Product News

November 2010
TIs New LED Lighting Controller with Power Factor Correction
Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced a new single-stage LED lighting pulse width modulation (PWM) controller. The TRIAC-dimmable solution regulates LED current and also achieves near unity power
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11/24/2010
TDK-Lambdas New 100W and 150W PCB Power Supplies
With the introduction of the ZWS-BAF series of PCB-type AC-DC power supplies, leading power expert TDK-Lambda EMEA has effectively improved the total performance of its previous generation ZWS-AF
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11/24/2010
SINUS Electronic Expands its Power
The constant growth and the resulting ever more extensive product range now makes a new approach necessary at SINUS Electronic. The company from Untereisesheim, which has been known for its quality
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Date:
11/24/2010
SEMIKRONs MiniSKiiP IPM - Half the Size of Conventional 1200V IPMs

At a weight of 55g and a volume of 49cm³, this module is lighter and more compact than any other IPM module in this power class.

MiniSKiiP IPM from SEMIKRON sets a new benchmark for power density in 1200V Intelligent Power Modules. At a weight of 55g and a volume of 49cm³, this module is lighter and more compact than any other
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11/24/2010
PerkinElmer Launches New LED Fiber Optic Illuminator Module
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the debut of its new LED Fiber Optic Illuminator Module. The new LED Module
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11/24/2010
Maxim Announces Power-Supply Management ICs with Flash Memory to Record Failure Data
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX34440/MAX34441 PMBus™-compliant system-management controller ICs incorporating the industry's most comprehensive fault-logging and thermal-management capabilities
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11/24/2010
Linears New Current Sense and Transient Protection Products

Precision Bidirectional Current Sense for Motor & Solenoid Applications

Linear Technology announced the LT1999, a high-voltage amplifier designed for bidirectional current sensing in the presence of fast switching common-mode voltages from -5V to 80V. This wide input
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11/24/2010
New Cree High-Voltage, Lighting-Class LEDs Enable More Efficient LED Bulbs
Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp® MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs. With the same
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11/24/2010
Chomerics SOFT-SHIELD 4850 EMI Shielding Gasket Provides Ideal Solution for Medical Equipment Enclosure Applications
SOFT-SHIELD® 4850 from Chomerics Europe - a division of Parker Hannifin - is highly suited to the growing number of medical applications that now exist due to the rapid expansion and use of electronics
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Date:
11/24/2010
Allegros High-efficiency Fault-Tolerant LED Driver with Wide Input Voltage Range
This device can operate from a single power supply over a wide input voltage range (from 5 to 40V), and incorporates advanced protection features to provide a high degree of fault tolerance for optimised
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11/24/2010
AEG Power Solutions Announces High Efficiency UPS Solution
To ensure the continuity of IT services and reduce risk of downtime caused by power outages, AEG Power Solutions has announced PROTECT Blue, its next-generation 3-phase UPS family. Designed and built
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Date:
11/24/2010
Fairchild Semiconductor Enables Detection of Different Audio Accessories with a Single Device
The traditional 3.5mm audio jack in cell phones, smartphones, MP3 and personal media players (PMPs) is still the primary way for users to connect headsets for speaking as well as headphones for listening
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11/24/2010
Semtech Introduces Single-Cell AA/AAA, 555-Like Analog Timer with Battery-Safe Operation
Semtech Corp announced a sub-1 V analog timer platform that revolutionizes the conventional 555 timer for low-voltage, battery-operated small appliances. The new SX8122 analog timer offers the best-in-class
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11/17/2010
GAÏA Converter, the specialist high reliability power converter manufacturer, will introduce at Electronica 2010 a state of the art 200 watt output DC:DC converter family featuring ‘Heat Path on Side'
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11/17/2010
Premos New 1000 Amp Reactor
Power Electronics is continuously demanding higher currents in wound components. Premo enlarges its portfolio of inductive components for Power Electronics by a full deployment of a Catalog to be
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11/17/2010
PosiBand Contact System Gains Goddard Approval
D-subminiatures are a popular connector choice for space flight applications. High performance D-subminiature connectors utilize closed entry contacts to enhance performance. Closed entry contacts
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Date:
11/17/2010
Lineage Power GigaTLynx POL Converter Conserves Energy and Space
Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company and the first name in power, announced availability of its newest member of the TLynx® family, the GigaTLynx™, a non-isolated, DC-DC point of load
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11/17/2010
DC Link Capacitors for Electric Drive-Train Inverters
Electronic Concepts is a manufacturer of Film Capacitors with its European Headquarters located in Galway, Ireland. They have just launched a new series of DC "Link" High Current Film Capacitors specifically
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11/17/2010
CUI Releases 400 W DC-DC Converter with Integrated Heat Sink
CUI Inc's power line, V-Infinity, announced the release of a new line of rugged DC-DC converters that provide 400W of output power. The VFK400 series is a chassis mount solution measuring 7.8" x
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11/17/2010
CISSOID and INSTRUMENTEL announce MERLIN, High Temperature, Battery-less, RFID Telemetry Chip

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CISSOID, the leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions, and INSTRUMENTEL, a leading supplier of wireless telemetry solutions, jointly announce a global partnership to provide the MERLIN integrated
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11/17/2010
BEI Kimco Magnetics Voice Coil Actuator Solves Demanding Application Requirements for High Force Density Capabilities
BEI Kimco Magnetics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), Inc., recently met the challenging VCA requirements for a cutting tool utilized in an Ophthalmic Lens Grinding application.
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11/17/2010
Linears New DC/DC Controllers

Fast Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3833, a high frequency controlled on-time synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with differential output voltage sensing and clock synchronization.
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11/17/2010
Intersil Introduces Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (HEV/EV) Li-Ion Battery Management Control Solution
Intersil Corporation has introduced its HEV/EV system solution, featuring an automotive grade Li-Ion battery management system and safety monitor. Building upon Intersil's history of providing superior
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11/17/2010
IRs Family of 4 x 5mm Integrated SupIRBuck Point-Of-Load Voltage Regulators with 33% Smaller Footprint Dramatically Shrinks PCB Size
International Rectifier, a world leader in power management technology, today introduced a new family of SupIRBuck™ integrated point-of-load (POL) voltage regulators in a compact 4 x 5mm package.
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11/17/2010
Power Inductor from KOA Available from Rutronik
Despite its small size, the new LPC4545 power inductor from KOA offers low DC resistance and allows high current rating in a package of 4.1mmx4.6mm. It's construction is optimized for excellent solderability
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11/17/2010
Vishay Siliconix 600V N-Channel Power MOSFET Features Industry's Best FOM of 15.12?-nC, and On-Resistance of 0.07? in TO-247 Package
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. released a new 600V, 47A n-channel power MOSFET with ultra-low maximum on-resistance of 0.07? at a 10V gate drive and an improved gate charge of 216nC in the TO-247 package.
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11/16/2010
Torex Introduces its First Hall effect IC
The XC3202B is a Hall effect magnetic sensor IC with a built-in CMOS driver. The XC3202B is ideally suited for battery portable applications such as mobile phones, electronic dictionaries and handheld
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Date:
11/16/2010
TDK-Lambdas Digitally Controlled Medical Power Supplies
Leading power supply manufacturer TDK-Lambda EMEA extends its successful range of EFE digitally controlled medical power supplies with the introduction of the 400W, EFE400M Medical range. Combining
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11/16/2010
StacoVAR Fixed Capacitors for Low Voltage Power Factor Correction
Staco Energy Products introduces its second generation of StacoVAR® fixed capacitors for power factor correction and harmonic compensation. These standard units are available from 2.5kVAR to 400kVAR
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Date:
11/16/2010
Silicon Labs Introduces Advanced Audio Drivers for High-Power Digital Audio Designs
Silicon Laboratories Inc. introduced a family of isolated gate drivers designed for high-power Class D audio systems with output power ranging from 30 Watts to 1,000 Watts. The new Si824x Class D
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Date:
11/16/2010
New Vishay Siliconix Medical MOSFETs for Implantable Applications
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. released two new devices in its industry-first family of power MOSFETs built on an enhanced process flow with strict manufacturing process controls for implantable medical
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Date:
11/06/2010
TT electronics BI Technologies Offers Ultra-Precision High-Reliability Custom Resistor Networks for Military/Aerospace Applications
Providing military and aerospace electronics design engineers with the capability to integrate ultra-precision resistor networks into high reliability circuits for harsh environments, especially for
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Date:
11/06/2010
Torexs New 700mA LDO with Reverse Current Protection
The new XC6227 series from Torex is a high speed LDO with reverse current protection. The XC6227 operates with input voltages from 1.7V to 6.0V, can deliver output currents up to 700mA and is readily
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11/06/2010
TDIs New 4.1kW, 28V Liquid Cooled DC-DC Converter
TDI has developed LiquaCore™ (patent pending) power management technology which employs liquid cooling from a modular and scalable architecture. The technology uses a cold plate to wrap the electronics
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11/06/2010
Sharps Durable & Compact - New 3.5 inch LCD
So small and yet so powerful - with 50,000 hours of service life at a working temperature of -20°C up to 70°C the new TFT LCD of the model LQ035Q3DG03 with a 3.5 inch (8.8 cm) screen diagonal is well
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11/06/2010
Wide range of SiC Power Schottky Diodes from SemiSouth includes Industrys Highest Current Part
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., the leading manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) products for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications, today announced
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11/06/2010
Onset Announces Miniature Split-Core Current Sensors
Onset Computer Corporation, the world leader in data loggers, today announced a suite of miniature-sized, split-core current transducers for measuring AC current loads of motors, pumps, and other
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Date:
11/06/2010
Murata Power Solutions Sets New Standard for 1 Watt Isolated DC-DC Converters
Murata Power Solutions is set to change the shape of 1 Watt isolated surface-mount DC-DC converters. The introduction of its new high performance MTU1 series marks a step-change in the miniaturization
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Date:
11/06/2010
Microchip and Powercast Debut Worlds First RF Energy Harvesting Kit That Enables Battery-Free, Perpetually Powered Wireless Applications
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, and Powercast Corporation, a leader in RF-based wireless power and energy harvesting technology, today
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Date:
11/06/2010
Linears Synchronous Launch

60V Synchronous Step-Up DC/DC Controller

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3786, a synchronous step-up DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diode with a high efficiency N-channel MOSFET. This eliminates the heat sink normally
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11/06/2010
Lantiq Announces New ADSL Chipset Offering Industrys Highest Density and Lowest Power Consumption for Linecard Applications
Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, today introduced its latest generation chipset for ADSL linecards. The GEMINAX™ XXS V3 chipset further reduces capital
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11/06/2010
IDT Introduces Worlds Most Accurate All-Silicon CMOS Oscillator
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the industry's most accurate all-silicon CMOS oscillator,
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Date:
11/06/2010
GMC-I PROSyS Flexible AC Current Probes Measure up to 2000A
GMC-I PROSyS has extended its range of non-invasive current measurement probes with the MICRO-flex ACP 2005 and the ACP 2015, providing a convenient, flexible and accurate means of measuring AC currents
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11/06/2010
Emerson Network Power's ATCA Blade for Media Gateways Sets New Standards for Density, Performance and Flexibility
Emerson Network Power, announced its first media-gateway-on-a-blade enabler based on AdvancedTCA® technology. The ATCA-8310 is the first ATCA® blade in the industry to include a DSP array, an Intel®
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11/06/2010
New Patented Dual DC Socket accepts 2.1mm and 2.5mm Plugs
Cliff Electronics, leaders in the design, development, manufacture and supply of components and connectors for audio, engineering, instrumentation, medical, lighting and vending applications announce
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11/06/2010
Campbell Collins Releases DC/DC Power Supply for Wind Energy Turbine Applications
Campbell Collins Ltd, a specialist supplier of power supplies, capacitors and hi-rel power semiconductors, is pleased to announce the release of a new DC/DC Power Supply from MTM Power of Germany
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11/06/2010
AVX Expands MLCC Product Portfolio to Include Low Profile, Fine Copper Termination Versions
AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its multilayer ceramic capacitor family to include low profile, fine copper termination
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11/06/2010
Three-Phase Sensorless Motor Drive IC for Fan and Blower Applications
The new A4941 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a three-phase, sensorless, brushless DC motor driver IC designed for fan and blower applications in the white goods and office automation sectors.
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11/06/2010
Analog Devices Introduces Digital Isolator with Integrated Transformer Driver and PWM Controller
Analog Devices, Inc introduced the industry's first digital isolator with an integrated transformer driver and PWM (pulse-width modulation) controller in a single package. The integration of these
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11/06/2010
LEM Introduces Shunt Isolator to meet prEN 50463 Standard in Traction Applications
LEM introduces the DI series/Shunt isolator to enable high-accuracy current measurements in rail traction applications. DI Series transducers measure to a high degree of precision the very small
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Date:
11/04/2010
Lantiq Announces Worlds First GPON SoC Family with Integrated Optical Control Circuitry
Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, today introduced the world's first GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) System-on-Chip (SoC) with integrated optical
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Date:
11/04/2010
ERNI Electronics Demonstrates Alternatives to Direct-Mating Connector
With backplane and subrack demonstrators, ERNI Electronics is providing answers to the dilemma that stems from having systems with increasing performance coupled with ongoing miniaturisation. Using
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Date:
11/04/2010
Emerson Network Power Adds DS1050-3 1050 Watt Model to Line of Gold Standard Efficiency Bulk Front End AC-DC Power Supplies
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today added a 1050 W model to its line of bulk front end ac-dc power supplies that meet
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Date:
11/04/2010
Crees High-Voltage, Lighting-Class LEDs Enable More Efficient LED Bulbs
Cree, Inc. extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp® MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs. With the same footprint and high-quality performance
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Date:
11/04/2010
CISSOID Introduces NILE: High Temperature 8-bit Programmable Comparator
CISSOID, the leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions, introduced NILE, its high-temperature, low-power, 8-bit comparator, guaranteed for reliable operation from -55°C up to +225°C. The
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Date:
11/04/2010
Analog Devices Releases Low-Power Single-Supply ADC Drivers for Low-Voltage, 14-Bit Converters
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for high-performance signal processing applications and leading supplier of signal conditioning technology, introduced today low-power,
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Date:
11/04/2010
IDTs Worlds First Family of High-Definition Audio CODECS with 3-State Class-D Modulation
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. announced the world's first family of high-definition PC audio codecs to feature the DDX™-based class-D modulation technology developed by Apogee Technology. This
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Date:
11/04/2010
TIs PoL Perfection
Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced two new power management integrated circuits for point-of-load designs that raise the bar for size, power density and performance. TI's TPS82671 and TPS84620
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Date:
11/04/2010
TDK-Lambda LS Series Single-Output, Power Supplies Increase to 200W
Leading power supply manufacturer TDK-Lambda EMEA adds a 200W model to its successful single output LS series of general purpose power supplies, with models now covering from 25W up to 200W. While
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Date:
11/03/2010
TI Expands Power Protection Circuitry Portfolio, Combines Analog Protection with Digital Monitoring
Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced a new, highly integrated protection device that integrates hot-swap control and precise digital current monitoring. The TPS2480 controller provides the most
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Date:
11/03/2010
Toshibas High-Speed, Low-Power Photocouplers Support Wide Supply Voltage Range and Guaranteed Extended Temperature Operation
Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its photocoupler portfolio with two new AC input logic-IC couplers capable of data transmission rates up to 5Mbps. The TLP2095 and TLP2098 suit programmable
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Date:
11/03/2010
TT electronics IRC Develops High Power Current Sense Resistor Qualified for Military, Aerospace Electronics
Providing aerospace and military electronics design engineers with a compact high power current sense resistor capable of precision current measurements at ultralow resistance values, TT Electronics
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11/03/2010
Tyco Electronics Qualifies Surface-Mount PolySwitch Devices According To AEC-Q200 Standard to Address Miniaturization Trend in Automotive Electronics
Tyco Electronics announced today that it has qualified its family of PolySwitch nanoASMD, microASMD, miniASMD, ASMD and AHS surface-mount devices (SMDs) to help vehicle manufacturers meet industry
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Date:
11/03/2010
UNIPOWERs Inverter Systems get on the Network
UNIPOWER's already popular SABRE Series rack-mount inverter systems just became Network aware with this addition of a new TCP/IP Ethernet communications unit designated Xport. The SABRE Inverter
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Date:
11/03/2010
XP Power Launches Compact High Efficiency Fully Featured AC-DC Supplies
XP Power has announced the HCP series of single output compact bulk power AC-DC power supplies aimed at process control, factory automation and manufacturing equipment applications. These highly efficient
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Date:
11/03/2010
OPTEK Optoelectronic Components now available through TTI, Inc
Providing design engineers with a worldwide source for optoelectronic components, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has partnered with global distributor TTI, Inc. with a new franchise agreement. TTI
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Date:
11/03/2010
Linears New Low Quiescent and Low Noise Developments

Shunt Battery Charger System with Low Battery Disconnect

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4071, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery system for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries that integrates a charger and battery pack protection in one IC. The LTC4071,
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Date:
11/03/2010
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