Industrial
Outsourced SAM testing provides a solution
Ultrasonic-based Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM) has long been the method of choice for quality testing and failure analysis of silicon ingots, wafers, integrated circuits, and MEMS. Ultrasound can locate voids and disbonds between material layers better than other non-destructive methods because sound waves can look inside the layers to detect the thinnest of air gaps and delaminations down to a hundredth of a micron.
How do power supplies impact electronics?
The power supplies chosen for electronics can have an impact on how those devices perform or how swiftly manufacturers can produce them. Here are some of the key things that electronics engineering and design professionals should keep in mind.
How to simplify AFE filtering via high-speed ADCs
Thomas Neu, System Engineer for High-Speed Data Converters, Texas Instruments (TI), discusses the present day issue of elaborate filtering that can be required for industrial data-acquisition on the analogue front end (AFE) in front of the analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs).
3 ways not to screw up an eSIM design
After remaining essentially unchanged for more than 25 years, the Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) used to authenticate devices onto cellular networks are undergoing a dramatic transformation, moving from physical hardware to downloadable software – embodied by the concept of eSIMs. Cyril Caillaud, NXP Semiconductors, explains.
Increasing design flexibility with the PGIA
Hooman Hashemi, Product Applications Engineer, at Analog Devices (ADI), discusses a new variation of the classic instrumentation amplifier (PGIA).
Rapid tech advancement is a double-edged sword
In the era of rapid developments in technologies, newer components or technologies are launched every day. On one hand, technological innovation boosts productivity and efficiency in many sectors, on the other hand it causes more hardware and software becoming obsolete faster than in the past. Here Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA at industrial parts supplier EU Automation, discusses the pros and cons of fast technological advances.
Electronic Specifier Webinar Summit - Editorial catch up
On the 1st September Electronic Specifier will host its Webinar Summit, a one-day event packed with discussions around the latest industry trends in electronics, and the products and technologies that are shaping sectors from automotive to wireless.
Semiconductor testing at very low currents
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics has chosen to use measurement instrumentation from Tektronix and Keithley to investigate the current and voltage characteristics of wide-bandgap semiconductors.
Women in Electronics, how the industry is changing
On the 1st September Electronic Specifier will host its Webinar Summit, a one-day event packed with discussions around the latest industry trends in electronics, and the products and technologies that are shaping sectors from automotive to wireless.
Electronic Specifier launches new website in partnership with Hardware Pioneers
Electronic Specifier, the design engineer’s resource guide to news, products and technology for the global electronics industry, has announced that it is launching a new site in partnership with Hardware Pioneers, a growing community of thousands of startup founders, executives, engineers and developers operating in the IoT sector.