Avionics, space, military and other high-reliability programmes with long lifecycles and heavy qualification.
Starship has reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites. The mission creates a route to much greater network capacity but also increases the processing, radio frequency, optical and power demands carried by each spacecraft.
Advanced Energy has introduced the first product in its Defiant Future family, offering equipment manufacturers a standard power supply for harsh operating environments.
Qorvo says transistor-level thermal changes delivered more than a 400% increase in RF power density during Phase I of DARPA’s THREADS programme.
The UK distributor’s new franchise covers discrete devices aimed at demanding applications, but stocking and lifecycle terms need confirming at part level.
New CHEP series resistors handle up to 2.8 W without a heatsink, giving RF and satellite designers more power density in standard footprints.
