ST sets up lab-in-a-fab for piezo MEMS

STMicroelectronics is setting up a 200mm piezoelectric MEMS research facility inside its existing semiconductor fab in Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore research institute A*STAR’s IME and Japanese manufacturing-tool vendor ULVAC. The three companies have a history of working together. “This collaboration will accelerate the adoption of piezo MEMS actuators in new fields of application ...

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Dialog gets auto qual for haptics driver

Dialog has received automotive qualification for its DA7280 high-definition haptics driver. As a result,  Alps Alpine has chosen the DA7280 to be used in conjunction with the Alps Alpine Heavy, the latest in the company’s family of HAPTIC Reactor linear resonant actuators (LRAs), to fuel intuitive interactive experiences in automotive applications. Dialog claims that the ...

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Silicon MEMS resonators

SiTime continues to siliconise the $7.7 billion timing market with ApexMEMS resonators. The devices represent SiTime’s third-generation of all-silicon MEMS technology and operate at popular MHz frequencies. ApexMEMS resonators are suited for high volume, space-constrained Mobile and IoT applications such as Bluetooth modules, hearables, high-speed connectivity interfaces, asset-tracking, and microcontrollers. “With our recent Cascade  family of MEMS ...

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Wrist-wearable ref design measures blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, temperature and activity

Maxim is measuring blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, body temperature and activity data in its third generation of wearable health monitor reference design, this time entirely wrist-worn. Called Health Sensor Platform 3.0 (aka MAXREFDES104#), it comes in a ready-to-wear wrist form with algorithms to provide heart rate, heart-rate variability (HRV), respiration rate (RR), SpO2 , ...

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Global O-RAN plugfest

Viavi Solutions today announced the company successfully participated in a global O-RAN plugfest hosted by several Tier-1 communications service providers (CSPs) and the O-RAN ALLIANCE. The plugfest involved a series of on-site demonstrations in multiple countries, conducted in September and October 2020. VIAVI provided industry-leading 4G and 5G test and validation platforms to support the ...

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LoRaWAN TS1-1.0.4 Link Layer (L2) spec published

The LoRa Alliance has published the LoRaWAN TS1-1.0.4 Link Layer (L2) Specification. Thisc latest definition of the LoRaWAN standard includes all required implementation elements to facilitate LoRaWAN deployments globally. According to industry research firm IoT Analytics, LoRaWAN is the most adopted LPWAN technology to date, representing more than one third of all deployments globally. This market ...

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How to half the size of electrolytics in universal ac-dc PSUs

In a nice example of lateral thinking, Power Integrations has found a way to halve the space needed for electrolytic reservoir capacitors in universal mains ac-dc PSUs up to 65W. It relies on automatically switching a low-voltage capacitor in parallel with a high voltage capacitor, springing from the observation that, for the same amount of ...

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Tech giants to defend section 230

Later today, the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Google will defend their immunity from legal liability for what their sites publish.   The trio are up before the US Senate Commerce Committee. Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act states: “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the ...

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DRAM ASP to fall for the rest of the year

DRAM price erosion is expected till the end of 2020, reports IC Insights. The price jump that typically coincides with the introduction of new smartphone models in 3Q and 4Q is not expected due to disrupted buying patterns and cautious discretionary spending. IC Insights’ October Update to The McClean Report showed that the ASP of ...

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Europe is moving towards the Moon

Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to take Europe to the Moon. ESA Director General Jan Wörner and Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine have officially declared the European Space Agency’s involvement with Nasa’s Artemis programme, albeit remotely due to Covid-19 restrictions. It will include building the next-generation International Space ...

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