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The case for on-board voltage monitoring IP
As Cadence’s Bob Salem explains, advances in mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) applications are challenging chip designers to deliver increasing performance and longer battery life.
Wide creepage transistors offer superior arcing resistance
STMicroelectronics has introduced a portfolio of TO-220 FullPAK (TO-220FP) wide creepage power transistors, including the world’s first 1,500V super-junction MOSFET in this new important arcing-resistant package.
Littelfuse to acquire select product portfolio from ON Semiconductor
Littelfuse has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the product portfolio of Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) diodes, switching thyristors and Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) for automotive ignition applications from ON Semiconductor for a combined purchase price of $104m. This portfolio has annualised sales of approximately $55m. The transactions are expected to close in late August, 2016.
Sights set on China after patent confirmation
UK based developer of the truFLEX semiconductor platform, for the manufacture of flexible displays and electronics, SmartKem, has had notification of patent allowance for semiconductor material in China, a key market for the roll-out of its technology platform with display manufacturers across Asia.
Microchip demonstrates efficiency and scalable design
Princeton University researchers have built a computer chip that promises to boost performance of data centres that lie at the core of online services from email to social media.Data centres - essentially giant warehouses packed with computer servers - enable cloud-based services, such as Gmail and Facebook, as well as store the staggeringly voluminous content available via the internet.
Nex-gen of energy friendly optoelectronics
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast and ETHZurich, Switzerland, have created a theoretical framework which could help physicists and device engineers design better optoelectronics, leading to less heat generation and power consumption in electronic devices which source, detect, and control light.
Probing quantum phenomena in a tiny transistor
Past research has shown heterogeneous silicon-germanium nanowires to be better transistors than their pure silicon counterparts. A team from Michigan Technological University has figured out the most likely reason why. The study, published recently in Nano Letters, focuses on the quantum mechanics in a core-shell nanowire structure. Having a better understanding of the underlying physics could improve efficiency in electronic devices that maximiz...
Improving Internet with mid-wavelength infrared
With a growing number of people connecting to the Internet everyday, Internet cables are under the threat of a "bandwidth explosion."Free-space optical (FSO) communication is a promising candidate to lighten the load. FSO uses visible or infrared light to wirelessly transmit data through open air as opposed to using cables, which have limited bandwidth. The technology provides a low-cost and low-power alternative to traditional radio-frequency wi...
TFT LCD module technology enables high contrast ratios
Now available from RDS is the new NL10276AC30-52C colour TFT LCD module from Tianma/NLT. This new high quality 15-inch display features an ultra-bright 1600cd/m2 display, XGA resolution (1024 x 768) and a built in LED driver. The wide viewing angles (160°v / 160°h) along with wide operating temperatures (-30 to + 60oC) and an LVDS interface make this panel ideal for industrial, marine and outdoor applications.
Be aware of datasheet thermal figures
Thermal management requires an understanding of how heat is transferred away from a semiconductor device’s junction. However, Siva Uppuluri, Applications Engineer, Diodes stresses that understanding how datasheet thermal figures are calculated and used is instrumental in assessing the thermal capability of a semiconductor device.