APC Technology is appointed Tektronix channel partner

Rochester-based APC Technology Group, and its subsidiary MDL Technologies, have been appointed as an authorised channel partner for  Tektronix for the UK and Ireland. The distributor already offers the full portfolio of Keithley products Tektronix owns Keithley and the agreement means customers will have access to the full range of Tektronix and Keithley test and measurement ...

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Dual inductors meet AEC-Q200

Small, high current, dual inductors by Coilmaster Electronics meet AEC-Q200 for automotive use and are certified to IATF16949. They are available from BEC Distribution. Inductance range is 0.47μH – 1,000μH and rated current is up to 17.9A. The inductors are magnetically shielded and provide low DC, with low coupling of  K > 0.98, for minimal ...

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45kW PSU makes 385Vdc for distributed power systems

TDK-Lambda is aiming at large industrial distributed power systems with a 45kW non-isolated ac-dc PSU. Called TPF45000-385 it can operate from can operate from 360 – 528Vac three-phase (delta or Y) and produces a stable 385Vdc. Input to ground isolation is 2kVac. Efficiency is up to 98%, allowing air cooling by internal variable speed fans. Operation is across -10 ...

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2021 a record for units and revenues, says SIA

Semiconductor sales totalled $555.9 billion in 2021, the highest-ever annual total and an increase of 26.2% compared to the 2020 total of $440.4 billion, says the SIA. The industry shipped a record 1.15 trillion semiconductor units in 2021, as chip companies ramped up production to address high demand amid the global chip shortage. Global sales ...

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Intel reported to be buying Tower Semi

Intel is about to buy  Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor for about $6 billion, reports Reuters. Last summer Intel was said to have bid about $30 billion for Globalfoundries but the deal was never done. Tower’s shares soared 53% as the news leaked. Tower runs a wide range of processes such as SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF ...

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Infineon raises €500m by selling bond

Infineon has sold a corporate bond worth €500 million under its EMTN (European Medium Term Notes) programme. The placement was multiple times over-subscribed. The money raised will go to paying down bank loans taken out to buy Cypress Semiconductor. In June 2020, Infineon put corporate bonds worth €2.9 billion into its EMTN programme. The bond ...

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Apprentices earn shortlist place in UK government’s Nanosat Design Competition

The shortlist for the UK Government’s Nanosat Design Competition has been announced, with five teams – from apprentices to grammar school and university students – competing for a share of the £600,000 Challenge Fund. It was launched in November 2021, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite for launch, with climate change ...

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In-fibre analogue optical processing for AI

Israeli start-up CogniFiber aims to perform analogue AI calculations optically inside special multiple-core optical fibres. The many cores are shaped and spaced inside a single fibre to enhance specific interactions. “The fibre enables to perform several types of functions which are essential to neural-networks computation,” company CEO and co-founder Eyal Cohen told Electronics Weekly. “Out of many possibilities, ...

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Type 6 COM Express with 12th generation Intel Core

Avnet Embedded is offering Intel’s Alder Lake H 12th generation Core processors in a series of Type 6 COM Express Basic modules. Called MSC C6B-ALP, typical applications for the 125 x 95mm boards will be automation, machine vision, AI, medical equipment, gaming, video processing and security systems, it said. Intel has split cores into two types ...

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