Using what it calls the “most recent ultra-bright InGaN chip technology”, Vishay has announced green 0603 leds producing up to 2.8cd (or 2,800mcd as it puts it). The devices are 1.6 x 0.8mm and 0.55mm high and called VLMTG1400. Various 525nm outputs are available across 1.2-2.8cd at 20mA, dropping 2.75-3.2V. Viewing angle is 146°. Available in 8 ...
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In its R6 generation, Amphenol has increased the capacity of its 8mm Radsok terminals, creating the Radsock NG whose single circuit can carry 220A at 40°C ambient. It can also work with 160A at up to 100°C. Both of these figures are with 35mm² cable ( 35-50mm² cable is the range) and without the housing (housing is installed ...
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TDK claims to have created the smallest common-mode choke for automotive Ethernet applications. Its dimensions are 3.2 mm x 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm. The ACT1210L choke, which is qualified to AEC-Q200, retains the Scd21 mode conversion characteristic of the previous generation product, the ACT45L. According to the supplier, this key parameter expresses the amplitude ...
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TDK claims to have created the smallest common-mode choke for automotive Ethernet applications. Its dimensions are 3.2 mm x 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm. The ACT1210L choke, which is qualified to AEC-Q200, retains the Scd21 mode conversion characteristic of the previous generation product, the ACT45L. According to the supplier, this key parameter expresses the amplitude ...
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NXP and Samsung subsidiary Harman are to collaborate on connected car technologies such as over-the-air updates, secure V2X communication and software-defined radio. The two companies will further expand their partnership in technologies supporting the connected in-car, including tuners, digital signal processors, amplifiers and applications processors. As a lead customer for NXP’s latest generation of NXP infotainment ...
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NXP Semiconductors has developed a power transistor for 915MHz applications which is its highest power device in this frequency class. The 50V silicon LDMOS power transistor has been designed to deliver 750W continuous wave (CW). It is intended to move microwave generator design out of the vacuum tube-era where technologies such as magnetrons are the ...
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Qualcomm’s business model is illegal, claims Apple in its legal scrap with Qualcomm in thevfederal court of the Southern District of California. Apple is asserting that Qualcomm’s practice of charging both for its chips and for a technology licence to use the chips is illegal. Apple cites a US Supreme Court case involving Lexmark where ...
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After saying last week he would take a temporary leave of absence, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (pictured) has now resigned as CEO following shareholder pressure. He remains on the board. Five large investors are said to have insisted that he go following an investigation into workplace practices at Uber. Kalanick’s shares in Uber are ...
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The French could be taking control of ST away from the Italians. Frenchman Nicholas Dufourcq (pictured) has been elected Chairman of ST’s supervisory board to succeed the Italian Maurizio Tamagnini. Dufourcq is an Enarc – a graduate of France’s elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He is chairman of the French state-owned bank Bpifrance. Two months ...
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NXP has teamed-up with Elektrobit to create a platform for those developing automated driving systems. The aim is to combine NXP’s BlueBox automated driving reference hardware with Elektrobit’s Robinos automated driving software framework. “They combine two powerful building blocks for enabling self-driving robots on wheels,” said NXP autonomous platform architect Davide Santo. “We look forward to ...
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