Couldn’t resist simulating the possible Cuk synchronous rectifier mosfet drive circuit. And the results are not good (but scroll down for a better circuit:) The voltage across the capacitor pretending to be the mosfet gate capacitance is not getting close enough to the oV rail (see black rectangle below left) to turn off the mosfet properly – my …

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49 years ago, this foil, presented at the 1972 IEDM, set the course for the chip industry: Moral: Great Minds Create Great Consequences

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Digi-Key Electronics has announced that it has launched an enhanced online returns and order issues portal for customers. The updated portal now offers allows international customers to fully self-service returns, including printing return shipping labels, making corrections, submitting part shortage requests, and resolving order issues. It’s a more user-friendly model says the company. “This revamped …

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RootMetrics’ 5G Scorecard reports on Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle examines “Everyday 5G” performance by the networks – a metric which includes results recorded on both 5G-only technology and 5G mixed mode – an increasingly common experience for UK consumers of switching between 5G and 4G LTE during the same data service. Combining these two …

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Imagination Technologies announces a hybrid working framework, for all employees, globally. Imagination employees can now split their working time between the office and other locations, in tune with the lifestyles and demands of the modern world. It also expands Imagination’s access to talent located beyond its locations across the UK, EU, USA, and Asia. The company is …

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TT Electronics has launched its S-2CONNECT Creo Development Kit with LTE Cat M1 / NB-IoT to accelerate digital programmes. The kit is designed for software developers who are charged with reducing R&D risk and fast-tracking their IoT application development. “The S-2CONNECT platform helps users streamline the secure connection of products and systems, and enables data-led …

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U-blox has introduced a pair of M.2 format Wi-Fi and Bluetooth expansion cards that plug into NXP i.MX processor evaluation kits. The cards are M.2 Type 2230 Key E, and are built around NXP SoCs. M2-JODY-W3 is for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, and has NXP’s 88Q9098 chipset on-board that supports IEEE 802.11ax and runs concurrent …

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Boris Johnson has asked Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK’s National Security Adviser, to look at the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Chinese-owned Nexperia, “We have to judge whether the stuff that they are making is of real intellectual property value and interest to China, whether there are real security implications,” the PM told MPs, “we …

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Vodafone is partnering with Mavenir to create an indoor small cell solution for business customers using OpenRAN technology Vodafone and Mavenir are working on a small cell product based on OpenRAN technology, to provide indoor 4G connectivity for business customers. Designed for business customers who occupy medium to large office spaces, the plug-and-play small cell …

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STMicroelectronics has created a 5W dc-dc buck converter IC that produces a regulated non-isolated output plus one or more transformer-coupled isolated outputs. The isolated secondary voltage is governed by the transformer turns ratio – no optocoupler is needed. “Common uses include powering gate drivers for SiC mosfets and IGBTs that require asymmetrical isolated power rails, and …

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