Pressure sensor built over finished CMOS

Fraunhofer IMS has developed a way to build pressure sensors on top of finished CMOS wafers, saving chip area over the alternative side-by-side approach, claimed the institute. “Due to the specially developed sensor process steps, which run at temperatures below 400°C, the circuit and sensor production can be decoupled from each other,” said the Fraunhofer, ...

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TTI stocks Panasonic’s power choke coil and hybrid capacitors

Power choke coils and conductive polymer hybrid aluminium surface mount capacitors from Panasonic are now available in Europe from TTI. The LP-series power choke coils and ZE series capacitors (pictured) have a high ripple current (up to 2.0A) and a low ESR value. The rugged LP power choke coils offer inductance stability over a broad temperature range, have low ...

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MICA enhancements boost computing power

At this year’s Hannover Fair, Harting announced new models for its MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) industrial computer platform. The first is MICA 2, which offers three to five times the computing power of the Basic version to meet data acquisition and processing demands for industry 4.0 and other computing applications. There is also MICA ...

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Amplicon offers Cisco Ethernet switch for extreme environments

Amplicon has introduced as Cisco premier partner the IE 4010, an industrial rackmount Ethernet switch designed for extreme industrial environments. The ethernet switch offers 24Gbit PoE/PoE+ capable ports, making it suitable for use as access switches in industrial environments to connect high definition IP cameras, Access Points and IP phones.  These switches provide high-bandwidth switching (Layer ...

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Würth Elektronik offers tiny step-down DC-DC converter

Würth Elektronik eiSos has expanded its range of power modules with a high power density step-down converter with variable output voltage. Called the MagI³C-VDMM (variable step down micro-module), it comes in a small LGA-6EP package with dimensions of 3.2 × 2.5 × 1.6mm. The input voltage range VIN for the step-down converters extends from 2.75 ...

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Millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast gets Keysight testers

A new millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast has been equipped by test system supplier Keysight Technologies. The lab, which can accommodate 60 researchers, students and engineers, is located in the Centre for Wireless Innovation at the University’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT). Professor Vincent Fusco, Chief Technical Officer of ECIT and ...

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Rad hard 12bit ADC spreads 6Gsample/s over four channels

Teledyne e2v has released its most advanced ADC yet, with four 12bit 1.5Gsample/s converters that can be mixed and matched across one to four inputs – allowing single-channel 6Gsample/s operation. Called EV12AQ600, it is offered in a radiation-tolerant version, “making it the first quad-channel ADC suitable for space applications”, said the firm. “Customers can design systems ...

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Resettable fuse carries 20A for Li-ion batteries

Bourns has introduced a series of miniature resettable thermal cut-off (TCO) devices for dense, high capacity lithium-ion battery packs. The Model AC series offers five trip temperatures: 72, 77, 82, 85 or 90°C (all +/-5°C) – the latter of which “is capable of carrying up to 20A at 60°C, making it the highest current-carrying TCO ...

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Partner in Imagination’s owner convicted of insider trading

A co-founder and partner in Canyon Bridge, the China-backed private equity firm which took over Imagination, has been convicted of insider trading by a New York federal court. The insider trading relates to Canyon Bridge’s failed attempt to buy Lattice Semiconductor in 2016. Benjamin Chow was found guilty of passing details of the proposed deal ...

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