Digi-Key highlights power efficiency with Power Integrations tie-up

Digi-Key Electronics has joined with Power Integrations to offer the InnoSwitch3 IC family, as part of its Power Focus campaign. The distributor is highlighting rising demand for higher-efficiency, in applications, with stronger thermal performance from GaN (Gallium Nitride) replacing silicon. PowiGaN, which features with InnoSwitch3 chips, is Power Integrations’ GaN technology for reducing switching losses. ...

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Oracle to invest in Oxford Nanopore IPO

Oracle is to invest £150 million into next month’s IPO of Oxford Nanopore. The 16 year-old Oxford Nanopore provides pocketable kits to analyse RNA/DNA samples and supplies coronavirus testing kits to the NHS. The company is expected to be valued at £3 billion in the LSE IPO when it aims to raise £300 million. “Ever ...

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China leads in 6G patents

China is responsible for 40.3% of 6G patent filings, followed by the U.S. with 35.2%. Japan  with 9.9%, Europe with 8.9% and South Korea with 4.2%, reports the Nikkei. The Nikkei and the Cyber Creative Institute to survey around 20,000 patent applications for nine core 6G technologies, including communications, quantum technology, base stations and AI. ...

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Asset tag has five year battery life

onsemi’s  RSL 10 Asset Tag offers an battery life of up to five years. The battery life is made possible by the low power consumption of the RSL10 Bluetooth 5 radio SoC  with firmware enhancements, Alongside the RSL10, the platform features a 3-axis accelerometer and environmental sensors (motion, pressure and temperature) to provide valuable data and insights ...

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Battery monitor for non-rechargeable cells charges supercapacitors too

Analog Devices has created a battery monitor for primary (non-rechargeable) cells that counts coulombs and can handle a pair of output supercapacitors. Called LTC3337, “the patented infinite dynamic range coulomb counter tallies all accumulated battery discharge,” boldly claimed ADI, Coulomb counter accuracy is constant down to no load.” However, Coulomb counting accuracy, according to the data ...

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Surrey Satellites to provide first commercial link to moon

A UK satellite company will provide the first commercial link between Earth and the Moon, allowing us to explore the lunar surface further thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency. The satellite, named Lunar Pathfinder, will be vital for the planned return missions to the Moon. Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and supported ...

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Imec backs $12m Axelera AI seed round

Axelera AI has closed a seed investment round of $12 million backed by Imec, Bitfury and Innovation Industries Fund. Axelera,  led by CEO Fabrizio Del Maffeo (pictured), was incubated by Bitfury Group in 2019, formerly operating as Bitfury AI until the company came out as an independent entity this year. Axelera joined forces with imec in ...

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Melexis integrates IRBP filter with ToF camera

Melexis, the Belgian automotive IC specialist, has developed a new version of its time-of-flight 3D camera MLX75026 with a fully integrated infrared bandpass (IRBP) filter. By integrating the IRBP, it is no longer required to include a separate IR filter in the lens or sensor assembly. This solution is unique in the industry. It reduces ...

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Google lays subsea cable for growing UK tech sector

What do Bude and Bilboa have in common? They are the landing points for a new subsea cable laid by Google to connect New York with Western Europe. It’s named Grace Hopper – after the computer science pioneer – and Google has announced the successful completion of the trans-Atlantic 16-fibre pair cable. The company says ...

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BAE Systems buys In-Space Missions

BAE Systems has acquired In-Space Missions, the UK company that designs, builds and operates satellite systems. BAE says the move will combine its own experience in secure satellite communications with In-Space Missions’ full lifecycle satellite capability, “to make a compelling sovereign UK space offer”. Founded in 2015, and based in Hampshire, In-Space Missions has more ...

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