The differences between running robots and animals enhances integration and control, aiming for progress in delivery, search, and hazardous tasks. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For decades, robotics engineers have dedicated extensive efforts and significant financial resources to develop robots capable of walking or running as proficient as animals. Despite these endeavors, it still stands true […]
Signals in the mmWave range require extra care and more expensive components than at sub-6 GHz frequencies. Data demands keep pushing for more bandwidth in wireless networks, and this trend will surely continue. AI, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and other technologies will see to that. The mmWave spectrum allocated for 5G can meet the bandwidth needs, […]
Introduction Power electronics play a crucial role in modern electrical engineering, essential for efficiently converting, controlling, and managing electrical power within circuits. These components are designed to handle high voltages, currents, powers, and temperatures, making them vital for various industries. Within power electronics, components are broadly categorized into passive components, such as power resistors, diodes, […]
April 25, 2024 — SK hynix Inc. announced today that it plans to expand production capacity of the next-generation DRAM including HBM, a core component of the AI infrastructure, in response to the rapidly increasing demand for AI semiconductors. As the board of directors approves the plan, the company will build the M15X fab in […]
Called RMOD360-UW, it can deliver full power continuously with inputs between 27 and 106V, as well as 240W down to 18V, and it will deliver 360W from up to 126V for 10 minutes. Output is 24.5Vdc. A 300W relative, RMOD300-UW, comes in three versions to offer outputs of 12.2, 13.7 or 24.5Vdc. It derates to […]
CL32C223JIV1PN# (yes, there is a # in the part number) is aimed at CLLC resonant power supply topologies and is constructed with a COG dielectric. Operation is across -55 to +125°C and it has a ±5% tolerance. Packaging is a 2.5mm tall 3.2 x 2.5mm surface mount 1210 (‘3225’ metric). “MLCCs specified for use in […]
ProtoDUNE begins liquid argon filling. Credit: CERN CERN’s Neutrino Platform houses a prototype of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) known as ProtoDUNE, which is designed to test and validate the technologies that will be applied to the construction of the DUNE experiment in the United States. Recently, ProtoDUNE has entered a pivotal stage: the […]
a. Schematics of a conventional spectroscopic ellipsometry system. b, Schematics of a metasurface array-based single-shot spectroscopic ellipsometry system. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01396-3 Spectroscopic ellipsometry is widely adopted in semiconductor processing, such as in the manufacturing of integrated circuits, flat display panels, and solar cells. However, a conventional spectroscopic ellipsometer, as shown […]
April 15, 2024 — Renesas Electronics Corporation recently announced that it has started operations at its Kofu Factory, located in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Renesas aims to boost its production capacity of power semiconductors in anticipation of the growing demand in electric vehicles (EVs). To celebrate this milestone, Renesas held an opening ceremony on April 11 with local government officials and partner […]