Spaceport Cornwall to host UK’s first satellite launch this summer

The UK Government has announced the first UK satellite launch, to take place this summer, with “Prometheus-2” taking off from Spaceport Cornwall, in Newquay. The Defence Procurement Minister, Jeremy Quin, has announced two Cubesats will be carried on Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One rocket (pictured), taking off horizontally from a modified Boeing 747 jet, named Cosmic ...

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IQE and Porotech announce strategic partnership

IQE, the compound semiconductor wafer supplier, has announced a strategic partnership with Porotech, the microLED and GaN-based semiconductor technology specislist.. The focus of the partnership is to develop, scale and commercialise Porotech’s wafer technology that achieves all three colours (RGB) on a single 200 or 300mm GaN-based wafer for microLEDs, the applications for which include ...

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PCIM: GaN leads to 100W/in3 and 80 Plus Titanium efficiency

GaN Systems and xFusion Digital Technologies have created a 3kW GaN transistor-based server power supply in 68 x 183 x 40.5mm, calling it “the world’s first 100W/in3 with 80 Plus Titanium efficiency solution”. Efficiency is up to 96% and the supply delivers 12Vdc from either 90 – 264Vdc or 180 – 300Vac. “Customers implementing GaN Systems’ power semiconductors ...

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PCIM: 650V SiC mosfet in TOLL package saves space over D2PAK

Onsemi has put a 650V silicon carbide mosfet into a 9.90 x 11.68mm TOLL (TO-leadless) package “Until recently, SiC devices had been supplied in D2PAK 7lead packages,” according to the company. “The TOLL package offers 30% savings in PCB area over a D2PAK package, and at a profile of 2.30mm, it occupies 60% less volume.” Package inductance ...

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TI aims two all-electronic relays at 800V automotive batteries

TI has released a couple of isolated switch chips, one inductive and the other capacitive, to replace electromagnetic and opto-electronic relays in vehicles with 800V batteries. TPSI3050-Q1 is the inductively-isolated (5kVrms reinforced) IC, a switch driver that delivers a 10V gate drive on its secondary side as well as a continuous 50mW dc supply for auxiliary circuitry ...

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PCIM week: 6W high-isolation dc-dc converters for medical, and more

Cosel has announced a series of high isolation 6W  dc-dc converters for medical, industrial and ICT applications. Packaged in a single-in-line type 8, the MH6 series is reinforced to 3kVac and 4.2kVdc isolation and complies with medical 2MOOP (means of operator protection, 250Vac working IEC60601-1 3rd edition). Measuring 26 x 12 x 9.5mm, the series ...

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Marvell to buy Tanzanite

Marvell is to buyTanzanite Silicon Solutions, a developer of advanced Compute Express Link (CXL) technologies. Tanzanite’s expertise in CXL technology will help Marvell’s progress towards a fully composable cloud infrastructure. CXL connectivity is integral to Marvell’s data centre portfolio of compute, electro-optics, networking, security and storage. The benefits of CXL include infrastructure agility to instantly ...

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Virgin Galactic postpones suborbital space flights to 2023

Virgin Galactic is delaying the launch of its VSS Unity suborbital space flights service, citing supply chain issues and “labor Constraints”. It says the launch of the commercial service is now expected to move out from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023. The VSS Unity test spaceflights are expected to complete in before the end of ...

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Hydrogen bus for Taiwan

Advantech has  signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Tsai Ying Clean Energy (TYCE) for cooperation in developing the first “Made-in-Taiwan” hydrogen fuel cell electric bus (FCEB) management system, as well as jointly exploring domestic and international markets for it. The Taiwan government has announced its net-zero road map, focusing on energy efficiency, green energy, ...

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