imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and Rapidus, a newly founded semiconductor company in Japan, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC). Under the agreement, imec and Rapidus intend to set up a long-term and sustainable collaboration on advanced semiconductor technologies. The MOC is endorsed by the Government of Flanders and METI who thereby confirm their commitment to strengthen the collaboration of the semiconductor industry in Japan and Flanders.

Especially when developing flat housings, engineers are faced with a challenge when it comes to the choice of a suitable cooling concept for power electronics. Thought should be given to this issue already during the concept phase as it may prove difficult to solve this problem if there is very little space for dissipating heat. SEPA EUROPE has developed a smart solution for such requirements, namely the HZ210 – an in-house development that is available in different dimensions.

Just in time for the start of the PCIM Europe conference, the first winners have been announced: A total of five outstanding submissions convinced the jury during the evaluation process.

California’s Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC), which manufactures enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaNeTM) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management electronics, recently announced its partnership with VPT Inc. of Virginia, USA.

Switch-mode power supplies can be certified, ubiquitous. Their high-power efficiency and small form factor, among other advantages, have made them the go-to power supply type for designers creating all kinds of devices and equipment.

Infineon Technologies AG and Schweizer Electronic AG are collaborating on an innovative way to further increase the efficiency of chips based on silicon carbide (SiC). Both partners are developing a solution to embed Infineon’s 1200 V CoolSiC™ chips directly onto printed circuit boards (PCB). This will increase the range of electric vehicles and reduce the total system costs.

One familiar challenge many developers face in the design of internet of things (IoT) devices is reliable, long-lasting power for the device. Even if you select the perfect ultra-low-power microcontroller and do everything else right, the wrong choice of power source can cripple device performance and ultimately cause your device to fail.

DEWETRON presents their new product development: the NEX[DAQ]. With it, the Austrian company expands its product portfolio with a versatile data measuring device that is also compact and robust. Thus, it is the MUST-HAVE for every measurement and maintenance engineer with service, maintenance, monitoring or RnD tasks.

In this article, we will illustrate a theory to explain the inherent alias rejection of the CTSD ADC architecture. We also showcase how signal chain design can be simplified and discuss the extended advantages of CTSD ADCs. Finally, we will introduce new measurement and performance parameters to quantify alias rejection.

Although lithium-ion has long since been hailed as the future of advanced batteries, the technology has several limitations and flaws that have encouraged manufacturers and researchers to consider alternatives as the world sits on the verge of a power revolution.