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VOL 3 | NO 5 | June 2020
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COVER STORY
14 The Growing Importance of Innovative
MEMS Microphones
Microphone technology is becoming more important as
audio applications and features proliferate. Different factors
must be considered for various applications, including audio
quality, water and dust robustness, and size and cost.
EDITOR’S LETTER
3 Industry Adrift? Not at All
Even at the height of the
pandemic, innovation has not
wavered.
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
6 Opinion: The
Practicality of
Predictability
6 It’s important not to overlook AI’s
ability to predict outcomes and
anticipate trends to help prepare
for factors such as a pandemic.
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AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLES
7 Full AV Stacks: Five
Years in, Does the Progress
Measure Up?
9 AV Safety: Come
Together, Right Now
The industry is finally coming to
grips with the technical challenges
of producing demonstrably safe
autonomous vehicles.
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
12 Startup Reinvents
Neural Network Math,
Launches 20-mW Edge
AI Chip
WIDE-BANDGAP
DEVICES
19 Opinion: SiC
Technology for EVs
SiC devices can help sell the
driving public on the efficiency
of electromobility and put more
hybrids and EVs on the road.
20 SiC MOSFETs for the
Next Generation of EVs
22 GaN HEMTs
Outperform MOSFETS in
Key Growth Applications
Silicon MOSFETs have reached
their theoretical limits for power
electronics, and with board space
at a premium, power system
designers need alternatives.
25 Reliable and Efficient
Control of SiC MOSFETs
27 Wanted: Process FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
PACKAGING
Engineers Versed in
Packaging