Vishay claims best FOM for 600V superjunction mosfet

Vishay has announced an Rds(on) x Qg figure-of-merit of 3.1 Ω*nC for its latest fourth generation 600V E Series power n-channel mosfet, claiming that “this results in the industry’s lowest gate charge times on-resistance for devices in the same class”, said the firm, where ‘class’ is 600V mosfets used in power conversion applications. Called SiHH068N60E, its on-resistance is 27% ...

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Automotive wireless phone charging reference design

Rohm has created a reference design for an automotive-grade wireless phone charger with NFC communication, using the Qi standard and supporting EPP (extend power profile) – supplying up to 15W. It combines Rohm’s automotive-grade wireless power transmission control IC (AEC-Q100 qualified BD57121MUF-M) with two STMicroelectronics’ chips, and NFC reader (ST25R3914) and an 8bit microcontroller (STM8A). ...

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Imec on Smartphones

This is the fourth in a series of essays from Imec on the future of electronics technology. This one is called: The Disintegrating Smartphone It is by Jan Rabaey of UC Berkeley – an Imec alumnus. Even until way into the nineties, a lot of people were convinced mobile telephony was nonsense. Goes to show ...

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ST expanding capacity

ST is looking for a better H2 than H1. “After Q1 2019, we plan to return to sequential revenue growth in the second quarter, with an acceleration in the second half of the year,” says ST CEO Jean-Marc Chery. The drivers are expected to be SiC, auto MCUs, ADAS and imaging. To support expansion, ST ...

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Intel CPU shortage to last until Q3

Intel says it will have caught up with PC CPU demand ‘as we exit the second quarter’ according to interim CEO Bob Swan. “Supply remained constrained particularly at the value end of our product range,” says Swan, “we are working closely with our customers to align demand with available supply while we add capacity and ...

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Government cyber projects widen talent pool

Four new projects across England to encourage more women, BAME, and neurodiverse candidates into a career in cyber security have been announced by the government The total investment for all four projects is ‘at least’  £500,000 as part of the next round of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF). The aim of the Fund ...

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