Toray has begun mass manufacture of an advanced grade of Torayfan – a biaxially oriented polypropylene film which delivers high thermal and voltage resistance for the capacitors of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery, fuel-cell, and other electrified vehicles. The new offering makes it possible to downsize vehicle power control units (PCUs) while enhancing thermal resistance and ...

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES  announced the next generation of its FDX platform, 22FDX+,  at its virtual conference GTC2020. 22FDX+ builds on the company’s 22FDX platform, offering a broader set of features. The first specialty solution to be available on GF’s new 22FDX+ platform will be 22FDX RF+. With digital and RF enhancements, the 22FDX RF+ solution is optimized to ...

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At Globalfoundries’ virtual conference – GTC2020 – the development of a wearable, non-invasive continuous glucose monitor (CGM) by Movano was announced. Movano’s novel approach to glucose monitoring is based on its patent-pending radio frequency (RF) sensor platform, which is built on GF’s 22FDX (22nm FD-SOI) solution, to enable the creation of high performance and small ...

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Digi-Key has launched its annual Back2School Prize Draw, giving students the chance to enter a sweepstakes or to submit their design ideas for chances to win an InstaLab home lab setup, as well as many other prizes and kits. The 2020 #DKBack2School Giveaway runs Sept. 8 – Nov. 12, 2020, with winners announced shortly after ...

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Melexis, the Belgian fabless mixed signal specialist, has unveiled a robust Hall-effect latch for cost-sensitive applications such as power tools, PCs, servers, and home appliances, with features that simplify design and ensure stable magnetic characteristics. The new latch, the MLX92214, has high magnetic sensitivity that eases magnet selection and relieves constraints on the size of the ...

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ROHM’s BM1ZxxxFJ integrated zero cross detection IC series is optimized for home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and air conditioners. The rising demand for smart home devices and IoT applications has added communication functionality (i.e. Wi-Fi) to home appliances. As it is necessary for such devices to always be ON to maintain communication, ...

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Tektronix will showcase the latest in optical test innovation for datacenter networking at a virtual technology and optical week. Topics covered will include 400G PAM4 characterization and debug, simplifying 400G compliance testing and 400ZR+/800ZR DWDM support. Tektronix  welcomes all engineers, educators and innovators with an interest in optical, photonic and data centertechnologies to participate in ...

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Xilinx’s  UltraScale+ MPSoC will power Continental’s new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540 4D imaging radar. The collaboration enables newly-produced vehicles equipped with the ARS540 to realize SAE J3016 Level 2 functionalities and will pave the way toward Level 5 autonomous driving systems. 4D imaging radar determines an object’s location in range, azimuth, elevation, and relative speed ...

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