CSEM, the Swiss Research and Technology Organisation, announced that they have licensed their IcyTRX silicon RF IP to Danish hearing aid manufacturer Oticon.

A pilot plant for the production of high efficiency HeteroJunction Technology (HJT) solar cells has been opened at Meyer Burger Research in Neuchâtel. The Swiss solar industry supplier Meyer Burger is aiming to further optimise an innovative cell coating process to industrial manufacturing standards with this pilot plant. The plant was developed together with CSEM, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and the Canton of Neuchât...

Conceived to function under extreme conditions, the Rosetta spacecraft's Philae lander features seven cameras, planned to give a 360° panoramic view of the comet’s surface. The high-definition cameras are not only miniature, but also robust enough to resist the violent vibrations of take-off and the extremely low temperatures encountered pursuing and landing on a comet hurtling through space towards the Sun.

An integrated Bluetooth Smart solution combining an ultra-low power radio transceiver with a flexible and fully Bluetooth Smart-qualified low power baseband controller, protocol stack and profiles consumes less than half the power of today's standard solutions, and is now available for licensing.

CSEM have today announced the release of a new transceiver platform: IcyTRX, to meet the growing demand for extended battery life and miniaturisation. The IcyTRX platform consumes less than 10mW and is therefore perfectly suited to ultra-low power RF applications such as WirelessHART, IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth low energy.

A European consortium lead by CSEM successfully launched the EC-funded WiserBAN project, with the objective of developing innovative ultra-miniature RF microsystems for wireless Body Area Networks (BAN) targeting primarily wearable and implanted devices for healthcare, biomedical, wellness and lifestyle applications.