Lithium-metal batteries can last for 600 cycles, according to the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “It’s a big step forward for a promising technology, but lithium-metal technology is not yet ready for prime time. While the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles today hold less energy, they last longer, typically at least 1,000 cycles,” according to the lab. ...

UCLA engineers have monolithically integrated a boron arsenide heat spreader into a GaN HEMT logic chip to improve cooling. At the same time they built similar chips with diamond and silicon carbide heat spreaders. The diamond and SiC circuits had hotspots at around 137°C and 167°C respectively, according to the university, while those in the BAs-cooled chip reached only 87°C. “These ...

Here’s a future we don’t want – getting sacked by a computer. It turns out that Amazon has a delivery service called Flex which rates drivers either fantastic, great, fair or at risk. Normal enough, but the assessment is not done by human managers, it’s done by algorithms looking at defined targets like: Did they get to the pick-up hub ...

Rohm has used its high voltage BiCDMOS power processes to create a pair of non-isolated dc-dc converters. BD9G500EFJ-LA can withstand 80V for 48V power systems (7 – 76Vin) and can output 5A from a 4.9 x 6 x 1mm package via its built-in high-side mosfet. Applications are foreseen in servers, charging stations, power amps for 5G base stations, electric bicycles and ...

Electronics design and software development consultancy Ignys is looking for engineering staff for its Nottingham base. “We are experiencing a high amount of interest from inventors and product managers, and the technology industry is experiencing a boom as businesses adapt to a new way of thinking and trying new things” said MD Richard Fletcher. “We need to look to the future ...

Siglent Technologies has announced 360, 720 and 1,080W ac-dc power supplies that can deliver up to 90A or 160V, or be connected together to deliver up to 3,240W – two series for 0 – 320V and three parallel for 0 – 270A. Called the SPS5000X series, there are 10 different single output versions, three dual output and three triple output – ...

element14 Community members are invited to use Infineon technology to build a low-power IoT device that enhances industrial design. There are several industrial design applications that can benefit from a lower power and easier to use embedded solutions, ultimately saving companies time, money and operational bandwidth for optimized system power. Dedicated to improving industrial design through efficient IoT applications, Infineon ...

IceMOS, the Belfast wafer manufacturer, is ramping production of 200mm SOI and SiSi direct bonded wafers. The move adds to its production capacity for 100mm, 125mm and 150mm bonded wafers and advanced engineering substrates. “We are the last man standing for the manufacturing of 100mm SOI and SiSi direct bonded wafers and we seen have a shift in the industry away ...

The chip industry is on a five year roll with a 2020-25 CAGR of 10.7% including this years’s growth  of 24%, says IC Insights. This year industry revenues are expected to be more than $500 billion. In 2023, the industry is forecast to top $600 billion. 32 of the 33 major IC market categories defined by WSTS are forecasted to ...

BAE Systems has won a contract to deliver M-Code Global Positioning System user equipment to Germany. Under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract, BAE Systems will deliver advanced Military Code (M-Code) GPS technology to the German military, enabling precise, resilient, and secure geolocation and positioning capabilities. BAE Systems will provide the first MPE-M receivers to Germany for integration, test, and ...