Infineon Is shipping its CIPOS Micro IM231 series, a family of 600 V rated intelligent power modules (IPM). It is qualified for harsh humid environments, passing 1000 hours of high voltage, high temperature and high humidity reverse bias (HV H3TRB) stress testing. For this reason, the IPM suits power appliance motor drives particularly in circulator ...
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ABB has announced a series of IEC food-safe motors for food and beverage plants, sealed to IP69 with stainless steel cases built to withstand high pressure cleaning and clean-in-place (CIP) methods. The cases are smooth and self-draining, with no crevices where particles can collect. No motor shrouds are used, which might otherwise harbour food and allow ...
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ON Semiconductor is to buy Quantenna Communications for about $1.07 billion after accounting for Quantenna’s net cash of approximately $136 million. The acquisition enhances ON’s connectivity portfolio with the addition of Quantenna’s industry leading Wi-Fi technology and software capabilities. Following completion, the transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to ON’s non-GAAP earnings per share ...
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Hprobe, the two year-old Grenoble provider of wafer test equipment for magnetic devices, has joined with Imec to develop advanced magnetic tester equipment for the next generation of MRAM devices based on the Spin Orbit Torque (SOT) effect. Hprobe has begun to optimize the test flow for SOT-MRAM devices in order to bring the characterization and testing to ...
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In H2, Infineon will have volume availability of a Trusted Platform Module specifically for industrial applications. The OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 protects the integrity and identity of industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers or edge gateways. It controls access to sensitive data in key positions in a connected, automated factory as well as at the interface ...
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Bulgin’s 4000 series of environmentally sealed circular connectors are now available in a ‘smart’ variant from RS Components. They include a programmable memory for data monitoring and IoT applications. Programmability and over the air updates are via an integrated EEPROM. The connector is not designed to read data output from a sensor, only to identify issues ...
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The electric car production industry will be hit hard by a decision by the China government to cut EV subsidies by more than half. As from June the $9,830 subsidy given by central government to the buyer of an electric car will be cut to $4,100. Local government subsidies, which have been up to 50% ...
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Cosel is aiming at industrial robots and automation with a triple output 200W open-frame ac-dc power supply. Called RBC200F , its three configurable outputs are isolated, with one having a reinforced isolation to power IGBTs or similar applications. Input and outputs are digitally controlled. The master output dc-dc converter has an LLC resonant topology, when ...
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Global uncertainties and weaker demand are reducing Infineon’s expectations for 2019. A slower demand recovery than expected is now assumed, evidenced by declining vehicle sales in China causing dealer inventories to increase sharply, and increased inventories in the broader distribution channel, in particular for Power Management & Multimarket in China. Margin is now expected to ...
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A robotic design competition for the UK’s school children, based on an on-line game, has been launched by the government’s UK Robotics & Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) and educational publishers Twinkl. The School Robot Competition invites children aged between 8 and 14 (upper KS2-KS3) to design a robot that can move across Mars and complete various ...
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