Power news this week

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk at

. Siemens and AES combine their storage battery businesses
. Helix samples its first power chip
. ETAL opens power R&D and manufacturing centre in UK

TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH

. Battery charges in seconds
. 3D stacked solar collector cell tops 44% efficiency
. Fluorescence helps make electric vehicle batteries safer

NEW POWER PRODUCTS

. New process boosts ESD protection diodes for high-speed interfaces in mobile devices
. Deep trench process boosts Schottky diode performance
. Micro-power voltage detector provides reset signal for digital systems

TECHNICAL PAPERS
. Interference free cabling


. Qorvo: The impact of IoT demystified


. Intersil: Battery management system tutorial