Semi has introduced a groundbreaking technology in the form of the world’s first multi-level buck regulator, poised to transform the landscape of mobile battery charger designs. This innovative capacitor-based multi-level technology boasts high efficiency and rapid battery charging capabilities, all within a...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Keysight Technologies has recently made significant advancements in its test fixtures to accommodate bare wide bandgap power chips, such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). These new technologies integrated into the measurement fixture are designed to minimize parasitics and eliminate...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Swedish production equipment maker Mycronic has recently acquired MRAM test system developer Hprobe in France, signaling a strategic move into the semiconductor market. Based in Grenoble, Hprobe specializes in developing turnkey semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for magnetic devices. This acquisition by...
Published on: March 14, 2025
European battery startup Northvolt, which has raised over $15 billion in funding over the last decade, is facing financial difficulties. The company has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden and is selling its industrial division for a mere $6 million. The Chapter 11...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Researchers at ETH Switzerland have developed a groundbreaking modulator capable of converting electrical data into optical signals across an impressive frequency range, from 10MHz to 1.14 THz, all within a single device. This innovative plasmonic modulator, created by a team at ETH...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Infineon Technologies has introduced a new 2000V SiC Schottky diode in the widely used TO-247-2 package, designed to serve as a seamless replacement in solar and electric vehicle power systems. This latest diode leverages the same fifth-generation silicon carbide (SiC) process as...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Kulr, a company based in the US, has secured a deal to provide its NASA-certified M35A battery cells for integration into a commercial spaceflight programme by a US customer. These cells have already been utilized in NASA’s Artemis II mission and are...
Published on: March 14, 2025
Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new flagship range consisting of seven digitizers with 12-bit resolution and impressive bandwidths of up to 4.7GHz. The DN2.33x series offers a variety of models, including one or two channel variants with maximum sampling rates of 3.2,...
Published on: March 13, 2025
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new 240MHz GaN-based flyback converter in a SOIC16 package, catering to cost-conscious applications. The VIPerGaN65D quasi-resonant offline converter features a 700V gallium nitride (GaN) transistor and optimized gate driver, making wide-bandgap technology more accessible with typical protection features...
Published on: March 13, 2025
Renesas Electronics has introduced the RZ/V2N, an integrated quad-core ARM microprocessor featuring its proprietary DRP embedded AI technology tailored for high-volume vision applications. The RZ/V2N is equipped with the Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor DRP-AI3, boasting 10 TOPS/W and AI inference performance of up...
Published on: March 13, 2025