Finalists for Elektra Awards 2024 announced

The exceptional companies and individuals have demonstrated unparalleled excellence, dedication, and innovation in their field, not only embracing the challenges posed by the industry but rising above and pushing the boundaries to set new standards.

You can view the full list of finalists across the Elektra categories on the dedicated Elektra website and they are also listed below.

Congratulations to all the companies and individuals that have been selected and recognised for their achievements!

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“Together, we’ll honour the outstanding achievements of our finalists and unveil this year’s winners in a night filled with innovation, celebration, and inspiration,” said Electronics Weekly editor Caroline Hayes.

Finalists

Products Categories 

Automotive Electronics Award

Partner: 

Analog Devices – 10BASE-T1S MCU-less Ethernet to Edge Bus (E2B) technology

ENNOVI – ENNOVI-Net automotive 10Gbps+ Ethernet connector

Microchip – Trust Anchor TA101 IC

Micron – Micron 4150AT NVMe quad port SSD with SR-IOV

Molex – Molex MX-DaSH data-signal hybrid connector portfolio

Renesas Electronics – RAA279974 four-channel AHL video decoder for economical surround view

Design Tool and Development Software Product of the Year

Partner: 

AllSpice.io – AllSpice Actions Hardware DevOps

Lattice Semiconductor – Lattice Propel

Percepio AB – Percepio DevAlert 2.0

Percepio AB – Tracealyzer SDK

Renesas Electronics – AI Workbench – cloud-based environment to accelerate automotive AI software development and evaluation

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH – RDK3 development kit

Siemens EDA – Tessent RTLPro

Synopsys – Synopsys.ai Copilot

The Embedded Kit – The Embedded Kit, the production- and maintenance-ready operating system for embedded Linux systems

Excellence in Product Design Award (High-Reliability Systems, incl. Medical)

Advantech Europe – UTC-124  

DnaNudge – World’s first 20-minute retail Express DNA test

Eskan Electronics – Eskan – Lica 4

Renesas Electronics – ISLVERSALDEMO2Z power reference design for AMD’s XQRVC1902 Versal Adaptive SoC

Taoglas – Inception HP5354.A “Patch-in-a-Patch” antenna

Passive/Interconnection Product of the Year

CUI Devices – AMT24 Absolute encoder series

Empower Semiconductor – EC1005P silicon capacitor

ENNOVI – ENNOVI-Net Automotive 10Gbps+ Ethernet Connector

Molex – MX-DaSH (Data-Signal Hybrid) connector portfolio

Murata – Parasitic element coupling device for Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 communication

OMC (Optoelectronic Manufacturing Corporation) – OMC H19 fibre optic microprocessor shield for Arduino Uno

Omron Electronic Components Europe B.V. – G9KC, four-pole high power PCB relay

Pickering Electronics – Series 144 high-power reed relays from Pickering Electronics

Vishay Intertechnology – IHPT series haptic feedback actuators with immersion licenses

Power System Product of the Year

Eggtronic – SmartEgg technology

Innoscience – ISG3202LA SolidGaN integrated half-bridge GaN IC

Navitas Semiconductor – 4.5 kW AI server power reference design

Omron Electronic Components Europe B.V. – G9KC, four-pole high power PCB relay

QPT – qGaN technology

SemiQ – QSiC 1200V MOSFET modules

Silicon Labs – xG26 family of wireless SoCs and MCUs

Smiths Interconnect – Hypertac Green Connect hyperboloid high power contact technology

Vicor Corporation – Kitekraft flying wind turbine

XP Power – HPF3K0 series of AC-DC power supplies

Semiconductor Product of the Year (Analogue)

Efficient Power Conversion – EPC2361 – first GaN FET with 1mΩ on-resistance

Impinj – Impinj M800 series RAIN RFID tag chips

Melexis – MLX90830 – Triphibian absolute MEMS pressure sensor IC

Navitas Semiconductor – GaNSafe power ICs

Novelda AS – NOVELDA X7 UWB radar SoC and turnkey module

Phlux Technology – Aura Noiseless InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors

Renesas Electronics – FemtoClock 3 with 25fs-rms jitter

SiTime – Epoch platform MEMS OCXO

Semiconductor Product of the Year (Digital)

Partner: 

Alphawave Semi – I/O chiplet

Ambarella – N1 AI SoC series

Ambiq – Apollo510 MCU

Lattice Semiconductor – Lattice Avant FPGA platform

MediaTek – MediaTek Dimensity 9300+

Nordic Semiconductor – nPM1300 power management IC (PMIC)

Renesas Electronics – Renesas AI MPU RZ/V2H

Renesas Electronics – RA8 series MCUs based on Arm Cortex-M85 processor

Silicon Labs – xG26 family of wireless SoCs and MCUs

Socionext Europe GmbH – SC1320A Nessum communication IC

Smart Buildings of the Year

GSS – CozIR-Blink CO2 sensor

NeoCortec – NeoMesh wireless mesh network technology

Silicon Labs – FG28 sub-GHz wireless + 2.4 GHz BLE SoC

Socionext Europe GmbH – SC1320A Nessum communication IC

Test Product of the Year

ITECH ELECTRONICS – IT6600C bidirectional programmable DC power supply

Rohde and Schwarz UK – R&S MXO 5 oscilloscope

Snaptron – Sapphire force-displacement switch test machine

Solid Sands – SuperGuard Amsterdam version 1.2

The Futurist Award

Alphawave Semi – I/O chiplet

EdgeCortix – SAKURA-II edge AI platform

GroundWaves – Haptic sneakers

Navitas Semiconductor – 4.5 kW AI server power reference design

QPT – qGaN technology

Silicon Motion – SM2322 single-chip controller for high-density portable SSDs

Sunseeker – Sunseeker X7 robotic lawnmower

People Categories

Design Team of the Year

i4 Product Design – electronics team

NXP Semiconductor – NXP S32N55 design team

Slipstream Engineering Design

Synaptics Astra development team

Educational Support Award

Partner: 

CamCare UK – Generations in making

Katalytik – Educating Inclusive Engineering Leaders

Red Pitaya – Hands-on experience for every electronics student. An educational experiment with LEGO and Red Pitaya

Rising Star Award

Olivia Jones – Axiom Manufacturing Services

Dr. Kalparupa Mukherjee – CGD – Cambridge GaN Devices

Dr. Huan Li – CGD – Cambridge GaN Devices

Aimee Wyatt – Pragmatic Semiconductor

Júlio César Costa – Pragmatic Semiconductor

Wei Sam – Slipstream Engineering Design

Anthonin Verdy – Weebit Nano

Company Categories 

Best Electronics Workplace Award

Ethicronics

Rochester Electronics

Slipstream Engineering Design

TTI

Manufacturer of the Year

Partner: 

Axiom Manufacturing Services

Custom Interconnect

Incap Electronics UK

OMC (Optoelectronic Manufacturing Corporation)

Smiths Interconnect

Start-up of the Year

Partner: 

Forefront RF

Phlux Technology

QPT

Silveray

See also: Elektra Awards 2023 – The Winners