Energy Efficiency

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced two optocouplers optimized for RS-232 and RS232-C communications. The TLP2301 and TLP2303 address emerging requirements for devices that fill the ‘price/performance gap’ between general-purpose transistor couplers and IC couplers operating from 1Mbps. Target

Texas Instruments introduced at PCIM two high-current, low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulators with excellent noise and power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) performance in very small, easy-to-use packages. The 250-mA LP5907 and 800-mA LP38798 LDOs feature less than 10-µVrms output noise over the

Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Virtual Extension, a leading wireless mesh networks company based in Beit-Dagan, Israel, announced a two-chip wireless mesh network chipset and reference design that brings a

Texas Instruments introduced a fully-integrated, on-off keying modem transceiver that is compliant with the Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG) v2.0 specification. The SN65HVD62 reduces power consumption by up to 50 percent compared to the competition. The transceiver modulates and demodulates

Steve Grady of Cymbet explains the company's chipscale battery technology for Power Systems Design at Design West 2013. Cymbet's tech allows you to put power storage right at the

Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design talks to Shar Narasimhan of Atmel about the company's latest low-power touchscreen controllers. Their new T Series has a novel adaptive-sensing

Alec Melnick, ROHM's Sr. Product Marketing Manager, describes the company's Lapis family of low-power microcontrollers for Power Systems Design at their booth at the 2013 Design

Murata released their MTE1 series of isolated 1 Watt single output DC-DC converters. Suitable for a broad range of industrial and automation applications, these highly efficient units, up to 88%, offer much better efficiency across the full load range than competitor models currently available,

Steve Day of Coto Technology talks with Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design about their latest development, a 0.94 mm-high MEMS-based reed switch with a footprint of 1.01 x 2.08

Coto Technology announced at the 2013 Design West Conference the availability of its RedRock™ RS-A-2515 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)-based magnetic reed switch. Based on its unique high aspect ratio MEMS design and manufacturing processes, the switch provides all of the advantages of conventional

With BeagleBone Black, the next-generation offering from BeagleBoard.org, everyone from electronic artists to engineers has access to a ready-to-use, 1-GHz computer for only $45. This credit-card-sized, Linux computer is an open hardware and software development platform that makes it quick and easy

Canova Tech, delivering silicon intellectual property (IP), design services and product solutions to the semiconductor industry, and ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, will demonstrate a new jointly developed design platform for ultra low power energy harvesting applications at

Advanced Power Electronics a leading manufacturer of MOS power semiconductors for DC-DC power conversion applications, released the APE2902, a high-efficiency VFM Step-up DC/DC converter for small, low input voltage or battery powered systems with ultra-low quiescent supply current. Devices can operate

The LTC3129 synchronous buck-boost converter from Linear Technology delivers up to 200mA of continuous output current from a wide variety of input sources including single or multiple-cell batteries as well as solar panels and supercaps. Its 2.42V to 15V input range and 1.4V to 15.75V output range provide

Nominations are now open for the first round of the Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards. The Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) is an initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) focused on catalyzing markets to deliver increased access to modern energy

In this podcast Alix talks to Guus Dhaeze of Anagear, a privately held, mixed-signal semiconductor company with innovative integrated solutions for systems where ultra-low power consumption is vital. A co-founder of Anagear with over 30 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, Guus has held

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Peregrine Semiconductor, a fabless provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), announced it has expanded its DuNE™ Digitally Tunable Capacitor (DTC) product line with six second-generation devices for antenna tuning in 4G LTE

Toshiba Electronics Europe announced the European availability of the company’s first ARM Cortex™-M4 microcontrollers. The TMPM440 series meets the high-speed, ultra-low-power digital processing requirements of applications ranging from digital cameras, audio equipment and computer peripherals to communications

Addressing the increasing demand for energy efficiency, ON Semiconductor has released two new highly-integrated image signal processor ICs targeting applications such as vehicle reversing cameras, in-vehicle navigation systems, and consumer video security systems and any other place where small LCD

Addressing the question, “How low can you go with power?” Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s lowest power DC/DC step-down converter, which increases the amount of harvested energy an end application can use as much as 70 percent over alternative devices. The ultra-low power circuit enables

Although power consumption is the product of operating voltage (Vcc) multiplied by the current consumption (Icc), current consumption is usually the only parameter considered when describing the power characteristics of a chip. This is a mistake, because decreasing the operating voltage directly reduces