Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel

November 2014

Cree to exhibit at DMC 2014

Cree, a leading supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, is exhibiting at this year’s Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC 2014), which will take place from December 1st to the 4th in San Antonio, Texas. Attended by leaders in government, industry, and academia, the DM

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11/25/2014

Premier Magnetics Fly-Buck transformers

Premier Magnetics’ transformers target TI’s Fly-Buck converters

Premier Magnetics, global producer of high-quality magnetic components, has introduced a line of transformers specifically designed to complement the Texas Instruments LM5017 family of Fly-Buck converters. The Premier Magnetics Fly-Buck transformers’ topology and electrical characteristics are designed to pr

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11/24/2014

A novel power module concept for the low-voltage MW class

Thomas Grasshoff & Reinhard Helldörfer, Semikron Elektronik

Various applications such as renewable energy generation and high power drives in the MW range have an increasing demand for high reliable power module concepts addressing the operation in a harsh environment. Next generation designs e.g. of wind turbine inverters need to be more reliable, more compact and less ex

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11/21/2014

Cadonix adds Formboard tool and back-annotation in Arcadia 1.1

Cadonix Ltd, the Cloud based automotive wiring harness CAD specialist, today announced version 1.1 of Arcadia, including a new Formboard tool for harness manufacturers. The new release, available immediately and free to existing customers, also includes closer integration of the Schematic Design and Harness Pr

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11/20/2014

Vicor presents their latest PoL concepts and products at electronica 2014 (PSDtv)

In this episode of PSDtv Vicor shows their latest PFM AC/DC front ends and high-voltage 380VDC distribution serving a 48VDC factorized board-level power architecture, demonstrating the roles of their latest devices in each step of the approach. In addition Vicor also highlights some of their latest advanced c

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11/20/2014

Big Data needs efficient energy solutions

Michael Tryson and Erin Byrne, TE Connectivity

Big Data, a term that seems to encompass many of today’s technology buzzwords including the Internet of Things (IoT), machine to machine (M2M), wireless communication, cloud computing, and more is driving the need for increased bandwidth. Among the problems that became apparent even at 10Gbps is the power co

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11/19/2014

Xrel XTR50014

X-REL Semi offers XTR50010 bidirectional level translators and XTR54170 hi-temp edge-triggered D flip-flops

X-REL Semiconductor, an innovation leader in high-temperature and high-reliability semiconductors, unveils two new products targeting digital applications in highly demanding markets including aerospace, industrial, hybrid and electric vehicles, transportation, geothermal and oil and gas. The XTR50010 product fa

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11/18/2014

Vishay T16 Series wet tantalum capacitors

Vishay T16 Series wet tantalum capacitors now at TTI

Vishay’s latest series of tantalum-cased wet tantalum capacitors with glass-to-tantalum hermetic seals is now available at TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components. The Vishay T16 Series is available in A, B, C and D case codes and provide all the be

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11/18/2014

Astrodyne talks about their latest tech at electronica 2014 (PSDtv)

In this episode of PSDtv Astrodyne explains some of their latest devices for Power Systems Design at electronica 2014, including supplies for military and aerospace applications. Astrodyne

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11/11/2014

Analog Devices' latest precision op amp challenges industry robustness standard

Analog Devices introduced the industry’s first and most robust operational amplifier that integrates input protection against signal excursions of 32 V beyond the supply rails and 70-dB of rejection for electro-magnetic interference (EMI) above 1 GHz. The ADA4177-2 dual-channel, precision, low-noise, low-input op

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11/05/2014

NREL and Army validate energy savings for net zero energy installations

The U.S. Army has partnered with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to increase energy security through improved energy efficiency and optimized renewable energy strategies at nine installations in the Army's portfolio. If all nine of the Army Net Zero Energy Installation (NZEI) pilo

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11/03/2014