We are delighted to present the finalists for the 2020 Elektra Awards below:
COMPANY
Best Campaign of the Year
DesignSpark (RS Components) - RadioGlobe
Mouser Electronics - Engineering Big Ideas
Napier (in partnership with Semtech) - Smart Buildings
Napier (in partnership with Vicor) - SWaP-C Defense
Spacechips - PR for the global space industry
Distributor of the Year
Digi-Key Electronics
Farnell
Mouser Electronics
Radwell International Ltd.
Rapid Electronics
RS Components
Manufacturer of the Year
Custom Interconnect Ltd.
Filtronic PLC
Start-up Electronics Business of the Year
Circuit Mind - AI for electronics design
IC'Alps - application-specific integrated circuits
Replenishh - helping to build the UK's EV charging infrastructure
Search For The Next - Fabless semiconductor company
PRODUCTS
Automotive Electronics Award
GaN Systems - automotive-qualified transistors
Imagination Technologies - IMG Series 4 NNA architecture for autonomy
Maxim Integrated - dynamic gesture sensing
Microchip Technology - MXT288UD maXTouch touchscreen controller
Rohde & Schwarz UK - compact test system for 77GHz automotive radar development and production
Socionext Europe GmbH - SC1702 Smart Display Controller for automotive applications
Synopsys - DesignWare ARC EM22FS safety processor
Texas Instruments - LMG3525R030-Q1
UnitedSiC - first SiC FETs with RDS (on) <10mohms
Award for Excellence in Product Design (High-reliability systems)
Sponsored by Melexis
Cambridge Micrologic Ltd. - machine intelligence for harsh environments
Paragraf - Graphene Hall-effect sensor
RFEL Ltd. - Trailblazer driver platform
Award for Excellence in Product Design (Medical)
ams - AS7341L spectral sensor
ams - AS7038RB ultra-thin sensor
IST AG - bio-sensors
Maxim Integrated - Health Sensor Platform 3.0
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. - OVM6948 CameraCubeChip
Design Tools and Development Software Award
Sponsored by Swindon Silicon Systems
Cadence Designs Systems - Celsius Thermal Solver
Keysight Technologies - PathWave 2021
Lattice Semiconductor - Lattice Propel IP ecosystem
Lynx Software - MOSA.ic holistic development framework
Microchip Technology - Hello FPGA kit
Murata ID Solutions - id-Bridge Suite 4.0
Siemens Digital Industries Software - LBIST technology
Texas Instruments - PSpice for TI
Xilinx - Vitis unified software platform
Xilinx - Versal AI Core
ZofzPCB, Rafal Powierski - 3D Gerber Viewer, IPC-2581 Viewer & premium component modeller and STEP file export
Internet of Things Product of the Year
Sponsored by Micron
DesignSpark (RS Components) - The RadioGlobe
Lynx Software - MOSA.ic for Industrial
Maxim Integrated - MAX78000 neural network accelerator chip
Microchip Technology - Trust Platform for CryptoAuthentication family
Octavo Systems - OSD32MP1-BRK flexible prototyping platform
ON Semiconductor - connected lighting platform
Renesas Electronics - RE01
Secure Thingz - secure desktop provisioner
Semtech - LoRa Edge IoT asset management platform
Silicon Labs - BG22 SoCs
Silicon Labs - Secure Vault
Socionext Europe GmbH - Radio Wave Sensor for people detection
Telit - One Edge
Passive and Electromechanical Product of the Year
Binstead Designs Ltd. - ultra flexible touch sensing film
CUI Devices - AMT13 incremental encoder series
CUI Devices - power-only USB type C receptacles
Harting Ltd. - har-Modular PCB connector system
Harwin PLC - Gecko-MT
Kabel.Consult.Ing - networked electronic continuously variable transmission
Pickering Electronics - Series 131 miniature high voltage reed relay
Smiths Interconnect - CEX Series
Vishay Intertechnology - energy storage capacitors
Zytronic - Zybrid Hover contactless touchscreen
Power System Product of the Year
Analog Devices - LTM4663 1.5A µModule
Cosel - AME Series configurable power supplies for medical applications
Cosel - TUNS1200 compact 1.2kW AC-DC power module
Flex Power Modules - BMR491 isolated DC-DC converter
ITECH Electronic - IT-M3600 regenerative power system
ITECH Electronic - IT7800 high power programmable AC-DC power supply
Nexperia - SiGe rectifiers
Power Integrations - InnoMux with InnoSwitch3-MX PowiGaN
Powerbox International - OFI600A12 power supply for immersed applications
Powerbox International - Medical laser power supply type SMM3000A80024C
PULS UK - FIEPOS field power supply
Spacechips - Low cost UK DC-DC
Vicor - Bridging between 48V and legacy 12V systems
Vishay Intertechnology - microBRICK DC-DC converters
Vox Power - VCCS300 AC-DC series
Semiconductor Product of the Year (Analogue)
Analog Devices - Alias-free ADC AD7134
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) - ePower stage EPC2152 IC
ON Semiconductor - transfer-moulded PIM for industrial motor drive applications
Renesas Electronics - IPS2200 inductive position sensort for industrial motors
Samsung Electronics - 3535 series with high TLCI
Synopsys - Synopsys (Moortec) Distributed Thermal Sensing (DTS)
Texas Instruments - TMCS1100 and TMCS1101
Semiconductor Product of the Year (Digital)
Lattice Semiconductor - CrossLink-NX FPGAs for embedded vision and edge AI
MediaTek - Dimensity 1000 chipsets
Nordic Semiconductor - nRF5340 dual-core Bluetooth 5.2 SoC
Renesas Electronics - RZ/V2M with DRP-AI
Siemens Digital Industries Software - embedded analytics bus sentry
Test Product of the Year
Anritsu - VectorStar ME7838G broadband vector network analyser (VNA)
Ignys - test fixture solution for low volume manufacture
ITECH Electronic - IT-M3600 regenerative power system
ITECH Electronic - IT7800 high power programmable AC-DC power supply
JTAG Technologies - ProVision 2020
Keysight Technologies - Infiniium UXR series of oscilloscopes
Pickering Interfaces - PXI matrix switch 12-slot BRIC modules
Pico Technology - PicoScope 6000E series oscilloscopes with optional FlexRes capability
Danisense - DP Series PCB mount current transducer
Silicon Cortex - Virtual on-site
Tektronix - 2301B-Pulse system source meter
Tektronix - TekScope PC software with enhanced multi-scope analysis
Tektronix - 6 Series 10GHz oscilloscope with 4, 6 or 8 channels
PEOPLE
Design Team of the Year
Sponsored by BWW
AMS - Advanced Optical Sensors division
Kabel.Consult.Ing - networked electronic continuously variable transmission (Patent EP15713831.4)
Nanusens - design of RF digitally tuneable capacitors
PRFI - advances in the design of mmWave ICs and packaging techniques for 5G
Educational Support Award
Component Master - Pragmatic Guide to Electronic Components
Keysight Technologies - Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators
Rapid Electronics - Helping to keep students engaged during lockdown
RS Components - RS Education: Making Amazing Happen
Spacechips - Supporting space industry and space technology education globally
Rising Star of the Year
BT - Kate Self
BT - Katherine Scott
BT - Allanah Green
Future Facilities - Matthew Evans
Rolls-Royce - Jordan Albutt