Large-areas of perovskite solar cell active layer can be stuck to glass using self-assembling organic mono-layers, according to scientists in China, who see it as a route to commercialisation of this promising photovoltaic technology. PTAA – poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl)amine] – is a successful hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells, but can only be applied using spin-coating, which is not suitable ...

22% of the leadership positions of America’s top research universities are filled by women, according the Eos Foundation. For women of colour it’s 5%. These numbers are striking when set against the academic success of women, who achieved more Bachelor’s degrees for the last 40 years, more Master’s degrees for the last 35, and more Doctoral’s for the last 15 ...

Infineon has introduced three MEMS microphones to its portfolio. IM73A135 is an analogue microphone with a differential output. It has a signal-to-noise ratio of 73dB(A), -38dBV sensitivity and a 135dB SPL (sound pressure level) acoustic overload point (AOP). Packaging is 4 x 3 x 1.2mm IM72D128 is its digital counterpart in the same package with a PDM (pulse distribution modulated) output, and a ...

Imagination Technologies is offering early-stage companies access to IP for four of its PowerVR Series8XE GPUs and three Series3NX neural network accelerators without any licensing costs. “This lowers the barriers of entry to SoC design, enabling scale-ups to create IoT and AI products for applications covering smart home, industrial designs for smart cities or smart factories, smart kiosks and signage ...

Three members of Siglent Technologies’ A-Line family are now available from Telonic. The first is the SNA5000A vector network analyser (VNA). Available as a two- or four-port device and with frequency ranges from 9kHz to 4.5GHz or 8.5GHz. It supports two- or four-port S-parameters and differential S-parameter measurements. There is also as time domain analysis option (the SNA5000-TDR). Users can ...

Trusted Objects, the cybersecurity specialist, has partnered with Crypto Quantique, the quantum-driven cyber security supplier, for deliver end-to-end security to customers designing networks of IoT devices. Trusted Objects’ software secure element, called to-protect, is a root-of-trust for generic microcontrollers (MCUs). Designed for use with IoT devices in which MCUs have limited computing and communication capabilities, it enables onboard generation of ...

SEMI Europe, the chip manufacturing equipment industry association, has  urged swift adoption of the European Chips Act. SEM has invited discussions on the legislation with the European Parliament, Member States and the European Commission. The Act aims to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and resilience in semiconductor technologies and applications while enabling the region’s digital and green transition. “Speedy adoption of the ...

Imec’s Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research program is bringing together stakeholders of the semiconductor value chain, from large system companies such as Apple and Microsoft, to suppliers, including ASM, ASML, KURITA, SCREEN and Tokyo Electron. The program was set up last year as part of imec’s sustainability efforts to support the semiconductor industry reducing its carbon footprint. The addition ...

Socionext is sampling the “SC1330A” IC for IoT tags to start in July with volume production planned for Q4. The device  was jointly developed by Socionext, ZiFiSense, founder of the ZETA standard for Low Power/Wide Area (LPWA), and Techsor, a board member of the ZETA Alliance in Japan. Mass production is scheduled for this December. The SC1330A is a low cost LPWAN 2.0 LSI, and ...

The European Space Agency has awarded a €5.2m contract to the UK space company Open Cosmos to work on its NanoMagSat mission. NanoMagSat is a planned small satellite constellation aiming to use a novel suite of instruments to monitor the Earth magnetic field and the ionospheric environment. It will succeed the current ESA Swarm satellites that have been monitoring the ...