Silver nanowires can be drawn down to nanometre dimensions and are finding use in all sorts of chemical and bio-sensing applications, as well as transparent conductive films. They are flexible and the most conductive of the metallic nano-wires, according to the Terasaki Institute in Los Angeles, although they are prone to corrosion. “Silver nanowires have ...
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For dc motors up to 100A, Trinamic Motion Control has created a three-phase mosfet gate driver that integrates three bottom shunt amplifiers as well as several voltage regulators. “The integrated current sense and diagnostics features are key for enabling functional safety without adding complicated circuitry or additional components to any system’s design,” according to Trinamic ...
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Millions of qubits can have their spins synchronised at the same time, according to engineers from the University of New South Wales Sydney, who have developed a way to do it. The challenge is to control the spins of electrons on many quantum dots simultaneously using the magnetic field of a microwave signal. A wire ...
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Ventec of Leamington Spa is taking over exclusive distribution of Taiyo America products in the UK and Ireland and mainland Europe. From 01 October this year, Taiyo products will be supplied from Ventec’s distribution hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom. Taiyo America will continue to provide sales and technical support to its direct customers, ...
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is on a mission to get governments to invest in chip manufacturing, reports the Wall Street Journal, Gelsinger also has an internal Intel mission to return Intel to the leading of chip process technology by 2025. The two missions are clearly complementary. Adding urgency to Gelsinger’s missions are worldwide concerns among ...
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The CMOS Image Sensor industry grew 7.3% YoY in 2020, reaching $20.7 billion, says Yole Développement, which forecasts the CIS market, to reach $31.5 billion by 2026. The CIS industry represents 4.7% of the $440 billion global semiconductor industry, this share stayed unchanged from 2019. Mobile remains the most important application for CIS, representing 68% of ...
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In Q4, Transphorm and Salom, with help from Qualcomm, are to to bring to market a Quick Charge 5 compliant 100 watt GaN power adapter that will charge smartphones from 0 to 50% in five minutes. It will be a universal adapter offering the traditional power delivery mode and the USB-C programmable power supply (PPS) ...
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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has launched a business growth scheme open to budding space entrepreneurs, dubbed the Leo Programme. The focus of the accelerator programme is on building sustainable business models rather raising investment. Specifically, it is a free, six month virtual programme, designed to support up to 20 businesses that are “post proof-of-concept ...
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