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The excellent host this year was Paul Sinha – the comedian, professional quizzer and broadcaster. And our thanks also go to the enthusiastic audience representing all sectors of the industry, who filled the venue!
Congratulations to the winners – one and all – and, just as importantly, a big thank you to all the sponsors who make the event possible.
The Elektra Awards 2023 winners
The full list of winners, and those Highly Commended, can be seen below:
DESIGN TEAM OF THE YEAR
Ignys
Sponsored by: Napier
RISING STAR AWARD
Dr Matthew Douthwaite – Crypto Quantique
Sponsored by: BWW
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AWARD
UK Electronics Skills Foundation – UKESF Girls into Electronics 2022
Highly Commended:
Red Pitaya
Sponsored by: Ignys
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Filtronic
Highly Commended:
Custom Interconnect
START-UP OF THE YEAR
Morse Micro
Sponsored by: Analog Devices
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS AWARD
Analog Devices – ADI’s wireless battery management system
Sponsored by: Swindon Silicon Systems
DESIGN TOOL AND DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Qorvo – QSPICE power simulator
Sponsored by: Swindon Silicon Systems
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD (HIGH-RELIABILITY SYSTEMS, INC MEDICAL)
Murata Electronics Europe BV – Murata soil sensor
Sponsored by: Panasonic Industry
INTERNET-OF-THINGS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Atmosic Technologies – ATM33
LED LIGHTING PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Diodes Incorporated – AL5887 dual digital interface, multi-channel LED driver for RGB and single-colour solid-state lighting
PASSIVE & ELECTROMECHANICAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
SiTime – SiT5503 Elite X Super-TCXO
Highly Commended:
STMicroelectronics – LSM6DSV16X – 6-axis IMU with embedded sensor fusion, AI, Qvar for high-end applications
POWER SYSTEM PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) – ICeGaN HEMT ICs
Highly Commended:
STMicroelectronics – ACEPACK1 and ACEPACK2 SiC power modules
SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT OF THE YEAR (DIGITAL)
NXP Semiconductors – S32G3 vehicle network processor
Highly Commended:
Ambarella – Ambarella’s centrally processed 4D imaging radar architecture for autonomous mobility systems
Sponsored by: WIN SOURCE Electronics
SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT OF THE YEAR (ANALOGUE)
MediaTek – MT6825 non-terrestrial network chip
Sponsored by: WIN SOURCE Electronics
TEST PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Neumonda Technology – Rhinoe DRAM tester
Highly Commended:
Rohde & Schwarz – R&S MXO 4 Series oscilloscope
READERS’ CHOICE AWARD: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lancaster University and Professor Manus Hayne for ULTRARAM
Sponsored by: Panasonic Industry
2023 Judging panel
Thank you to all our judges! Judging was provided by an independent panel of experts, comprising:
- Adam Fletcher, Chairman, Electronic Components Supply Network
- Adam Taylor, Embedded Systems Consultant, Adiuvo Engineering & Training
- Andy Sellars, Strategic Development Director, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
- Anna Hart, Electronics Engineer, Leonardo
- Ash Madni, Managing Director, Madni Technologies
- Calum Finn, Network Systems Engineer, Drax Power
- Dr Nike Folayan MBE, Co-Founder and Co-Chair Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK)
- Fabiano Bellisario, Co-Founder & Director, Hardware Pioneers
- Ian Drew, Chairman, Foundries.io
- James Hayman, Electronics Engineer, Taylor Hobson
- Jan Peters, Director, Katalytik
- Jessica Reading, Operations Management Graduate, Merlin Entertainment Group
- Leesa Kingman, Senior FPGA Engineer, Rowden Technologies
- Roger Thornton, Director of Applications, Raspberry Pi
- Roger Woods, Dean of Research, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Queen’s University, Belfast
- Sean Redmond, Managing Partner, Sillicon Catalyst
- Sohini Dasgupta, Principal Design Engineer, On Semiconductors
- Tim Wiles, Technical Director, Circadian Lighting
More on the Elektra Awards 2023
Pictures and video from the event will be loaded onto the site as soon as possible! See our Elektra Awards micro-site for full details.
