Medical Electronics

LTC2063 from Analog Devices draws just 1.3μA (typ, 2μA max) from a 1.8V supply and achieves 5μV maximum input offset at 25°C

GSK has signed up Exscientia of Dundee to provide AI technology to develop new drugs. If targets are met, Exscientia will receive $43 million from the deal, ‘We are the first company to automate drug design,’ says Exscientia. Exscientia claims to be able to identify new opportunities for new drugs in around a quarter of the time and cost of ...

Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a technology to retrieve similar disease cases from a computed tomography (CT) database of previously taken images.

Using liquid metal connections, North Carolina State University engineers have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester. The proof-of-concept is intended to provide energy for wearables. “We wanted to design a flexible thermoelectric harvester that does not compromise on the material quality of rigid devices yet provides similar or better efficiency,” said Professor Mehmet Ozturk. “Using rigid devices is not the ...

Technological advances have substantial benefits for healthcare, says a report from Accenture called 'Technology Vision 2017 - Amplify You'.

Renesas is claiming record low stand-by power for embedded SRAM, at 13.7nW/Mbit. Speed has been retained – active read-out takes 1.8ns. The firm used its in-house 65nm silicon-on-thin buried oxide (BOX) – SOTB – process for the prototype, and used substrate biasing to adjust the leakage/speed compromise. This gets over challenges with conventional CMOS, such as the increased leakage with ...

FiDUS Power has launched a new series of open frame AC-DC power supplies offering up to 280W output. The VKL280 series has a 127mm x 76mm footprint with a thin 30mm profile and, according to Fidus, offers a convection cooled power rating of 210W, rising to 280W when force-cooled. The five models in the series can output voltages from 12VDC ...

Artificial intelligence has analysed CT scans of the organs in the chests of 48 patients, and predicted who would die within five years with 69% accuracy – comparable to predictions by clinicians, according to the University of Adelaide which led the research. The most confident predictions were made for patients with severe chronic diseases such as emphysema and congestive heart ...

Microchip has added a high-resolution 2D graphics controller and 32Mbyte of SDRAM to its 32bit PIC32 microcontroller range. It is aimed developers of embedded products wanting high-quality images and animations on displays up to 12inch. Up to 24bit colour is available in multiple input and output formats – with a global colour palette look-up table (CLUT) supporting 256 colours built ...

Microsemi and Analog Devices were showing a 5kV isolated SiC mosfet driver design at PCIM in Germany this week.