NEWS

MKS Instruments to Buy Atotech for Over $5B

MKS Instruments to Buy Atotech for Over $5B

01 July 2021

ANDOVER, MA – MKS Instruments today said it will buy Atotech for $5.1 billion, according to reports.  Read More...

Nano Dimension, Hensoldt Form 3-D Printed Electronics Unit in Germany

Nano Dimension, Hensoldt Form 3-D Printed Electronics Unit in Germany

01 July 2021

TAUFKIRCHEN, GERMANY – Nano Dimension formed a partnership with Hensoldt to create the entity J.A.M.E.S (Jetted Additively Manufactures Electronics Sources). Th...  Read More...

Quantic Electronics Acquires UTC

Quantic Electronics Acquires UTC

30 June 2021

MONTEREY PARK, CA – Quantic Electronics acquired Union Technology Corp. for an undisclosed sum.  Read More...

IPC: Global Economy to Expand 6% in 2021

IPC: Global Economy to Expand 6% in 2021

30 June 2021

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC expects the global economy to expand 6.1% in 2021 and another 4% in 2022, according to a new IPC report from Shawn DuBravac, Ph.D., chief ...  Read More...

Nano Dimension Hires Amazon Exec. Patterson as President of Americas

Nano Dimension Hires Amazon Exec. Patterson as President of Americas

29 June 2021

SUNRISE, FL – Nano Dimension hired Sean Patterson as president of Nano Dimension – Americas, reporting to Zivi Nedivi, global president of Nano Dimension.  Read More...

PCD&F Opens 2022 NPI Awards

PCD&F Opens 2022 NPI Awards

28 June 2021

ATLANTA – PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN FAB opened its 2022 New Product Introduction Awards (NPI) for printed circuit board fabrication.  Read More...

Peters, Atotech Team to Develop Inkjet Solder Resists

Peters, Atotech Team to Develop Inkjet Solder Resists

28 June 2021

KEMPEN, GERMANY – Peters and Atotech are developing and testing environmentally friendly technology in the field of inkjet solder masks. The aim of this coopera...  Read More...

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 9.1% in May

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 9.1% in May

25 June 2021

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American printed circuit board shipments rose 9.1% year-over-year in May, IPC announced today.  Read More...

Tablet Sales to Inch Up in 2021 After Big Gains a Year Ago

Tablet Sales to Inch Up in 2021 After Big Gains a Year Ago

24 June 2021

NEEDHAM, MA – The Covid-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the tablet market in 2020 as consumers, businesses, and schools sought tablets to stay connected, e...  Read More...

Cohu Completes Sale of its Printed Circuit Board Test Business

Cohu Completes Sale of its Printed Circuit Board Test Business

24 June 2021

POWAY, CA -- Cohu today announced that it has completed the sale of its Printed Circuit Board Test Group business to Mycronic.  Read More...

New Book Helps Lower Risk of Compliance Test Failures

New Book Helps Lower Risk of Compliance Test Failures

22 June 2021

The latest book in a series on diagnosing and troubleshooting EMC emissions written by a veteran of the electronics design industry is now available.  Read More...

Trackwise Designs Slips to 2020 Loss Despite Jump in Revenue

Trackwise Designs Slips to 2020 Loss Despite Jump in Revenue

22 June 2021

TEWKESBURY, ENGLAND -- Trackwise Designs reported full year revenues rose 109% year-over-year to £6.07 million ($8.45 million), but the adjusted operating loss ...  Read More...

New Semi Fab Starts Surging, Says SEMI

New Semi Fab Starts Surging, Says SEMI

23 June 2021

MILPITAS, CA — Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide will have started construction on 19 new high-volume fabs by the end of this year and break ground on anoth...  Read More...

2021 PCB Designers/Design Engineer Salary Survey Now Open

2021 PCB Designers/Design Engineer Salary Survey Now Open

21 June 2021

ATLANTA -- PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN FAB is undertaking its annual salary survey of printed circuit board designers, design engineers and other layout specialist...  Read More...

Altium Open to Alternate Bids After Rejecting Autodesk’s Buyout Offer

Altium Open to Alternate Bids After Rejecting Autodesk’s Buyout Offer

18 June 2021

SAN DIEGO – Altium underscored its strategy and objectives after rejecting Autodesk's buyout offer, with analysts expecting rival bids to come.  Read More...

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FEATURES

State-of-the-Art Technology Flashes

State-of-the-Art Technology Flashes

Updates in silicon and electronics technology. Ed.: This is a special feature courtesy of Binghamton University. IBM unveils world’s first 2nm chip technology...  Read More...

Demystifying Power Integrity

Demystifying Power Integrity

How to easily check current limits between a DC-DC converter and an FPGA. The design of power-supply structures on PCBs is not trivial. It requires careful co...  Read More...

Designing for Higher Power in Smaller Form Factors

Designing for Higher Power in Smaller Form Factors

The redesign of a power adapter, using thermal modeling software. Much has been written about the benefits of moving thermal design activity higher up the prod...  Read More...

Maxwell and Transmission Lines

Maxwell and Transmission Lines

The famous mathematician can guide our understanding of electrical signals.  Read More...

Is Electrical Current Particle Flow or Wave Phenomenon?

Is Electrical Current Particle Flow or Wave Phenomenon?

Some engineers claim electrical current is not the flow of electrons. They are wrong.  Read More...

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PRODUCTS

AVX Launches SCP Series PrizmaCap Supercapacitors

AVX Launches SCP Series PrizmaCap Supercapacitors

SCP series PrizmaCap standard and custom supercapacitors are engineered for SWaP-optimized, battery-powered products.  Read More...

Nordson March Introduces MegaVIA Plasma Treatment System

Nordson March Introduces MegaVIA Plasma Treatment System

MegaVIA plasma treatment system has 15-cell configuration for panel sizes up to 30" x 52" in printed circuit board manufacturing.  Read More...

Delo Introduces Delolux 203 UV Area Curing Lamp

Delo Introduces Delolux 203 UV Area Curing Lamp

Delolux 203 UV area curing lamp can be used in clean rooms where there can be no influence on continuous laminar airflow.  Read More...

Vishay Intertechnology Offers T24 Series SMD HI-TMP Wet Tantalum Capacitors

Vishay Intertechnology Offers T24 Series SMD HI-TMP Wet Tantalum Capacitors

T24 series HI-TMP surface-mount wet tantalum capacitors have operating temp. to +200°C in compact C case code.  Read More...

XJTAG Introduces XJTAG 3.11 Boundary Scan Software

XJTAG Introduces XJTAG 3.11 Boundary Scan Software

XJTAG 3.11 gas serial wire debug (SWD) support, user-defined libraries, and a new clock generator.  Read More...

Cadence Announces AWR Design Environment v. 16

Cadence Announces AWR Design Environment v. 16

AWR Design Environment v. 16 has cross-platform interoperability to support RF to millimeter wave (mmWave) intellectual property integration for heterogeneous t...  Read More...

Rohm Debuts BM2SC12xFP2-LBZ Converter ICs in TO263-7L Package

Rohm Debuts BM2SC12xFP2-LBZ Converter ICs in TO263-7L Package

TO263-7L package includes BM2SC12xFP2-LBZ AC/DC converter ICs with built-in 1700V SiC MOSFET.  Read More...

Zuken Announces Cloud Storage for E3.series

Zuken Announces Cloud Storage for E3.series

E3.series suite of products for wire harness and electrical cabinet design now has cloud storage.  Read More...

Cadence Announces Allegro X Electronics CAD Platform

Cadence Announces Allegro X Electronics CAD Platform

Allegro X Design Platform unifies schematic, layout, analysis, design collaboration and data management.  Read More...

3D Systems Adds 4 Figure 4 Resins

3D Systems Adds 4 Figure 4 Resins

3D Systems added four Figure 4 high-performance, production-capable resins designed for batch-run, end-use part manufacturing, and prototyping applications.  Read More...

Nano Dimension Launches DragonFly LDM 2.0 3-D Printing

Nano Dimension Launches DragonFly LDM 2.0 3-D Printing

DragonFly LDM 2.0 update introduces improved print quality, optimized ink utilization and smarter management for printer uptime.  Read More...

MacDermid Alpha Introduces Evabrite WS1, WS1-E Silver Anti-Tarnish Systems

MacDermid Alpha Introduces Evabrite WS1, WS1-E Silver Anti-Tarnish Systems

Evabrite WS1 and WS1-E water-based anti-tarnish systems protect functional silver surfaces and connectors from tarnish.  Read More...

AVX Releases UBC 550 Series Ultra-Broadband Capacitors

AVX Releases UBC 550 Series Ultra-Broadband Capacitors

UBC 550 series ultra-broadband capacitors are designed to deliver performance from 16KHz to 70+GHz in ultra-broadband microwave and millimeter-wave RF applicati...  Read More...

EasyLogix Upgrades PCB-Investigator v. 12.2 CAD/CAM Software

EasyLogix Upgrades PCB-Investigator v. 12.2 CAD/CAM Software

PCB-Investigator v. 12.2 provides the following enhancements: DRC analysis with overlap of copper/silkscreen with profiles;  Read More...

RS Components Updates DesignSpark PCB Pro v. 10.0 Software

RS Components Updates DesignSpark PCB Pro v. 10.0 Software

DesignSpark PCB Pro v. 10.0 features new disconnect from signal nets option;  Read More...

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