2+ week, 1+ day ago  (867+ words) Unveiled this week at PCIM, TI's new automotive-grade battery monitor IC increases channel density by 44% and embeds real-time EIS to detect internal cell faults and mitigate thermal runaway. The primary advancement of this single-chip monitor is its capability to track…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (280+ words) The new Elite Pairing Studio is an interactive cloud-based simulation tool designed to give power electronics engineers deep visibility into device-level switching behavior and component trade-offs. The Elite Pairing Studio simplifies this engineering challenge by guiding users through an intuitive…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (281+ words) France's "lectronique 2030 program commits "5 B+ to revitalize its semiconductor industry. Learn the details of this ambitious effort, and the market challenges it's facing. The joint facility was intended to scale this process to 18 nm class nodes, qualifying France for the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (180+ words) ST recently introduced the L9963 F battery-management IC for EVs and energy storage systems with ASIL-D support and synchronized cell monitoring. STMicroelectronics has introduced the L9963 F, a new automotive battery-management IC designed for lithium-ion battery packs in electric vehicles, hybrid systems,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (399+ words) Two new Cool Ga N BDS additions replace back-to-back silicon MOSFET pairs with chip-scale packages. Within the family, the IGK048 B041 S comes in a WLCSP chip-scale package measuring 2. 1 x 2. 1 mm2. At a gate-drain voltage of 5 V and drain current of 5 A, the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (412+ words) A new prototype tracks pulse transit time at four points on the body using millimeter-wave chirps and neural networks, pointing toward ambient at-home heart monitoring. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have built a contactless cardiovascular monitor that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (488+ words) The new gate drivers combine ultra-low standby power, integrated analog functions, and SPI-based configuration to simplify brushless motor designs in battery-powered equipment. Battery-powered products are tasked with'more than ever. Power tools need longer runtimes, and'cordless appliances need more performance. At…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (363+ words) The new SDG8000 A series delivers functionality for DC-to-5-GHz signal synthesis for advanced RF and high-speed digital applications. The two models in the series, the SDG8004 A and SDG8002 A, both operate with a maximum output frequency of 4 GHz at 10 Giga samples…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (357+ words) For decades, the semiconductor industry operated on a comforting assumption: as chips grew faster, the rest of the system would keep pace. That assumption is now breaking down, and nowhere is the stress more visible than inside an AI data…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (224+ words) Paragraf has introduced the PMF2000 GFET, a new graphene field-effect transistor platform designed for sensing and research applications that require greater consistency, repeatability, and scalable production. The device is the first product released from the company's new large-wafer graphene foundry in…...