Industry roundup: precision resistors, compact WiFi/Bluetooth antennas, Sony‑TCL TV JV, lunar electronics manufacturing, photonics partnership, and new product launches.
Precision resistor specialist Rhopoint Components now offers Exxelia Ohmcraft Micropen thick‑film resistors with tolerances down to ±0.01% and TCRs as low as ±2 ppm/°C, targeting ultra‑low noise and temperature‑stable applications.
Leankon introduced compact integrated antennas supporting WiFi 7, WiFi 6E and Bluetooth for space‑constrained IoT devices, aimed at gateways, smart meters and embedded consumer products.
Sony will transfer its TV business into a joint venture with TCL Electronics (Sony 49%, TCL 51%) to manufacture and market Sony and Bravia branded TVs.
An ESA‑backed Danish project will demonstrate in‑situ electronics manufacturing on the Moon to reduce dependence on Earth‑launched supplies and lower long‑term mission costs.
Ligentec and X‑Fab will jointly commercialize XPH90 SOI silicon photonics within Ligentec’s platform, creating a coherent entry point across SOI and low‑loss SiN technologies.
Toshiba’s SmartMCD for dual brushed DC motors is integrated into Mikroe’s TB9M001FTG automotive board, offering AEC‑Q100 Grade 1 and ASIL‑A compliant motor control for windows, wipers and seats.
STMicroelectronics launched the SRK1004 family of 2×2 mm synchronous‑rectifier controllers to boost efficiency on the secondary side of active‑clamp and resonant flyback converters.
GeoCue appointed Coptrz as UK distributor for LiDAR mapping systems, while Iceye expanded 16 cm‑resolution SAR data access for Ukraine and signed a new agreement with Sweden to increase revisit rates.
Quectel’s SP895BD‑AP smart module, powered by a Qualcomm platform with an NPU up to 80 TOPS, targets 8K video conferencing, AR/VR and other high‑performance edge AI applications.