Optoelectronics

Newly developed 1.25-Gbps optical transceiver achieving high-speed communications at a low cost

Hamamatsu Photonics has developed an optical transceiver P16671-01AS that achieves fibre-optic communications at a data transmission speed of 1.25 Gbps. It is said to offer a significantly higher speed than the company’s current optical link products. It also provides standard-compliant optical connectors that attach to the preferred optical fibres. For …

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GRM Series production with reproducible quality – automated processes for complex Gaussian mirrors

LASER COMPONENTS has further optimised its processes for manufacturing and inspecting graded reflectivity mirrors (GRMs) – so-called Gaussian mirrors. With automated in-house solutions, the company is able to guarantee reproducibly high quality and accuracy in the series production of these complex optics. The Gaussian curve of each individual optic corresponds …

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Mouser Electronics adds over 55 new manufacturers in 2022 to its industry-leading line card

Mouser Electronics, the distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, has added 59 new manufacturers to its industry-leading line card during 2022, significantly expanding product choices for design engineers and purchasing professionals around the world. By offering customers a wide selection of the most advanced technologies, Mouser helps designers avoid costly …

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Design higher density and lower cost lidar systems with new 80 V, 15 A GaN eToF laser driver IC

EPC has introduced the EPC21701, a laser driver that monolithically integrates an 80 V, 40 A FET with gate driver and 3.3 logic level input into a single chip for time-of-flight lidar systems used in robotics, surveillance systems, and vacuum cleaners. It is tailored to lidar systems for gesture recognition, time …

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ams OSRAM releases 0.5Mpixel global shutter CMOS image sensors to save space and power in wearable and mobile devices

ams OSRAM, a specialist in optical solutions, has extended its Mira family of pipelined, high-sensitivity, global shutter CMOS image sensors with the launch of the 2.3mm x 2.8mm, 0.5Mpixel Mira050. Highly sensitive to both visible and near infrared (NIR) light, the Mira050 enables engineering designers to save space and power …

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Analog Devices and Seeing Machines work together to accelerate safer driving through sophisticated advanced driver assistance systems

Analog Devices, a global semiconductor leader, and Seeing Machines, an advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, have announced a collaboration in support of high-performance driver and occupant monitoring system (DMS/OMS) technology. Long-haul driving and congested traffic are two scenarios where driver …

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Hamamatsu Photonics develops an APD array integrated with a self-bias generator to help reduce the cost of industrial LiDAR modules

Called the Gain Stabilized Si APD S16430-01CR, this APD array was integrated with a self-bias generator (SBG)2 by harnessing our unique opto-semiconductor manufacturing technology. Since the SBG stabilizes the optical signal multiplication factor, a microcontroller and temperature sensor are no longer needed to adjust the multiplication factor to match changes …

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Novatek adopts CEVA’s latest Sensor Hub DSP for new multi-sensor IP camera SoC

CEVA, the licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and co-creation solutions, has announced that Novatek Microelelctonics Corp, a fabless chip design company, has licensed and deployed the SP500 DSP from CEVA’s SensPro2 Sensor Hub DSP architecture family in its newest generation NT98530 multi-sensor IP Camera SoC targeting surveillance, …

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New LXI MEMs-based optical fiber switches from Pickering Interfaces available in matrix and multiplexer versions

Pickering Interfaces, the supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has introduced new models in its range of space-saving, versatile optical switches with the launch of the 65-280 (matrix) and 65-281 (multiplexer) plug-ins for the LXI 65-200 platform. The 65-28x plug-ins feature …

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AEC-Q100 qualified for AOI: RPY-1.5Q LED driver from RECOM at Rutronik

RECOM introduces the RPY-1.5Q, a highly efficient, cost-effective LED driver. The optionally available “wettable flanks” for automated optical inspection meet AEC-Q100 qualification requirements. Despite its compact design (3 x 5 x 1.6 mm), the product enables precise, programmable constant current of up to 1.5 A. The RPY-1.5Q is particularly suitable …

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