Industry News
Hawker Richardson awarded by Yamaha for sales efforts
Industrial assembly supplier Hawker Richardson has been awarded by Yamaha for exceeding its sales targets for 2019. [ + ]
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes on the way
Scientists have incorporated colloidal quantum dots into a new type of LED containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers. [ + ]
Stretchable solar cells retain high efficiency
Researchers have devised a way to turn rigid silicon into solar cells that can be stretched by 95%, while retaining high solar energy capture efficiency of 19%. [ + ]
Controlling qubits for more robust quantum operations
German researchers have developed a new approach for controlling qubits via microwave pulses, which is said to reduce error rates and increase efficiency. [ + ]
Longer running lithium–air batteries
Researchers are improving the performance of lithium–air batteries, bringing us closer to electric cars that can use oxygen to run longer before they need to recharge. [ + ]
Digi-Key signs global distribution partnership with Anderson Power Products
The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with worldwide, 24-hour availability of APP's power interconnect products. [ + ]
HEMT named as an IEEE milestone
The high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), developed by Fujitsu Laboratories in 1979, has been certified as an IEEE milestone. [ + ]
Electrons can be manipulated with light
Researchers find a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light — which could have major implications for the future of data processing. [ + ]
Lithium-sulfur batteries developed Down Under
Australian researchers are on the brink of commercialising what is claimed to be the world's most efficient lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. [ + ]
Tieto and STMicroelectronics develop automotive central control units
STMicroelectronics is collaborating with Tieto, a software and services company, to develop central control unit (CCU) software to run on STMicroelectronics' Telemaco3P platform. [ + ]
Electronex expo returns to Sydney in 2020
Electronex – The Electronics Design & Assembly Expo and Conference returns to Rosehill Gardens in Sydney from 9–10 September 2020. [ + ]
2D dielectric inks for print-in-place electronics
Researchers have produced a two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride ink, which has been used to fabricate flexible thin-film transistors. [ + ]
Detecting carbon impurities in GaN crystals using light
Carbon impurity has long hindered efficiency in nitride-based electronic and optical devices, but now researchers have discovered a method that can quickly detect carbon impurity using light. [ + ]
Wi-Fi 6 IoT trial completed in UK
The Wireless Broadband Alliance has successfully completed what is said to be the world's first trial of Wi-Fi 6 technology to enable Industry 4.0 applications. [ + ]
Carrier multiplication could boost solar cell efficiency
The findings have the potential to boost the photovoltaics and photodetector fields, and could improve the efficiency of solar cells to up to 46%. [ + ]