Powering Communications

May 2020

Buck-Boost DC-DC Converters Have Output Adjustment to 48V

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the i7C series of 8A 300W rated non-isolated DC-DC converters, packaged with the industry standard 1/16th pinout. 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 sea

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Date:

05/28/2020

Switch Matrix Product Line Minimizes Insertion Loss

American Microwave Corporation recently released a switch matrix product line from single pole to 65 throw with exceptional insertion loss. The base specifications comprise: Frequency: .5Ghz to 40GHz Insertion Los:s <7dB up to 18GHz and <10dB up to 40GHz Isolation: 65 dB minimum Switching speed <500n

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05/26/2020

Rectifiers Offer Best-in-Class (8A/1kV) Specifications

Taiwan Semiconductor announces the introduction of the TUAS8x Series of surface-mount device (SMD) rectifiers, available with voltage ratings from 200V-1000V. The TUAS8x Series device’s wettable flank package enables higher power density, increased manufacturing yields and reliability in a wide range of power co

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Date:

05/21/2020

Dialog Semi Adds Distance Measurement to BLE SoCs

Dialog Semiconductor plc announced a new Wireless Ranging (WiRa) Software Development Kit (SDK) that adds highly accurate and reliable distance measurement capabilities to its DA1469x family of BLE SoCs. The need for more accurate and reliable distance measurement and tracing technology has become even more

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Date:

05/20/2020

Murata's Family of Film Type Inductors in Stock at TTI

TTI, Inc., is stocking the LQP Family of Film Type Inductors from Murata. Murata's LQP Family of Film Type Inductors, feature high Q characteristics in a very compact multilayer package for advanced RF designs. High inductance accuracy and superior performance is achieved by the film type manufacturing method. Th

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Date:

05/12/2020

Bourns Introduces Chip LAN 10/100 Base-T Transformer Module

Bourns, Inc., introduced a new Chip LAN 10/100 Base-T Transformer Module to help Ethernet and LAN-based application developers save valuable board space and increase design flexibility while meeting dynamic data line requirements. This new transformer integrates two Model SM453229-381N7Y Chip LAN transformers and

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Date:

05/06/2020

JEDEC-Compliant Temperature Sensor for DDR5 Memory Modules

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a new precision temperature sensor, the TS5111, targeting DDR5 memory modules as well as a host of other applications such as solid-state disks (SSDs), computing motherboards, and communications equipment that require accurate, real-time temperature monitoring. The new JE

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Date:

05/05/2020

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Figure 1. Switched-capacitor power inverter (top) and voltage doubler (bottom)

Switched Capacitor Converter for Energy Transfer, Conversion

Mark Laps, Technical Product Manager at KEMET

As a means of controlling the transfer of energy from a source to power a load, switched capacitor converters can offer a simple, inductor-free alternative to conventional circuits such as buck or boost converters. Eliminating the output inductor can remove

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Date:

05/04/2020

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Figure 1. 12 V, 8 A application using LT8645S at 400 kHz

Monolithic 65 V, 8 A Step-Down Regulators with Fast Transient Response

Ying Cheng, Analog Devices, Inc.

The LT8645S and LT8646S are 65 V synchronous step-down monolithic regulators capable of supporting 8 A outputs. Their Silent Switcher 2 architecture enables exceptional EMI performance regardless of layout. The LT8646S features RC external compensation to optimize transient responses. Wide In

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Date:

05/03/2020

Figure 1: Replacing a SJ with a SiC MOSFET, switching loss decreases significantly

Solar Inverter Design

Mostafa Khazraei, Senior Staff Application Engineer and Damijan Zupancic, Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies

Due to the ever-increasing demand for a clean and renewable source of energy, installing solar systems has accelerated significantly in the last decade. Contemporary solar applications require very highly efficient, power-dense and lightweight grid-tied inverters. Traditionally, IGBT has been the device of

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Date:

05/03/2020