Michelle Froese

Diodes Incorporated has expanded its family of voltage-level shifters, with the release of the PI4ULS3V304AQ. This advanced-level shifting technology, featuring high degrees of flexibility, is proving vital to modern automobile design. It addresses the challenge of lower voltage microprocessors and microcontrollers incorporated into automotive systems, which are required to drive external devices operating at different…

Xilinx, Inc., a provider in adaptive computing, has expanded its UltraScale+ portfolio for markets with new applications that require ultra-compact and intelligent edge solutions. With form factors that are 70 percent smaller than traditional chip-scale packaging, the new Artix and Zynq UltraScale+ devices can now address a wider range of applications within the industrial, vision,…

Arm recently introduced the Armv9 architecture in response to the global demand for ubiquitous specialized processing with increasingly capable security and artificial intelligence (AI). Armv9 is the first new Arm architecture in a decade, building on the success of Armv8, which today drives the best performance-per-watt everywhere computing happens. “As we look toward a future…

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, will exhibit at electronica China 2021(April 14-16). Under the theme of “Our technology starts with You,” ST will showcase its products and solutions for Smart Mobility, Power & Energy Management, and IoT & 5G. Smart mobility At electronica China 2021, ST will display XPeng P7, a smart electric-vehicle sports sedan…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the launch and the beginning of mass production of its 16-bit, general-purpose RL78/G23 microcontroller (MCU), further strengthening its RL78 Family of 8-bit and 16-bit MCUs for a broad range of applications. Compatible with Renesas’ current general-purpose RL78 MCUs (such as the RL78/G13), the RL78/G23…

Most of the requirements for higher data rates stem from sensors such as cameras around a car, 5G Telematic units (TCUs), and networking backbones for multiple domain controllers. MultiGBASE-T1 Ethernet standard meets these needs by including 2.5, 5, and 10G speeds. Compared to the 1000BASE-T1, MultiGBASE-T1 uses PAM4 (4 levels) modulation with symbol rates of 1.4,…

Elie Girard, Bernard Charlès, Luca de Meo, Jean-Marc Chery and Patrice Caine — respectively the chief executives of Atos, Dassault Systèmes, Groupe Renault, STMicroelectronics and Thales — have announced their intention to join forces to create the Software République, a new ecosystem for innovation in intelligent mobility. By pooling their complementary expertise, the partners plan…

Mobileye, an Intel Company, and Udelv, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company, announced that Mobileye’s self-driving system ― branded Mobileye Drive ― will “drive” the next-generation Udelv autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV), called “Transporters.” The companies plan to produce more than 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. This is believed to be…

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. recently announced its lineup for the 2021 Components for Military and Space Electronics (CMSE) Virtual Conference, taking place April 19-23. For the event, Vishay will be showcasing its extensive offering of military-qualified, COTS, and space-grade capacitors, power inductors, and resistors. In addition, the company’s Tantalum Division will be conducting two technical presentations.…

The STMicroelectronics MasterGaN4* power packages integrate two symmetrical 650V gallium-nitride (GaN) power transistors with 225mΩ RDS(on), alongside optimized gate drivers and circuit protection to simplify the design of high-efficiency, power-conversion applications up to 200W. The latest addition to ST’s MasterGaN family, MasterGaN4 simplifies design using wide-bandgap GaN power semiconductors by taking away the complex gate-control and…

Samsung Electronics is repurposing older smartphones to enable greater access to ophthalmic health care in underserved communities around the world. The company has partnered with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) in Korea to create medical devices that screen for eye disease by upcycling Galaxy smartphones…

In applications where MOSFETs are switched at a low frequency, the high-power product designs must meet several key characteristics: They have to minimize conduction losses, provide optimal thermal behavior, and enable more compact and lighter systems — while maintaining the highest quality at a low cost. To meet these requirements, Infineon Technologies AG is enhancing…

Analog Devices, Inc. is collaborating with MDA to deliver the beamforming integrated circuit (BFIC), which will be used in MDA’s sophisticated phased array antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Telesat Lightspeed, initially comprised of 298 next-generation satellites, is planned to launch in the second half of 2023 and will redefine global…

The STMicroelectronics‘ B-L462E-CELL1 Discovery Kit brings together the critical hardware and software building blocks — including GSMA-certified embedded SIM (eSIM) — to quickly develop power-conscious Cellular IoT devices that connect to the Internet through LTE-Cat M and NB-IoT networks. It’s well suited for embedded developers and IoT evangelists, and affordable for OEM and mass-market customers.…

Shortly after the launch of the NTS-250P/400P series of built-in DC-AC pure sine wave inverters, MEAN WELL has unveiled the NTS-300/450 series of 300W/450W external portable enclosed inverters. The new NTS-300/450 replaces the old generation of TS-200/400 series and brings about improvements, including a smaller case size, easier operation of panel functions, optimized performance, and…

Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, has introduced a power focus campaign with MEAN WELL to provide a broader range of configurable power-supply solutions to their customers. MEAN WELL offers modular power supplies to support the need for low-volume and custom-power requirements in medical and industrial markets.…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a new family of synchronous DC/DC buck controllers that enable engineers to shrink the size of the power-supply solution and lower its electromagnetic interference (EMI). Featuring an integrated active EMI filter (AEF) and dual-random spread-spectrum (DRSS) technology, the LM25149-Q1 and LM25149 enable engineers to cut the area of the external…

STMicroelectronics is offering L6981 synchronous step-down regulators, extending the family of high-efficiency converters that simplify power-supply design by integrating power elements, feedback circuitry, and safety features on-chip. Rated to deliver up to 1.5A, with 90 percent typical efficiency at full load, the L6981 converters are available in two variants optimized for light-load efficiency and noise…

Vishay Intertechnology has launched the AEC-Q101-qualified, p-channel -80 V TrenchFET MOSFET, with the lowest on-resistance of any current -80 V p-channel device. The new Vishay Siliconix SQJA81EP increases power density and efficiency in automotive applications. In the compact (5.13 by 6.15 mm) PowerPAK SO-8L single package with gullwing leads, the SQJA81EP offers on-resistance down to 17.3…

AMAX — a provider of server appliance manufacturing, rack-scale high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, and AI applications — has announced the availability of its latest generation of servers, based on the new AMD EPYC 7003 series processor. With this third-generation AMD EPYC processors integrated in AMAX’s scalable rack servers and solutions, even more extreme performance boosts…