Open source threat from trolls ... Beaming power from space ... European fusion power spinout ... earEEG for dementia diagnosis

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Open source software under threat from patent trolls Business news | June 3, 2023 Companies from the open source community are warning that urgent action is needed to stop patent trolls. Unified Patents, the…

Measuring EEG through the ears to screen for dementia Technology News | June 2, 2023 Aarhus University has teamed up with T&W Engineering, a Danish health technology firm, to create and evaluate an EEG sensor…

First power beamed down from space Technology News | June 4, 2023 A space solar power prototype has successfully transmitted power down to the Earth’s surface… Semiwise launches online power training course News | June 1, 2023 Semiwise has launched its online training course to boost skills across the supply chain… €7m for fusion spin out of Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Technology News | June 1, 2023 Proxima Fusion has raised €7m to develop its stellarator concept for fusion power in… EPC’s GaN fight with Innoscience looks to China trade war Business news | May 30, 2023 Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) suing Chinese competitor Innoscience for violation of its GaN patents… X-Fab launches 110nm BCD-on-SOI foundry process Technology News | June 1, 2023 X-Fab Silicon Foundries has launched a 110 nm BCD-on-SOI process technology for automotive designs… National private 4G mobile network for Irish smart grid Business news | June 1, 2023 Sigma Wireless Communications in Dublin is working with Nokia to supply and install an LTE core… Oscilloscope-based double pulse test speeds up validation time of SiC and GaN New Products | June 1, 2023 Tektronix has updated its oscilloscope-based Double Pulse Test (WBG-DPT) for wide bandgap Silicon carbide… Vitesco pays onsemi for SiC capacity in $1.9bn ten year deal Business news | May 31, 2023 Vitesco Technologies is securing silicon carbide (SiC) supply capacity worth $1.9 billion (€1.75 billion)… ACC opens its first battery gigafactory News | May 31, 2023 Battery startup ACC has opened its first gigafactory, based in Billy-Berclau/Douvrin, France, to supply… Magnachip to split out power and display businesses Business news | May 31, 2023 Magnachip Semiconductor is to split its power and display businesses into separate entities by… Software stack supports ISO 15118 for EV chargers New Products | May 30, 2023 Versinetic in Birmingham has developed a software stack that enables EV charging manufacturers to… Building large scale flexible solar cells Technology News | May 29, 2023 Researchers in China have developed a strategy for fabricating large-scale, foldable silicon wafers for… Nvidia to build digital twin for advanced liquid cooling Technology News | May 27, 2023 Engineers at Nvidia are working on a major US project to develop a new…

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Percepio adds secure desktop client to DevAlert 2.0 New Products | June 2, 2023 Percepio in Sweden has launched a major upgrade to its DevAlert edge observability tool… Renesas completes Panthronics deal with 13 NFC reference designs Business news | June 2, 2023 Renesas Electronics has completed the acquisition of Panthronics in Austria, launching 13 reference designs… Lumotive sees first industrial design win with Hokuyo 3D lidar Business news | June 2, 2023 Hokuyo Automatic in Japan is to use a solid state metasurface beam steering chip…

TSMC's European plans ... A lunar rover in Monaco ... AI boost for 20MHz GaN

News this week on eeNews Europe By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Nvidia to build digital twin for advanced liquid cooling Technology News | May 27, 2023 Engineers at Nvidia are working on a major US project to develop a new combination liquid cooling system for data…

First showing of Monaco lunar rover Technology News | May 28, 2023 Venturi Astrolab has shown its FLEX (Flexible Logistics and Exploration) lunar rover for the first time at its labs in… ToF smart camera maker wins Rock SBC engineering challenge Feature articles | May 27, 2023 A maker of smart cameras using time of flight (ToF) sensors has won the $50,000 Rock engineering challenge. The challenge invited… Nanusens embeds its MEMS sensors in digital design, crowdfunds for development Technology News | May 26, 2023 Nanusens has developed a fully digital circuit design to measure the capacitance of its nanosensors in a single CMOS chip… Europe approves Viasat takeover of Inmarsat Business news | May 26, 2023 The European Commission has approved unconditionally the acquisition by Viasat of UK-based satellite operator Inmarsat. The decision follows an in-depth…

Mitsubishi to use Coherent SiC for its $1bn 200mm wafer fab Business news | May 26, 2023 Mitsubishi Electric is to scale production of silicon carbide chips in Japan with 200mm… QPT uses AI to boost GaN performance to 20MHz Technology News | May 24, 2023 Cambridge startup QPT has developed designs that allow power engineers to make use of… Project looks to new type of lithium air battery cell Technology News | May 25, 2023 Researchers in Germany are working on a new type of lithium air battery cell … Oxford PV sets record for commercial perovskite tandem solar cell Technology News | May 24, 2023 Oxford PV has set a new record for efficiency for a commercial-sized perovskite tandem… Survey highlights power as major industry design challenge Market news | May 26, 2023 The boom in artificial intelligence (AI), faster data centres, more efficient electric vehicles (EVs)… UKBIC backs £36m battery scale up line Business news | May 26, 2023 The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has secured £36 million for a Flexible Industrialisation… Siemens expands EV charger business with €4.3m India buy Business news | May 26, 2023 Siemens has acquired the EV division of Mumbai-based Mass-Tech Controls for €4.3m to boost… Quarter brick DC-DC converter boost for data centre power New Products | May 25, 2023 Flex Power Modules has boosted the power of its quarter brick DC-DC converter range… Open source AI model for cybersecurity Technology News | May 24, 2023 Researchers in the US have used three key cybersecurity databases to train an open… Interface boards for drop in GaN replacement Technology News | May 24, 2023 Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has developed a range of interface boards that allow designers… 750Wh/l lithium metal battery tech ready for licensing Business news | May 23, 2023 US battery technology developer Sakuu is launching a high power density lithium metal battery… Infineon leads €60m project for European integrated GaN power Technology News | May 22, 2023 Infineon Technologies is leading a €60mEuropean project with 45 partners developing integrated GaN power… US snaps up Swedish perovskite thin film equipment maker Business news | May 18, 2023 First Solar is to buy perovskite thin film equipment maker Evolar in Sweden in…

TSMC'S EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 2023

TSMC heads for trillion transistor package with 3nm, 2nm Technology News | May 23, 2023 TSMC is developing a complex device for a customer with a trillion transistors, ramping… 3nm AI chips and 6nm microcontrollers will be key to TSMC Dresden fab Feature articles | May 24, 2023 TSMC’s European Technology Symposium was heavily focussed on automotive, and of course the prospects…

Europe's battery boom ... An analogue simulator for a digital age ... ICeGaN H2 for low load efficiency

News at eeNews Europe By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

EU launches semiconductor supply chain alert system Business news | May 11, 2023 The European Commission has launched a pilot project to warn of potential problems in the semiconductor supply chain ahead of… Nuvoton adds AppWizard code-free graphics to its ARM chips Business news | May 12, 2023 Taiwanese chip maker Novoton Technology has licensed the AppWizard software from Segger Microcontroller in Germany to ease the development of… Synopsys signs Black Duck software supply chain management deal Business news | May 13, 2023 Synopsys is extending its moves into supply chain management through a deal with ReversingLabs. The deal will provide ReversingLabs software… Nordic teams for IoT software SIM Business news | May 12, 2023 Nordic Semiconductor has signed a key deal for a software-only SIM that simplifies the roll out of millions of devices…

EENEWS POWER

Re-writing SPICE for a digital world Interviews | May 10, 2023 Mike Englehardt, the creator of several versions of the Spice analog simulator, has developed… Billions for European battery gigafactory Business news | May 14, 2023 This week has seen three new battery gigafactories announced across Europe with over €7bn… Pre-Switch adds remote update and analysis to AI switching software Technology News | May 11, 2023 Pre-Switch has added the ability to update its soft-switching motor/inverter chip in the field… IGBT/SiC module gate drivers add temperature readout New Products | May 12, 2023 Power Integrations has introduced a family of IGBT/SiC module gate drivers that include temperature… 150A reference design targets industrial motors New Products | May 12, 2023 EPC has developed a reference design for a 150A 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter… Denso, UMC ship their first automotive IGBTs from 300mm wafers Business news | May 12, 2023 Denso has started shipping the first silicon IGBTs developed in partnership with foundry UMC. Nexperia launches interactive datasheets for MOSFET behaviour analysis Technology News | May 11, 2023 Nexperia has developed the next generation of interactive datasheets for its power MOSFETs. By… CRPS redundant power supplies for server, storage and networking New Products | May 11, 2023 Bel Power Solutions has developed a range of Common Redundant Power Supplies (CRPS) power… SiC merged Schottky diodes boost power supply reliability New Products | May 11, 2023 Vishay Intertechnology has launched 17 third generation 650 V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes… Light load boost for integrated GaN chip Technology News | May 11, 2023 Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has launched a second series of its ICeGaN 650 V… Jacobs expands US battery recycling in $200m deal Business news | May 10, 2023 Jacobs is working with Cirba Solutions to design lithium battery recycling plants across the… Nexperia launches e-mode GAN FETs New Products | May 10, 2023 Nexperia has developed a range of GaN FETs using an enhancement mode (e-mode) configuration… Onsemi plans trench SiC devices Business news | May 10, 2023 Onsemi is developing silicon carbide MOSFETs using a trench structure rather than a planar… Navitas enters high power SiC module market Business news | May 9, 2023 Navitas is aiming to take on power industry giants Mitsubishi Electric and Infineon Technologies… SiC gate driver boosts 800V isolation New Products | May 9, 2023 Texas Instruments has launched a gate driver for 800V traction inverters using silicon carbide… Transphorm takes on SiC with simulation model of first 1200V GaN-on-Sapphire device Technology News | May 8, 2023 Transphorm has released a simulation model and preliminary data for a 1200V gallium nitride… Rimac Energy takes new battery architecture into stationary storage systems Business news | May 8, 2023 European supercar maker Rimac has launched a subsidiary focussed on stationary storage for energy…

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Bluetooth mesh for heavy duty industrial LED lighting New Products | May 12, 2023 Lumary in the US is set to launch a smart LED lighting system for… Integrated plastic lens simplifies optoelectronic packaging Technology News | May 12, 2023 Blovelight in China has teamed with materials firm SABIC to develop one of the… Compiler test update boosts Andes RISC-V in automotive Business news | May 11, 2023 Andes Technology has upgraded its version of the SuperTest Compiler Test and Validation Suite…