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Shrinking Technology, Expanding Horizons: Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation, and Other Applications
The technology shrinks a tabletop system into a chip-sized format, reducing power usage and making it more applicable for use in everyday devices. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its collaborators have delivered a small but mighty...
Supercapacitors Reported to Operate at up to 9 WVDC
The three-cell devices are said to offer greater energy potential and power output than single or dual-cell parts. CAZENOVIA, N.Y.—Knowles Precision Devices reported that its latest Electric Double Layer Capacitor (EDLC), or supercapacitor, modules are now available....
Manufacturer Answers Demand for Legacy Hybrid Packages in Critical Defense Applications
According to semiconductor packages manufacturer StratEdge, no redesigns are required. SANTEE, Calif.— Hybrid packages carrying integrated microcircuits and components were often developed decades ago and are still vital in many critical defense and aerospace...
Companies Join Forces to Enable High-Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing with Inkjet Technology
Heraeus Printed Electronics and SUSS MicroTec are working to pave the way for digital inkjet printing of metallic coatings in semiconductor manufacturing. HANAU and GARCHING, Germany—A joint development agreement (JDA) between Heraeus Printed Electronics GmbH and...
Electronics E-commerce Offering Promises Rapid Component Procurement
Spirit Electronics aims to support customers in the aerospace, defense, medical, and other markets that require streamlined access to high-reliability components. PHOENIX—A new e-commerce store rolled out by Spirit Electronics promises to offer rapid component...
Through-Hole Mount Test Points Are Color-Keyed to Ease Identification
Keystone Electronics has also introduced a 24mm lithium coin cell holder for maximizing PCB capacity. NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.—Identification of test points in high density PCB packages is key to greater printed circuit board (PCB) production testing and service...
Technology Platform Upgraded to Increase Flexibility for Electronics Manufacturers
MacroFab’s technology-enabled manufacturing platform is reported to empower electronics manufacturers of all sizes with a high level of PCBA flexibility. HOUSTON—MacroFab Inc., operator of a technology platform for North American electronics manufacturing, recently...
Direct-to-Digital RF Converter Is Designed for Highly Flexible, Programmable Radar and EW Systems
CAES’s converter is reportedly the first to combine the company’s engineering and 3U board with Intel’s flexible and scalable RF-Series FPGA. ARLINGTON, Va.—A new direct-to-digital RF converter from CAES is designed to optimally meet the bandwidth and form factor...
Radiation Hardened Controller for Space Missions Reported to Help Protect Critical Components from Multiple Failures
Frontgrade Technologies’ new device provides critical power switching applications with response speeds 10 times faster than existing products, the company says. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Frontgrade Technologies, a provider of mission critical electronics for the...
High-Power RF Fixed Attenuators Are Designed to Meet Demands of Modern RF Applications, Company Says
Pasternack’s new attenuators feature 2.4mm connectors and are reported to handle frequencies up to 50 GHz. IRVINE, Calif.—High-power RF fixed attenuators recently introduced by Pasternack feature durable 2.4mm connectors and are engineered to deliver reliable and...
Solving the Issue of Reflected Waves at D Band
Looking to deliver reliable test, measurement, and prototyping equipment for D band led NI to THz-enabled isolators designed for NASA. By Greg Rankin HOUSTON, Texas—The call for “more D band” has gone out. With the ability to transmit 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps),...
Energy-Efficient Edge AI Server Runs Complex Applications Near Data Source
Unigen’s compact server is based on an AI processor from Akida that reportedly improves data security by enabling edge learning independently of the cloud. LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.—BrainChip Holdings Ltd, and Unigen Corporation are partnering to deliver a new...
How Microelectronics Will Take Computing to New Heights
Research at Argonne is reimagining the building blocks of devices that power everything from your phone to space probes By Christina Nunez Tiny but powerful, microelectronics are essential to daily life today. Scientists are working to make them even smaller and more...
DoD Awards $39.9 Million to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains for Printed Circuit Boards
WASHINGTON—The Department of Defense (DoD) announced an award of $39.9 million via the Defense Production Act Investment (DPAI) Program to Calumet Electronics Corporation. The award will enhance capabilities to produce High-Density Build-Up (HDBU) substrates, which...
Researchers Safely Integrate Fragile 2D Materials into Devices
The advance opens a path to next-generation devices with unique optical and electronic properties. By Adam Zewe, MIT News Two-dimensional materials, which are only a few atoms thick, can exhibit some incredible properties, such as the ability to carry electric charge...
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