Manufacturing

Rogue Valley Microdevices, the Oregon pure-play MEMS foundry, has announced that its second 50,000-square-foot fab, currently under construction on the “Space Coast” of Florida will be 300mm capable and running wafers in 2025. The company claims it will be the first pure-play foundry with 300mm capability. “With Rogue Valley Microdevices’ investment in 300mm MEMS capability at our new Palm Bay, ...

Segger has made a four channel version of is Flasher Hub production IC programmer to save space on the production floor. ‘Flasher Hub-4’ is a compact version of Flasher Hub-12, measuring 125 x 78 x 25mm. “It is just a little bigger than a standard deck of cards, making it the most compact and efficient control unit on the market ...

Professor Mike Capaldi, dean of innovation and business at Newcastle University, is to be the Chair of UK power, electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) manufacturing network DER-IC. Funded by Innovate UK, the network offers access to equipment, facilities and expertise from the PEMD manufacturing supply chain. Capaldi is returning to the network having lead the initial funding application and development ...

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive business of EBM-Papst, for an undisclosed sum. “EBM-Papst’s portfolio of mechatronic drive systems and its people are an excellent fit for Siemens,” said Siemens digital industries CEO Cedrik Neike. “The acquisition will enable us to tap new business in the market for intelligent, battery-powered drive solutions in intra-logistics as well as ...

May & Scofield manufacturers electronic controls and systems, and needed to fulfill a contract for automotive flex circuits which forbade hand soldering. It turned to capital equipment distributor Altus, which recommended Promation’s Quick 9434 four-axis soldering robot which for consistency, according to Altus, has closed-loop temperature control up to 500°C and a toothed gear solder wire feeder that also perforates the ...

Renesas Electronics is part of a consortium building an OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) facility at Sanand near Ahmedabad in Gujarat India. It will only hold around 6.8% of the equity capital, with the bulk going to Mumbai engineering conglomerate CG Power and Industrial Solutions. Thailand OSAT provider Stars Microelectronics will hold 0.9%. “CG’s entry into the semiconductor manufacturing ...

Oxford PV is claiming an efficiency record for solar panels based on perovskite-on-silicon tandem photovoltaic cells. “Produced in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, the panel achieved a record 25% conversion efficiency, a significant increase on the more typical 24% efficiency of commercial modules,” according to the company. The panel was made using equipment and expertise at ...

Infineon and GlobalFoundries have agreed a supply deal for Infineon’s AURIX TC3x 40nm automotive MCUs, PMICs and connectivity ICs. The additional capacity will help secure Infineon’s business growth from 2024 through 2030.   Infineon and GF have been partnering since 2013 in the development of differentiated automotive, industrial and security semiconductor technology and products. At the centre of this collaboration ...

Custom lithium battery pack maker Alexander Battery Technologies has installed “the world’s most advanced laser welding machine”, it said, at its factory in Peterlee, UK. “The EV Flex laser welder uses machine vision and configurable optics to produce micrometer-accurate welds between the terminals on a battery cell and busbar,” according to the company. “Employing optical laser depth detection, the EV ...

Infineon has signed a SiC wafer supply deal with SK Siltron. “For Infineon, supply chain resiliency is about implementing a multi-supplier strategy and drive decarbonisation,” said Angelique van der Burg (pictured), Chief Procurement Officer at Infineon. Under the agreement, SK Siltron will provide Infineon with 150-millimeter SiC wafers and, in a subsequent phase, assist Infineon’s transition to 200-millimeter wafers. “With ...