Electronica: Exagan demos multi-kW GaN PSUs

Grenoble-based Exagan is introducing gallium nitride power transistors for automotive and server applications at Electronica. “With the products’ drain-source on resistance capabilities ranging from 30mΩ to 65 mΩ, these new releases provide enhanced performance and power efficiency for diverse applications including electric vehicles (EV), industrial equipment and data servers,” said the firm. Also at Electronicain ...

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Electronica: Farnell issues ebook

Premier Farnell has published an ebook entitled “The Embedded Interviews 2018” featuring the views of several leading experts in the embedded systems sector. The book will be launch at the electronica 2018 Exhibition in Munich (13-16 November) and available to download from http://www.element14.com/ebooks. “Recent advances in embedded systems design are allowing engineers and makers to ...

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Infineon buys Siltectra

Infineon has bought  Siltectra of Dresden, a start-up with an innovative technology (Cold Split) to process crystal material efficiently and with minimal loss of material. Infineon will use the Cold Split technology to split SiC wafers, thus doubling the number of chips out of one wafer. A purchase price of  €124 million was agreed with ...

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Electronica: ADI addresses industry 4.0

At Electronica, ADI is announcing a range of ICs for Industry 4.0. These include: Device-Level Security and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN)Switching Capabilities ADI is now providing new hardware-based identity solutions that enable security at the edge of the network within a factory control loop, and improve a field device’s security posture to meet security standards and ...

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Electronica: RS aims at the next generation of engineers

RS Components is playing a part in the inaugural ‘Electronica Experience’ at this year’s Electronica, which aims to deliver advice and a first-hand technology experience to young people to help inspire them to pursue a career in engineering. Located in Hall C6, the Experience will include 224m² of space where RS will present Titan II, ...

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Electronica: Bluetooth 5 energy harvesting switch

ZF Switches and Sensors, and On Semi, have teamed up to demonstrate a Bluetooth 5 LE switch powered by the mechanical action of the rocker. It combines ZF’s electromechanical energy-harvesting switch assembly (right) with On’s RSL10 SIP – a low-power Bluetooth 5 certified system-in-package from ON Semiconductor. “The SIP solution features such ultra-low-power characteristics that ...

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Industry reports single-digit growth and variations across Europe

Industry body, DMASS, has released the latest figures for the European semiconductor distribution industry, reporting with €2.3 bn in sales in Q3, an increase of 6.3% compared to Q3 2017. The overall growth rate for semiconductor distribution in Europe was also 6.3% for Q3 2018. The trouble with averages is that they can mask some ...

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Electronica: Osram reveals vehicle interior lighting, and more

Automotive product announcements appear to be dominating the Electronica build-up, and Osram is no exception as it will be revealing details of its intelligent RGB LED for vehicle interior lighting. Part of the Osire product family, E4633i, includes three LED die – red, green and blue – as well as a serial control driver “thus ...

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