speed gate driver
Panasonic announced that it will start mass production of a high-speed gate driver (AN34092B) optimised for driving its GaN power transistor X-GaN in November 2016. The company will also start mass production of two types of X-GaN (PGA26E07BA and PGA26E19BA) and provide solutions in combination with high-speed gate drivers.
X-FAB and efabless co-sponsor design challenge
In order to drive further ingenuity in IC development, X-FAB Silicon Foundries and efabless have announced the launch of an open mixed-signal design challenge. The objective of this challenge is to give designers across the globe, of all levels of experience, the opportunity to deliver a completed design IP for an ultra-low power voltage reference. The IP will be developed in X-FAB’s 350nm mixed-signal process with designers being granted a...
High resolution detectors to create safer X-ray diagnosis
With over 22 million X-rays being recorded in the NHS in England last year, they are a diagnostic test that most of us are familiar with. Scientists have often sought to reduce harmful ionising radiation, the high-energy particles that penetrate tissue to reveal internal organs and bone structures that can damage DNA, from single x-ray records or CT scans.Although this ionising radiation can be reduced, traditionally it has come at the expense of...
Safer X-ray diagnosis created through hi-res detectors
The NHS recorded over 22 million X-rays in England last year, and they are a diagnostic test that most of us are familiar with.Scientists have often sought to reduce harmful ionising radiation, the high-energy particles that penetrate tissue to reveal internal organs and bone structures that can damage DNA, from single x-ray records or CT scans.
Transistor with working 1-nm gate developed
For more than a decade, engineers have been eyeing the finish line in the race to shrink the size of components in integrated circuits. They knew that the laws of physics had set a 5-nm threshold on the size of transistor gates among conventional semiconductors, about one-quarter the size of high-end 20-nm-gate transistors now on the market.Some laws are made to be broken, or at least challenged.
Plastic packaged PIN diode control devices are launched
The availability of a series of plastic packaged PIN diode control products has been announced byMicrosemi Corporation, leveraging the company’s 50-year history supplying PIN diode products for challenging Radio Frequency (RF) power, small signal switching and receiver power limiting functions.
Flexible fingerprint sensor to be showcased at TRUSTECH
A 500dpi flexible fingerprint sensor in a smart card form factor designed by FlexEnable is going to be showcased at TRUSTECH 2016 in Cannes, 29thNovember-1stDecember 2016. With biometric authentication becoming increasingly important for the smartcard industry, flexible fingerprint sensors open up new opportunities.
Ultra-thin semiconductor could extend life of Moore's Law
Following a decade of intensive research into graphene and two-dimensional materials a semiconductor material shows potential for the future of super-fast electronics.The new semiconductor named Indium Selenide (InSe) is only a few atoms thick, similarly to graphene. The research was reported in Nature Nanotechnologyby researchers of The University of Manchester and their colleagues at The University of Nottingham.
Partnership provides rugged and high temperature IPMs
A partnership betweenBETA Transformer Technology Corporation (BETA) and CISSOID has developedcompact and reliable Intelligent Power Modules (IPM). These modules are optimised for power converters and motor control within extreme environments, including aerospace, industrial, ground vehicles, automotive, and oil and gas.
Arduino compatible shield accelerates MOSFET designs
The Protected Switch Shield with PROFET 24V for Arduino from Infineon Technologies is now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. This is a power switch evaluation board compatible with Arduino microcontroller boards and with Infineon’s XMC microcontroller kits using the Arduino form factor.