2022 WINNERS & FINALISTS
Congratulations to all winners, highly commended and those who made the shortlist for the 2022 Elektra Awards.
Manufacturers, including OEMs, sub-contractors, and EMS companies with operations in the UK qualify to enter for this award. It will go to the manufacturer that has demonstrated the most impressive level of commercial success and executed new business projects in global markets over the past 12 months.
Sponsored by 
WINNER: Custom Interconnect
Highly Commended: Harwin
Sfera Labs
VNC Automotive
Venture funded or privately financed companies that have set up operations in Europe in the past five years can enter for this award. Judges will look for evidence that a company is building a business to be competitive in global markets, in design, manufacturing or distribution.
WINNER: Picocom
Highly Commended: Quantum Power Transformation
Agile Analog
Kigen
This award celebrates the achievements of design engineers in developing market specific end-products. It will recognise innovative product design which has had a significant impact in its market. This category is open to component suppliers and end-product OEMs that carried out part of the product development in Europe.
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WINNER: onsemi - VE-Trac Direct SiC modules
Highly Commended: Ambarella, Inc. - CV3 AI Domain controller SoC family
AMD - Versal AI Edge series
Microchip - Switchtec Gen 4 PCIe switches
OMNIVISION - OX05B1S
Power Integrations - 1700 V InnoSwitch3-AQ SiC
Rohm Semiconductor - Nano Cap technology - automotive LDO regulators
Siemens EDA - Secure- CAV advanced cyber security
Winbond - Winbond OctalNAND flash
XMOS - Disrupting the ALPR market with xcore.ai
An award for the software design tool, application or software IP that demonstrates technical capabilities which differentiate it from competitor products.
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WINNER: Imagination Technologies - PowerVR SDK
AMD - AMD-Xilinx Versal ACAP VCK5000 development card
AMD - Kria KR260 robotics starter kit
Cadence - Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer
Codasip - Codasip Studio 9.1
Ignion - Ignion Antenna Intelligence Cloud
Microchip - Microchip PolarFire SoC - Smart Embedded Vision Development Platform
Nordic Semiconductor - nRF Connect SDK
Siemens EDA - mPower power integrity analysis platform
STMicroelectronics - NanoEdge AI Studio
This award celebrates the achievements of design engineers in developing market specific end-products. It will recognise innovative product design which has made a significant impact in its market. This category is open to component suppliers and end-product OEMs that carried out part of the product development in Europe.
WINNER: Smiths Interconnect - NXS series
Inspur Information - Inspur NF5180M6 server
Nicomatic - DBMM series integrated backshell MIL-DTL-83513G micro connectors
Octavo Systems - The OSDZU3 system-in-package
Silogic Technology - Predictive maintenance for wind turbines
This award celebrates the achievements of design engineers in developing market specific end-products. It will recognise innovative product design which has made a significant impact in its market. This category is open to component suppliers and end-product OEMs that carried out part of the product development in Europe.
WINNER: onsemi - AI-enabled audio processor
HIRO - Edge Micro Data Centre (EMDC)
OMNIVISION - OH08B
This award will be presented for a semiconductor reference design, or system level product, that best demonstrates technical capabilities and usefulness for the internet-of-things (IoT). We’d also like to identify and celebrate organisations which demonstrate good IoT security stewardship.
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WINNER: ByteSnap Design - WAND remote data collector
AMD - AMD-Xilinx Versal ACAP VCK5000 development card
AMD - Kria KR260 robotics starter kKit
Inspur Information - Liquid-cooled rack server ORS3000S
Nestwave - NestCore IP & NestCloud
onsemi - RSL15
Renesas - Ultra-low power ZMOD4510 outdoor air quality sensor platform
Silicon Labs - BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs
Socionext Europe - SC1233AR3 - 24GHz radio wave sensor
Socionext Europe - ZETag with ZETA LPWAN
Synaptics - FlexSense 4-in-1 sensor fusion processor
Synaptics - Triple Combo SoC
Wittra Networks - WiTTRA unified IoT gateway
This award will be presented to a semiconductor lighting product which demonstrates technical capabilities and usefulness, differentiates it from competing products and has been introduced over the past 12 months. Eligible products are LEDs, lighting modules, luminaires and driver ICs. As well as performance data, judges will be looking for evidence of how the product addresses and solves specific design issues. Judges will be looking for evidence of product performance presented in numbers and/or design applications.
WINNER: ams-Osram - Oslon square batwing LED
Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA Catapult) Catapult - Project LUSS (LED-based ultra violet exposure for safe surfaces)
indie Semiconductor - iND83211 intelligent driver for high power automotive LEDs
Pulsiv - Elimination of inrush current
An award for a passive or electromechanical component demonstrating technical capabilities that differentiate it from its competitors.
WINNER: Snaptron - SG-Series domes
Highly Commended: STMicroelectronics - ISM330IS -- iNEMO
Harting - Han-Modular Domino modules
Molex - Molex quad-row board-to-board connectors
Panasonic Industry Europe - High current power inductor M15A0MF
Panasonic Industry Europe - High voltage 500V high precision thin film chip resistor - ERA*P
Panasonic Industry Europe - JX series: ultra-low ESR capacitor with high reliability
Panasonic Industry Europe - R35K connector
Vishay Intertechnology - MCB RAME012
This award is for the power product that demonstrates technical capabilities which differentiate it from its competitors.
WINNER: CCell - Digital living reefs
Advanced Energy - ASCENT SMS AP10 10kW power supply
Eggtronic - SmartEgg AC/DC conversion for PFC
Empower Semiconductor - Empower IVR EP71XX quad-output family
Navitas Semiconductor - GaNFast half-bridge IC with GaNSense technology (NV6247)
Navitas Semiconductor - GaNFast power IC with GaNSense technology (NV6169)
onsemi - Silicon carbide MOSFET
Panthronics - PTX130W NFC wireless charging controller
Power Integrations - HiperLCS-2 chipset
Power Integrations - HiperPFS-5 Family ICs
Powerbox International - Cosel’s AEA1000F
Quantum Power Transformation - Delivering the efficiency of Gallium Nitride
Silanna Semiconductor - SZ1131, Active Clamp Flyback (ACF) controller family
Texas Instruments - UCC14240-Q1, 3-kVRMS
An award for an analogue or mixed signal semiconductor that demonstrates technical capabilities which differentiate it from competitor products.
WINNER: Analog Devices - AD4130-8
Analog Devices - ADIN1110
Empower Semiconductor - IVR EP71XX quad-output family
ISDI - TY-2222 wafer scale CMOS image sensor
Navitas Semiconductor - GaNFast half-bridge IC with GaNSense technology (NV6247)
Navitas Semiconductor - GaNFast Power IC with GaNSense technology (NV6169)
onsemi - NCP1681 mixed-signal controller
Panthronics - PTX130W NFC
Texas Instruments - TMAG5170 linear 3D Hall-effect position sensor
This award is for a digital semiconductor IC or chip where the digital element is the main differentiating function, demonstrating technical capabilities that differentiate it from its competitors.
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WINNER: Microchip - PIC32CM LS60 microcontroller
Ambarella, Inc. - CV3 AI Domain Controller SoC family
AMD - AMD-Xilinx Versal ACAP VCK5000 development card
AMD - Kria KR260 robotics starter kit
CEVA - PentaG2
Renesas - Renesas RZ/Five MPUs
Lattice Semiconductor - Lattice MachXO5-NX
MediaTek - MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Picocom - Picocom PC802
Synopsys - Path Margin Monitor IP
This award will be won by a test instrument or system that demonstrates technical capabilities and usefulness which differentiates it from competitor products.
WINNER: Keysight Technologies - Radar Scene Emulator
Highly Commended: MK Test Systems - RTS wire harness test system
BT - OneTest automated testing tool - BT network integration test
Red Pitaya - X-Channel system for multi-channel RF signal acquisition and generation
Rohde & Schwarz - RTO6 oscilloscopes
Smiths Interconnect - Interconnect’s DaVinci Micro series
Tektronix - 2 Series mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO)
Yokogawa - WT5000 precision power analyser - Transformer version
This award is open to OEMs and design houses involved in product development projects.
Sponsored by 
WINNER: Ignys - Electronics design and software development team
ByteSnap Design
Melexis - Melexis’ Tactaxis design team
This award will be presented to a company that demonstrates a commitment to the education of future engineers by providing support to schools, colleges, or universities.
Sponsored by 
WINNER: RS Grass Roots - RS Grass Roots Education
Red Pitaya - Supporting students and professors with free educational material
Spacechips - Educating today’s and tomorrow’s space-electronics engineers
Electronics Weekly is looking for a talented young engineer in their first five years in the industry. Companies and universities can enter candidates who demonstrate a high level of practical skill and ambition and are actively contributing to the business.
Sponsored by 
WINNER: Nathan Dickson - BT
Highly Commended: Claudia Ferreira - Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult
Highly Commended: Toby Lane - Ignys
Tom Culley - BT
Zain Nazar - BT
Readers’ choice Award: University Research Project of the Year
Sponsored by 
WINNER: University of Bristol
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: Prof Stephen Furber CBE, FRS, FREng.
WINNER: Sophie Wilson CBE FRS FREng DistFBCS
