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Navitas announced a production-ready 12-kW PSU reference design that achieves 97.8% efficiency for hyperscale AI data centers with 120-kW rack densities. The design incorporates three-phase interleaved TP-PFC and FB-LLC stages, implemented using Gen-3 Fast SiC MOSFETs and 4th-generation high-power GaNSafe ICs, respectively. The GaNSafe ICs integrate control, drive, sensing, and essential protection functions, while IntelliWeave digital control enhances overall performance.

IntelliWeave uses a hybrid strategy combining Critical Conduction Mode (CrCM) and Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM) to optimize efficiency from light to full load. This approach simplifies the design, reduces component count, and lowers power losses by 30% compared to conventional CCM-only solutions.

The PSU meets Open Rack v3 (ORv3) and Open Compute Project (OCP) standards, with dimensions of 790×73.5×40 mm. It operates from 180 VAC to 305 VAC and delivers up to 50 VDC, supplying 12 kW above 207 VAC and 10 kW below. Features include active current sharing and protection against overcurrent, overvoltage, undervoltage, and overtemperature. It operates from –5°C to +45°C, provides ≥20 ms hold-up time at 12 kW, and limits inrush current to ≤3× steady-state current for <20 ms. Cooling is provided by an internal fan.

For more information about the 12-kW PSU reference design, click here.

Navitas Semiconductor 

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Toshiba has released four 650-V third-generation SiC MOSFETs in compact 8×8-mm DFN packages. The surface-mount DFN reduces volume by over 90% compared to leaded packages such as TO-247 (3-terminal) and TO-247-4L(X) (4-terminal). It also enables smaller parasitic impedance components, helping to lower switching losses.

The package’s flat, leadless design enables a Kelvin connection for the gate-drive signal-source terminal, minimizing source wire inductance. This improves switching speed and efficiency. For example, the TW054V65C achieves about 55% lower turn-on loss and 25% lower turn-off loss compared to Toshiba’s existing products.

Well-suited for industrial applications, the devices can be used for switch-mode power supplies, EV charging stations, and photovoltaic inverters. Key specifications include:

Toshiba has begun volume shipments of the TW031V65C, TW054V65C, TW092V65C, and TW123V65C 650-V SiC MOSFETs in the 8×8-mm DFN package.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 

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Powered by the Achronix Speedster 7t1500 FPGA, the VectorPath 815 PCIe accelerator card meets the performance demands of AI and HPC workloads. Speedster FPGAs integrate machine learning processors to deliver a massively parallel architecture, customizable data paths, and efficient processing of sparse and irregular computations.

“The VectorPath 815 card delivers greater than 2000 tokens per second with 10-ms inter-token latency (LLAMA 3.1-8B Instruct) for unmatched generative AI inferencing performance — enabling customers to accelerate bandwidth-intensive, low-latency applications with a greater than 3× total cost of ownership (TCO) advantage vs. competitive GPU solutions,” said Jansher Ashraf, director of AI Solutions Business Development at Achronix.

The Speedster 7t1500 FPGA features 2560 machine learning processors, a 2D network-on-chip, 692k LUTs, and 32 SerDes lanes supporting PCIe Gen5 ×16 and dual 400G Ethernet. The VectorPath 815 card builds on this by integrating 32 GB of GDDR6 memory for 4-Tbps bandwidth, 16 GB of DDR4 memory, dual QSFP-DD ports, and a PCIe Gen5 interface.

VectorPath 815 accelerator cards are now in volume production. 

VectorPath 815 product page

Achronix Semiconductor

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NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — has revealed TEKNE S.p.A. of Milan, Italy (a provider of integrated electronic warfare and cyber capabilities in military vehicles) as its targeted acquisition, as part of its overall plan to create a unique defense & security hub...

Altum RF of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (which designs RF, microwave and millimeter-wave semiconductors) is showcasing its featured products and technical expertise in booth #966 at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2025) in Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA (15–20 June)...

Process control and inspection systems provider KLA Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA has opened its new $138m R&D and manufacturing center in Newport, Wales, UK, continuing the company’s history of regional investment. KLA’s Wales-based product division SPTS has been manufacturing semiconductor processing equipment in Wales since 1984, winning multiple Queen’s Awards for excellence in R&D and export...

I like to follow energy-harvesting research developments and actual installations, as there are many creative approaches and useful applications. In many cases, harvesting has solved a power-source problem effectively and with reasonable cost versus benefit.

At the same time, however, I see energy harvesting as often being oversold at best and overhyped at worst. There’s a real glow with the concept of getting something for (almost) nothing that is often associated with it, when the harsh reality is you may be getting very little energy for a much higher cost and complexity than what was promoted. That tradeoff may be acceptable if you are desperate or have no viable alternative, but often that is not the case.

Perhaps the strangest non-conventional harvesting scheme I saw was a specialized coating that could be applied as wall paint (see References 1 and 2). That coating used humidity in the air to harvest energy, with the speculative projections that maybe you could power a house using this paint. Of course, beyond the obvious issues of physical-connection wiring, there was the near-trivial actual available output. The power density output of 0.0001-0.05 watts/meter2 was quite modest (to be polite) in both absolute and relative terms and certainly wouldn’t power your house or even a smartphone.

Tailpipe TEG

A good example of a more practical harvesting arrangement is a recent thermoelectric generator (TEG) story I saw in the Wall Street Journal, of all places (Reference 3). A research team at Pennsylvania State University developed a TEG that fits into the exhaust tailpipe of an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle and uses the exhaust waste heat to generate up to about 40 watts (Figure 1).

Figure 1 (a) 3D schematic diagram of the TEG system. The geometry of the exhaust gas pipeline can vary. (b) Power (P) and (c) power density (ω) for automobile and high-speed object conditions. Source: Pennsylvania State University

While that’s enough to power or recharge a small electronic device, it’s a fairly modest amount of power in the context of the power of the engine of a car, small airplane, or helicopter. One of their claimed innovations in this implementation is that it is optimized to work better when there is cooling airflow around the moving tailpipe, yielding a larger temperature differential and thus greater output. The design has been modeled, a prototype built and tested, and the collected data is in line with the expectations (Reference 4).

So far, so good. But then it the storyline goes into what I call extrapolation mode, as the “free energy” and “something for almost nothing” aspects start to overtake reality. How much does this harvester cost as a single unit, or perhaps as a mass-produced item? How long will it last in the tailpipe, which is a harsh environment? What’s the effect on engine exhaust flow and back pressure? What’s the developed energy density, by weight and volume?

The WSJ reporter covering this story seemed to be a non-technical journalist who basically repeated what the researchers said—which is certainly a valid starting point—but didn’t ask any follow-up questions. That’s the problem with most energy-harvesting stories, especially the free-heat TEG ones: they are so attractive and feel-good in concept that the realities of the design and installation are not brought up in polite conversation while the benefits are touted.

I’m not saying that this TEG harvesting scheme is of no value. It may, in fact, be useful in specific and well-defined situations. There are many examples of viable waste-heat recovery installations in industrial, commercial, and residential settings to prove that point. But as will all designs, there are hard and soft costs as well as short- and long-term implications that shouldn’t be ignored.

Small-scale TEG

There are also smaller-scale TEG-type harvesting success stories out there. For example, for many decades, gas-fired home water heaters used their own always-pilot light (no longer allowed in many places due to energy mandates) to heat an array of thermocouples. This array then provided power to activate and turn on the gas valve and ignite the gas to heat the water in the tank (Figure 2).

If the pilot light was out for any reason, turning on the gas valve to heat that water would be extremely dangerous. However, the gas-heated thermocouple system is self-protecting and fail-safe: in the absence of that pilot light that ignites the gas and heats the thermocouples, there is no power to actuate the valve, thus the gas flow would be shut off. As an additional benefit, no electrical wiring of any type was needed by the water heater. It was a plumbing-only (water and gas) installation with no external electricity needed.

Figure 2 This schematic of a gas-fired water heater shows the bottom thermocouple assembly whose electrical output controls fail-safe actuation for the gas-flow valve. Source: All Trades Las Vegas

Harvesting hubbub

My sense is that harvesting gets so much favorable attention because it is so relatable and appears to offer no/low-cost benefits with little downside, at least at first glance. There’s little doubt that the multifaceted attraction of TEG and other energy-harvesting approaches attracts a lot of positive attention and media coverage, as this one did. That’s a big plus for these researchers as they look for that next grant.

Engineers know that reality is usually different. When it comes to generating, capturing, and using energy and power, the old cliché that “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” usually applies. The real question is the cost of that lunch.

Have you used TEG-based harvesting in any project? What were the expected and unexpected issues and benefits? Did you stick with it, or do you have to go with another approach?

Bill Schweber is an EE who has written three textbooks, hundreds of technical articles, opinion columns, and product features.

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References

1. Nature, “Generic Air-Gen Effect in Nanoporous Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Air Humidity”
2. Nature, Supplement to “Generic Air-Gen Effect in Nanoporous Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Air Humidity”
3. The Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2025, “The Heat Coming Out of Your Car’s Tailpipe? Some Can Be Turned Into Electricity”
4. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 7, 2025, “Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for Exhaust Waste Heat Recovery: A System Design” (behind paywall, but it is also posted here at ResearchGate)

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Together with wafer recycling firm III/V-Reclaim of Pleiskirchen, Germany, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has produced high-quality indium phosphide on gallium arsenide substrates (InP-on-GaAs wafers) with up to 150mm diameter. The new wafers can effectively replace classic InP in a variety of applications, offering a scalable pathway to lower cost. The research team developed a new process to deposit a thin layer of high-quality InP on GaAs. Following a special surface treatment, these wafers are delivered epi-ready, enabling customers to directly grow III-V epitaxial structures and manufacture high-performance InP-based semiconductor devices...

Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan (NTCJ) will start a series production of automotive

HMI display IC “Gerda”, 4th generation, which are 3 types (Gerda-4M/ Gerda-4L/ Gerda-4C).

This lineup features image processing technology, security, and display safety functions for the various HMI devices which are progressing under expectation to support the higher level of safety requirement. And it contributes to realizing the HMI solutions which enhance vehicle safety and comfort.

Achievements:

1. By producing the high visibility of interior display utilities such as electronic mirrors, AR-HUD, and cluster meters, “Gerda” assists comfort and fatigue-resistant safe driving by system.
2. By high-speed and large capacity memory built in “Gerda” allows customers to develop the high-functional HMI systems with advanced display capability without external memory at reasonable cost in system.
3. “Gerda” features OTA (Over-The-Air software updating) and secure boot functions, and contributes to the safe and comfort systems by mitigating the risks of on-vehicle cyber security and supporting the functional safety level ASIL-B.

Features:

1. Refined visibility and comfort of HMI equipment is realized with unique image processing engine.

Our video processing technology is ideal for electronic mirrors, AR-HUDs, and cluster meters, which are becoming widely spread due to digitization of equipment installed in cars, to create a safe and comfortable driving environment.

–　Features for electronic mirrors

The issue with conventional e-mirrors had issues with reduced visibility, especially in night time camera images, due to glare caused by headlight light and white blown out/blacked out due to big gap in brightness.

With Gerda-4M, it is possible to improve the visibility by adjusting the picture contrast locally, in response to the brightness distribution by area (“local contrast” function), can be achieved with low-latency processing of 1 frame.

–　Features for AR-HUD

It is essential with AR-HUD that the display naturally kept shown in the driver’s eyesight by harmonizing the displayed contents to the windshield shape.

For this, displaying image needs to be projected in low latency, and flexible deformed to fit the windshield. Image warping engine allows free deformation to fit the screen at lower latency than 1 frame. And it supports “dual projection HUD” with single chip, which both 2 images are projected in near and far focuses.

  –　Features for cluster meters

It is essential with cluster-meter that multiple assisting information is conducted to drivers accurately and intuitively. And its design needs to flexibly match the interior. Nuvoton’s Gerda has 2.5D GFX engine which allows customers to design the screen with cubic effects like depth and shades added to the design by 2D objects. It provides the display with higher visibility and contributes to the accurate decision of drivers. And by combination with the image compression engine, displaying images at as high resolution as WXGA@60FPS which enables the higher-grade cockpit design.

2. Multi-functional HMI system is realized at reduced system cost with built-in high speed/ large size memory.

In general, construction of high-performance HMI systems requires external memories the system. Nuvoton’s lineup of Gen.4 is embedded with the memory of high speed and large capacity, which makes external memory unnecessary, and contributes to reduce the component counts and system cost. And Gerda-4L has built-in the dedicated image compression engine which enables the real-time processing at half memory usage than normal use, and it realizes high resolution image display as WXGA@60FPS only with the built-in memory.

 

3. Supporting Functional Safety ASIL-B, and contributing to the risk mitigation of vehicle cyber security

Gen.4 Gerda features the display safety functions as video signal monitoring, alert display monitoring etc., and contributes to realize the system of Functional Safety ASIL-B by supporting the functions as fail-safe, real-time monitoring. And the built-in HSM which supports EVITA-Full achieves the software update via network (OTA) and secure boot, which allows only trusted software to boot up. It helps to mitigate the risk of vehicle cyber security.

NTCJ developed the 3 types of 4th generation of HMI display IC “Gerda” series which is equipped with a wide range of image processing technologies and advanced security functions and has started its mass production.

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ASMPT presents central platform for data exchange in electronics manufacturing.

“WORKS Integration ensures that all production data is available exactly where it is needed for things like production planning and setup preparation, material flow and process optimization, and quality control,” said Thomas Bliem, Vice President R&D at ASMPT SMT Solutions. “By creating a centrally networked database with high connectivity across all systems, the platform makes fully digitized and highly automated intelligent production possible.”

A central data hub for all systems

Extending across all protocols and versions, WORKS Integration establishes an IIoT communication base to which the sensors on the production hardware as well as all software applications send their data. In addition to connecting the entire hardware and software portfolio of ASMPT SMT Solutions, WORKS Integration makes it possible to integrate third-party machines and programs via industry-standard interfaces. Even complex customer-specific applications can be easily linked via proprietary interfaces.

All connected systems obtain the information they need exclusively via WORKS Integration. Operating in the background, the application enables the continuous exchange of data between different hardware and software entities irrespective of their format or manufacturer.
WORKS Integration supports proven internal machine interfaces as well as industry standards such as IPC-2591, CFX, and SECS/GEM. Adapters convert all incoming information into a shared public data structure.

Centralized, standardized, resilient

This unified system offers numerous advantages for users. Since the various instances do not communicate with each other directly but exclusively through WORKS Integration, the number of interfaces and data channels is reduced considerably, as are potential interdependencies and sources of errors.

Machines and/or programs can be easily replaced, updated and scaled up or down without creating version conflicts or redundant data streams while encrypted communication reliably protects the system from unauthorized access. In addition, a central health monitoring system provides valuable information for technical support and fault analysis.

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Rohde & Schwarz is hosting its fifth Satellite Industry Day on June 3, 2025. Rohde & Schwarz test and measurement experts and partners from the industry will present topics from 5G Non-Terresterial Network (NTN) and satellite testing to monitoring and regulatory issues

After the keynote speech from Rohde & Schwarz Executive Vice President Test & Measurement Christina Gessner, Reiner Stuhlfauth from Rohde & Schwarz discusses tackling the challenges of NTN evolution on the path to 6G, including technology aspects, challenges, and testing. His colleague Goce Talaganov focuses on ensuring 5G NTN device performance, presenting market trends, use cases, challenges, and test solutions.

Obilor Nwamadi from Viavi Solutions presents an end-to-end emulation system for evaluating NTN connectivity to guarantee return on investment before design or deployment.

Rohde & Schwarz expert Dr. Yvonne Weitsch explores testing and technologies for Electronically Steered Array (ESA) antennas in satellite and NTN integration, discussing their advantages and proposing test solutions.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling from the Center for Telematics discusses the future of space with smarter, smaller, and more cooperative satellites, highlighting the shift to networked small satellites and innovative technologies for global connectivity.

Alexander Spaniol from Terma Technologies GmbH covers the transformative role of Software-Defined Radio (SDR) in advancing space technology, emphasizing its flexibility and role in satellite communications, testing, and ground stations.

Rohde & Schwarz expert Pia Feurstein talks about improving signal quality in satellite communication with antenna combining with the help of the R&S MSR4 multipurpose satellite receiver. Her colleague Jean-Pierre Messmer introduces Space Nexus, a software solution for end-to-end satellite link channel emulation to validate systems in a laboratory environment.

Uwe Baeder from Rohde & Schwarz discusses the regulatory framework for space communication, focusing on the ITU’s role, coordination procedures, evolving regulations, and key issues for WRC-2712.

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The smartphone wasn’t designed to hijack our attention—it was designed to be indispensable. But somewhere along the way, it started doing both. While they’ve become essential for navigation, coordination, and connection, smartphones also pull us into behaviors that fragment our focus, drain our energy, and steal our ability to be present.

The numbers speak for themselves: In 2023, the average U.S. smartphone user checked the phone 144 times, spent four and a half hours on the phone, and intercepted constant interruptions bringing users back to the screen. Our devices are brilliant at capturing attention but terrible at respecting it.

We’re meant to be productive and focused, despite apps fighting for our attention, sucking us into endless scrolling, and helping lose track of how we want to spend our time. These behaviors don’t just steal moments—they shape habits and distance us from our goals. Why is it so hard to take back control?

One reason lies in how devices are designed. Many apps use gamification techniques like rewards, streaks, and variable reinforcement—borrowed from game design—to keep users engaged. These mechanisms exploit our psychology, turning tools into traps. What began as a way to enhance user experience now prioritizes screen time over well-being.

Meanwhile, the “default effect”—a cognitive bias that nudges us toward baseline settings—further complicates things. While smartphones offer customization features to streamline our consumption, these rarely overcome the powerful habits formed by defaults. Together, gamification and defaults create a cycle that keeps users engaged but not necessarily in control.

Figure 1 A mere minimalist approach, stripping away functionality, would also sacrifice digital creativity. Source: frog

Some minimalist devices and feature phones have attempted to solve this by stripping away functionality. While effective at reducing distractions, they often sacrifice the digital creature comforts—payment, health tracking, or photography—that make smartphones indispensable in modern life. The challenge isn’t to do less but to do better.

Principles for intentional interactions

To address this challenge, we envision a smartphone concept that fosters focus without sacrificing our digital creature comforts. This design reimagines apps as ephemeral: a core set of essential apps are selected to remain on the phone daily, while additional apps downloaded during the day disappear by evening, resetting the device to a clean slate every morning.

Figure 2 New guiding principles like curation, intentionality, and resistance can give smartphone users better control. Source: frog

This approach gives people an extra lever of control over their attention and is guided by three principles rooted in behavioral science: curation, intentionality, and resistance.

1. Curation: Thoughtful defaults for pre-commitment

Digital devices often pull us into experiences we never intended, whether it’s social media, news, or games. A redesigned smartphone encourages users to pre-select a core set of essential apps that align with their intentions.

Inspired by Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, this approach minimizes the impulsive, reactive “fast brain” and creates space for the deliberate, reflective “slow brain.” Pre-committing to essential apps helps users focus on what truly matters and avoid distractions.

2. Intentionality: Reducing decision fatigue

Our brains make roughly 35,000 decisions a day, and the mental energy required quickly adds up. Even deciding not to engage with an app is a choice. By automatically removing non-essential apps overnight, a reimagined smartphone eliminates visual cues that drain willpower, keeping the daily experience focused on essentials.

3. Resistance: Friction as a feature

Introducing friction can help users break habits formed by unconscious engagement. Instead of mindlessly launching an attention-grabbing app, requiring users to reinstall it creates a moment of reflection. Behavioral research shows that even small barriers can disrupt automatic behaviors and encourage intentional decision-making.

Rethinking technological rituals

Smartphones are both marvels of utility and sources of unintended consequences. By rethinking the principles that guide their design, we can create tools that serve users’ intentions rather than exploiting their attention.

Incorporating thoughtful defaults, reducing decision fatigue, and strategically introducing friction can empower users to reclaim control of their time and focus. The future of smartphones isn’t about limiting functionality but rather giving people agency—offering experiences that align with our priorities and values while respecting our boundaries.

Technology brands that design products to help their users focus, while reducing the mental load of distractions and excessive decisions, can deliver real value to their users in the form of greater mental clarity, better use of their time, and more rewarding engagement with their devices and the world around them.

Emma Brennan is senior interaction designer at frog, part of Capgemini Invent. She is a multi-disciplinary designer passionate about translating design research into products and services aligned with user needs and behaviors, spanning both physical and digital spaces.

Inna Lobel is head of industrial design at frog, part of Capgemini Invent. Her cross-disciplinary work spans a broad range of industry verticals and product types, including consumer products, breakthrough technologies, healthcare, climate tech and sustainable design.

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Space-Saving Device Offers Low Max. RthJC of 0.36 °C/W and Wettable Flanks to Improve Thermal Performance and Solderability in Industrial Applications

To provide higher efficiency for industrial applications, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new 80 V TrenchFET Gen IV n-channel power MOSFET in the PowerPAK 8x8SW bond wireless (BWL) package with best-in-class on-resistance. Compared to competing devices in the same footprint, the Vishay Siliconix SiEH4800EW offers 15 % lower on-resistance while reducing RthJC by 18 %.

With on-resistance down to 0.88 mΩ typical at 10 V, the device released today minimizes power losses from conduction to increase efficiency while improving thermal performance with a low maximum RthJC of 0.36 °C/W. With its 8 mm by 8 mm footprint, the space-saving device occupies 50 % less PCB space than MOSFETs in the TO-263 package while offering an ultra-low profile of 1 mm.

The SiEH4800EW implements a fused lead to increase the source PAD solderable area to 3.35 mm², which is four times larger than a traditional PIN solder area. This decreases the current density between the MOSFET and PCB, reducing the risk of electro-migration risk and enabling a more robust design. In addition, the device’s wettable flanks enhance solderability while making it easier to visually inspect the reliability of solder joints.

The MOSFET is ideal for synchronous rectification and OR-ing functionality. Typical applications will include motor drive controls, power tools, welding equipment, plasma cutting machines, battery management systems, robotics, and 3D printers. In these applications, the device offers high-temperature operation to +175 °C, and its BWL design minimizes parasitic inductance while maximizing current capability.

RoHS-compliant and halogen-free, the MOSFET is 100 % Rg and UIS tested.

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In an energetic discussion with Yatish Mohan, Managing Director, India at Rohde & Schwarz (R&S), a vision stood out: fusing leading-edge global technology with India’s strategic priorities in localisation, innovation, and infrastructure development. With India speeding up its digitalisation and security upgrades, R&S is positioning itself at the center — not only as a supplier, but as a long-term ecosystem ally.

Localisation & Compliance: A Non-Negotiable Priority

India’s policy climate is changing fast, and R&S is perfectly in sync with it. With a mandatory 20% local content norm for every government tender, including through GeM and direct procurement channels, the company has designed its operational and supply chain models accordingly.

Their SKD (Semi-Knocked Down) assembly model, where RF modules and mechanical components are imported from Germany for final assembly in India, maintains high standards while ensuring compliance. Although the PLI scheme continues to be applicable, it is not yet a core thrust, with R&S continuing to ramp up its volumes in India.

Critically, local value addition goes beyond physical elements. R&S ensures that software development, integration, and IT infrastructure—from servers to PCs and switches—are locally sourced and installed. In defence and aerospace, where the level of scrutiny is even greater, the capacity to prove indigenous components and technologies is critical to tender wins.

Scaling Operational Capabilities in India

 R&S already has a strong presence in India, covering sales, calibration, maintenance, R&D, IT support, and partial SKD manufacturing. Now, the emphasis is on scaling these functions—specifically sales, service, and application engineering—to address the burgeoning demand across industries.

Mr Mohan underscored the significance of developing local talent, technical and commercial. With its expansion, R&S is also investing in intensive training schemes for its customers and employees to build further product insights and improve long-term results.

 Aviation Security & Industrial Development: Market Tectonics Are Shifting

 India is becoming a hub for cutting-edge security technology, particularly in aviation security. R&S’s whole-body scanners have already passed successful pilots in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Goa, and Cochin, and interest is picking up across embassies, parliaments, malls, and high-security auditoriums.

With airport traffic exploding and infrastructure growing fast under India’s civil aviation drive, the opportunity is obvious: high-throughput, high-accuracy security screening isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity.

In the industrial space, major manufacturers of perfumes, jewellery, and precious metals are turning to technology to mitigate internal theft as well as provide better facility security. Again, here, Mohan observes a willingness to spend money on high-quality, tested technologies.

Product Strategy: Deep RF Expertise, Long-Term Vision

 R&S’s worldwide leadership lies in its core competence in RF and wireless Test instrument product ranges extend as high as 170 GHz, up to 330 GHz with frequency extension. The company is perennially among the top T&M manufacturers worldwide in different product segments, from general purpose oscilloscopes or signal generators and analyzers for applications in multiple industries down to the more specialised segments like EMC test equipment.

R&S considers itself a technology partner for the entire wireless communications ecosystem. Together with chipset suppliers, device and infrastructure OEMs, test houses and network operators, the company has enabled connectivity for generations up to 5G and will continue to do so with 6G and beyond. Solutions already address NTN and the new FR3 frequency range, a candidate for 6G, as well as technologies like Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), enabling the next generation of wireless communication.

Beyond wireless, R&S offers test solutions that cover all kinds of applications in electronics testing, making sure digital designs, power electronics, high-speed digital interfaces, RF and microwave components or medical devices meet the highest quality standards.

The solutions also address all trends in the automotive industry, like connectivity and infotainment systems, automotive radar or in-vehicle networks. And the aerospace and defense sectors rely on R&S test instruments. There are also strong relations within the global research and education community.

Privately owned and proudly independent, R&S has the luxury of long-term thinking. As Mohan puts it, “We invest in technologies that may not be profitable today, but are vital for the future.”

Building Ecosystem Trust: Beyond Sales

R&S’s engagement strategy is wonderfully non-transactional. Their Technology Symposiums are not sales pitches — they’re forums for deep technology sharing, establishing trust throughout the ecosystem with participants such as CDOT, Qualcomm, Samsung, and top academic institutions.

Under this model, selling is a spin-off of honest cooperation and learning, not aggressive prospecting. There is also a change in mindset needed in India, Mohan says — especially when launching non-conventional applications of cutting-edge technology, like full-body scanners in civilian or commercial environments.

Rohde & Schwarz isn’t simply sending equipment to India — it’s inserting itself into India’s technology and security ecosystem. Through sophisticated localisation policy, an audacious talent programme, and an evident product and market strategy, the firm stands ready to contribute to shaping the high-tech destiny of India.

As Mohan concludes, “India is not just a market for us — it’s a strategic hub. We’re building for the long term.”

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I was taking out an old solar power bank that had a “lithium ion battery” , salvaging it for the solar panel, and I found this little goober. submitted by /u/Fun-Big-7458 [link] [comments]

Professor gave these to me. All but maybe 5 are unlabeled. All transistors. Wish me luck figuring them out. submitted by /u/Owl_Perch_Farm [link] [comments]

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