Lithium metal pouch cell reaches 600 cycles

Lithium-metal batteries can last for 600 cycles, according to the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “It’s a big step forward for a promising technology, but lithium-metal technology is not yet ready for prime time. While the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles today hold less energy, they last longer, typically at least 1,000 ...

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Boron arsenide spreads heat better than diamond

UCLA engineers have monolithically integrated a boron arsenide heat spreader into a GaN HEMT logic chip to improve cooling. At the same time they built similar chips with diamond and silicon carbide heat spreaders. The diamond and SiC circuits had hotspots at around 137°C and 167°C respectively, according to the university, while those in the BAs-cooled ...

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5A dc-dc chips from Rohm aimed at 60V, 48V and 24V rails.

Rohm has used its high voltage BiCDMOS power processes to create a pair of non-isolated dc-dc converters. BD9G500EFJ-LA can withstand 80V for 48V power systems (7 – 76Vin) and can output 5A from a 4.9 x 6 x 1mm package via its built-in high-side mosfet. Applications are foreseen in servers, charging stations, power amps for 5G ...

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Ignys expands in Nottingham, seeks engineers

Electronics design and software development consultancy Ignys is looking for engineering staff for its Nottingham base. “We are experiencing a high amount of interest from inventors and product managers, and the technology industry is experiencing a boom as businesses adapt to a new way of thinking and trying new things” said MD Richard Fletcher. “We need ...

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element14 low power design challenge

element14 Community members are invited to use Infineon technology to build a low-power IoT device that enhances industrial design. There are several industrial design applications that can benefit from a lower power and easier to use embedded solutions, ultimately saving companies time, money and operational bandwidth for optimized system power. Dedicated to improving industrial design ...

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IceMOS commits to long-term small diameter wafer production

IceMOS, the Belfast wafer  manufacturer, is ramping production of 200mm SOI and SiSi direct bonded wafers. The move adds to its sustained production capacity for 100mm, 125mm and 150mm bonded wafers and advanced engineering substrates. “We are the last man standing for the manufacturing of 100mm SOI and SiSi direct bonded wafers and we seen have ...

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Five year boom for chips

The chip industry is on a five year roll with a 2020-25 CAGR of 10.7% including this years’s growth  of 24%, says IC Insights. This year industry revenues are expected to be more than $500 billion. In 2023, the industry is forecast to top $600 billion. 32 of the 33 major IC market categories defined ...

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BAE Systems to deliver trusted GPS to Germany

BAE Systems has won a contract to deliver M-Code Military Global Positioning System User Equipment to Germany. Under a Foreign Military Sales contract, BAE Systems will deliver advanced Military Code (M-Code) GPS technology to the German military, enabling precise, resilient, and secure geolocation and positioning capabilities. BAE Systems will provide the first MPE-M receivers to ...

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CPI develops Battery-on-Circuit process

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has completed  a collaborative project to develop low-cost Battery-on-Circuit technology for printed smart labels used to track assets. Dubbed POETICS, the project could help lower production costs and drive industrial growth within the printed electronics industry. Smart labels by London-based SME Reelables attach to objects like a sticker and can ...

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