On-chip inductors get smaller with graphene and electron momentum

US researchers have made on-chip inductors smaller by adding ‘kinetic inductance’ to conventional magnetic inductance. The work cuts the size of 10-50GHz inductors by a third. Kinetic inductance arises from the physical momentum of charge carriers resisting the change in current direction associated with a change in electric field, according to the team, from the ...

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Call for clarity in on-coming GDPR data regulations

Pick your data security standards carefully when responding to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that will be in force in May, was the message UK memory firm Integral Memory bought with it on its first trip to Embedded World in Nuremberg. “GDPR has brought the issue of data security into sharp focus,” said Integral ...

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Knowles offers EMI filters for space and medical

Syfer-branded EMI filters from Knowles Precision Devices are being targeted at medical implantable devices and the space sector. Designed for replacing conventional array filters in medical implantable devices is the SYFER E03 (X2Y) range. Available in case sizes from 0805 to 2220 these are integrated passive devices featuring both common and differential mode capacitors in a single ...

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Legal challenge to US FCC net neutrality ruling

Following  legal challenges by 22 US States’ Attorneys-General to the US FCC’s February 22nd order to overturn net neutrality rules, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict litigation says that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco will hear the consolidated challenges. The San Francisco court has 24 judges, of which 18 were appointed by ...

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Toshiba still intends to sell memory unit

Despite reports that Toshiba may walk away from the proposed sale of  its memory business to a Bain-Hynix led consortium, the head of the  memory unit says the deal is going ahead. At the moment the deal is awaiting regulatory approval from China. A clause in the sale agreement says that if  regulatory approvals are ...

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Top 25 patent applicants to EPO in 2017.

Thanks to SEPAM for this insight – the 25 most prolific applicants for patents at the European Patent Office last year: 1.HUAWEI. 2 398 2.SIEMENS. 2 220 3.LG. 2 056 4.SAMSUNG. 2 016 5.QUALCOMM 1 854 6.ROYAL PHILIPS 1 733 7.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES 1 719 8.INTEL. 1 435 9.ROBERT BOSCH. 1 412 10.ERICSSON. 1 373 11.GENERAL ...

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Embedded World: Wi-Fi chip runs from a battery for months

Silicon Labs revealed a Wi-Fi transceiver which consumes so little that it can be used in battery powered IoT sensor nodes, for example. Revealed at Embedded World, the WFM200 system-in-package (SiP, 6.5 x 6.5mm LGA52) consumes 200µA (average, delivery traffic indication message (DTIM)= 3). “We’ve delivered the first low-power Wi-Fi portfolio designed specifically for the ...

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Embedded World: NXP tackles edge processing with Arm-based processors

NXP was aiming at edge computing – data processing before transmission to the cloud – when it introduced the i.MX 8M family CPUS at Embedded World. Made on a 14LPC finfet process, versions with single, dual, and quad Arm Cortex-A53 running up to 2GHz were announced. The chips also include Cortex-M4 real-time processing at 400MHz. ...

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Jumping January reports afdec

Component sales through distribution in the UK and Ireland increased by 21% in January compared to December and by 14.5% y-o-y, says afdec, part of ecsn.  “Compared to the same period 2017, semiconductors sales increased by 16% in January”, and sales of “Passives” also showed a 16% increase”, says ecsn chairman Adam Fletcher, “Electro-mechs increased ...

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European test service for CMOS image sensors up to 12in in diameter

Creating uniform illumination over a large area makes testing wafer-scale CMOS image sensors tricky, according to San Jose-based Presto Engineering, which has just revealed its computer-controlled solution that illuminates sections of the wafer in turn – working for arrays of large sensors, or even single sensors filling a 12in wafer. “An entire wafer can be ...

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