A transparent solar cell can be made using straight-forward metal oxides, according to researchers at Incheon National University in Korea. The cell converts the ultra-violet portion of the sun’s spectrum into electricity using a junction made from p-type NiO and n-type TiO2 – the latter a well-known photo-electric material. Unlike more exotic transparent solar absorbers, ...
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Sandia National Laboratories has developed a polymer that helps prevents fires caused by ageing solar panel connectors. The problem is that corrosion inside such connectors can cause heating through increased series resistance, and eventually arcing. “As solar panels become more efficient, they’re able to produce more power,” said Sandia researcher Kenny Armijo, who has spent ...
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Achronix, the FPGA and eFPGA specialist, is in talks about going public, reports Bloomberg. Achronix is said to be working with a SPAC (special acquisition company) calked ACE Convergence Acquisition. SPACs, sometimes called “blank check” companies, are set up simply to make acquisitions and are used to take companies public without going through the traditional IPO ...
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Imagination reports that 2020 revenues of $125 million were 44% up on 2019 revenues of $87 million. EBITDA profit was $4 million compared to an $18 million loss in 2019 and the EBITDA margin was 3% compared to minus 20% in 2019. Closing cash was $60 million compared with $66 million in 2019. The business ...
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Oxbotica, the driverless car software startup, has completed a $47 million Series B funding round. Investors include BP Ventures, Tencent, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group and Venture Science. Oxbotica is developing hardware-agnostic software which can deliver ‘universal autonomy’ to multiple vehicles. The company’s technology does not rely on external resources like GPS or ultra-precise mapping, but ...
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Steve Mollenkopf (pictured) is to give up his job as CEO of Qualcomm on June 30th. The new CEO will be Cristiano Amon, currently president of Qualcomm. “I am immensely proud of all that we have accomplished at Qualcomm and the position the company currently enjoys as the world’s leader in wireless technologies,” said Mollenkopf, ...
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Applied Materials showed the strength of its determination to buy Kokusai Electric, the Japsnese semiconductor manufacturing equipment specialist, by jacking up its bid for the compsny from $2.2 billion to $3.5 billion. Kokusai, originally Hitachi’s chip manufacturing equipment subsidiary, was bought by New York private equity outfit KKR in 2017.The price was not disclosed but, ...
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OmniVision is sampling an image sensor with a 0.7 micron pixel size providing 32 megapixel(MP) resolution in a 1/3” optical format. The OV32B supports 2- and 3-exposure HDR timing for up to 8 MP video modes and still previews. It integrates a 4-cell color filter array and on-chip hardware re-mosaic, which provides high quality, 32 MP ...
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Warwick Control Technologies has released a Simulation Kit that allows users to simulate CAN, CAN FD and LIN devices and networks. It can also be used to simulate devices and networks for the SAE J1939, NMEA2000 and CANopen CAN higher layer protocols. These are data-communication protocols typically used for high-speed broadcasting of sensor data, whether ...
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Tower Semiconductor, the Israeli foundry, is participating in the LUMOS program, with partial support from DARPA, to create a semiconductor foundry integrated-laser-on-silicon photonics process. This process will combine high-performance III-V laser diodes with Tower’s PH18 production silicon photonics platform. Multi-project wafer runs (MPW) will be coordinated with the new process, when ready. The initial versions ...
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