While many consumer devices have lifecycles of 18 months, medical device developers often must deal with lifecycles in excess of a decade. Larry Bell Imagine this nightmare scenario: you have placed a ...

Failure rate or base failure rate refers to the number of failures per unit of time, typically in terms of failures in time (FITs) equivalent to one failure in a billion hours, which can be expected ...

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Part 3 is the last part in this article series discussing how Analog Devices’ safety application notes provide critical information needed for technical safety analysis by system integrators designing ...

Most modern electronic devices consist of several key components: transistors, capacitors, resistors, inductors and diodes. Often, they are supplemented by additional components like crystals and ...

Medical device equipment manufacturers work in an environment where product quality isn't just a competitive advantage, it's a regulatory necessity with direct implications for patient safety. As ...

A printed electronic circuit on a clear, flexible substrate draped over a human hair. This flexible transistor device is made entirely of biodegradable materials, including a semiconducting polymer ...

Described as a breakthrough in flexible electronics, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a “smart" plastic that achieves unprecedented performance in regards to ...

PCMs are materials that absorb and release thermal energy through changes in their physical state. They can be categorized as liquid-gas, solid-solid, solid-gas, and solid-liquid, depending on their ...

Manufacturers of circuit protection devices continue to enhance the performance of their safety components to protect electronic devices and equipment, ranging from smartphones and wearables to data ...