TOSHIBA LAUNCHES ULTRA-LOW CAPACITANCE TVS DIODE THAT PROTECTS HIGH-FREQUENCY ANTENNAS OF IOT DEVICES FROM ESD

 

^{Toshiba: ultra-low capacitance TVS diode "DF2B6M4BSL" that protects high-frequency antennas of IoT devices from ESD. (Graphic: Business Wire)}


KAWASAKI, Japan, Feb 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has launched “DF2B6M4BSL,” an ultra-low capacitance TVS diode for high-frequency antennas. The diode protects semiconductors and other electronic components from static electricity and noise while suppressing signal deterioration. Shipments of the new product start today.

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Electronic components in the high-frequency antennas used in radio communications, such as Wi-Fi^®, need to be protected by suppressing high harmonic distortion. DF2B6M4BSL delivers a total capacitance of 0.15pF (max.), the lowest offered by Toshiba, about 25% lower than its existing product, DF2B6M4ASL. The new TVS diode uses this ultra-low capacitance to suppress high harmonic distortion that affects antenna reception performance, and also reduces static electricity and noise that affect the components.

ESD suppressors are sometimes used in high-frequency antennas, and they can be replaced by DF2B6M4BSL; TVS diodes have higher protection performance than ESD suppressors, and can reduce static electricity voltage.

In addition to improving the reliability of high-frequency antennas, DF2B6M4BSL is also suitable for ESD protection in signal lines.
 

Applications

・ESD protection in high-frequency antennas and high-speed signal lines in electronic equipment, such as IoT and mobile devices

Features

・Low total capacitance: Ct=0.12pF (typ.) / 0.15pF (max) @VR=0V, f=1MHz

・Low harmonic distortion characteristics

f=2.4GHz, 20dBm input conditions

2nd harmonics: -65.5dBm (Reference)

3nd harmonics: -54.4dBm (Reference)

f=5.0GHz, 20dBm input conditions

2nd harmonics: -64.7dBm (Reference)

3nd harmonics: -55.5dBm (Reference)

・Low Vpeak voltage: VCL-max-peak=215V (Reference) @IEC61000-4-2 (Contact), +8kV input

Follow the link below for more on the new product.
DF2B6M4BSL

Follow the link below for more on Toshiba’s TVS Diodes (ESD Protection Diodes) line-up.
TVS Diodes (ESD Protection Diodes)

To check availability of the new product at online distributors, visit:
DF2B6M4BSL

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About Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor and storage solutions, draws on over half a century of experience and innovation to offer customers and business partners outstanding discrete semiconductors, system LSIs and HDD products.
The company's 22,000 employees around the world share a determination to maximize product value, and promote close collaboration with customers in the co-creation of value and new markets. With annual sales now surpassing 710-billion yen (US$6.5 billion), Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation looks forward to building and to contributing to a better future for people everywhere.
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TRAX NAMES FORMER GOOGLE AI LEADER, BARAK TUROVSKY, AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

 

Trax adds former Google AI leader, Barak Turovsky, as Chief Product Officer (Photo: Business Wire)

The appointment marks an important shift in the company’s product and technical strategy


SINGAPORE & SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 23 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Trax, a leading global provider of computer vision solutions and analytics for retail, today announced the appointment of Barak Turovsky as its Chief Product Officer (CPO). Under Turovsky’s leadership, Trax combines its product and engineering teams to support the company’s growth and enable development of new solutions to meet market needs. Turovsky is a former Google AI leader where his focus was bringing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Google Search, Ads & Commerce, Google Translate, Cloud and other products.

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“Barak brings an invaluable set of skills and experiences to Trax,” said CEO, Justin Behar. “His deep understanding of AI and first-hand knowledge of how to scale products from ideation to the hands of billions of users will be instrumental to our growth as he takes his place at the helm of what is so intrinsic to Trax’s future: our robust product and technological assets.”

Before joining Trax, Turovsky spent a cumulative 10 years at Google, most recently as director of product for Google AI, overseeing product and design organizations with a focus on applying AI across Natural Language Understanding and Computer Vision, to deliver cutting edge digital experiences to billions of Google users. Prior to that, Barak served as head of product for Google’s mobile commerce team where he spearheaded, developed, and launched Google Pay (formerly Google Wallet).

“I am eager to kick off my tenure with Trax, especially at such a pivotal moment for the retail industry,” said Turovsky. “AI is revolutionizing many areas of our lives, and retail is going through enormous disruption as physical, online and mobile experiences are blending at an incredible pace. Leveraging AI to help retailers and brands create a seamless real-time experience for shoppers is a very exciting challenge. I am looking forward to working on similar, massive scale problems to benefit billions of people, as I did at Google.”

Prior to joining Google in 2011, Turovsky was director of product for Microsoft’s Mobile Advertising, head of mobile commerce at PayPal and chief technical officer of an Israeli start-up. Barak is fluent in three languages having lived in three countries, Russia, Israel, and the U.S.

About Trax:

Trax’s mission is to enable brands and retailers to harness the power of digital technologies to produce the best shopping experiences imaginable. Trax’s retail platform allows customers to understand what is happening on shelf, in every store, all the time so they can focus on what they do best – delighting shoppers. Many of the world’s top CPG companies and retailers use Trax’s dynamic merchandising, in-store execution, shopper engagement, market measurement, analytics, and shelf monitoring solutions at scale to drive positive shopper experiences and unlock revenue opportunities at all points of sale. As pioneers in computer vision, Trax continues to lead the industry in innovation and excellence through development of advanced technologies and autonomous data collection methods. Trax is a global company with hubs in the United States, Singapore and Israel, serving customers in more than 90 countries worldwide. To learn more, visit www.traxretail.com.

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Trax Press:
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Director of Corporate Communications, Global
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Brownstein, on behalf of Trax
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INTEGROMAT EVOLVES TO MAKE, EXPANDING ITS VISION TO EMPOWER CREATORS TO INNOVATE WITHOUT LIMITS

 Make allows anyone to visually design, build, and automate anything—from tasks and workflows to apps and systems—at the speed of their ideas.


PRAGUE, Feb 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, no-code integration platform Integromat, launched “Make”. Make represents the name of the brand, business, and the new product—a visually intuitive platform that lets you design, build, and automate anything from simple workflows to complex processes, without coding. The new brand name and identity has evolved alongside the new product to capture the broader vision for a world where everyone has the power to innovate without limits.

“Make captures the evolution of our platform, the spirit of our customers, and reflects one of the most transformational trends of our era: from rigid, top-down, repetitive jobs to flexible, empowering, and meaningful work. Our users aren’t just connecting apps or automating workflows; they are creatively responding to workplace challenges by building solutions,” said Ondřej Gazda, CEO of Make. “Put simply, we’ve realized our users aren’t just users, they’re Makers.”

Make is paving a new future for no-code and redefining what it means to be a visual platform. No-code tools are often represented by the typical visual drag-and-drop feature; for Make, visual means something different. Make allows teams to visualize, modify, and collaborate on processes that scale as quickly as their organization. Make offers an intuitive and playful experience, which sets it further apart from other automation tools.

“No-code tools are just that; they enable users to build and automate without writing any code. Make offers much more: a visual language that democratizes development, makes processes tangible and fosters team collaboration, regardless of technical skills,” said Patrik Simek, CTO of Make. “It’s also fun and exciting to create on Make. Once you realize what’s possible—it feels like there are no limits. Empowering humans to innovate doesn’t just change the future of how we work—it also changes the world.”

Small businesses, startups, scale-ups, teams and enterprises all around the world can now create powerful solutions #withMake to scale their businesses faster than ever.

The Make platform is based upon a new architectural foundation that provides dramatically increased scalability and performance. It also includes new, lol highly requested capabilities with the familiar visual experience Integromat customers love. Users can also benefit from the ability to run their critical processes hosted in a region of their choice, Europe or North America (with more regions to come).

Integromat was acquired by Celonis in 2020. Now, one and a half years later, Make is launched as its own business unit within Celonis. Integromat will remain as a legacy product offering through 2022. All existing customers will have the opportunity to seamlessly upgrade to Make over the course of next year. New customers can register for Make and begin to take advantage of the new platform immediately.

About Make

Make is the leading visual platform for anyone to design, build, and automate anything—from tasks and workflows to apps and systems—without the need for coding skills. Make enables individuals, teams, and enterprises across all verticals to create powerful custom solutions that scale their businesses faster than ever. Make powers over 500,000+ organizations around the globe. Learn more about Make at www.make.com.

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Shiran Brodie
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press@make.com

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AERA VC RAISES $US30 MILLION FOR CLIMATE BREAKTHROUGHS

 SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Climate tech venture firm Aera VC is today announcing a $US30 million first close of its new fund investing in startups accelerating the planet toward a sustainable future.

The new climate-focused fund is launching with a portfolio of global climate stars including Houston-based chemical decarbonisation firm Solugen - now valued at $US1.8 billion - as well as Shiok Meats (Singapore), Carbon Chain (London), Noya and Twelve (San Francisco); and Fable Foods (Australia).

Contributors to the fund include purpose-driven investor families from around the world who are leveraging their resources to decarbonise industries deeply in need of climate solutions.

Aera is also today launching an investment DAO (Distributed Autonomous Organization) called Aera Force, with 2000 ETH (approx $US6 million) earmarked specifically for pre-seed projects harnessing the power of blockchain to conquer climate and carbon related challenges.

Established in partnership with the creators of Dream DAO, the Aera Force DAO will expand the global community of innovators, scientists and founders formed in the past five years by Aera VC.

“The entire world needs to be rebuilt and decarbonised,” says Aera VC Founding Partner Derek Handley, who has been investing in environmental and social-impact ventures since serving as the Founding CEO of Richard Branson’s B Team sustainability collective in 2013.

“At Aera, our long-term vision is about investing across the sustainability spectrum, by backing breakthrough technologies that reverse climate change, whether they spawn from blockchain innovations or through scientific discoveries. Every industry needs to be reimagined, from finance, food and fashion, through to chemicals, cement and construction. And we are backing the very best founders hell bent on making this happen.”

Derek points to the example of carbon negative chemical maker Solugen, which Aera VC invested in five years ago when it was a two-person startup, as a company setting out to transform a high emission industry to net zero. The Texan-based Solugen recently received investment from Singapore's Temasek and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), joining a list of 45 climate tech unicorns compiled by a global market intelligence platform Holon IQ.

The new Aera fund expects to make up to 30 new seed investments over the next two years and will also contribute to follow-on rounds. The fund is continuing to accept further subscriptions up to $US100m from institutional investors in 2022 who will join the international community of family offices.

The company’s new headquarters in Singapore positions Aera VC as one of the first global climate funds based out of the Asia-Pacific region. Aera VC portfolio companies have gone on to raise over a billion dollars since receiving Aera’s backing.

Aera VC was formed in 2016 when Derek joined forces with fellow New Zealander Nick Winstone to launch the globally distributed venture firm from their bases in New Zealand and New York. A seasoned team of geographically dispersed partners have since joined the company, now one of the prominent climate funds based out of the Asia Pacific region, including Alex Andre de la Porte in Australia (Sydney); Guneet Banga in Hong Kong, Milena Nikolova in Singapore, and Dream DAO co-founder Josh Thompson in New York.

About Aera VC
Aera VC invests at the frontier of deep technology and sustainability to accelerate the world to a better future. Since launching in late 2016 the company has pioneered investments into transformational technologies to reverse climate change and advance new breakthroughs for humanity. See aera.vc and aeraforce.xyz

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