OmniVision claims to have made announced the world’s first automotive-grade, wafer-level camera. This 1 megapixel (MP) module has a compact size of 6.5 x 6.5mm to provide driver monitoring system (DMS) designers with maximum flexibility on placement within the cabin while remaining hidden from view. Additionally, it has the lowest power consumption among automotive camera ...
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RF is the historical market driver for GaAs wafers. In 2019 it represented 33% of market volume and 37% of market value. RF represents 67% of the GaAs epiwafer open market, says Yole Developpement. GaAs RF demand is mainly driven by handset evolution, with the transition to 5G resulting in greater penetration of GaAs PAs ...
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Murata has developed single package MEMs 6DoF (Six Degrees of Freedom) inertial sensor for safety-critical automotive applications. The SCHA600 sensor is for ADAS and AD (automated driving) applications, offering centimeter-level accuracy in regard to vehicle dynamics and position, to ensure safe, robust and verified autonomous driving. The SCHA600 is a single package 6DoF component qualified ...
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Richardson RFPD, an Arrow Electronics company, has entered into a global franchise agreement with AVX. The agreement covers the products managed by the AVX RF Solutions division, as well as AVX’s power film capacitors and SuperCapacitors. The primary product lines covered by the new agreement include antennas, capacitors, couplers, crossovers, filters and inductors. “We believe ...
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SK Telecom has opened more TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Center (TEAC) programme applications to attract investors and startups to develop edge-based 5G services. SK Telecom has been operating TEAC in Korea since 2017, while Deutsche Telekom and BT are operating TEACs in Germany and the UK respectively. The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing ...
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The SIA has asked Washington for $37 billion for R&D, to build a fab and to provide funds for states wanting to give incentives to get semiconductor investment, according to the Wall Street Journal. The aim is to match China in its state investment in semiconductors. $5 billion of the $37 billion would be spent ...
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Microsoft’s news site is to sack 50 journos and replace them with an AI programme, reports the Seattle Times. The journalists staffed Microsoft’s MSN website and Edge browser. They did not write original stories but made selections of stories from other media. 27 of the journalists were sub-contractors employed by PA Media, formerly the Press ...
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Smiths Interconnect has won a contract from Boeing to design, manufacture and supply bespoke connectors for use aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway. Smiths Interconnect’s docking umbilical connectors will be used to transfer power, signal and communications to different modules on the space station. “With many phases of the Artemis programme still to come, ...
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Infineon has added a 1700v class to its CoolSiC MOSFET offering. Maximising the physical characteristics of SiC, this ensures that the 1700 V surface-mounted devices (SMD) offer superior reliability, as well as low switching and conduction losses. The CoolSiC MOSFETs 1700 V are targeting auxiliary power supplies in three-phase conversion systems such as motor drives, ...
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The Oxford Foundry today announces the four solutions it will support on the OXFO COVID-19 Rapid Solutions Builder. The four solutions are: Healthcare stream. My110: A saliva-test for COVID-19, which is easier and non-invasive compared with other means of testing. My110 went through Entrepreneur First and the team has deep diagnostics development knowledge, protein chemistry and nanomedicine expertise. ...
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