This week Infineon have announced their latest CoolSiC 1700V devices. But what are SiC devices, and how do they compare to traditional silicon-only MOSFETS? What is SiC? Silicon Carbide is a semiconductor material that has been in development since the 1990s a...

By Robin Mitchell | 22-06-2020

Researchers at Tohoku University have announced their development of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) with an access time of 10ns with features as small as 1x nm. What is MRAN, and how will it play a role in future electronics? MTJ Basics Magnetic Tunnel Junct...

By Robin Mitchell | 19-06-2020

China has been the centre of worldwide manufacturing for decades, and with China beginning to develop their products as well as shifting towards the service industry should the rest of the world embrace this? Why are countries hesitant to allow China to provid...

By Robin Mitchell | 18-06-2020

Siren, a medical company, have produced a sock that can help to prevent diabetic Neuropathy by detecting temperature changes in real-time. What implications will this technology have and how can wearable technology be expanded? Diabetic Neuropathy While diabet...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-06-2020

The race is on to develop a new range of mechanical Direct Current (DC) circuit breakers. While the significant power users depend on alternating current (AC), which cycles on and off 60 times per second, DC is used to power devices such as flashlights, smartp...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 16-06-2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often depicted as harming humanity in science fiction. The Stanley Kubrick-directed sci-fi masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” found the HAL 9000 killing off its space crew, while the “Terminator” franchise centers on AI-powered...

By Moe Long | 11-06-2020

The fabrication of flexible, yet strong, nanomaterials has ushered in a new age of electronic devices. Flexible and wearable electronic devices are some of the most talked about technology developments today and could play a major role in the healthcare and fi...

By Liam Critchley | 10-06-2020

Infrared contactless measurement technology, with a response time measured ‘in milliseconds’, is a solution to the growing need for non-invasive temperature sensing. Contactless thermometers measure the infrared (heat) radiation given off by objects without to...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 09-06-2020

Metal-ion batteries are a staple energy storage technology in modern-day electronics, with the high stability and relatively good efficiency of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries dominating the market. While lithium is main type of metal-ion battery, there are man...

By Liam Critchley | 05-06-2020

The ability to integrate internet-enabled technology into almost any devices is opening all industries to the wonders of IoT. This even includes global shipping and tracking, whereby smart sensors and SoCs could see massive benefits to customers who are requir...

By Robin Mitchell | 04-06-2020

City dwellers during the Covid-19 pandemic will no doubt have noticed and welcomed the improvement in their air quality. Rather than smelling and tasting like something being sucked from a car tailpipe, the air was fresher and certainly cleaner.  In London for...

By Paul Whytock | 02-06-2020

The high switching frequency of current data lines has made common mode (CM) interference a problem for radio reception. In normal or differential (single) mode, current travels on one line in one direction from the source to the load and in the opposite direc...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 01-06-2020