Renesas Electronics today announced the successful development of a new ultra-compact FO WLP microchip package technology for use in microcontroller unit (MCU) products. The newly developed technology is a kind of IC packaging technology that employs wafer-level redistribution technology, called the FO-WLP (Fan-Out Wafer-Level Package) technology, which makes it ideal for ultra-compact MCU products. It […]
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Suntech and Calisolar extend strategic partnership
Suntech Power Holdings Co. and Calisolar Inc., a privately held, vertically integrated manufacturer of solar silicon, wafers and cells, today announced that the companies have signed a Letter of Intent to construct a solar silicon manufacturing facility in Ontario Canada. Once completed, the manufacturing facility will add new operators and engineers and will significantly expand […]
Portable Memory Line Safe for Gamma Sterilization
The GammaSafe memory token from Datakey Electronics is a non-volatile, reprogrammable, portable memory device that survives gamma sterilization with no loss of data. The GammaSafe data-carrier/receptacle system allows medical device manufacturers to easily add anti-counterfeit and limit-use capabilities to disposable attachments that are sterilized using gamma radiation. The SGT4Kb GammaSafe memory token contains four kilobits […]
Linear Actuator Handles Both Drive and Guidance
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc., a manufacturer of engineered linear motion products, offers the SAA06 motorized SplineRail linear actuator. Linear motion has traditionally required separate components to handle both drive and guidance. The compact SplineRail simplifies this by combining both functions in a single, coaxial component. The Motorized SplineRail utilizes a Kerk precision rolled lead […]
EMI Filter Plates Available With 1,500 VDC Flash Protection
Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products has developed the capability to add 1,500 VDC Flash protection to its complete line of EMI Filter plates, ideal for any application where higher voltage surge protection is required. Adding flash protection to any of Spectrum’s Bolt-in, EasyMate, or Shrouded Latch filter plates enables them to withstand up to 1,500 VDC […]
Yorkshire gets £4 million ($6.3 million) electron lithography facility
One of the highest resolution electron-beam lithography systems in Europe will soon be helping scientists in Yorkshire break new ground in nanotechnology. The state-of-the art system is to be installed at the University of Leeds, thanks to a £2.7 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), in partnership with the Universities […]
CEA-Leti demonstrates first single-impulse active 3D imaging matrix operating at infrared frequency
The infrared-active 3D imaging matrix, with a format of 320×256, currently operates at a wavelength of 1.55 microns for reasons of eye safety, but is also capable of operating with infrared lasers at wavelengths up to five microns. The infrared-active 3D imaging matrix combines two major technical innovations developed by CEA-Leti. The first innovation is […]
EVG unveils EVG520L3 next-generation wafer bonding system with key cost-of-ownership advantages for advanced packaging and MEMS applications
SEMICON EUROPA — EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced the latest addition to its industry-leading EVG500 Series of permanent wafer bonding systems. The new three-chamber EVG520L3 wafer bonding system builds on the series’ proven strengths […]
New sensor derived from frogs may help fight bacteria and save wildlife
Princeton engineers have developed a sensor that may revolutionize how drugs and medical devices are tested for contamination, and in the process also help ensure the survival of two species of threatened animals. To be fair, some of the credit goes to an African frog. In the wild, the African clawed frog produces antibacterial peptides […]
Single-core, Floating-point DSP Asserted to be Industry’s Fastest
Texas Instruments introduced the C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM generation of processors which feature what are said to be the industry’s fastest single-core floating- and fixed-point DSP performance (up to 1.5 GHz) and the fastest single-core ARM Cortex-A8 core with performance up to 1.5 GHz. The combined Integra DSP + ARM architecture is important because […]