Powering Communications
December 2015
GaN Evaluation Board
GaN Systems, a leading manufacturer of gallium nitride power transistors, announced its new Half-Bridge Evaluation Board which demonstrates the performance of its GaN enhancement mode power semiconductors in real power circuits. The fully functional GS66508T-EVBHB Evaluation Board is easily configured into any ha
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12/29/2015
Qualcomm announced that it has entered into a new 3G and 4G Chinese Patent License Agreement with Haier, a leading Chinese home appliances and consumer electronics brand. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted Haier a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G WCDMA and CD
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12/29/2015
WU73 1-Watt wide-terminal low-ohm chip resistor
KOA Speer Electronics introduced the WU73 1-Watt wide-terminal low-ohm chip resistor in an 0612 package. The WU73 is a precision resistor offering resistance values from 10mΩ to 100mΩ with a standard tolerance of ±1%.
The WU73 chip resistor features wide side electrodes which provide better heat dissipati
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12/22/2015
Ineltro Halmer Electronics, the largest privately owned electronic components distributor in Austria, announced the signing of a distribution agreement with SiTime Corporation, a MEMS and analog semiconductor company and a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips. Under this agreement, Ineltro Halmer Electronics wi
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12/21/2015
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced that its RN2483 LoRa module is the world’s first to pass the LoRa Alliance’s LoRaWAN Certification Program. The RN2483 module was independently tested by Espotel’s accredited test laboratory to
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12/18/2015
LTC3815 6A monolithic synchronous step-down DC/DC converter
Linear Technology announced the LTC3815, a high efficiency 6A monolithic synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with an I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management (PSM). The LTC3815’s simplified and intuitive PMBus “Lite” command set makes it simple to use. The digital interface provides pro
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12/18/2015
ams, a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, introduced the AS3824, a 16-channel LED TV backlight controller which performs local dimming of sections of a display screen to provide both improved picture quality and valuable power savings of up to 20-30%.
The new backlight controller is intend
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12/17/2015
The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of organizations creating open, global standards that define the Internet of Things (IoT) for use in consumer, commercial and industrial applications, today announced with the EnOcean Alliance, a leading consortium for battery-less, wireless smart buildings and smart ho
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12/17/2015
Astrodyne TDI, a leader in the design and manufacture of EMI and RFI power line filters, has recently partnered with Geneva, IL-based Richardson RFPD, an Arrow Company, to offer its line of filter products worldwide.
With 35 locations across the globe, Richardson RFPD is a specialized electronic component distribut
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12/17/2015
Intersil's DC/DC converters step-down 5V rails to point-of-load
Intersil, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, announced five new highly integrated synchronous buck regulators that step-down 5V rails to point-of-load (POL) inputs as low as 0.6V for FPGAs, DSPs and microprocessors. The feature-rich ISL8018 delivers up to 8A of co
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12/16/2015
LoRa ecosystem
Semtech, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, and STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced an agreement on Semtech’s LoRa long-range wireless RF technology. ST intends to use the technology to
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12/14/2015
Power Rack Solution UPS system
AEG Power Solutions, a provider of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energy applications, introduced the PRS (Power Rack Solution) UPS system, specifically developed to meet the needs of small and medium size companies to protect their IT assets from mains po
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12/14/2015
15W single port PoE midspan
Phihong USA, a leader in the development of Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology solutions, has released a new series of volumetrically compact 15W single port PoE midspans designed to power IEEE802.3af compliant applications, including: IP telephones, wireless network access points, and security cameras. Currently av
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12/14/2015
The past 15 years have seen a massive shift in the way consumers communicate, not only with each other, but with the devices around them. There has been a vast array of wireless technologies introduced that aimed to connect devices and people. These connections ultimately became the foundation for the ever-evolving In
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12/13/2015
The first two parts of this article showed how the core losses for real waveforms could be modeled better. In the first part, a continuous expression was used to model a wide range of excitations. In the second part, the effect of duty cycle on the loss of the core material was included in a single equation. In
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12/13/2015
Alix Paultre, Editorial Director, PSD
Almost all of us have spent a large amount of their lives in a car. From being ferried from the hospital at both, to school as a child, or to work (and if you are lucky, vacation) as an adult. (You could say that the car made moot the riddle of the Sphinx.) People have been conceived, born, and died in cars si
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12/13/2015
Connected home of the future approaches - slowly
The Internet of Things (IoT) push will continue for manufacturers – in 2016, this will still be a technology push rather than a consumer pull. However we’re witnessing an increasing interest in home automation; our electronics design team has been involved in
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12/11/2015
Energy companies from seven countries and three continents tonight received honors for leadership, innovation and exemplary performance at the 17th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, often described as the “Oscars” of energy. Eighteen awards were bestowed upon companies and individuals at the Cipriani Wall St
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12/10/2015
Richardson Electronics announced a new global distribution agreement with Applied Power Systems, a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-power inverters, converters, AC controllers and custom power assemblies. The agreement aligns with both companies’ pursuits of supplying and supporting high performance products to
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12/10/2015
Michael Hornkamp von Power Integrations
In diesem PSDcast, Michael Hornkamp von Power Integrations spricht mit Alix Paultre von Power Systems Design über IGBT-Treiber Entwicklung und den aktuellen Stand der Technik. Power Integrations hat eine fortschrittliche IGBT-Treiber Testanlage in Ense, Deutschland, einem Dienst für die Engineering Community in
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12/09/2015
Klaus Michel, General Manager at Toshiba (left)
Thomas Ulinski, Marketing Director Semiconductors at Rutronik (right)
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente and Toshiba Electronics Europe have expanded their pan-European distribution agreement to the entire Toshiba Semiconductor and Storage portfolio. Embedded NAND flash memory, discrete semiconductors and system LSI as well as Bluetooth and TransferJet solutions from Toshiba will be
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12/09/2015
Prototype of a sodium-ion battery
A prototype of a sodium-ion battery has just been revealed by the RS2E, a French network bringing together researchers and industrial actors. This technology, inspired by the lithium-ion batteries already used in portable computers and electric vehicles, could lead to the mass storage of intermittent renewable en
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12/09/2015
In this episode of PSDtv Infineon explains their latest industrial drive tech for Power Systems Design at SPS-IPC Drives 2015. The IGBT5 and .XT families exemplify the latest in advanced IGBT chip and interconnection technologies. IGBT5 allows higher power densities, while the new interconnection technology
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12/08/2015
Stress profile from 2D Raman extractions for Si MESAs after BOX creep process with 50 nm thick SiN
CEA-Leti announced it has developed two techniques to induce local strain in FD-SOI processes for next-generation FD-SOI circuits that will produce more speed at the same, or lower, power consumption, and improve performance. The local-strain solutions are dual-strained technologies: compressive SiGe for PF
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12/08/2015
Bowman’s manufacturing operation is based on precision sheet metal fabrication capabilities
The IFH Group, the originator of industrial fluid storage and handling systems and a leading fabricator of custom hydraulic reservoirs and fuel tanks, has acquired Bowman Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, WA, to create The IFH Group West, LLC. “Bowman’s capabilities for fabricating custom electrical en
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12/08/2015
In this episode of PSDtv Texas Instruments explains their Industry 4.0 Gateway Demo at SPS-IPC 2015 for Power Systems Design. TI's Programmable-Realtime Unit Industrial Communications Subsystem (PRU-ICSS) enables the integration of real-time industrial communications protocols on-chip and eliminates the need for an ex
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12/07/2015
In diesem Video erklärt Renesas ihre neuesten Lösungen, um ihre Kunden zu gewährleisten, dass sie original und garantierte Teile bekommen hat auf der SPS - IPC Drives 2015 für Power Systems Design. Es enthält Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Technologie von G & D und spezielle Chip- Aktivierungstechnol
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12/07/2015
Eaton’s new supercapacitors offer a wide range of benefits compared to traditional batteries
Eaton now delivers a complete back-up power solution that uses in-house manufactured supercapacitors instead of batteries. The power management company’s new supercapacitors, when combined with an Eaton UPS, provide a convenient and affordable alternative in applications where only short-term power protection is
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12/07/2015
The major battery types supported by Ideal Power chargers include Lithium-ion (Li-on), Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad), Lead-Acid and Lead-Crystal
Power conversion specialists Ideal Power offer a wide and versatile range of battery chargers for the most popular battery chemistries used in industrial applications and consumer products. The major battery types supported by Ideal Power chargers include Lithium-ion (Li-on), Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel-Cadmium (N
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12/07/2015
Electrolytic capacitors are an essential ingredient in AC/DC power supplies, providing high Capacitance x Voltage (CV) and low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) in low-volume packages that simply cannot be achieved cost-effectively using alternative parts. With power density demands increasing and as the only com
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12/07/2015
Some of the key applications which drove the explosive growth of LEDs used to backlight thin film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) included high definition (HD) TVs, portable tablet PCs, automotive infotainment displays and the myriad of handheld communication devices. However, in order to maintain th
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12/07/2015
For AC/DC power supplies, there is by nature phase differences and distortion between input currents and voltages due to the existence of holding capacitors and various load features. Here, only the instantaneous product of current and voltage produces power that can actually be used by the appliance, and the pow
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12/05/2015
In Part 1 of this discussion, we explored the functionality of a series-connected avalanche transistor pulser, specifically for the purpose of evaluating dV/dt ruggedness of SiC Schottky diodes. In this issue, the diodes are tested with the new pulser design.
SiC Schottky diode dV/dt ruggedness testing
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12/04/2015
In diesem Video Texas Instruments zeigt ihre aktuellen Angebote in Power Managment auf der SPS - IPC Drives 2015 für Power Systems Design. Die Demonstrationen gehören ein High-Power- Smart- 2 kW Batterieladesystem und ihre neuesten Low-Power- Board-Level- DC / DC -Wandler.
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12/03/2015
IAR Systems announces that the latest version of the complete embedded development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM supports the Apollo family of ARM Cortex-M4F microcontrollers from the semiconductor company Ambiq Micro.
Since the start in 1983, IAR Systems has been building and expanding a strong
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12/03/2015
There is a growing debate on the issue of autonomous, or self-driving cars (let’s call them “autocars”), as people and society begin to re-evaluate and further develop the concept of what the next generation of personal mobility technology should be. Cars are on the cusp of change, as next-generation energy, dr
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12/03/2015
Kevin Parmenter, Power Systems Design Contributor
The yearly figures for electronics in the automotive and transportation market continue to grow, as vehicle tech push the envelope on quality and reliability almost as stringent as mil/aero applications. Interestingly enough the automotive market is also the largest application user/consumer of motors.
This means that
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12/03/2015
flowPFC 0 CD module
Vincotech, a supplier of module-based solutions for power electronics, announced the release of flowPFC 0 CD modules. Engineered to optimize energy quality and consumption for welding, SMPS and embedded drive applications rated from 1 to 6 kW, these power factor correction modules draw maximum power from the gr
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12/02/2015
5W AutoResonant Wireless Power Transmitter
Linear Technology introduced the LTC4125, a wireless power transmitter, complementing their wireless receiver ICs for the wireless charging market. The LTC4125 is a simple, high performance monolithic full bridge resonant driver, capable of delivering up to 5W of power wirelessly to a companion receiver. It fu
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12/01/2015
Bare Metal Security functionality uses the UltraSoC monitors to watch for unexpected behaviors such as suspicious memory accesses or processor activity
UltraSoC today announces Bare Metal Security capabilities, extending its industry-leading on-chip monitoring and analytics to deliver security functionality required in a broad range of embedded products, from Internet of Things (IoT) appliances to enterprise systems. Bare Metal Security features are implemented as
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12/01/2015
MCP9600 thermocouple EMF-to-temperature converter
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the MCP9600 thermocouple EMF-to-temperature converter from Microchip Technology. The MCP9600 is presented as the first thermocouple-conditioning integrated circuit to combine precision instrumentation, a precision temperature sensor and a precision, high-resolution analog-to-digital co
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12/01/2015
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