1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (281+ words) France’s Électronique 2030 program commits €5B+ 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 global…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (180+ words) ST recently introduced the L9963F battery-management IC for EVs and energy storage systems with ASIL-D support and synchronized cell monitoring. STMicroelectronics has introduced the L9963F, a new automotive battery-management IC designed for lithium-ion battery packs in electric vehicles, hybrid systems, and industrial…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (399+ words) Two new CoolGaN BDS additions replace back-to-back silicon MOSFET pairs with chip-scale packages. Within the family, the IGK048B041S 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 device posts an…...

1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (363+ words) The new SDG8000A 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 SDG8004A and SDG8002A, both operate with a maximum output frequency of 4 GHz at 10 Giga samples per second (GSa…...

1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...