Samsung announced the discovery of a material called amorphous boron nitride which is claimed to be the future dielectric for semiconductors. What role do dielectric materials play, and why are they becoming increasingly important in modern devices? What is a...

By Robin Mitchell | 22-07-2020

Infineon announced their latest battery balancer IC, the TLE9012AQU multi-channel battery monitoring and balancing platform, for use in automotive applications. What are battery balancers, why are they important, and what features does the TLE9012AQU boast? Wh...

By Robin Mitchell | 21-07-2020

Digital Concepts Engineering has demonstrated its latest self-driving hospital beds to help the fight against coronavirus. What are self-driving beds, what technologies do they utilise, and how will they help change the very fundamentals of hospitals? COVID-1...

By Robin Mitchell | 21-07-2020

Infineon and Blumio have teamed up to develop a non-invasive radar-based blood pressure sensor that allows for continuous blood pressure monitoring. How do traditional blood pressure monitors work, what does radar do differently, and how will it enable wearabl...

By Robin Mitchell | 20-07-2020

Single-Atom Gas Sensor For Detecting Disease Sensors have been scaling down in size for many years now, with ultrasmall active sensing elements becoming commonplace. Over the years, advanced fabrication methods have contributed to sensors which use smaller act...

By Liam Critchley | 20-07-2020

Renesas announced their latest half-bridge MOSFET drivers with up to 100V operation. What are half-bridge drivers, why are they important, and what features do the Renesas devices provide? Half-Bridge and Full-Bridge Drivers A half-bridge circuit, at its essen...

By Robin Mitchell | 20-07-2020

Direct Insights released their latest System-on-Module combining an ST32M1, up to 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of FLASH. What are SoM’s, how are they useful in designs, and what does this new SoM provide for engineers? What are SoCs? The term SoC, which stands for Sy...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-07-2020

Researchers from Iowa have demonstrated a low-cost food safety sensor using graphene. What current research exists around food sensors, and how will they change the food industry? Food Sensor Technology It is truly amazing to see how far electronics have come...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-07-2020

Researchers from ETH have revealed their development of a theory that explains how nanocrystal semiconductors work. Why is this work necessary, and how will it help engineers of the future work with nanocrystals? Traditional Semiconductor Theory While semicond...

Semiconductors | By Robin Mitchell | 16-07-2020

Michigan has banned businesses from forcing employees to be microchipped. What are implantable microchips, how do they work, and why has Michigan banned their forced use? Implantable Microchips Implantable microchips are RFID devices designed to be implanted i...

By Robin Mitchell | 16-07-2020

NXP has announced the launch of three Bluetooth LE MCUs for use in the automotive and industrial sectors. What features do these MCUs boast, and how will they help their targeted applications? Bluetooth When it comes to radio communication, there are a wide va...

By Robin Mitchell | 16-07-2020

II-VI announced that it has licensed SiC technology from GE to produce SiC devices. What applications does SiC benefit, who are II-VI, and why are they licensing the technology from GE? What is SiC Technology? Silicon Carbide is a crystalline semiconductor con...

By Robin Mitchell | 14-07-2020