Nottingham-based start-up, Search For The Next (SFN) has announced that its Bizen transistor technology has received an award worth £1.7 million which will drive forward the development of the enabling transistor process technology that will, it claims, be the foundation for the success of British and worldwide industries in all sectors. “We are consigning CMOS ...
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Kemet is aiming at fast-switching wide bandgap semiconductor (GaN or SiC) power supplies with high-voltage multi-chip ceramic capacitor assemblies. The parts, branded ‘KC-Link with Konnekt’, feature multiple separate ceramic capacitors bonded together using a copper-tin alloy by a process dubbed ‘transient liquid phase scintering’ (TLPS) – see diagram. “High mechanical robustness allows KC-Link capacitors with Konnekt ...
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With any new SoC project, there are more things to go wrong than ever imagined during the optimistic early phase of defining the product, writes Ron Press, of Mentor, a Siemens Business. However, the semiconductor industry continues to deliver incredible advances in IC capabilities. The most successful companies continually refine and optimize all aspects of ...
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Yesterday, the US went on the offensive in the ongoing fracas between Europe and the USA over the imposition of taxes on the digital tech giants. “President Trump is concerned that many of our trading partners are adopting tax schemes designed to unfairly target our companies,” said US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, “we are prepared ...
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UltraSoc has come up with a USB offering which enables SoC and system development teams to access system-level analytics, optimization and debug capabilities at speeds of 10Gbps – even in a closed chassis. UltraSoC’s USB 2.0 IP is based on a patented hardware-based bare-metal technology that requires no software running to establish communication. When combined ...
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April semiconductor sales were down 1.2% on March at $34.4 billion but 6.2% up on the $32.4 billion of April 2019, says the SIA. Regionally, semiconductor sales increased 2.1% on month in China, but decreased 0.9% in Japan, 1.1% in the Americas, 3.1% in Asia Pacific/All Other and 7.6% in Europe. Sales increased year-to-year in ...
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Vaunix, the portable and programmable RF/microwave test device specialist, has released the first two in a series of Lab Brick devices available with Ethernet control. The two new multiport Lab Brick Digital Attenuators are the 4-port LDA-802Q, and the 8-port LDA 802-8, each operating from 200 MHz to 8 GHz for a variety of L-, ...
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KEMET has extended its KC-LINK range by using KONNEKT high-density packaging technology to meet demand for fast-switching wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, EV/HEV, LLC resonant converters, and wireless charging applications. This technology combines KC-LINK’s C0G Base Metal Electrode (BME) dielectric system with KONNEKT’s innovative Transient Liquid Phase Sintering (TLPS) material to create a surface mount multi-chip ...
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OEM’s are asking for alternatives to touch screens for public use, according to distributor Anglia, which is seeing the change through its custom display service. “This is an issue where medical instrument designers are taking a lead but it will permeate through to the design of all user interfaces in the workplace as well as ...
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Researches in Japan have discovered a mechanism by which THz radiation can cause biological changes several millimetres inside humans. This kind of electromagnetic radiation, at frequencies between microwaves and x-rays, is being considered as a less-invasive alternative to x-rays for medical and security scanning, and perhaps medical therapies for skin. THz radiation, which is technically difficult ...
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