Product News

May 2011

Crouzet's New 150 Watt Brushless DC Motor Features High Speed and Torque Capabilities in Compact, Durable Housing

Crouzet, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), Inc., has introduced the second generation 150 Watt Brushless DC Motor. The new three-stage planetary gearbox is durable enough to withstand

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Date:

05/29/2011

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ON Semiconductor introduces innovative protected Common Mode Filters for high speed serial interfaces

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics has introduced a new range of common mode filter (CMF) devices with integrated

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05/27/2011

STMicroelectronics in Production with New Power MOSFETsDriving Up Vehicle Electrical Efficiency

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leader in semiconductors for automotive systems, has extended its range of STripFETT

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Date:

05/27/2011

Orion Fans keeps Power Supplies Cool in Rack-mount, Industrial Benchtop Units

Orion Fans, a leading manufacturer of standard and custom AC and DC fans, is seeing increased sales of its DC fans to OEMs and power supply manufacturers for use in cooling power supply applications

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05/26/2011

ITT Interconnect Solutions announces new Trinity MKJ3 mini-bayonet connector series and enhanced 38999 product line

ITT Interconnect Solutions, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of connectors, interconnects, and cable assemblies, has announced the expansion of its Trinity MKJ product line with a new mini-bayonet

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Date:

05/26/2011

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Microchip's first 30V buck switching regulator

Microchip announces its first 30V-input buck switching regulator. The MCP16301 combines a wide input voltage range of 4V to 30V, and a 600mA output across a voltage range of 2V to 15V, with up to

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Date:

05/26/2011

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Advanced Automotive Radar Helps Car Makers Increase Driver Safety through Intelligent Vehicle Design

Automotive safety is evolving from passive systems such as seat belts, airbags and crash detection to active sensing networks capable of collision avoidance and accident prevention. Radar is an especially

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05/26/2011

Pacific Crest Offers Transformers for Steel Market

Pacific Crest Transformers (PCT), a leader in the design and construction of liquid-filled distribution transformers, announces that it offers a transformer design ideal for retrofitting existing

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Date:

05/26/2011

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SEMISTACK DIY Kit from single-source supplier containing heat sink, fan, single-phase and 3-phase diode semiconductor modules, sensors, complete with screws, tracks and assembly instructions.

Power electronic assemblies from single-source supplier

SindoPower is now offering power electronic assemblies for up to 250 A in the form of DIY kits containing heat sink, fan, single-phase and 3-phase diode semiconductor modules, sensors, complete with

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Date:

05/25/2011

Vibration-resistant horizontal board-to-board connector family destined for use in mobile applications

SUYIN is developing a new series of right-angled SMT board-to-board connectors (male and female) with a pitch of 1.0 mm. The sliding contact technology used here ensures a reliable connection, even

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Date:

05/25/2011

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TI spins out eight new motor drivers for stepper, brushed DC motors

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today expanded its DRV8x motor driver family with eight new devices supporting up to 5 A for higher-current bipolar stepper and brushed DC motors. The

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Date:

05/25/2011

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Linear's -55°C to 150°C Operating Junction Temperature Flyback Controllers

Wide VIN Range Flyback Controller is Specified over a -55°C to 150°C Junction Temperature Range

Linear Technology Corporation announces the high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LTC3805/-5, a programmable frequency flyback controller that operates over a -55°C to 150°C junction temperature

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Date:

05/25/2011

XP Power introduces open-frame 150 W AC-DC power supplies aimed at volume applications

XP Power announced today the VFT series of low cost 150 W single output AC-DC power supplies aimed at high volume cost-sensitive applications. Packaged within the industry standard 3" x 5" format

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Date:

05/24/2011

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Ericsson's Digital Voltage Regulators Offer New Levels of Control and Energy Saving At up to 40A Output

Ericsson Power Modules' 3E series BMR464 is a new addition to the company's second-generation, digital point-of-load (POL) regulators, that extends the maximum output current from such devices up

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05/24/2011

Microchip and Digilent launch first Arduino™-compatible 32-bit microcontroller development platform

Microchip announces the launch of the first 32-bit-microcontroller-based, open-source development platform that is compatible with Arduino™ hardware and software. Designed and manufactured by Digilent,

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05/24/2011

IR Introduces Highly Integrated AUIR3330S Intelligent Power Switch with Active di/dt control for Automotive Motor Control

International Rectifier, IR, (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today introduced the AUIR3330S Intelligent Power Switch (IPS) with a proprietary active di/dt control feature

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05/24/2011

SiTime Introduces Highest Performance MEMS Oscillators for Telecom, Networking, Storage and Wireless Applications

SiTime Corporation, an analog semiconductor company, today introduced the SiT820X family of MEMS-based Programmable Oscillatorsfor telecom, networking, storage and wireless applications. The SiT820X

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05/23/2011

Avago Technologies Expands Industry-Leading Optocoupler Portfolio with New Family for Robust IGBT Gate Drive

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a new generation of gate drive optocouplers

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05/23/2011

TI introduces industry's highest accuracy lithium-ion battery monitor

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today introduced a battery management integrated circuit that increases the life of rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs and maximizes available energy

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Date:

05/22/2011

SL Power Announces Widest range of Energy Level V and EN60601 3rd Edition External Power Supplies Currently Available

With the launch of no less than 154 new standard models in its CENB commercial ranges and MENB medical ranges of power supplies, SL Power Electronics has introduced what it says is the widest range

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05/22/2011

EN55022 Class B Certified 36V, 8A Step-Down Module Regulator

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EN55022 Class B, 8A Step-Down μModule® Regulator

EN55022 Class B Certified 36V, 8A Step-Down μModule Regulator

Linear Technology introduces the LTM4613, an 8A step-down μModule® regulator certified by TUV Rheinland an accredited laboratory, to meet EN55022 Class B EMI (electromagnetic interference) emissions

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05/20/2011

Vicor adds high-power, wide-input bus converters to family

Vicor announces the newest additions to the IBC 050 and IBC 048 series of VI BRICK™ Intermediate Bus Converters. The new family already comprises over 12 models, in eighth- and quarter-brick formats,

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05/20/2011

ALPS Offers Compact TV Tuners for Digital Terrestrial and Analog Broadcast

With the TDA compact series, ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE GmbH offers compact TV tuners for digital terrestrial and analog broadcast in Europe (TDAG), North

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Date:

05/20/2011

High-speed IGBT/MOSFET Gate Drive Photocoupler improves efficiency in inverter circuits

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched an ultra-compact, high-speed, high-current gate drive photo-IC, that can directly drive middle capacity IGBTs or power MOSFETs in an extended operating

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Date:

05/20/2011

Phihong Develops 12W LED Driver For Display Lighting

Phihong, a global leader in power solutions and energy efficient lighting solutions, has developed a new series of 12W drivers for indoor LED lighting. Designated the PDA012A (for AC input of 220-277VAC)

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Date:

05/20/2011

IR's Automotive MOSFETs in Novel WideLead Package Reduce Lead Resistance by 50% While Delivering 30% Higher Current

International Rectifier, IR, (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today announced the introduction of a family of automotive qualified MOSFETs housed in a novel WideLead TO-262

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05/18/2011

Everlight Electronics Launches a COB LED Series

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393] presents a new Chip-on-Board (COB) LED series to offer a solution to address important issues in general lighting replacement applications. Competing to

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Date:

05/18/2011

Hammond's NEMA Type 12 Modular Enclosures

Hammond Manufacturing has developed the Hammond Modular Enclosure (HME) Series, a versatile housing for industrial control, operator interface equipment and switches and circuit breakers installed

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Date:

05/16/2011

Allegro's Fully integrated DMOS motor driver IC

The new A4950 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a fully integrated single full-bridge DMOS motor driver IC designed to drive DC brush motors with continuous output currents of up to 2.5 A. The

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Date:

05/16/2011

Atmel Launches Industry's First EEPROM Device with AES-CCM Authentication

Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced an extension to the Atmel CryptoAuthentication(TM) family, the ATAES132 devices. These new devices

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Date:

05/16/2011

Rogers corporation introduces two new members to the PORON® ThinStik™ family of self-adhesive foams

As handheld devices decrease in size and increase in functionality, achieving the proper balance of sealing and protection with the requirements of an ultra thin application can be an extreme design

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Date:

05/16/2011

Avago Technologies Introduces White High-Brightness LED in Durable Surface Mount Package for Streamlined Assembly

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a white high-brightness LED in a robust

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Date:

05/15/2011

Dual gate logic from Diodes Incorporated aids product miniaturization

Diodes Incorporated has announced its first series of dual gate logic devices, designed to help reduce component footprints in small handheld products, including tablet computers, smart phones and

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Date:

05/15/2011

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SiLabs' Timing ICs Offer Highest Performance, Highest Integration and Lowest Jitter Available for OTN Multiservice Platforms

Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry's highest performance, most integrated clock ICs available

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Date:

05/15/2011

ON Semiconductor introduces industry's lowest capacitance ESD protection for high bandwidth interfaces

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has released its newest product for integrated electrostatic discharge (ESD)

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Date:

05/15/2011

Intersil's New Active Clamp PWM Controller Simplifies Isolated DC/DC Converters while Significantly Improving Reliability

Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), today introduced a new current mode PWM controller that simplifies design through feature integration and reduced component count. In addition, the

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Date:

05/15/2011

Complementary N-Channel and P-Channel MOSFETs in SOT-953 Package

Central Semiconductor Corp. introduces the new 20V, 100mA CMNDM7001 (N-Channel) and CMNDM8001 (P-Channel) MOSFETs in the ultra miniature SOT-953 package. These complementary devices extend Central's

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Date:

05/15/2011

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Quad Independent Resistors with Outstanding Ratiometric Accuracy & Stability

Quad Independent Resistor Networks with Guaranteed CMRR Matching of 0.005% from -40°C to 125°C

Linear Technology introduces the LT5400, its first family of precision matched resistors designed for high performance signal conditioning applications in difference amplifiers, precision dividers,

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Date:

05/14/2011

Regulators raise efficiency of low power systems

A minimum cathode current for regulation of typically only 40μA, means the ZXRE250 and ZXRE252 programmable shunt regulators from Diodes Incorporated enable efficiency improvements to be made in power

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Date:

05/13/2011

TI's digital temperature sensor cuts power consumption, size more than 75 percent

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today unveiled the industry's smallest, most power-efficient digital temperature sensor. The TMP103 consumes 97 percent less power and is 75 percent

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Date:

05/13/2011

D/A Converter Supports Multi-Carrier Wireless Standards Using Half the PCB Space Of Competing Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance signal processing and the data converter market share leader*, today introduced a 16-bit D/A converter for wired and wireless communication

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Date:

05/11/2011

Industrial-grade CompactFlash card connectors from SUYIN with integrated ejection mechanism

Due to their excellent robustness and impact resistance qualities, CompactFlash (CF) memory cards are increasingly also making inroads into industrial applications as replacements for hard drives.

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Date:

05/11/2011

ZMDI's Sensor Signal Conditioner ZSSC3170 for Automotive Applications Shrinks Board Space and System BOM

ZMD AG, a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, today introduced a single-chip sensor signal conditioner IC for

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Date:

05/09/2011

Power Modules with Additional Low Inductive Current Path

Parasitic inductances are a major problem with power modules, in particular in fast switching applications. The parasitic inductance of the component interconnections causes an overvoltage condition

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Date:

05/09/2011

CamSemi moves into LED lighting with new driver ICs

CamSemi has today announced the launch of the C3120 family of LED driver ICs and its intention to become a major player in one of the fastest-growing sectors of the lighting market. The new family

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Date:

05/09/2011

Renesas Electronics Europe Expands the Ecosystem for its RL78 Microcontroller Family

Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today for its RL78 microcontroller family new compiler support from IAR Systems, as well as real-time

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Date:

05/09/2011

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austriamicrosystems announces a new Micro PMIC for Li-Ion battery based mobile applications

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has introduced the AS3605, a highly integrated power management integrated circuit (PMIC)

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Date:

05/09/2011

G3-PLC Chipset Complies with IEEE P1901.2 Prestandard for Smart Grid Communications

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX2992, an OFDM-based powerline communication (PLC) modem that pairs with the MAX2991 analog front-end (AFE) to provide a complete PLC chipset

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Date:

05/09/2011

New Vishay Siliconix 40 A DrMOS Solution Enables Operating Frequencies in Excess of 1 MHz and Better Than 93 % Efficiency, Compatible With 3.3 V and 5 V PWM Logic Levels

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced an integrated DrMOS solution providing PWM-optimized high-side and low-side n-channel MOSFETs, a full-featured MOSFET driver IC, and a bootstrap

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Date:

05/09/2011

Octal 14-Bit, 125Msps Module ADCs Achieve High AC Performance with only 140mW per Channel

14-Bit 125Msps Octal μModule® ADC with Small Footprint

Octal 14-Bit, 125Msps μModule ADCs Achieve High AC Performance with only 140mW per Channel

Linear Technology Corporation announces a family of low power 14-bit, 80Msps, 105Msps and 125Msps octal μModule® ADCs that provide excellent AC performance and low power in a small form factor. The

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Date:

05/06/2011

At 1200 V and 45 milliohms, SemiSouth introduces the industry's lowest resistance SiC power transistor for efficient power management

SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., the leading manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) transistor technology for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications,

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Date:

05/06/2011

DC/DC converters from Diodes Incorporated increase efficiency

Delivering a continuous load current of up to 3A the AP6507 and AP6508 synchronous DC/DC buck converters from Diodes Incorporated offer designers of distributed power systems an operating efficiency

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Date:

05/06/2011

Nextreme and APEI Developing Thermal Energy Harvester for Turbine Health Sensor System

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power generation solutions, and Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. (APEI), a leader in state-of-the-art power electronics

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Date:

05/06/2011

Foremost Electric Car Charging Connectors Are Field Proven and Meet Global Standards

Foremost Electronics, the Essex based specialist distributor of electromechanical components, is now stocking the E-Mobility range of electric vehicle charging connectors manufactured by FCT Electronic

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Date:

05/05/2011

Rohde & Schwarz's R&S®RTO scope series enhances performance of embedded systems

Rohde & Schwarz, a leading manufacturer of test & measurement, communications and broadcasting equipment, has developed the industry's only digital oscilloscope that employs a real-time digital trigger.

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Date:

05/05/2011

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100V Isolated Monolithic Flyback Regulator

No-Opto 100V Isolated Monolithic Flyback Regulator Operates over a -55°C to 150°C Junction Temperature Range

Linear Technology Corporation announces a new high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LT3511, a high voltage isolated monolithic flyback regulator that operates over a -55°C to 150°C junction temperature

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Date:

05/05/2011

Mini board-to-board connector with a pitch of 0.635 mm for space savings of up to 11 percent

SUYIN is continuing to develop innovative new connectors that can be adapted to meet customer-specific requirements. These efforts have produced a new series of SMT miniature board-to-board connectors

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Date:

05/04/2011

6 GHz RF signal generator hits new price point

Aim-TTi has launched a new 6 GHz RF signal generator which is priced at less than half that of the lowest cost 6 GHz generators available previously. The TGR6000 covers a frequency range from

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Date:

05/04/2011

Intersil Introduces Industry's Highest Efficiency Small Footprint 6A Switching Regulator

Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), today introduced the industry's most compact and efficient 6A synchronous buck (step-down) regulator. The new regulator features efficiency up to

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Date:

05/03/2011

Industry's first ultra-low-power FRAM microcontroller from TI enables developers to make the world smarter

Ushering in a new era of reliable data logging and RF communication capabilities, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the industry's first ultra-low-power ferroelectric

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Date:

05/03/2011

ALPS: Compact Slide Potentiometer with 60mm Travel Length for Professional Audio Applications

ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE GmbH offers with the RS6011 series a family of compact, smooth-running slide potentiometers for use in professional audio applications such as mixing console faders. The slide

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Date:

05/03/2011

Chokes boost solar power inverter efficiency

SMP is presenting chokes for solar power inverters at this year's Intersolar, the international trade fair for solar technology in Munich, Germany. These compact inductive components feature low losses

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Date:

05/02/2011