At the 2022 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (2022 ISSCC), imec, KU Leuven, and PragmatIC Semiconductor unveiled an 0.8 micron metal oxide flexible technology, claiming it is the fastest 8-bit microprocessor capable of running real-time complex assembly code. The microprocessor was implemented with a digital design flow that allowed the creation of a new standard cell library for metal-oxide thin film technologies for designing a range of loT applications. PragmatIC Semiconductor is imec’s foundry partner and its thin-film technology was used to integrate the approximately 16,000 metal-oxide thin film transistors on a 24.9mm2 flexible chip.
ICs & Semiconductors
Toshiba shrinks debut MOSFET gate driver; five more to come
The first MOSFET gate driver IC in a planned series of six, the TCK241G controls the gate voltage of external N-channel MOSFETs based upon the input voltage. The driver can be used in a wide range of applications including battery powered, consumer and industrial equipment, advised Toshiba Electronics Europe.
NFC IC provides security tamper detection for IoT applications
Certified security is combined with a tamper status detection mechanism and battery-free sensing in the NTAG 22x DNA StatusDetect IC family by NXP. The ICs measure a change in ambient conditions, such as moisture, liquid fill level or pressure and allow developers to combine secure authentication with opening status detection or condition monitoring of products to help maintain a secure supply chain and product integrity.
Evaluation board verifies battery management for the IoT
To verify operation of battery management in electronic devices such as wearables, industrial IoT products, such as smart cards and electronics shelf labels as well as portable devices, Rohm has developed the REFLVBMS001-EVK-001.
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