Medical News
Design package enables pre-compliance testing on SMPS virtual prototypes
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 21:28
Keysight Technologies announced a new add-on to PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) that enables designers to perform pre-compliance testing on virtual prototypes of switched-mode power supply (SMPS) designs. This new ...
Power stage IC handles 48-V dc-dc conversion via GaN technology
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 21:23
EPC announces the introduction of an 80 V, 12.5 A power stage integrated circuit designed for 48 V DC-DC conversion used in high-density computing applications and in motor drives for e-mobility. The EPC2152 is a single-...
A new technique to maximize scan diagnosis throughput
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 18:01
by Jayant D'Souza, product manager Tessent group at Mentor, a Siemens Business Charged with the task of improving yield, product engineers need to find the location of defects in manufactured ICs quickly and efficiently....
PoL voltage regulators optimized for computing, telecom systems
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 21:06
Infineon Technologies AG introduces the IR3887M, IR3888M and IR3889M devices in its new family of integrated-point-of-load voltage regulators featuring a fast constant-on-time (COT) engine. This product family is designe...
Common-mode toroidal chokes boast high current capacities
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 19:05
Signal Transformer, a Bel group company, announce their new HCTC Series of Common Mode Toroidal Chokes for design engineers and manufacturers who specify power supplies accommodating Common Mode noise reduction and line ...
Power inductors target high-current-density high-temp apps
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 18:59
Bourns, Inc. announced the addition of nine new series to its SRP series power inductor line. These new Model SRP inductor families are designed to meet high current and low radiation requirements in a small form factor....
SiC power modules include dual-diode, full-bridge, phase-leg, dual-common-cathode and 3-phase bridge versions
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 18:55
Demand continues to rapidly grow for Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based systems to maximize efficiency and reduce size and weight, allowing engineers to create innovative power solutions. Applications leveraging SiC technology ...
Gateway ICs let automotive MCUs communicate
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 18:39
The Smart Gateway Platform (SGP) from STMicroelectronics provides a valuable development tool for prototyping automotive Smart-Gateway and Domain-Controller applications. The evolution of automotive architectures to incl...
Power control ICs handle 90-W PoE connections
Medical Design Technology - 16 Mar 2020 18:06
Silicon Labs has introduced a comprehensive Power over Ethernet (PoE) portfolio that reduces the cost and complexity of adding 90 W PoE to power sourcing equipment (PSE) and powered devices (PD). The new 90 W PoE portfol...
National Poll: Many parents delay talking to kids about inappropriate touching
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Experts recommend starting conversations about inappropriate touching during the preschool years, but less than half of parents of preschoolers in a national poll say they've ...
Love rivals risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Uppsala University) Males that face tougher competition for females risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations in their genome than males without rivals. Researchers at Uppsala University have disc...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for patients with COVID-19 infection requiring emergency surgery to minimize the risk of virus sprea...
'Stealth transmission' fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Undetected cases, many of which were likely not severely symptomatic, were largely responsible for the rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, according to ...
Immunotherapy combo achieves reservoir shrinkage in HIV model
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) Stimulating immune cells with two cancer immunotherapies together can shrink the size of the viral 'reservoir' in SIV-infected non-human primates treated with antiviral drugs. The findings have im...
Instagram makes it easier to exercise
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) People who followed researchers' motivational posts on Instagram got more enjoyment out of their training sessions. Just a couple of minutes over the course of four weeks ...
Is your child getting enough sleep?
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) A study of almost 800 children followed over several years shows that those who get the fewest hours of sleep are at greatest risk of developing psychiatric difficulties l...
Microplastic fibers linked to respiratory, reproductive changes in fish
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Duke University) Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers causes aneurysms, erosion of surface layers and other serious damage to fish gills, and increases egg production in female fish, a sign that chemicals in the fibe...
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against COVID-19 has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research In...
New Yorkers and Coronavirus -- Support for school closures, while most feel not at risk
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) A new CUNY SPH survey released today found that 60% of New York State residents believe their chances of contracting the novel Coronavirus are low or very low. Th...
New findings boost understanding of arterial aneurysm
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Gothenburg) Abdominal arterial (or aortic) aneurysm in older men is associated with levels of certain subtypes of white blood cells, a study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows. The study resu...
New study reveals early evolution of cortex
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(Karolinska Institutet) Their researches on the lamprey brain has enabled researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to push the birth of the cortex back in time by some 300 million years to over 500 million years ag...
Shining a light on international energy inequality
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Leeds) A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, from highly industrialized to developing ones, revealing extreme disparity in energy footprints, both within nations an...