Industry News
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%. [ + ]
Wireless data transmission with terahertz radiation
Researchers have developed a terahertz detector that enables rapid wireless data communication and highly sensitive radar by using a frequency range that has previously been difficult to work with. [ + ]
Spin waves could stop devices from overheating
Researchers have found a way of using 'spin waves' to switch magnetisation at room temperature for more energy-efficient spin memory and logic devices. [ + ]
Remotely control devices with magnetic skin
Researchers have developed a novel magnetic skin that can remotely control switches and keyboards with the wave of a hand or the blink of an eye. [ + ]
Carbon nanotube tech exceeds 100 GHz in RF applications
The milestone is said to eclipse the performance — and efficiency — of the traditional RF-CMOS technology that is ubiquitous in modern consumer electronics, including mobile phones. [ + ]


