Toshiba has launched two new gate driver switch intelligent power devices (IPDs). Fully AEC-Q100 compliant, the TPD7106F and TPD7107F can be used to control the conduction and shut-off of currents being supplied to automotive electronic control units (ECUs), including junction boxes and body control modules. They are also suited to use in power distribution modules ...
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Imec spin-off Lopos and Ghent University have developed the Lopos SafeDistance wearable that supports companies in remaining active or safely restarting in-person activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The wearable warns employees through an audible or haptic alarm, when they are violating the social distancing guidelines while approaching each other. The solution guarantees absolute privacy of ...
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Shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors grew 674% last year as FoDs replace silicon-based capacitive chips in smartphones, reports Omdia. A total of 228.3 million FoD sensors were shipped in 2019, compared to 29.5 million in 2018, said Omdia. FoD shipments are expected to top 400 million units this year. Besides Apple, most smartphone brands have ...
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The issue of space debris is one of ever-increasing importance, highlights the ESA.
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Last year, sales of O-S-D devices (Opto, Sensor, Discretes), as a percent of total semiconductor sales, rose to 19.4% because of the steep 15% decline in the IC market, says IC Insights, and this year O-S-D sales are expected to grow 4% to $104 billion in an overall semiconductor market which is expected to decline. By 2024, ...
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The DRAM market has changed from one of falling prices and rising shipments to rising prices and falling shipments, says DRAMeXchange. In Q1 , DRAM suppliers were able to reduce their inventories and are no longer under pressure to reduce prices. Consequently, Q1 DRAM ASP rose by about 0-5% QoQ helping suppliers’ profitability. In spite ...
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The GaN RF market will increase from $740 million last year to over $2 billion by 2025 following a 12% CAGR 2019-25, says Yole Developpenent. At the moment, GaN RF platforms include GaN on SiC, GaN on Si and GaN on diamond. Each have a different technology maturity and ecosystem complexity. Radar is the ...
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Renesas’ ZSSC3240, announced earlier today, is a sensor signal conditioning chip that provides amplification and 24bit digitisation for bridge and half-bridge resistive sensors, followed by 26bit sensor-specific correction in a maths core that handles auto-zero, span, and 1st and 2nd order temperature compensation from coefficients stored in non-volatile memory. Support circuits to feed the sensor is ...
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Analog Devices has introduced 8.5A and 2A versions of the 4A LT8650S dual-channel quiet synchronous step-down dc-dc converter. “The proprietary ‘silent switcher 2’ architecture along with spread spectrum frequency modulation ensures PCB layout robustness to achieve low EMI performance that meet CISPR25 emissions,” according to ADI, which is aiming the products at power supplies for automotive, ...
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Renesas has brought out a sensor signal conditioner (SSC) – the ZSSC3240 – for sensor applications such as resistive pressure sensors and medical infrared thermometers features with up to 24 bits ADC resolution. With a flexible sensor front end and a broad range of output interfaces, the ZSSC3240 can be used for nearly all ...
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