Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

MIT Working on Tech to Let You Read Closed Books

The day when you can read a book without having to even open it is coming, thanks to a team of researchers from MIT that has designed an imaging system that can read closed books.

Reference Design Adds Wi-Fi to EV Charging Station

Texas Instruments (TI) offers a reference design that adds Wi-Fi connectivity to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station.

Simplified Method to Recover Gold from Electronic Scrap

Researchers have developed a simplified method to extract gold from electronic waste without using toxic chemicals.

Method to Produce Low-Cost, Defect-Free Graphene

Researchers find that benzonitrile is key to producing defect-free graphene directly from a solution.

18 V Prioritizer Provides Back-up Battery Switchover Solution

Device switches to back-up supply during primary brownout or power loss conditions, minimizing current loss.

Intel Adds to its Artificial Intelligence Portfolio with Movidius Acquisition

The technology gained in the deal will work with Intel’s RealSense computer vision technology

Kit Educates Designers on Microwave Electronics

Pasternack’s radar demonstration kit gives designers a handy tool to learn about microwave radar operation.

Single-Chip Wearable Solutions Suit IoT Designs

SmartBond™ DA14680 and DA14681 Wearable-on-Chips™ from?Dialog Semiconductor deliver single-chip wearable solutions for advanced IoT designs.

Researchers Use Lasers on Graphene to Create Paper Electronics

Transforming inkjet-printed graphene into a conductive material makes possible new applications like sensors with biological applications and paper-based electronics.

European GaN-on-Silicon Wafer Supplier Gets New Investor

New investor helps EpiGaN expand business activities in Asia.

Robust AC Capacitors Last for 30,000 Hours

TDK’s B33331 and B33335 series AC capacitors come in aluminum housings and are designed to run for 30,000 hours.

60 V Synchronous Buck Battery Charger Handles Lead-Acid, Li-Ion Types

Step-down battery charger has intelligent charging algorithms to handle various battery types.

650 W AC/DC Supplies Meet Medical Needs

The CNS650-M series power supplies carry medical and ITE safety approvals and incorporate 2XMOPP (Means of Patient Protection) to protect patients from the powered medical equipment.

LED Tube Light Is Cost-Effective Fluorescent Replacement

Maintains 80% Luminosity for 50,000 Hours, Nearly Double That of Fluorescent Lamps

UMC Strikes MEMS Partnership with APM

The partnership will allow UMC to broaden its reach in the MEMS sector to applications in the Internet of Things.

Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes

NRAM achieves several thousand times faster rewrites and many thousands of more rewrite cycles compared to embedded flash memory.

TSMC and Renesas Team Up to Develop 28 nm MCUs for Autonomous Vehicles

The collaboration will result in microcontrollers ready for mass production by 2020.

AMD to Partner with GlobalFoundries Through 2020

The agreement will give AMD access to 14 nm and 7 nm technology nodes for future semiconductor products.

Littelfuse Completes Acquisition of Automotive Components from ON Semiconductor

Littelfuse has acquired several lines of TVS diodes, switching thyristors and IGBTs from ON Semiconductor to strengthen its automotive market presence.