Next generation of power electronics proposed

What will the next generation of power electronics be like and what are the key features required? One feature of interest is with reducing power loss. Aalto University researchers have a solution.

What's interesting about the new solution for power electronics is that it's based on ideas seemingly conspired to the dustbin of technology. Physicists, in revisiting previous research, have discovered a microscopic mechanism that enables the compound gallium nitride semiconductors to be used in electronic devices; devices that function to distribute large amounts of electric power.

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Apple Manufacturer Quanta Reaches Deal to Build AR Displays

Quanta Computer Inc., one of Apple’s main manufacturing partners, has struck a licensing agreement with augmented-reality component maker Lumus Ltd. to make lenses for smart glasses.

Israel-based Lumus designs displays for AR glasses that will project information into the wearer’s field of view. As part of the deal, Quanta will manufacture the lenses for Lumus and then have the option to produce the component for leading consumer technology companies, Lumus Chief Executive Officer Ari Grobman said. Quanta led a $45 million investment in Lumus in late 2016. Several of the largest technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., are developing AR hardware.

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Jefferies Group Comments on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s FY2017 Earnings (NYSE:SMI)

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE:SMI) – Analysts at Jefferies Group dropped their FY2017 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Semiconductor Manufacturing International in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Zacks Investment Research reports. Jefferies Group analyst R. Wu now expects that the semiconductor company will earn $0.16 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.25. Jefferies Group has a “Hold” rating on the stock.

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Navitas To Present Power Electronics Keynote

Navitas Semiconductor has announced that Stephen Oliver, vice president of sales and marketing, will deliver a keynote presentation titled, 'GaN Power ICs: Integration Drives Performance' at the first annual Power Electronics Conference 2017 to be held Dec 5th in Munich, Germany. 

The keynote will share new insights on how the industry’s first and only GaN power ICs create dramatic changes in speed, efficiency and densities for a broad range of power systems.

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RF specialist expands teaching and test in South Yorkshire

Ian White founded Gaddon, an RF engineering and test consultancy, 10 years ago, in that time it has carried out work for the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

A new workshop at Hoyle Mill in Penistone near Barnsley will allow the firm to carry out general RF and electronic repairs and can be hired out as a test facility by companies that design equipment with RF and Wi-Fi capabilities.

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LED lights helped states save Rs 500 crore: EESL

As many as 20 states saved Rs 500 crore in the last one year on their electricity bill, an official of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) said.
Nearly 40 lakh LED street lights were installed by 20 states which helped 20 states in saving Rs 500 crore in last one year, EESL managing director Saurabh Kumar said at a press conference here today while throwing International Symposium to Promote Innovation and Research in Energy Efficiency

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Photonics researchers make one chip to rule them all

A multifunctional silicon photonics integrated circuit that can be programmed to perform a variety of different functions has been developed by researchers from Spain and the UK.

This is “the first photonic integrated chip that enables multiple functionalities by employing a single common architecture”, according to researchers from the Silicon Photonics Group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, and from the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) at the Universitat Politècnica de València,

The team’s results have been published in the journal Nature Communications.

The chip’s operation is inspired by field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which use a common hardware architecture with logic blocks that can be configured to perform the desired operations.

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