Electronics News by Industry Sector

High-Density EMI Shielding Adapters Ease Space Constraints

New front-interface to rear-interface options provide fiber routing flexibility

Dual Differential Amp Exhibits Low Noise, 10 GHz Gain Bandwidth

Linear Technology’s LTC6419 delivers high signal-to-noise performance for wideband signal amplification.

Siemens, Sumitomo to Build HVDC Link in India

The transmission link will be India's first featuring state-of-the-art voltage-sourced converter technology.

APEC 2017: Cornell Dubilier Touts Hermetically-Sealed Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

The electronic components offer superior capacitance retention at elevated temperature compared to wet tantalum capacitors.

APEC 2017: GaN Systems Showcases Drone and Smartphone Wireless Power Systems

Also half-bridge power blocks, wireless transmitting platforms, 3-phase solar inverters and more....

Hybrid Drone Takes Off and Lands Vertically, Yet Cruises in Flight Like an Airplane

The UAV may change how people operate drones.

Low Pass Thin Film Filters Minimize Insertion Loss

AVX’s LP Series filters exhibit low insertion loss and sharp roll-off, delivering good high-frequency performance in wireless applications.

New Understanding of Liquid Crystals Could Yield Improved Displays

Research at the University of Chicago has uncovered new information about the molecular structure of liquid crystals when the crystals interact with air.

Murata Connectivity Technology Will be Key to Future Vehicle Communications

To rapidly detect the approach of other vehicles early, communication modules must feature sufficiently high power to establish a long wireless communication range. Through the optimized selection of appropriate components and fine-tuning of performance, Murata modules outperform competitive designs to date.

Rise of the Medical Robot: the Future of Healthcare?

In the healthcare arena, robots offer increased surgical precision and repeatability, targeted drug delivery, faster diagnostics and even hospital housekeeping tasks.

Flexible Glass Technology Could Lead to a New Family of Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

The development would allow work that has previously been done at the microscale level to be done at the nanoscale level

Reinforced Isolator Offers High Efficiency, Low Emissions

TI combines lowest power loss and highest immunity isolation to help enable more robust, reliable industrial systems.

SAW Filter Handles Wi-Fi Circuits

Murata’s new SAW filter is designed to reduce insertion loss and temperature characteristic stability in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band.

3-D Printed Sensor-Integrated Skin for Robots

MIT has developed a device that responds to mechanical stresses by changing the color of a spot on its surface.

What Does an Electrical Engineer Do?

Electrical engineers are problem solvers, using their knowledge of circuitry and electronics, as well as their passion to create and build systems and solutions, to make everyday life a little more efficient.

How and Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Explode

Lithium ion batteries have a high risk of uncontrolled reaction due to a volatile chemistry and because the anode and cathode have a large surface area for potential failure.

APEC Showcases Innovative Power Products

GaN, Silicon Carbide and other advanced power semiconductors head up a slew of new products on display at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition in Tampa.