Category: News
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Infineon has secured a favourable ITC GaN ruling. The decision concerns gallium nitride patents, import and sales restrictions, and the growing commercial weight of wide-bandgap power semiconductors in high-efficiency systems.
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Samtec has added through-hole options to mPOWER connectors. The ultra-micro power interconnect family targets high-current, space-constrained designs requiring stronger mechanical retention in industrial, aerospace, and military environments.
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Toshiba has expanded its 74AVC level-shifter family. The new 1-bit and 2-bit dual-supply bus transceivers support low-voltage SoC interfaces, small packages, and bidirectional communication for UART, GPIO, and SPI designs.
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Advantech has added Ryzen AI Embedded P100 platforms. The portfolio covers a 3.5in SBC, COM Express module, and Mini-ITX motherboard for edge AI, industrial automation, medical imaging, transport, and urban systems.
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Q5D and Kyocera AVX are developing automated IDC connectors. The collaboration targets robotic wire-harness assembly for aerospace, automotive, white goods, and industrial systems where manual harness work remains a production bottleneck.
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ams OSRAM has introduced infrared LEDs for vehicle cabins. The OSLON Black IR:6 C-Series targets driver monitoring, occupant detection, and child presence sensing while reducing visible red glow at 940nm.
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ESA is expanding Arctic sensor infrastructure in Finnish Lapland. The Sodankylä supersite will add radiometry, greenhouse gas sensing, and airborne survey capability to strengthen satellite calibration and validation across Arctic and boreal environments.
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Keysight has expanded its PCIe 7.0 test portfolio with a receiver test application for 128GT/s validation in compute, AI, and data-centre ASIC development.
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Microchip has launched LAN878x and LAN888x Single Pair Ethernet PHY families with MACsec security, TSN support, and ISO 26262 ASIL-B functional safety capability.
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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has introduced SmartClamp protected DrMOS devices for AI servers and high-end GPUs, integrating current limiting within the power stage.