Silicon Labs has produced a 'clock tree on a chip' with up to 12 outputs, called Si5332
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Samsung, Intel and Hynix invest in firm for nanoscale chip processes
Samsung, Hitachi and SK Hynix join Intel in investing in a Nevada-based start-up company developing production systems for advanced node semiconductor manufacturing. Reno Sub-Systems develops semiconductor manufacturing systems for nanoscale IC processes. These include RF matching networks, RF power generators and gas delivery systems. The company has closed its Series C funding which was led by ...
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Philips and IQE to make lasers a mass-market product by 2022
Philips Photonics and UK-based IQE are aiming to manufacture semiconductor lasers in mass production at cost levels equivalent to the manufacture of LEDs. Philips has completed a €23m project to create a production line for vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) for volume photonics applications such as data communications and lighting. The three year project, ...
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Comment: Meeting the challenges of evolving auto electronics
Tomorrow's electronic engineers can jump into the auto industry fast lane through real-world project-based learning, writes Dr Coorous Mohtadi of MathWorks
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Dyson to make electric cars
Sir James Dyson is to build an electric car. Dyson says he is putting £2 billion into developing the car which should be on the road in 2020. “Battery technology is very important to Dyson, electric motors are very important to Dyson, environmental control is very important to us,” says Dyson, “I have been developing ...
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Infineon introduces 6th gen CoolSiC
Infineon has brought out the CoolSiC Schottky diode 650 V G6 to complement the 600 V and 650 V CoolMOS 7 families. They are aiming at current and future applications in Server and PC power, Telecom equipment power, and PV inverters. The CoolSiC Schottky diode 650 V G6 has a new layout, new cell structure, and ...
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Saelig’s pen-shaped scope
Saelig has brought out a pen-shaped battery-powered wireless oscilloscope that streams captured signals to almost any WiFi-connected screen. The IkaScope WS200 offers a 30MHz bandwidth with its 200MSa/s sampling rate and the maximum input is +/-40Vpp. It provides galvanically-isolated measurements even when a USB connection is charging the internal battery. It will work on desktop ...
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TI launches MCUs with ultrasonic sensing analogue front end
Texas Instruments has brought out MCUs with an integrated ultrasonic sensing analogue front end that enables smart water meters to deliver higher accuracy and lower power consumption. In addition, TI has introduced two new reference designs that make it easier to design modules for adding automated meter reading (AMR) capabilities to existing mechanical water meters. ...
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