3D modelling for many-GHz PCBs can run on any number of severs, or cloud services

Cadence is aiming at high-end PCBs and motherboards with a 3D electromagnetic modelling package called Clarity 3D Solver. It is intended particularly at the fastest parallel and serial links, such as DDR4 and 112Gbit/s – the latter achieved using PAM4 four-voltage-level signalling. “Chips are getting much faster,” Cadence product director Brad Griffin told Electronics Weekly. ...

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Tiny dual IO-Link transceiver has dc-dc converter and surge protection

Intended to fit inside the end of industrial data cables, Maxim has unveiled a dual IO-Link transceiver that includes a dc-dc converter and surge – claiming it to be both the smallest and most power-efficient available. Called MAX2251, the buck regulator supplies up to 300mA of load current and has an adjustable output from 2.5V ...

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Sub-D connector works up to 10GHz for space, mil and aero

To boost signalling data rate, Smiths Interconnect has introduced ‘split-pair quadrax’ contacts to its rugged D-Sub connector series. Just in case you are not familiar with twinax and quadrax: coax has a single central conductor inside a circular shield, twinax has two side-by-side conductors in a circular shield and quadrax has four. Until now, twinax ...

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20W medical dc-dc converters have 2x MOPP

XP Power has launched a range of 20W dc-dc power modules with international agency approvals for medical and healthcare applications. The series, called JHM20, is particularly intended for use where a reinforced (two measures of patient protection – 2x MOPP) safety isolation barrier is needed – including patient contact and patient vicinity applications. Certified is by ...

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Feb semi sales down 7.3% sequentially and 10.6% y-o-y

February semi sales were 7.3% down on January at $32.9 billion reports the SIA, and 10.6% down on the February 2018 total of  $36.8 billionl “Global semiconductor sales fell across the board in February, with all major product categories experiencing drops on a year-to-year and month-to-month basis,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, ‘sales were also ...

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Pickering adds auto configuration to T&M switch matrix tool

Pickering Interfaces has updated its signal routing software for computer-controlled PXI, LXI, and PCI multi-way switches used in test and measurement. Now at version 6.1.2, ‘Switch Path Manager’ has been given auto-detection and route caching features. “Switch Path Manager software simplifies signal routing through switching systems and speeds up the development of switching system software ...

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Native green LEDs from GaN-on-silicon

Plymouth-based Plessey has revealed green-emitting micro-LEDs made on a planar gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si), whose light is not made by phosphor conversion. “To produce green light, LED manufacturers typically apply phosphors or quantum dot conversion materials to native blue LEDs. These materials then convert short wavelength, typically 450nm blue, to red or green wavelengths ...

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Thales completes Gemalto acquisition

Thales has today completed it’s €4.8 billion acquisition of Gemalto giving it a decision chain capability extending from data generation via sensors, to real-time decision support. The acquisition increases Thales’s revenues to €19 billion and self-funded R&D to €1 billion a year, with 80,000 employees in 68 countries. Incorporating  Gemalto, allows Thales to develop secure solutions ...

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Jacobs abandons buy-out bid for Qualcomm

Paul Jacobs (pictured) has given up his attempt to buy Qualcomm and turn it into a privately held company. Jacobs, the son of Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs and a former CEO and Chairman of Qualcomm, was voted off the board last year a few days after President Trump blocked Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm. While still ...

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