A defect found in barium stannate (BaSnO3) perovskite crystals could one day lead to a new type of transparent conductive film, according to scientists at the University of Minnesota. The defect is a one-dimensional (line) defect that runs through single crystals of the material aligned with one of the crystal axis. “The conductive nature and ...
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The US car industry is asking the incoming Biden administration to put pressure on the Asian foundries to switch from running consumer and mobile wafers to running auto IC wafers. The American Automotive Policy Council – which lobbies for General Motors, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler – is pushing the US Department of Commerce and the Biden ...
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CES 2021 had 1,960 on-line exhibitors, less than half the live exhibitors at CES 2020 and virtual attendance was 69,523, about 40% of the 2020 in-person attendance, reports Semiconductor Intelligence. Some Chinese companies with a major presence in past CES shows were absent in 2021 – including Huawei and Haier. Huawei is currently banned from ...
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Last Friday, the FCC announced that bidding had concluded in the clock phase of the C-Band auction (Auction 107). The FCC said that the first phase in the largest auction of mid-band 5G spectrum to date had produced gross proceeds in excess of $80.9 billion for licenses comprising 280 MHz of spectrum in the 3.7-3.98 ...
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Alpha-Omega Technology (AO-T), a meter specialist, has incorporated the LoRaWAN protocol using Semtech devices into its new KLAX line of smart meter interface modules for enterprise and consumer utility management. AO-T’s applications leveraging the LoRaWANprotocol enable deployment and retrofit of legacy metering solutions for real-time utility data transfer over LoRaWAN networks. AO-T’s KLAX module monitors energy and gas ...
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft is ready for its mission to the Moon declares Lockheed Martin, after the company announced the completed assembly and testing of the Artemis I mission craft. Orion is NASA’s new human-rated exploration-class spaceship that is due to take astronauts into space, including the Moon and Mars. Lockheed Martin was the prime contractor ...
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Littelfuse claims that its CPC1561B Solid State Relay (SSR) is the highest current (1 A, 60 V) normally-open SSR currently available on the market to integrate both current limiting and thermal shutdown circuits. The small, surface-mount CPC1561B SSR’s dual fault protection benefit provides a rugged solution for demanding applications that is not possible when using ...
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