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January 2011
Infineon's New Rectifier Module with integrated MOSFET Chopper for PFC
Infineon Technologies offers new Easy 1B single-phase rectifier modules with MOSFET chopper for Power Factor Correction in order to support customers in offering optimised solutions. Applications
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01/31/2011
Mouser Allies with Arduino in Global Distribution Partnership
Mouser Electronics, Inc., has teamed with Arduino in forming a worldwide distribution partnership. Arduino is a highly regarded open-source physical computing platform based on flexible, easy-to-use
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01/31/2011
Crouzet's New Brushless DC Gearmotor with Integrated Gearbox
Crouzet North America, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies, has introduced the new 801 Series Brushless DC Gearmotor with integrated Gearbox and electronics. The new all-in-one solution offers
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01/29/2011
Fairchild Semiconductor Selects Dan Kinzer for Chief Technology Officer
Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, has appointed Dan Kinzer, chief technology officer and senior vice president, Technology. Under Mr.
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01/29/2011
Maxim's 1V to 16V Hot-Swap IC with Precision Current-Sense Output
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX5977, a hot-swap controller for 1V to 16V backplanes. This device features an integrated current-sense amplifier that provides a 1% accurate current output
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01/28/2011
Digi-Key Corporation and ITT Cannon Sign Global Distribution Agreement
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and ITT Cannon, a leading global manufacturer
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01/28/2011
Molex 1.27mm pitch Picoflex IDT Connector System
Molex Incorporated has expanded its extensive Picoflex® IDT connector system, which is suitable for many high-density applications where space is at a premium and power and signal are required. The
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01/27/2011
Silicon Labs Introduces Industry's Most Sensitive, Power-Efficient Proximity Sensors
Silicon Laboratories Inc. a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, announced its next-generation infrared (IR) and ambient light sensors for human interface (HI) applications.
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01/27/2011
Ohmite New Shunt Resistors Suit Renewable Entrgy Applications
Following increased demand from battery manufacturers, and companies involved in the development of green power solutions Ohmite have responded by developing their SH shunt resistor. The first
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01/27/2011
Allegro 2-wire Hall-effect Unipolar Switches offer Improved High-Voltage Protection for Automotive
The new A1152/3/5/6 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are a range of two-wire unipolar Hall-effect switches designed for automotive sensing applications in seat-belt buckle, seat position, and steering
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01/27/2011
Murata Power Solutions extends Datel AC Power Meter Range
Expanding its Datel offering of digital panel meters, Murata Power Solutions has introduced two new models into its ACM20 series of four-function AC power meters. The ACM20-2-AC1-R-C and ACM20-2-AC1-R-F-C
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01/27/2011
Fairchild Semiconductors Industry-First Bi-Directional Logic Gate Optocoupler Provides Proven, Reliable Optical Isolation
Design engineers working with industrial communication designs need to transmit high speed data over the communication fieldbus without the risk of damaging sensitive controllers, ADCs or sensors.
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01/27/2011
Maxims LED Solution Enables Drop-in Replacements for Halogen MR16 Lamps
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX16840, an LED driver that employs a proprietary architecture to ensure flicker-free, dimmable operation with electronic transformers and cut-angle dimmers.
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01/26/2011
Renesas Electronics Introduces Power MOSFETs with Compact Package and Improved Performance for Automotive Applications
Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced today 32 new N-channel power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with voltage tolerances
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01/26/2011
Rutronik and NJRC  Distribution Agreement
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH and NJRC have concluded a Europe-wide franchise agreement covering the Japanese manufacturer's entire semiconductor portfolio. By mutual agreement, the distributor
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01/26/2011
Enecsys and SiG SOLAR Achieve up to 20% More Energy from solar PV Installation
Enecsys Limited, a solar PV micro-inverter company, and its partner, SiG SOLAR GmbH, a distributor of solar PV modules and inverters, are showing the high reliability Enecsys Micro-inverter and monitoring
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01/26/2011
PSMA to Introduce Updated Power Technology Roadmap as Plenary Presentation at APEC 2011
The 2011 Power Technology Roadmap, produced and published by the Power Sources Manufacturers Association, will be summarized as part of the plenary session keynoting the APEC 2011 Conference on March
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01/24/2011
Torex 10.5V High Speed Low Iq 200mA LDO with Extended Temperature Range
The new XC6505 series from Torex is a 10.5V LDO that combines the best of both worlds, being high speed (its PSRR is 60dB @1kHz) while consuming only 5.5μA. The XC6505 operates with input voltages
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01/23/2011
Synopsys Announces Production-Ready Lynx Design System Optimized for Common Platform 28-nm High-K Metal Gate Technology
Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced it is delivering a low power, high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) design
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01/22/2011
Emerson Network Power presents enhanced Chloride 80-NET UPS system
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today presented the enhanced Chloride 80-NET™ uninterruptible power supply (UPS), enabling
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01/22/2011
TIs new low-cost floating-point Piccolo MCUs provide optimized performance and power line communications capabilities for Energy-Efficient Applications
Bridging the gap between low-cost Piccolo and high-performance Delfino™ floating-point microcontrollers (MCUs), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced its new low-cost TMS320F2806x Piccolo
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01/22/2011
TTI  Announces Felix Corbett as Director of Supplier Marketing, Passives and Discrete Products, Europe

Felix Corbett, TTI Director of Supplier Marketing, responsible for Passives and Discrete Components in Europe.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has announced experienced industry figure, Felix Corbett as its new Director of Supplier Marketing,
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01/22/2011
Diodes Self-Protected MOSFETs Raise Protection Levels for Inductive Loads
Diodes Incorporated has announced further additions to its IntelliFET® range of self-protected MOSFETs. The 60V, 75m? (typical) rated single N-channel ZXMS6006DG/SG and dual N-channel ZXMS6006DT8
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01/21/2011
FCI Introduces RJ45 1x8 Modular Jack for GPON Systems
FCI, a leading developer of connectors and interconnect systems, is expanding its modular jack product line with the RJ45 1 stack, 8 port shield connector with LED. Designed for Gigabit Passive Optical
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01/21/2011
National Semiconductor Adds Three High Output Voltage Products to SIMPLE SWITCHER Power Module Family
National Semiconductor Corp. introduced three new SIMPLE SWITCHER® power modules, the first to drive high output voltage applications in a variety of markets including industrial, communications infrastructure
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01/21/2011
Maxims Latest GPS LNAs Offer Industry-Low 0.65dB Noise Figure to Extend Receiver Sensitivity and Read Range
Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX2667/MAX2669, the newest additions to its GPS/GNSS low-noise amplifier (LNA) family. Designed using Maxim's advanced SiGe processes, these fully integrated
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01/21/2011
Mouser and Maxim Integrated Products Go Global
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading design engineering resource for semiconductors
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01/21/2011
Digi-Key Corporation Announces Stock of Cree's LMR4 LED
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced its stock of Cree's LMR4
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01/21/2011
Maximum Power Density In Passive Components

Bernhard Kalkmann, technical director at Semikron in Nuremberg

The German Ministry of Education and Research is backing a research project on the optimization of passive components with maximum energy density and the use of these components in power electronics.
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01/21/2011
Rogers Promotes Halogen-Free Laminates & Free Design Software at DesignCon 2011
Rogers Corporation will be showing off some of its latest materials as well as a free design program at this year's DesignCon® 2011 exhibition (Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, February
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01/21/2011
Indium Corporation Hires Solar Product Manager
Indium Corporation announces that Jonathan (Jon) Major has been hired as Product Manager for Solar Back-End. Jon is responsible for the business development and growth of Indium's solar back-end
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01/20/2011
TI Releases Industrys First Qi Certified Development Tools & Chipset for Wireless Power
Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced the industry's first Qi-certified wireless power development kit, which enables design engineers to speed the integration of wireless power technology in
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01/17/2011
TTI, Inc. Delivers New Expanded Terminal Block Range from FCI
TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, is now stocking FCI's range of terminal blocks which has recently been expanded to include new plug
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01/17/2011
ZMDI and SE Spezial-Electronic Sign Distribution Agreement
ZMD AG (ZMDI), a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, consumer and medical applications, and SE Spezial-Electronic AG (SE), one of Europe's
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01/17/2011
Power Integrations Introduces Reference Design for 5W LED Lamps
Power Integrations announced a new reference design (RDK-251) for a 5-watt offline LED driver that includes flicker-free TRIAC dimming and single-stage power factor correction (PFC). The reference
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01/16/2011
Mouser Expands Dev Tool Portfolio in Global Pact with Olimex
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading international distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced their worldwide distribution partnership with Olimex, Ltd. As a top global
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Date:
01/16/2011
Supertex LED Driver Delivers Superior Current Accuracy with Integrated MOSFET
Supertex, a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced HV9967, an open loop, average-mode current control LED driver IC that operates in
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01/16/2011
International Rectifier Expands Portfolio of 40V to 100V Automotive Qualified MOSFETs Including Family of Logic Level Gate Drive Devices
International Rectifier has expanded its offering of 40V to 100V automotive qualified MOSFETs including a family of logic level devices. The new MOSFETs are suitable for heavy load applications used
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01/15/2011
Maxim's Highly Efficient 3.3V Synchronous DC-DC Regulator Integrates MOSFETs in 2mm X 2mm Package
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX15040, a low-voltage (2.4V to 3.6V), synchronous switching regulator in a 2mm x 2mm wafer-level package (WLP). This miniature step-down regulator integrates
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01/15/2011
MSCs Versatile 15 Watt DC/DC Converters
MSC offers the 68DW15 series of 15 Watt DC/DC converters from YDS. Key features of these converters are 4:1 input voltage ranges of 9-36 V and 18-75 V, single output voltages of 3.3 V, 5 V, 12V or
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01/15/2011
Nuvation Engineering Designs Advanced Battery Management System for Electric Vehicles
Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic design services, has developed a custom battery management system, fuel gauge and driver interface for electric vehicles. The innovative system
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01/15/2011
Farnell Announces Exclusive Stock at Launch Agreement for New Cree LED Lighting Modules
Farnell is to have exclusive stock in Europe at launch of the latest range of Cree LED modules. Available in TrueWhite® and EasyWhite® technology options, the new Cree LMR4 modules provide a simple
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01/14/2011
CT-Concept Technologie AG Opens Sales Office in China

Winson Wei (left) and Wolfgang Ademmer (right) at the opening of the new CONCEPT office

CT-Concept Technologie AG, worldwide market leader in IGBT gate drivers, has strengthened its local presence in one of the main growth markets for power electronics. From January 1st, the CONCEPT
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Date:
01/14/2011
New at Rutronik: Schurters High-Grade FMBB NEO Series EMI-Filters
Schurter is expanding its family of EMI-Line Filters with the new compact and high-end FMBB NEO filter series for one-phase systems. The three filter designs are characterised by both highly symmetrical
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Date:
01/11/2011
ITT's EVC Series SAE J1772 Electric Vehicle Charging Connectors Now Available from AvnetExpress.com
ITT Interconnect Solutions, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of connectors, interconnects, and cable assemblies, and Avnet Express, part of the Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group
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Date:
01/11/2011
Delivering Whats Next
In keeping with its philosophy of bringing "What's Next'' to the engineering marketplace Mouser Electronics, Inc. is taking the lead in providing new energy-friendly technologies to meet growing
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Date:
01/10/2011
Mouser Expands Dev Tool Portfolio in Global Pact with Olimex
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading international distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, announced their worldwide distribution partnership with Olimex, Ltd. As a top global supplier,
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Date:
01/10/2011
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