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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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650V 45mΩ 80nC super-junction mosfet in TO220

STMicroelectronics’ is aiming its M9 and DM9 n-channel super-junction multi-drain mosfets at switched-mode power supplies in applications from data centre servers and 5G infrastructure to flat-panel televisions. The first devices in these families are the 650V 45mΩ STP65N045M9 and the 600V  43mΩ STP60N043DM9. Gate charge is typically 80nC at 400V drain voltage so “these devices have the best RDS(on)max ...

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Trustonic gets [EAL] 5+ for Kinibi secure operating system

Trustonic of Cambridge has been granted Common Criterial Evaluation Assurance Level [EAL] 5+ for version 510a-V007 of its Kinibi operating system – against a protection profile defined by GlobalPlatform, the industry body responsible for trusted execution environments. “This certification is truly the gold standard for secure OSs, and we are delighted to have been recognised and ...

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Low-cost electrochemical cell emits 90CRI white

Copper is the key to low-cost electrochemical cells that emit blue and white light, according to the Technical University of Munich and the University of Turin, which have used deep data analysis to guide their research. By using statistical tools and other methods on over 90 similar copper-based compounds (of the form Cu(N^N)(P^P)) that have been used ...

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UK kidney charity awards university engineering grants

Kidney Research UK has announced winners of its MedTech competition, giving £25,000 each to projects with potential to improve the outcomes for kidney disease patients, or help prevent kidney disease. A team from the University of Leeds will be analysing routine blood tests using artificial intelligence to predict acute kidney injury with the hope of increasing ...

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Intelligent metasufaces laid bare

Intelligent metasufaces – structures that dynamically manipulate electromagnetic radiation using arrays of phase modifiers under the supervision of artificial intelligence – will be key to 6G communications and even computation, according to researchers from Peking, Southeast and Xidian Universities, who have published a survey of the state-of-the-art. “This field has refreshed human insights into many fundamental ...

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PCIM: 1.7kV 900A IGBT module switches more power through EconoDual 3

Infineon is launching a new generation of 1,700V EconoDual IGBT modules at PCIM next week, using its IGBT7 die series. “With this new chip technology, the EconoDual 3 provides a current of 900A, and enables an improved power range for inverters,” according to the company. “Compared to modules with the previous IGBT4 chipset, FF900R17ME7_B11 with the ...

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Cyber security conference in South Wales next week

GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre is hosting a conference on cyber security in South Wales next week – 10-11 May – with an exhibition running alongside. Held in-person at ICC Wales in Newport, CyberUK 2022 has the overarching theme of ‘cyber security for the whole of society’, and according to NCSC will interest cyber security leaders ...

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Switched capacitor battery charger for USB PD PPS

Halo Microelectronics has introduced a switched capacitor charger dc-dc converter for single Li-ion or Li-po cells that can deliver up to 7A while drawing 3.5A from the supply. Called HL7139, it is inteded to work from USB PD PSS (power delivery, programmable power supply) sources. Switched capacitor power converters can be compact and highly efficient, ...

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