Lighting & Illumination
June 2020
The interface has been developed so longer, moving cable runs for machines and machine modules are easier to install and maintain.
The Han-Modular Flexbox makes it possible to sub-divide energy chains into flexibly manageable and easily replaceable segments. The modular housing concept replaces the previou
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Date:
06/30/2020
Its centre comprises a motherboard with interchangeable drive cards.
The drive options include a Miller clamp and a bipolar supply card; additional variants will be launched in the near future. In shortening time-to market for a variety of applications, this portfolio will help paving the way for silicon car
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06/30/2020
In response to the growing demand for higher levels of reliability, safety, and increased flexibility for the LED’s thermal management in combination with an ultra-compact design, ROHM developed the industry-leading Automotive LED Driver BD18336NUF-M.
“ROHM is embracing the market trend towards miniaturization with its new
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06/30/2020
Thanks to their iron powder cores, the high-current inductors for audio applications (available in 1008 and 1213 packages) display stable behaviour at high peak currents.
The WE-LHMD features the 2-in-1 design from non-coupled inductors and is therefore suitable for compact BTL (Bridge-Tied Load) applications.
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Date:
06/30/2020
The high current inductor is characterized by low core losses, very low DC resistances from 2.5 mΩ to 14.8 mΩ and high saturation currents.
WE-HIDA is not only available as a single inductor, but also in 2-in-1 designs (package sizes 1415 and 1521) for compact BTL (Bridge-Tied-Load) applications.
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Date:
06/30/2020
A driver, MCD4609, and a pair of MCM4609 current multiplier modules supply up to 650A continuous and 1,200A peak. Owing to their small footprint and low profile (45.7mm x 8.6mm x 3.2mm), current multipliers are placed close to the processor enabling reduced power distribution network (PDN) losses and higher pow
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Date:
06/30/2020
The TPD7106F and TPD7107F can be used to control the conduction and shut-off of currents being supplied to automotive electronic control units (ECUs), including junction boxes and body control modules. They are also suited to use in power distribution modules and semiconductor relays.
When combined with
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Date:
06/30/2020
CGD leads the European funded GANEXT project under the PENTA Programme, targeting the design and development on highly efficient, highly compact prototypes of next generation Gallium Nitride power modules, for low and high power applications. The GaNext Penta project is undertaken by a powerful consortium with co
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Date:
06/30/2020
In 174 pages, the "Coax Connectors" English language catalog presents nine product groups. The new product families of SMB and SMP connectors is the highlight.
The following product families are featured in the coaxial catalog available today: SMA and Reverse Polarity SMA, MCX and MMCX, SMP and SMB Mor
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Date:
06/30/2020
The rectifiers combine the high efficiency of their Schottky counterparts with the thermal stability of fast recovery diodes.
Targeting automotive, communications infrastructure and server markets, the new 1-3 A SiGe rectifiers are of particular benefit in high-temperature applications like LED lighting, engine co
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Date:
06/30/2020
With its rated power supply voltage (VBB) of 600V, the TPD4162F can be used for any applications with input signals in the range 200 to 220VAC.
The new IC contains a PWM circuit, 3-phase decoder, level shifting high-side driver and low side driver with embedded IGBTs and FRDs. This allows direct drive of brushle
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Date:
06/30/2020
The output voltage of these step-up and step-down converters can be adjusted from 9.6 to 48V and accept a wide range input voltage of 9 to 53V. The converters seamlessly transition from buck to boost mode operation without disruption in performance.
The i7C 8A series can be used to derive additional high-power outputs
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Date:
06/30/2020
The device meets the need for voltage regulation in noise-sensitive, battery-operated devices such as wearables, portables, and connected sensors.
The AP7353 is available in X1-WLB0707-4 (Type A1) and X2-DFN1010-4 (Type B) packages, each measuring less than 1mm on each side. These dimensions result in a sma
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Date:
06/30/2020
Decentralisation of system components has proven to be an important factor in modern system planning as it simplifies installation, enables expansion and reformatting of systems, and simplifies maintenance. In addition, conventional control cabinets can be replaced by smaller versions or even removed completel
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Date:
06/30/2020
Power supplies and current sensing circuits have requirements that are as wide ranging as the end products they serve. For applications that require low TCR sense resistors, yet don’t need extremely low resistance values for high current handling, this can be difficult. Low resistance values typically offer low T
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Date:
06/17/2020
HexaTech, Inc. announced an expansion of its deep-UV transparent 2-inch diameter, single crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate product line, launched earlier this year. This new product line extension provides significantly higher substrate transparency for dramatically improved optoelectronic device pe
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Date:
06/16/2020
Standing out from the Crowd! A deeper look into GaN & SiC products
Hosted by Power Systems Design, featuring Cree, Power Integrations, United SiC, Analog Devices, and Infineon
Now wide bandgap materials are established in the marketplace and being deployed in many applications, manufacturers are looking for ways
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Date:
06/11/2020
Holy Stone’s HVC Series of high-voltage MLCCs is designed for surge & line protection, inverters, isolation, EMI, LED & lighting, and all power and telecom applications.
It includes 200 vdc to 10K vdc ratings, NPO and X7R dielectrics, 0603 and 3640 sizes, and is available with flexible termination.
In general, Holy St
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Date:
06/07/2020
Cree’s CV94D-FCC LED delivers the industry’s best message sign image quality and readability, with better image contrast and text readability than all existing message sign solutions. It provides matched far field patterns from each LED, makes pictures and text look better over the entire viewing a
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Date:
06/06/2020
Holy Stone offers a range of Multi-layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCC) designed and tested to meet High Reliability Automotive Applications. These Products are offered as AEC-Q200 Certified using a Holy Stone product code “AEC” and TS16949 Certified (PPAP Level 3 + AEC-Q200) under Holy Stone product code
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Date:
06/04/2020
Holy Stone's multilayer ceramic capacitors are well-suited for various lighting circuits. Temperature coefficients include stable Class I, COG/NPO dielectrics, Class II X7R for greater capacitance/voltage density as well as X7T and X7P for capacitance density and improved DC Bias characteristics. X7T and X7P dielectrics a
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Date:
06/04/2020
I’m not sure how the weather has been where you are, but here in Scotland, we’ve had an unusually warm spell and spring has definitely arrived. However, being Scotland, we could have inches of snow before the week is out. The days are definitely getting lighter for longer though, and that always seems to gi
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Date:
06/01/2020
The electronics industry has made LEDs the standard in most lighting applications, both new and retrofitted. LEDs are replacing 48-inch fluorescent tubes and HID lighting, and they are evolving into ever-higher power applications – from streetlights to high bay lighting. In these COVID-19 times they’re even be
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Date:
06/01/2020
Figure 1. Power Consumption Characteristics Comparison
Changing exterior lamps from bulbs to LEDs makes it possible to achieve smaller, thinner light sources, allowing more manufacturers to improve lamp design. To improve design, it is necessary to increase LED output while reducing the power consumption of the LED drive control circuit along with size. At the same ti
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Date:
06/01/2020
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Figure 1. The LTM8074 uses Silent Switcher architecture for a complete low noise solution in a tiny package.
Crowded application boards leave little space for high performance DC-to-DC POL converters. Furthermore, electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a significant concern at high component densities, limiting the field of acceptable power solutions. The LTM8074 µModule regulator easily meets these limiting factors. It
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Date:
06/01/2020
DALI-2 Tunable White
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) protocol is a mainstream dedicated protocol for digital lighting control that enables the easy installation of robust, scalable and flexible lighting networks. The protocol, or language, is based on bi-directional digital communication between lighting-control products. Th
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Date:
06/01/2020
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Figure 1. This LT3942-based demonstration circuit (DC2404A) showcases a high performance, compact DC/DC regulator solution specifically for, in this case, driving LEDs.
To meet increasingly stringent size requirements for compact electronic devices, IC designers bring external components inside of their devices to minimize the external component count. Of the various circuits required to build any electronic device, DC/DC converters are as challenging to shrink in size as
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Date:
06/01/2020
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Figure 1. Industrial Security Camera in Action.
Demand for industrial video surveillance equipment (Figure 1) is rapidly growing. Businesses benefit from using video systems that provide higher security for customers and employees. They help detect theft and monitor employees to make sure they are complying with safety guidelines. A new growth ar
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Date:
06/01/2020
Like most sectors, the lighting industry has chafed under the coronavirus. Lightfair was cancelled. Light + Building, Lightovation, and LEDucation were cancelled. Display Week was moved from June to August (where it remains in jeopardy).
One of our feel-good stories from earlier in the year is a bummer in hindsi
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Date:
06/01/2020
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