Infineon hit by 7% down quarter

Infineon’s calendar Q4 saw sales of €1.916 billion representing a q-o-q sales decline of 7% and a y-o-y decline of 3%. Profit was €297 million. The book-to-bill ratio was close to 1 for the December quarter after 0.8 for one quarter earlier.  “Cyclical pressures appear to be easing; the worst is probably behind us,” says CEO ...

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Cardiovascular diagnostic device to be commercialised.

A project called InSiDe under the H2020 programme is  to commercialise a mobile diagnostic device based on silicon photonics to identify and characterise different stages of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), has been initiated by Imec, Ghent University, Nedtronic, Politecnico di Torino , Tyndall National Institute, Microchip Technology,  Argotech, National Institute for Health and Medical Research, Universiteit Maastricht, and Fundico. The device offers fast, flexible ...

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Tightly packed atoms could enable room temperature superconductivity

Scientists conducting neutron scattering experiments at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory on samples of zirconium vanadium hydride at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures from -450° F (5 K) to as high as -10° F (250 K) have discovered that the hydrogen atoms are much more tightly spaced than had been predicted for ...

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CUI adds GaN desktop adapters to ac-dc PSU line

CUI has announced the addition of two GaN desktop ac-dc power supply series to its SDI product family. The SDI200G-U and SDI200G-UD offer 200W of continuous power from a 150x54x33mm desktop package. These ac-dc supplies have been designed for portable industrial and consumer products, where power is needed in a smaller package. The power supplies ...

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Photonics West: Plessey teams up with WaveOptics for AR glasses

Plessey and WaveOptics, both UK manufactures, are to team up to develop augmented reality displays – in particular, an optical module for the next generation of smart glasses. The module will incorporate Plessey’s high brightness microLED HD display along with WaveOptics’ Katana waveguide technology (photo right) and projector design. “Critically, this module will be the ...

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Marvell announces 400GbE MACsec PHY for 5G Infrastructure

Marvell has announced a dual 400GbE (gigabit Ethernet) MACsec PHY transceiver with 256-bit encryption and Class C compliant precision time protocol (PTP) timestamping. The device incorporates Marvell’s 56G pam4 serdes technology, IEEE 802.1AE 256-bit MACsec encryption and PTP timestamping. The feature set makes it suitable for for hyperscale data center, edge, enterprise and 5G infrastructure ...

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Southern: IR emitter launches 30µW into multi-mode fibres

OMC has introduced an hermetically-sealed infra-red transmitter diode for multi-mode optical fibres. Called FDE851HLBF, it emits at 850nm and comes in a TO-can with glass window to protect the device from the atmosphere. Long-term reliability is the reason for the sealed package. “Many fibre-optic emitters make use of a clear plastic cap which is pressed on to ...

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TT Electronics launches 150W medical and industrial PSU

TT Electronics has announced the PPWAM150 series designed for medical and ITE approved power supplies. The 150W power supply is 92% efficient. “The PPWAM150 is an important addition to our already extensive medical power supply portfolio,” said Susan Cervanek, director of sales at TT Electronics and responsible for TT’s power partners brand. “Our medical OEM customers ...

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