Vishay Intertechnology is broadening its optoelectronics portfolio with the release of six new 850 and 940 nm high-power infrared (IR) emitters that deliver best-in-class radiant intensity in 3.4 by 3.4 mm surface-mount packages. Built on Vishay’s SurfLight surface emitter chip technology, the Vishay Semiconductors devices are designed for high drive-currents up to 1.5 A DC…
Toshiba releases new photorelays ideal for smart meters
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has launched two new photorelays, “TLP223GA” and “TLP223J,” with an OFF-state output terminal-voltage rating of 400V and 600V, respectively. They both feature low input power, improved switching characteristics, and are housed in a DIP4 package. The new products come with a highly luminous efficiency LED developed and have a…
Maxim and SICK develop industry’s smallest LiDAR safety laser scanner
Maxim Integrated Products announced that its software-configurable digital IO products helped enable a 50 percent size reduction for the microScan3 Core I/O LiDAR-based safety laser scanner from SICK AG. Achieving the industry’s smallest design allows SICK, which offers industrial sensor-based solutions, to expand the versatility of the new nanoScan3 Safety Laser Scanner for machines and…
Broadcom launches industry’s largest portfolio of fiber optics, PHY & switch solutions
Broadcom Inc. has announced the availability of its expanded portfolio of 100Gb, 200Gb, 400Gb, and 800Gb electro-optics platform solutions for data center and cloud networks. With the introduction of the industry’s first 100Gb PAM-4 VCSEL and multi-mode kit, proven 112Gb PAM-4 PHY with direct-drive technology (and uncooled 100Gb PAM-4 EML capability), the portfolio provides customers…
STMicroelectronics and Metalenz team up to transform near-infrared optical sensing
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, and Metalenz Inc., a pioneer in meta-surface design and commercialization, announced a co-development and license agreement. ST is set to develop manufacturing processes for Metalenz’s meta-optics technology for next-generation smartphones, consumer devices, healthcare, and automotive applications. Metalenz is a spin-out of the group of Federico Capasso at Harvard University, where…
Renesas expands portfolio of tiny IGBT and IPM drivers for industrial automation
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its family of 8.2mm creepage photocouplers with three new devices designed for operation in harsh industrial automation equipment, solar inverter, and EV charger operating environments. Measuring a mere 2.5 x 2.1mm in an LSSO5 package, the world’s smallest optical-isolated IGBT drivers and intelligent power-module…