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Power Integrations has announced the HiperPFS™-5 family of power factor correction (PFC) ICs with an integrated 750V PowiGaN™ gallium nitride switch. With an efficiency of up to 98.3 percent, the new ICs deliver up to 240W without a heatsink and can achieve a power factor greater than 0.98.
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Power Integrations has announced the low-power HiperLCS™-2 chipset, a new family of ICs that dramatically simplifies the design and manufacture of LLC resonant power converters.
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The companies Ingeteam Power Technology, as project leader; Electrotécnica Arteche Smart Grid, Enigmedia, Iberdrola, Ormazabal Protection & Automation, PwC, Zigor, and ZIV Aplicaciones y Tecnologías; in addition to Ikerlan and Clúster GAIA, have joined together to collaborate for several months on the project called TrueValSec (Trust Technologies for Smart Grid value chain Cybersecurity).
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Current end-of-line AOI systems can detect almost all visible defects in the surface-mount assemblies that pass through them. But there is always pressure to keep improving. New SMT component packages, including the smallest SMD passives and chip-scale semiconductors, present increasingly difficult challenges that demand higher system resolution.
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Unlike lead-acid batteries, lithium-ion batteries can remain in the forklift during charging, which is done via a plug connection. Charging in shift-operated models is characterized by frequent fast and intermediate charging of the lithium-ion battery, for example, during lunch breaks.
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Cosel Co., Ltd. has announced the addition of two compact, open-frame power supplies to its LHA series for demanding industrial applications. Benefiting from the latest power switching technologies, the LHA10F and LHA15F are 15% smaller and offer 50% lower leakage current than conventional products on the market.
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Quantum computing continues to advance rapidly, but one challenge holding the field back is mitigating the noise that affects quantum machines. This noise leads to much higher error rates than those of classical computers.
This noise is usually caused by imperfect control signals, environmental interference, and unwanted interactions between qubits, which are the building blocks of a quantum computer. Performing calculations on a quantum computer involves a "quantum circuit," which is a series of operations called quantum gates. These quantum gates, assigned to individual qubits, change the quantum states of certain qubits, which then perform the calculations to solve a problem.
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Mouser now offers the TMF8820, TMF8821, and TMF8828 multi-zone time-of-flight sensors from ams OSRAM. These high-performance direct time-of-flight (dToF) sensors achieve a detection range of 5 meters, while the device's multi-lens array significantly expands the illumination field.
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Mouser now offers the Analog Devices ADMV4540 Ka-band quadrature demodulator. The ADMV4540 is a highly integrated orthogonal demodulator with a built-in synthesizer suitable for high-performance, next-generation, ground-terminal K-band satellite communication systems requiring a complete outdoor unit.
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Designers of power systems intended for traction, auxiliary power units, solid-state transformers, industrial motor drives, and energy infrastructure solutions require high-voltage switching technology that increases efficiency, reduces system size, and improves reliability.
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element14.com has launched the Raspberry Pi-Fest Design Challenge. This design challenge will put the Raspberry Pi Pico center stage, as community members use the device, along with any other Raspberry Pi product of their choice, to create a music or audio-themed project.
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The challenges facing society today are increasingly numerous and significant. The COVID-19 health crisis demonstrated the importance of investing in research and subsequently the need for a green, environmentally responsible recovery. The current production situation underscores once again that natural resources are limited and the linear production model is economically and environmentally unsustainable.
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