Infineon has put a 650V silicon IGBT alongside a silicon carbide diode in the same TO-247 packages. “Due to a freewheeling SiC Schottky barrier diode, the CoolSiC Hybrid IGBTs perform with significantly reduced switching losses at almost unchanged dv/dt and di/dt values,” according to the company. “They offer up to 60% reduction of energy-on and ...
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A European consortium has been launched to lay the foundations for quantum processor manufacture on an industrial scale in the EU. Called Quantum Large-Scale Integration with Silicon (QLSI), and valued at €15m, it will focus on spin qubits and silicon lithography as the route to maintaining large numbers of quantum bits for information processing. “The ...
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Nichia is claiming two functions for its latest LED – illumination and bacterial ‘deactivation’ in its words. “It has been well-known for years that UV-C and UV-B wavelengths, ranging from ~200-380nm, has been used for disinfection,” said the company. “However, it has recently been proven that visible light, ranging from ~380-420nm, also has a bacteria ...
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Osaka University has teamed up with Rohm to send 8K video at 48Gbit/s over a 300GHz carrier using a simple modulation technique. “In general, such ultra-high-speed data transmission experiments are performed using multi-level modulations via a complex system with high power consumption that uses off-line or on-line digital signal processing,” said team leader Masayuki Fujita. ...
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The Japanese Tanegashima Space Center is to get a 14.4MWh sodium-sulphur battery capable of delivering 2.4MW. For power reliability during its launch programme, and against power disruption though earthquakes and typhoons, the Center runs multiple generators 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The battery is to provide a further layer of supply security ...
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The UK government is backing the Compound Semiconductor Centre and Newport Wafer Fab to develop a 200mm Gallium Nitride power transistor foundry process. Both these organisations are inside the compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales. Coordinated jointly by the Centre and Fab, the intention is to deliver a 650V GaN-on-silicon HEMTs (all GaN power transistors ...
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Impulse Embedded has launched a range of configurable rack PC systems, built and configured in the company’s 50,000 sq ft facility in Staffordshire. Called Vela Rack, they are certified to IEC-62368 and aimed at design, development and controls engineers working in test, measurement, offshore, energy and general industrial environments. Inside, the main boards are from Advantech. ...
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Berkshire-based Sondrel is offering design services for 5nm foundry processes, building on 7nm designs, of which it has taped out a number. “We are one of the few design companies working on Samsung and TSMC at these advanced nodes,” said CEO and founder Graham Curren, enumerating: “Firstly, because they are invariably extremely large and complex with ...
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Nexperia is aiming to protect USB3.2 and HDMI2.1 lines with protection devices in 0.63 x 0.33 x 0.25mm DFN0603-3 packages. “The package is well-known so there are no unforeseen manufacturing challenges to address,” according to the company. “Electrical engineers designing HDMI2.1, USB, Thunderbolt and other high-speed interfaces can miniaturise their designs while benefiting from industry-leading RF ...
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BCL Enclosures of Harrogate has launched an e-commerce website through which to order its enclosures and accessories. “BCL Enclosures manufactures almost its entire range in the UK,” according to the company. “bclenclosures.com will enable customers to order from our range of products quickly, easily and securely.” At the same time as announcing the sales website, BCL added ...
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