Latest power news ... Renesas eyes Intersil ... Solid battery on a chip ... New thermal materials

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Power News from EETimes Europe August 23, 2016

LATEST NEWS . Renesas in talks to buy Intersil . Thermal nanomaterial startup sees €1.5m backing . Mercedes concept car shows direction of battery and charging technology . MIT spin-out shrinks lithium batteries TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH . Flexible solar cells on a roll . 3D silicon wafers boost photovoltaic cell production . High temperature solid battery leads to 'battery on a chip' . Graphene micro-supercapacitor powers flexible electronics NEW PRODUCTS . Highly integrated 600V power module cuts costs . First USB-C chips for Power Delivery 3.0 specification . Low ESL in DC link capacitor for new IGBT modules

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