Richardson RFPD is stocking 0402 (1005 metric) glass sandwich resistors designed to work from dc to 40GHz. Made by Kyocera AVX, and called the UBR series, they measure 1 x 0.5 x 0.5mm and have a flexible termination. “‘Flexiterm’ is a surface-mountable, automotive-qualified termination that adds an extra margin of protection against damage due to flexure during installation,” according to ...
Standex Electronics has created a series of mini magnetic field sensing reed switches, optimised to control up to 10W, 200V or 500mA. Called MK33, they are bare glass surface-mount reed switches with a footprint only 2.2mm wide and only 2.3mm high. Construction is with a short length of 1mm diameter wire welded transversely across the ends for pre-solder-flow stability. “Mechanically, ...
As soon as it was announced, I was dying to see what type of display Apple has used in the Vision Pro augmented reality headset. And its website says: a pair of micro-oled displays, with resolution above 4K I was hoping for a micro-led display – ie, inorganic semiconductor – as this is a very interesting technology. Maybe this tells ...
Wind turbine blades can be recycled, at least partially, accoriding to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark. The chemical process disassembles epoxy composite, releasing intact glass fibres and extracting one of the chemical component of the resin. Both are as good as new materials, according to the university, which added that the process could also be used with some materials ...
The University of Southampton is storing data onto glass at a density that would squeeze 500Tbyte onto a substrate the size of a CD. Data is written as miniature shapes through the bulk of silica glass using the three spatial dimensions. The shapes have two separate optical characteristics – adding two more dimensions – making this so-called five-dimensional (‘5d’) data storage. ...
Zytronic of Newcastle has introduced a way of delivering power through glass invisibly, calling it Electroglaz. “Electroglaz is completely transparent and can be used to ‘magically’ power a near limitless variety of low power, electronic and electrotechnical devices embedded within a glass panel,” said company marketing director Ian Crosby. “Potential applications include LED lit display cases and shelving units for museums, ...
Optoscribe has announced a range of fiber alignment structures called OptoArray, which offers “unrivalled levels of optical performance through the precise alignment of optical fiber arrays”. The manufacturer says its product range can help reduce losses in optical circuits through the precise and stable alignment of fibers. This is particularly important given the demand for increasing levels of high density ...
A long while ago, I went to the Corning Museum of Glass, in the town of Corning, in up-state New York. For a techie like me, it was a spell-binding place. If I have to pick two wonderful exhibits: One was the huge (5m, possibly) telescope mirror blank, made from Pyrex and once destined for the Palomar observatory, the cooling ...
Longer life with good transparency will need to be achieved if solar facades are to become common on buildings, according to a report by market research company IDTechEx. ‘Smart glass and windows 2018-2028: Electronic shading and semi-transparent PV‘ identifies gigawatt hour potential from glass building cladding and windows that include photovoltaic layers, but identifies multiple factors holding back deployment. Thinned crystalline ...
Roll-up glass is being developed for organic electronics. The bendable flexible material can be transferred directly from the melt to a roller for storage
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