Ep. 45 | The “Ideal Switch”? GE’s Spinoff, Menlo Micro, Looks to Disrupt the Power Industry
Chris Keimel, CTO of Menlo Micro (a spinoff from General Electric), introduces the metal MEMS Ideal Switch®. Its ambitious goals merely include replacing the…
TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs
With an eye toward improving isolation technology in electric vehicles, Texas Instruments (TI) is rolling out two solid-state relay chips designed to replace…
ST Leverages Back-side-illuminated Sensors for Driver Monitoring
Human error causes 95% of traffic accidents. ST hopes to reduce that figure with a new global-shutter image sensor for driver monitoring systems.
Processing a Piezoelectric Accelerometer Output Using a Charge Amplifier
Learn about charge amplifiers which are used for charge output conversion of a piezoelectric sensor into a usable voltage signal.
Rounding-up GaN-based Transistors for High-power and Frequency Applications
Targeting reliable high power and frequency electronic devices, manufacturers are looking into gallium nitride (GaN) to fabricate field-effect transistors (FETs)…
Qualcomm Helps Push Wi-Fi 7 From Theory to Hardware
As wireless communication technology keeps propelling forward, Qualcomm’s newest release is representing a shift toward Wi-Fi 7.
ST’s Single-chip Digital-power Controller Zeros in on LED Lighting
Using its patented time-shift control (TSC) method in its LLC resonant converter, the new digital power controller also packs a combination of a power-factor…
In a World of Touchless Interfaces, Gesture Recognition Gains Steam
In a post-COVID-19 world, touchless interfaces—and gesture recognition, in particular—may proliferate many commercial and healthcare spaces.