Panasonic has evolved its ZS series of  Electrolytic Polymer Hybrid Capacitors into two new series – the  ZU and ZSU series. When developing the ZU types (25~63V.DC at 8～12mΩ), the focus has been set to particularly reducing power dissipation – while the ZSU series (25~63V.DC, Capacitance 120～1000uF) comes with an almost unrivalled capacitance. “ZU series ...

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Smartphone production for 1Q21 is likely to reach 342 million units, a YoY increase of 25% and a QoQ decline of only 6%, according to TrendForce. Historically, Q1 smartphone production tends to experience a QoQ drop of around 20%, so this performance defies seasonality. Smartphone production for 4Q20 is estimated at 364 million units, while ...

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OmniVision is sampling the OVMed OCHTA camera module with quadruple the resolution of its predecessor, at 400×400, or 160 KPixels, for clearer images inside the body’s farthest recesses. This module features the CameraCubeChip wafer-level technology, enabling it to match the world’s smallest size of its predecessor, at 0.65mm x 0.65mm, for deep anatomical access. This technology also ...

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Bosch and Globalfoundries The font of all armour are to co-develop a mmWave automotive radar SoC for ADAS applications to be manufactured on the company’s 22FDX (FD-SOI) process. The 22FDX chips will be manufactured at GloFo’s Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany and tested at the company’s test lab at Fab 9, near Burlington, Vermont. The ...

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MIRAIT, MMD, NURI Telecom and Socionext are to conduct a test verification using a compact PoC system equipped with next-generation long-distance power line communication LSI, currently being developed by Socionext. This PoC for system verification will be available in April 2021. Mass production of the LSI is scheduled to start during fiscal year 2021 (April 2021 ...

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MixComm, the mmWave specialist, has been contracted by DARPA to fund the development of high-performance, silicon-based mmWave PAs. MixComm’s technology is based upon research conducted at the Columbia high-Speed and Millimetre-wave IC (CoSMIC) Lab at Columbia University, which is led by Dr. Harish Krishnaswamy (pictured) MixComm co-founder and CTO. Dr. Krishnaswamy and Dr. Arun Natarajan, MixComm’s VP of RF Technology, have ...

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Taking a step nearer developing LiDAR systems for widespread commercial applications, CEA-Leti has developed genetic algorithms to calibrate high-channel-count optical phased arrays (OPAs), as well as an advanced measurement setup enabling wafer-scale OPA characterization. OPAs are an emerging technology made of arrays of closely spaced (around 1µm) optical antennas and which radiate coherent light in ...

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Imec has joined up with Austrian startup  Sarcura to develop a silicon chip-based prototype of a cytometer for automated cell separation bringing gene and cell therapy to the next level. Transformative cell therapies, harnessing a patient’s own living immune cells to attack cancer, became a powerful new treatment to cure patients. But despite its unique ...

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