Flexible circuit boards are made of thin polymide films and are designed into space constrained, shaped and flexible designs. They are complex to populate, assemble and fix but Harting has developed a component carrier based 3D mechatronic integrated device (3D-MID) technology that is capable of replacing flexible circuit boards. They also save up to two thirds of the cost of conventional flexible circuit boards.
Wearable
Putting your finger on detecting sleep apnea
Belgian start-up, Ectosense, has developed a finger sensor to determine if sleep apnea is the cause of fatigue. The NightOwl home sleep test sensor uses Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 and nRF52810 SoCs, depending on the model.
Smart health patch adapts to measure Covid-19 patients
Henkel has partnered with six medical and technology companies to develop a smart health patch that allows continuous, remote and wireless monitoring of the respiration, heart rate of patients. Soon, it will also monitor patients’ temperature to monitor corona virus patients.
MOSFETs for wearables are 36 per cent smaller says Nexperia
MOSFETs in the DFN0606 package for mobile and portable applications have been released by Nexperia. They are claimed to be 36 per cent smaller compared to previous-generation DFN1006 parts. They also have the lowest RDS(on) for their size, says the company.
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