Plessey and Nanoco combine to shrink microLED pixel size

Plessey Semiconductors and Nanoco Technologies are working together to shrink the pixel size of monolithic microLED displays using Nanoco’s cadmium free quantum dot (CFQD quantum dots) semiconductor nanoparticle technology. Using its existing monolithic process, Plessey will integrate the Nanoco CFQD quantum dots into selected regions of blue LED wafers to add red and green light. ...

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Seminar tour aimed at developers of IoT nodes with proper security

For project leaders and hardware engineering teams who are developing secure applications for IoT end points – and every IoT end point should be secured – Future Electronics and Microchip have created a one day seminar which is touring Europe – with one date in the UK. They are based around Microchip’s SAML10 and SAML11 microcontrollers, ...

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Lidar detects reflections from single atoms at 100km, even in daylight

Seeking to measure high altitude winds 24 hours a day, the German Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IAP) has created a lidar that can measure temperature and wind using returns from stray metals in the atmosphere at concentrations as low as one atom/cm3 100km away, according to German test and measurement firm Spectrum which provided electronics ...

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Lidar detects reflections from single atoms at 100km, even in daylight

Seeking to measure high altitude winds 24 hours a day, the German Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IAP) has created a lidar that can measure temperature and wind using returns from stray metals in the atmosphere at concentrations as low as one atom/cm3 100km away, according to German test and measurement firm Spectrum which provided electronics ...

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China economy decelerating fast, says Cook

“While Apple anticipated some challenges in key emerging markets, it did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration, particularly in Greater China,” said Tim Cook while amending Apple’s revenue forecast. Cook says China’s economy started to weaken in H2  2018. The government-reported GDP growth during the September quarter was the second lowest in the ...

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CES: Development platform from ON

ON Semiconductor is announcing the introduction of the Strata Developer Studio at CES. The Strata platform will provide a way for engineers to work with evaluation and development boards, delivering the latest documentation, product information, design and application notes, and reference design files straight to the desktop. All of ON Semiconductor’s new evaluation boards will ...

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AVX caps for high transmission links

AVX has introduced  miniature thin-film transmission line capacitors for high-frequency links, DC blocking in the UHF range (300MHz – 3GHz), and other high-performance microwave and RF applications. The new capacitors have a novel metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure, copper traces for optimal circuit conductivity, a transmission line wire-bond pad, and a gold-metallized backside ground, and can be ...

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DRAM capex to fall

DRAM capex is likely to fall by 10% to about $18 billion in 2019, reckons DRAMeXchange,  following a sharp downturn in contract pricing in Q4. Samsung is cutting DRAM capex to $8 billion, Hynix to $5.5 billion and Micron to $3 billion. While Samsung and Hynix have gross margins over 80%, Micron’s is 60%. DRAMeXchange ...

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THine and Keyssa develop tech for rugged detachable HD cameras

THine and  Keyssa have announced an HD Camera proof of concept for ruggedized detachable HD cameras. The detached HD camera enclosure can be water and/or oil proof to accommodate severe outdoor environment conditions. Higher resolution cameras are critical to accurate operation and great user experience. Our unique detachable HD camera solution solves the following problems required ...

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OmniVision sensor monitors drivers

OmniVision is shipping a 1-megapixel global shutter image sensor for in-cabin camera modules in passenger vehicles, where driver state monitoring (DSM) and passenger-monitoring cameras need to be small and unobtrusive Semi-autonomous vehicles use DSM to track the driver’s eye gaze and allow the vehicle to take control when the driver becomes drowsy or distracted.  DSM ...

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