Product News

November 2010

TI's 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-Lambda's 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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11/24/2010

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

SEMIKRON's MiniSKiiP IPM - Half the Size of Conventional 1200V IPMs

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 49cm�, 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

Precision Bidirectional Current Sense for Motor & Solenoid Applications

Linear's New Current Sense and Transient Protection Products

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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11/24/2010

Allegro's 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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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 200W DC:DC Converters

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

Premo's 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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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

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CISSOID and INSTRUMENTEL announce MERLIN, High Temperature, Battery-less, RFID Telemetry Chip

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

Fast Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller

Linear's New DC/DC Controllers

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

IR's 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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11/16/2010

TDK-Lambda's 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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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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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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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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11/06/2010

Torex's 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

TDI's 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

Sharp's 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 Industry's 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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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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11/06/2010

Microchip and Powercast Debut World's 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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11/06/2010

60V Synchronous Step-Up DC/DC Controller

Linear's Synchronous Launch

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 Industry's 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 World's 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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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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11/04/2010

Lantiq Announces World's 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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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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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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11/04/2010

Cree's 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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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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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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11/04/2010

IDT's World's 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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11/04/2010

TI's 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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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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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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11/03/2010

Toshiba's 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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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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11/03/2010

UNIPOWER's 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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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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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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11/03/2010

Shunt Battery Charger System with Low Battery Disconnect

Linear's New Low Quiescent and Low Noise Developments

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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11/03/2010

Solyndra Announces the Fastest and Easiest-to-Install Rooftop Solar System

Solyndra, Inc., an American manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, today announced the Solyndra 200 Series. The new product builds on technology proven

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10/27/2010

Phihong Develops Smallest Low-Cost UK Charger

Phihong, a global leader in power solutions, has developed the smallest low-cost USB charger available, at just 42 x 43 x 21 mm and weighing 80 grams. Designated the PSM03K, the 2.75W adapter is compliant

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10/27/2010

LNAs with Multiple Gain States Optimize HSPA/LTE System Performance

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX2666/MAX2668 low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) for high-data-rate wireless protocols such as HSPA and LTE. Each LNA features three programmable gain states, allowing

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10/27/2010

Compact Triple Supply Monitoring with Power-Fail Detection

Linear's Failsafe and Charging ICs

Precision Triple Supply Supervisor Provides Early Power-Fail Detection Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2911 three-channel supply monitor with power-fail warning for low

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10/27/2010

IRC Develops SOIC & SOT-23 Packaged Diode Arrays to Deliver IEC-compatible Transient Voltage Suppression

Providing design engineers with a compact means of protecting one to eight circuit traces against electrostatic discharge (ESD), lightning and other electrical fast transient (EFT) events, TT electronics

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10/27/2010

IDT Introduces World's First Single-Chip Displayport™ Device

Integrated Device Technology, Inc., the Analog and Digital Company delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the latest member of the IDT PanelPort™ ViewXpand™ family

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10/27/2010

Everlight's LED Agriculture Lighting Fixtures - "GL-Flora"

With Global warming becoming a major factor in our daily lives, we strive to find alternative solutions to address its influence in such areas as agriculture. To address the situation, some countries

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10/27/2010

New Emerson Network Power Wall-Mount AC-DC Adapters with Medical and ITE Approvals and Interchangeable Plugs

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced two new wall-mount switching power supplies with medical and IT equipment

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10/27/2010

Diodes Delivers Plug-And-Play Efficiency Boost for Point-Of-Load Converters

Diodes Incorporated has expanded its DIOFET product portfolio with the introduction of two dual channel devices. The DMS3017SSD and DMS3019SSD integrate an optimized control MOSFET with a proprietary

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10/27/2010

CUI Releases New Digital DC-DC POL Module Series

CUI Inc's power line, V-Infinity, announced the release of two digital non-isolated DC-DC Point of Load (POL) modules. The new Novum series has been developed for designers to realize better energy

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10/27/2010

Central's Integrated MOSFET and Schottky Diode in Miniature SOT-563

Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the introduction of the CMLM0574 integrated

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10/27/2010

C&K Components Expands Tactile Family with Side-Actuated Ultra-Miniature SMT Switch

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, is expanding its tactile product family with a new series

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10/27/2010

Avago Technologies Introduces High-Brightness Surface-Mount LEDs in Tiny PLCC-6 Packages

Avago Technologies announced a new family of high-brightness LEDs in ultra-small packages at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) Japan 2010. The new ASMT-YTx2 tricolor surface-mount

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10/27/2010

Allegro's Four-Channel Constant-Current LED Driver ICs

A new family of constant-current LED driver ICs designed to address the emerging requirements of internal and external illumination applications in the automotive market is now available from Allegro

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10/27/2010

Analog Devices Introduces Industry's First Fully Isolated Industrial CAN Transceivers

Analog Devices, Inc. has expanded its industry-leading isolated interface product portfolio with two transceivers that are the first to isolate both data signals and power for systems using the CAN

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10/27/2010

TI Extends Lead In Wireless Connectivity with Industry's First Complete Bluetooth® Low Energy Solution And Highest Integrated Ant™ Network Processor

Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced two ultra-low-power, short-range wireless connectivity solutions for consumer medical, mobile accessories, and sports and wellness applications. The CC2540

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10/25/2010

SUYIN's Small USB 3.0/ type - A Single Receptacles for Recessed PCB Installation Reduce Height

In keeping with customer requests, SUYIN has modified two single right-angled type-A USB 3.0 receptacles and developed particularly space-saving variants. The overall lengths are only 16.9mm and 16.75mm.

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10/25/2010

STMicroelectronics Reclaims Lost Solar Energy with Intelligent Hotspot Prevention

STMicroelectronics has announced an innovation for solar panels aimed at allowing more of the energy from each cell to reach the power grid. The innovation replaces the simple bypass diode with an

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10/25/2010

Five Foster Transformer Models Now Certified as Safety Isolating Transformers Multiple Input Voltages Simplify Machinery Export

Foster Transformer Company announces that five of its transformers have been certified by TUV Rheinland to EN 61558-1 and -2 as Safety Isolating Transformers with SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) outputs.

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10/23/2010

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Launches High Efficiency Low Voltage EZBuck™ DC-DC Regulator

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL) expands its synchronous EZBuckTM portfolio with the introduction of its new low input voltage DC-DC step-down regulator. The AOZ1110 efficiently

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10/21/2010

AMSC Launches SolarTie™ Grid Interconnection Solution for Photovoltaic Power Plants

American Superconductor Corporation announced the launch of its SolarTie Grid Interconnection Solution. The SolarTie solution combines two of AMSC's proven and proprietary technologies - D-VAR® STATCOM

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10/21/2010

ALPS Electric and ALPS Green Devices Announce GLMC Series Liqualloy Power Inductor

ALPS Green Devices has developed the "GLMC Series" Liqualloy™ Power Inductor to provide higher power source efficiency in such applications as DC/DC converters for notebook PCs and servers. Sample

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10/21/2010

ACS Motion Control Increases Performance and Throughput for Solar Panel Scribing, Test & Measurement

Providing fully coordinated multi-axis motion control with fast move and settle times for large mass gantry systems, ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion

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10/21/2010

Payton Planar Magnetics Introduces a Line of Low Profile Resonant Transformers with Extended Ferrites for Improved Cooling Under 8mm

The demand for low profile, high efficiency magnetics , is driving the need for high performance planar transformers to be used in extreme low profile power converters such as in the flat screen industry.

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10/20/2010

OPTEK Develops Low-Profile Slotted Optical Switch for Non-Contact Interruptive Sensing Applications

Providing machine and automation design engineers with a reliable means of non-contact interruptive object sensing, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has developed a low-profile slotted switch designed

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10/20/2010

National Semiconductor Ships Industry's First High-Definition Ser/Des with Content Protection for Automotive Infotainment Systems

National Semiconductor Corp. introduced the industry's first Ser/Des chipset with high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) for automotive infotainment systems. The FPD-Link III chipset supports

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10/20/2010

Linears Module LED String Drivers: 40VIN Transient Protection

Linear's μModule® LED drivers

Linear's μModule LED String Drivers: 40VIN Transient Protection

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM8042 and LTM8042-1, DC/DC μModule® LED drivers for strings of up to 8 white LEDs or 9 red LEDs. Capable of operating as boost, buck or buck-boost with

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10/20/2010

Innovative medical platform solution from Infineon for a wide range of electronic applications in the growth market of medical technology

Infineon's Innovative Medical Platform Solution for a Wide Range of Electronic Applications

Infineon Technologies has launched a new, innovative platform solution for high-performance medical technology devices. The MD8710 Medical Platform from Infineon is based on the integration of standard

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10/20/2010

Emerson Network Power Urges Design Engineers to Go Configurable, Not Custom! with Latest MP1 Power Supply

Emerson Network Power Urges Design Engineers to "Go Configurable, Not Custom!" with Latest μMP1 Power Supply

With the launch of its latest ac-dc power supply, Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, is encouraging design engineers to "go

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10/20/2010

Diodes' Multi-Topology LED Driver Raises Performance of High Brightness Lighting Systems

Diodes Incorporated has announced a multi-topology LED driver designed to increase the performance of high brightness automotive, industrial and commercial lighting systems. Operating in buck, boost

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Date:

10/20/2010

C&K Expands JS Series with Surface-Mount Miniature Slide Switch

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle and rocker switches, and smart card interconnect devices, has developed a new surface-mount option for the JS Slide series

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Date:

10/20/2010

AVX Develops Industry's First 50V Tantalum Polymer Capacitor

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its TCJ SMD polymer tantalum capacitor series to include the industry's first 1μF/50V and 10μF/35V

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Date:

10/20/2010

TTi's Mains and Harmonics Compliance Analyser Updated For Class C Lighting Equipment Tests

The TTi HA1600A mains and harmonics analyser has been updated to include a full implementation of the two alternative special assessments for Class C Discharge Lighting equipment below 25 W, as specified

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Date:

10/19/2010