Kemet CAS series capacitors for space-constrained mains applications

Kemet has launched the CAS series, a range of surface-mounted safety-certified multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for use in mains-powered applications. It addresses the demand for miniaturization without compromising on performance, the firm claims. Kemet’s CAS series of SMD MLCCs offers important design and production benefits versus leaded disc devices for AC line filtering in this ...

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Rimac chooses ADI ICs for hypercar battery management systems

Analog Devices has announced its ICs are to be incorporated in Rimac Automobili’s BMS (battery management systems). ADI’s technology provides Rimac’s BMS with the ability to extract energy and capacity out of its batteries by calculating reliable state of charge and other battery parameters at any given time. BMS technology acts as the “brains” behind ...

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ESA funding boost targets space safety and environment

ESA’s Council at Ministerial Level, Space19+, has concluded in Seville, Spain, with the endorsement of a funding boost for the ESA and the European space sector. The meeting brought together ministers with responsibility for space activities in Europe, along with Canada and observers from the EU. Member states were asked to approve a set of ...

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Huawei makes phones and 5G base stations without US ICs

The Mate 30, Huawei’s latest phone, has no US chips according to teardowns by UBS and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions. Out go ICs from Qorvo, Qualcomm, Skyworks, Broadcom and Cirrus Logic. In come chips from NXP, Mediatek, Murata and HiSilicon. The Mate 30 still, of course, uses Android. Huawei has also succeeded in making 5G base ...

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Toshiba invents money-making machine

Toshiba has invented a money trading machine and is applying for a licence to operate a hedge fund. Toshiba says its machine, developed in its Kawasaki research centre,  uses quantum computing, patallel processing  and a proprietary algorithm to identify arbitrage opportunities in the foreign exchange markets. The algorithm makes the optimum selection from large numbers ...

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Wideband transceiver for base stations

ADI has introduced a  wideband transceiver within its RadioVerseTM design and technology ecosystem. The ADRV9026 is designed to support base station applications including single and multi-standard 3G/4G/5G macrocell base stations, massive MIMO (M-MIMO) and small cell systems. The ADRV9026, ADI’s fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver, offers quad-channel integration with the lowest power, smallest size, common- platform ...

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