One way that heat damages electronic equipment is it makes components expand at different rates, resulting in forces that cause micro-cracking and distortion. Plastic components and circuit boards are particularly prone to damage due to changes in volume during heating and cooling cycles. But if a material could be incorporated into the components that compensates for the expansion, the stresses would be reduced and their lifetime increased. Everybody knows one…
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Researchers Explain Visible Light From 2D Lead Halide Perovskites
Researchers drew attention three years ago when they reported that a two-dimensional perovskite – a material with a specific crystal structure – composed of cesium, lead and bromine emitted a strong green light. Crystals that produce light on the green spectrum are desirable because green light, while valuable in itself, can also be relatively easily converted to other forms that emit blue or red light, making it especially important for…
A Wearable Vibration Sensor For Accurate Voice Recognition
A voice-recognition feature can be easily found on mobile phones these days. Often times, we experience an incident where a speech recognition application is activated in the middle of a meeting or a conversation in the office. Sometimes, it is not activated at all regardless of numbers of times we call out the application. It is because a mobile phone uses a microphone which detects sound pressure to recognize voice,…
EV Group Invests 30M Euros For Capacity Expansion in Austria
Construction of an additional, large cleanroom in St. Florian am Inn creates additional development, demo and pilot production capacity.
ES Design West Features “Meet the Experts,” TechTALK Highlighting Commercial Achievements of Electronic System Design
The ES Design West SMART Design Pavilion features a series of system-centric “Meet the Experts” sessions Tuesday…
U.S. Companies Dominate Worldwide IC Marketshare
China and Taiwan companies register double-digit shares in the fabless segment but very low shares of the IDM IC segment. U.S. companies had just over 50% of the total worldwide IC market.
Washable Electronic Textiles To Usher In An Era Of Even Smarter Wearable Products
Transistors connected with twisted electrodes maintain functionality even after being bent and washed over 1,000 times and can activate LED or detect electrocardiogram signals.
SiFive Announces New Location in Austin, Texas
Five, Inc., the provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, announced today it has further expanded its existing presence in the Austin, Texas, “Silicon Hills” area with the opening of an office to support all aspects of SiFive’s business operations. The Austin office will drive company-wide corporate development, business development, legal, and strategy operations
Key Megatrends for MEMS, Sensors and Imaging at SEMI-MSIG Summit
With MEMS and imaging sensor innovations driving an explosion of transportation, medical, mobile, industrial and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the stage is set for the SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, 25-27 September 2019 at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Grenoble, France. More than 400 industry experts are expected to gather for insights on the latest developments and trends across the supply chain. Registration is open now with early-bird pricing available until August 17, 2019.
Imec Doubles Energy Density Of Its Solid-State Batteries to 400Wh/Liter
Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, digital and energy technologies and partner in EnergyVille, announced a solid-state Li-metal battery cell with an unsurpassed energy density of 400 Wh/liter at a charging speed of 0.5C
