BLDC motor drivers for drones and power tools include an MCU

Renesas has announced a pair of three-phase brushless dc motor drivers for cordless battery-powered applications such as power tools, drones, water pumps, vacuums, cleaning robots and fans. They are the system-in-packages RAJ306001 (6-30V) and RAJ306010 (6-42V) which integrate an RL78/G1F microcontroller and a pre-driver into an 8 x 8mm QFN – requiring external mosfets to complete ...

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RF amplifiers and power amplifiers from 860MHz to 28GHz

CML Microcircuits has announced a range of high frequency, high bandwidth RFICS and MMICs aimed at RF and mmWave applications from 860MHz to 28GHz – all under a ‘SµRF’ brand. “The global demand for faster downloads and more data is driving bandwidths up. Moving to GHz frequencies is the only way to deliver wider pipelines to ...

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2020 O-S-D sales set record high

Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes (O-S-D) sales set a record high in 2020, reports IC Insights. In a 2021 rebound, optoelectronics is expected to join sensors/actuators and discretes in strong growth. A broad-based economic rebound in 2021, fueled by pent-up demand and a steady recovery in global commerce after the 2020 outbreak of the Covid-19 virus ...

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Government seeks innovators for space-enabled hospitals

The government has invited the UK’s innovators to help design a new ‘space age’ hospital that could use technologies and techniques pioneered on missions to Mars or the International Space Station to help treat patients and make life easier for hard-working NHS staff. Up to £5 million of UK Space Agency funding is available to ...

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Foxconn expects 10% output fall from IC shortages

Foxconn chairman Young Liu (pictured) says  the chip shortage will reduce the company’s shipments by 10%. “The first two months of this quarter was still ok, as our clients are all very big, but we started to see changes happening this month,” Liu told an earnings meeting. If even Foxconn’s customers are hurting there can ...

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Inmarsat takes on Dutch government over 5G spectrum allocation

Inmarsat has launched civil court proceedings in the Netherlands over 5G spectrum allocation. It is looking to protect its provision of maritime and aviation safety services from its ground station in Borum. The UK satellite operator says it is seeking a judge’s ruling on potential illegality of the country’s proposed National Frequency Plan. Basically, it ...

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NAND controller boosts SD Express card performance to 1700 MB/s with PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface

Silicon Motion’s latest NAND controller boosts SD Express card performance to 1700 MB/s with PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface  Silicon Motion Technology has announced that its flagship SM2708 SD Express controller solution now supports the latest SD 8.0 specification and backward compatibility to SD 7.1 specification. With PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface and NVMe 1.3, the SM2708 ...

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