Nichia is claiming two functions for its latest LED – illumination and bacterial ‘deactivation’ in its words. “It has been well-known for years that UV-C and UV-B wavelengths, ranging from ~200-380nm, has been used for disinfection,” said the company. “However, it has recently been proven that visible light, ranging from ~380-420nm, also has a bacteria ...
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Osaka University has teamed up with Rohm to send 8K video at 48Gbit/s over a 300GHz carrier using a simple modulation technique. “In general, such ultra-high-speed data transmission experiments are performed using multi-level modulations via a complex system with high power consumption that uses off-line or on-line digital signal processing,” said team leader Masayuki Fujita. ...
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The Japanese Tanegashima Space Center is to get a 14.4MWh sodium-sulphur battery capable of delivering 2.4MW. For power reliability during its launch programme, and against power disruption though earthquakes and typhoons, the Center runs multiple generators 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The battery is to provide a further layer of supply security ...
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Socionext will adopt TSMC’s 5nm process technology (N5P) for its SoC development for next-generation automotive applications. Socionext and TSMC expect to deliver risk samples of N5P devices to Socionext’s customers around the second quarter of 2022. The custom SoC solutions target high-level advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) vehicles and are slated for ...
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The UK government is backing the Compound Semiconductor Centre and Newport Wafer Fab to develop a 200mm Gallium Nitride power transistor foundry process. Both these organisations are inside the compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales. Coordinated jointly by the Centre and Fab, the intention is to deliver a 650V GaN-on-silicon HEMTs (all GaN power transistors ...
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Element14 has added a learning module on the use of GaNFETs for power conversion. As the world moves towards low emission vehicles, renewable energy, and increased industrial automation, there are new demands for improved, efficient power modules to convert electric energy to drive dynamic loads As part of its essentials learning programme, Element14 has introduced ...
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Infineon had calendar Q4 (FY Q1) revenues of €2.631 million for a profit of €489 million and a margin of 18.6%. For the current quarter, revenue between €2.5 billion and €2.8 billion is predicted with a margin of 16.5%. For the full FY to the rnd of September 2021 Infineon expects revenues of $10.8 billion ...
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Apple is to invest $3.59 billion in Hyundai’s subsidiary Kia Motors in return for Kia making the Apple car at a factory in West Point, Georgia, USA, reports the Korean newspaper Dong-a llbo The plan is said to involve making 100,000 cars a year in 2024, although the planned factory will have the capacity to ...
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Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical tunneling in graphene. The sensitivity of the device is already superior to commercially available analogs based on semiconductors and superconductors, which opens up prospects for applications of the graphene detector ...
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NXP has introduced its new EdgeLock 2GO IoT service platform for deployment and management of IoT devices and services. The IoT security platform is integrated with NXP’s Common Criteria (CC) EAL 6+ certified EdgeLock SE050 secure element to protect IoT devices at the edge and securely connect them to one or multiple clouds and service ...
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