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65V, 500mA Synchronous Buck Converter Delivers 90% Efficiency & Requires Only 12A Quiescent Current

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65V, 500mA Synchronous Buck Converter
Delivers 90% Efficiency

65V, 500mA Synchronous Buck Converter Delivers 90% Efficiency & Requires Only 12μA Quiescent Current

Linear Technology announces the LTC3630, a 65V input-capable synchronous buck converter, which delivers up to 500mA of continuous output current from a 16-lead thermally enhanced 3mm x 5mm DFN or

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Sharp launches 15 inch initiative with industrial displays

With two new variants (LQ150X1LW12 and LQ150X1LG11) Sharp now expands its range of industrial TFT LCDs with a diagonal of 15" (38.0 cm) to four models. The displays are characterised by their respective

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Date:

05/31/2012

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XP Power release 15 Watt DIP24 DC-DC Converters with either 2:1 or 4:1 input ranges

XP Power today announced two new families to their line-up of ultra compact metal cased 15 Watt DC-DC converters. Available in an industry standard 24 pin DIP measuring just 1.25 x 0.8 x 0.4 inches

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Maxim's High-Density QAM Modulator Chipset Enables the Next-Generation Connected Home Experience

Maxim Integrated Products announces a new high-density, wideband, scalable QAM modulator chipset: the MAX5880 digital upconverter (DUC) and MAX5882 RF digital-to-analog converter (RF DAC). The

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Intersil's Radiation Hardened 12A Synchronous Buck Regulator Features Industry's Highest Output Current

Intersil has introduced a new radiation hardened 12A point-of-load synchronous buck regulator with current sharing, featuring ultra-high integration, design flexibility and the highest output current

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Date:

05/31/2012

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TI delivers fully integrated ultrasonic signal conditioner for automotive parking distance applications

Texas Instruments has introduced a fully integrated, programmable solution for driving ultrasonic transducers in automotive park distance, blind-spot detection or similar object detection applications.

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Miniature AEC-Q200 qualified varistor from AVX optimized for FlexRay™ communication BUS systems

AVX, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has developed a miniature 0402 varistor specifically for FlexRay™ Communication BUS Systems used in automotive

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Date:

05/31/2012

Microsemi Expands RF Power MOSFET Products Offering

Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today strengthened its RF power product line with the introduction of the DRF1400

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Murata Power Solutions extends point-of-load series to include 3 A and 5 A SIP packages

Murata Power Solutions has announced the OKX series of miniature non-isolated single output DC/DC converters designed for embedded point-of-load (PoL) applications. Within the OKAMI OKX series there

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Date:

05/31/2012

Freescale Introduces Three Reference Designs to Help Redefine Battery Charging

Continued pressure for higher-performance mobile devices is causing the industry to consider alternative methods for battery charging. Freescale Semiconductor today announced three reference designs

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Date:

05/31/2012

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Brad HarshIO PROFINET I/O Modules Receive Conformance Class B Certification

Molex announces that its Brad® HarshIO PROFINET I/O Modules are now certified by the PNO (PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation) in accordance with PROFINET specifications meeting all requirements for conformance

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Date:

05/31/2012

Fairchild Semiconductor's EcoSPARK® 2 Ignition Coil Driver Reduces Power Dissipation, Enhances Performance of Ignition IGBTs

In order to meet demanding emissions and high fuel efficiency requirements in present and emerging ignition systems, automotive designers need higher performance ignition coil driver technology. To

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Date:

05/31/2012

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New Power Modules Meet Increased Power and Energy Monitoring Demands

Ericsson has announced an industry first with a new series of Power Interface Modules that save board space for core processing functions and enable system architects to design equipment with energy

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Date:

05/25/2012

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Analog Devices Introduces Industry's First Analog 3-axis, High-g MEMS Accelerometer

Analog Devices, a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has introduced the industry's first commercially available analog, 3-axis, high-g MEMS accelerometer.

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Date:

05/24/2012

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60V PolyPhase® Synchronous Step-Up
DC/DC Controller

High Power PolyPhase® Synchronous Boost Controller Features -55°C to 150°C Operating Junction Temperature Range

Linear Technology announces the H- and MP-grade versions of the LTC3787. This high power two-phase single output synchronous step-up DC/DC controller replaces the boost diodes with high efficiency

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Flexible 4A Charger ICs Offer Universal Input, Ultra-fast Charging, Safety and Tiny Solution Size in Smartphones and Tablets

Summit Microelectronics has introduced the industry's first monolithic 4A Li-Ion battery charger integrated circuits (ICs). The SMB349 and SMB359 are fully configurable and can deliver up to 4A charging/system

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Enpirion Announces EN2300 family of 12 volt integrated power IC solutions delivering the industry's highest power density

Enpirion announced the availability of the EN2300 family of fully integrated 12 Volt DC-DC converters, implemented in the company's industry leading power MOSFET technology with double the power density

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Introduces Eighth Brick DC-DC Power Converter Demonstration Board Featuring (eGaN®) FETs

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces the EPC9102, a fully functional eighth brick converter. This board is a 36 V - 60 V input to 12 V output, 375 kHz phase-shifted full bridge

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Date:

05/24/2012

Microsemi Expands RF Power MOSFET Products Offering

Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today strengthened its RF power product line with the introduction of the DRF1400

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Date:

05/24/2012

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TI speeds data rates in highly-loaded CAN networks with new transceivers

Texas Instruments today introduced a family of turbo CAN transceivers designed for data rates in excess of 1 Mbps, meeting the growing demand for more nodes and greater data transmission length in

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Introducing the industry's first quad core HD Audio Processor SoC

Wolfson Microelectronics has announced the introduction of the WM5110, the industry's first quad core High Definition (HD) Audio Processor System-on-a-Chip (SoC). This new highly-integrated, low power

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Hall Effect Switch from Diodes Incorporated Aids Portable Product Miniaturization

Diodes Incorporated has introduced the world's smallest programmable omnipolar Hall effect switch. The AH1892 is well-suited for proximity and position detection in space-constrained portable and

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Date:

05/24/2012

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High-current/high-temperature linear Hall-effect current sensor IC is optimised for 3.3 V operation

The new ACS759 from Allegro MicroSystems is a high-current/high-temperature linear Hall-effect current sensor IC that provides an economical and precise solution for AC or DC current sensing in

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Date:

05/24/2012

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ROHM Semiconductor to offer a broad portfolio of SiC products

ROHM Semiconductor has announced the industry's first mass production of SiC power modules (1200V/100A rated) entirely consisting of SiC power elements and enabling high frequency operation above

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Date:

05/24/2012

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AVX launches industry's first 63V and 75V SMD Polymer Tantalum capacitors for high voltage applications

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has developed the industry's first 63V and 75V single-anode tantalum polymer capacitors. Part of

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Date:

05/24/2012

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Renesas Electronics Expands Low-Power 32-Bit RX200 Microcontroller Series Offering Scalable Lineup for Portable Consumer and Industrial Devices

Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today expanded its RX200 Series of low-power mid-range microcontrollers (MCUs), introducing the RX220 Group of 11 entry-level

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Date:

05/24/2012

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RFFM7600 5.0V, 2.5GHz TO 2.7GHz High Power Front End Module

RFMD's new RFFM7600 FEM for 2.5GHz to 2.7GHz LTE/WiMAX contains a Power Amplifier with Tx harmonic filtering and Tx/Rx switching. RFFM7600 is provided in a 6mm x 6mm laminate package, incorporating

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Date:

05/18/2012

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200mA High Speed LDO Voltage Regulator with Inrush Current Prevention

The new XC6233 Series of voltage regulators from Torex Semiconductor offer fast load transient response performance, PSRR is 75dB @ 1kHz, as well as low quiescent current performance, only 45μA in

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Date:

05/17/2012

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SemiSouth first to sample 650V 55m? SiC JFETs

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

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Date:

05/17/2012

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TE Circuit Protection's Resettable LVR Device in "Plastic Box" is Suitable for Harsh Environments

TE Circuit Protection announces a significant enhancement to its popular PolySwitch™ LVR (line-voltage-rated) product line with its new LVB125 device. Featuring a unique "plastic box" package, the

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Date:

05/17/2012

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Highly efficient high current eighth-brick DC/DC converters suit high density embedded applications

Murata Power Solutions has announced the introduction of the UWE series of highly efficient 100 - 120 Watt open frame isolated DOSA-compatible eighth-brick DC/DC converters. Using the industry standard

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Date:

05/17/2012

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New Mini Zenigata LED arrays with 1150 - 1550 Lumen

The new Mini Zenigata arrays of type GW5BxxxK05 provide a luminous flux between 1150 and 1550 lm (typical) with a light output of up to 99 lm/W in standard operation. The new generation of the 15

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Date:

05/17/2012

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Robust current sensors for use in harsh conditions

HARTING has introduced a new range of Hall-effect current sensors with robust design and construction that makes them ideally suited to use in harsh conditions in areas such as rail technology and

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Date:

05/17/2012

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TI introduces industry's first LED controller with constant power regulation

Texas Instruments has introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer detect, phase decoder and adjustable hold current circuits to provide

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Date:

05/17/2012

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GE Energy Offers Digital Power Insight™ for Design Engineers

GE Energy has released its new Digital Power Insight™ kit, (DPI Kit) designed to help power electronics design engineers quickly and easily get started on reaping the many benefits of implementing

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Date:

05/17/2012

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IDT Introduces World's First Piezoelectric MEMS Oscillators for High-performance Applications

Integrated Device Technology the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the world's first CrystalFree™ piezoelectric MEMS (pMEMS™) LVDS

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Date:

05/17/2012

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Microsemi Announces New Generation of Super-efficient NPT IGBTs

Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today introduced the first in a series of new generation 1200 volt

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Date:

05/17/2012

SEMIKRON leads in the area of system integration in power electronics

SEMIKRON has successfully established its SKiN packaging technology and is now combining it with spring-contact technology for even better results. These two systems are used mainly in electric vehicle

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Date:

05/17/2012

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Toshiba Announces Next-Generation Superjunction, Deep Trench Process Power MOSFETs

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a new-generation of superjunction (SJ) technology for power MOSFETs. Products based on the DTMOS-IV technology will make ideal switching devices in switch

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Date:

05/17/2012

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New IC-output optocouplers from Renesas Electronics with extra-long creepage distance of 14.5 mm

Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of two IC-output optocouplers with long-creepage-distance for applications such as industrial

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Date:

05/16/2012

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IR Introduces Automotive Qualified AUIRS2334S 600V IC for 3-Phase Inverterized Motor Drive Applications

International Rectifier has launched the automotive qualified AUIRS2334S 600V IC for 3-phase inverterized motor drive applications such as high-voltage compressors (HVAC) and fans. The AUIRS2334S

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Low capacitance bus switch exhibits extended operating voltage range

The TC7SB3157CFU from Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) is a 1-bit SPDT (single pole double throw) bus switch for high-speed digital applications requiring a 5V interface. With low I/O terminal capacitance

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Multi-output voltage regulator IC for LCD display bias in automotive infotainment applications

The new A8601 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a fixed-frequency, multiple-output voltage regulator IC designed to provide the LCD display bias in automotive infotainment applications. The

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Tecate's New High-Temperature Metallized Polyester Box Capacitors Optimized for Telecom Applications

The Tecate Group, a leading global supplier of capacitors and ultracapacitors, announced today its miniature, radial lead TYPE 9245WT Series of metallized polyester (PET) box capacitors. Devices

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Next-Generation 400 V, 500 V, and 600 V Vishay Siliconix N-Channel Power MOSFETs Offer Ultra-Low On-Resistance Down to 0.130 ?, FOM Down to 7.65 ?-nC, and Currents From 3 A to 36 A

Vishay Intertechnology today released the first devices in its next-generation D Series of high-voltage power MOSFETs. The new 400 V, 500 V, and 600 V n-channel devices combine low specific on-resistance

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Industry-Unique Sensors from STMicroelectronics Enable High-Shock Detection in Black Boxes and Hockey Helmets

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for consumer

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Date:

05/03/2012

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NXP Brings ARM Cortex-M0 to DALI and DMX512 Lighting Control Systems

NXP Semiconductors has introduced the industry's first development platforms for DALI and DMX512 wired lighting control systems based on the low-cost, low-power 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor. The

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Energy Efficient "Green Transformers" Now Available from Transonics

Transonics plc the London based leading supplier of electronic components and logistics solutions, announces the availability of the Thai Lin EI30 encapsulated power transformer range which meets

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Han-Fast(R) Lock provides simple interface between printed circuit boards and high-current connectors

Han-Fast(R) Lock from HARTING is a new circuit-board connection technology that allows the company's Han(R) range of high-current connectors to be connected directly to printed circuit boards with

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Analog Devices' nanoDAC+™ Converters Offer Industry's Best D/A Converter Performance and Smallest Packages

Analog Devices the data converter market share leader*, today introduced a series of quad 16-, 14- and 12-bit D/A converters in space-saving 16-lead surface-mount LFCSP or leaded TSSOP packages. ADI's

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Date:

05/03/2012

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80W Configurable Power Supply Platform Announced By UNIPOWER

UNIPOWER LLC announces an 80W power supply platform with up to four outputs that can be quickly configured to order while maintaining all international safety approvals. Part of UNIPOWER's EASYMOD

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Date:

05/03/2012

ALT, Inc. Introduces High-Efficiency Monolithic LED Driver Technology

Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. (ALT) proudly announced the achievement of a high-efficiency and highly reliable LED lamp driver solution (LED driver) comprising no bulky, unreliable components

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Date:

05/03/2012

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Wolfson introduces next generation HD Audio System-on-a-Chip (SoC)

Wolfson Microelectronics plc has today announced its next generation High Definition (HD) Audio System-on-a-Chip (SoC) with voice processor DSP, which helps smartphone manufacturers deliver clearer,

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Date:

05/02/2012

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1mA IS Precision ADC Driver

Fully Differential Amplifier Drives 18-bit ADCs & Consumes only 5mW

Linear Technology announces the LTC6362, a low power fully differential amplifier that can drive high precision 16- and 18-bit SAR ADCs at only 1mA supply current. With 200μV max input offset voltage

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Date:

05/02/2012

Microsemi Introduces System Management Design Tools for Wired and Wireless Communications Applications

Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today introduced a suite of system and power management design tools for high

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Date:

05/01/2012

ZMDI launches the world's smallest intelligent battery sensor IC for automotive, industrial and medical markets

ZMD AG (ZMDI) announces the ZSSC1856. As a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI introduces

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Amantys delivers the next technology breakthrough in its product roadmap

Amantys Ltd, the intelligent power switch company, today announces its latest product enhancement, Amantys Power Insight™, delivering real-time power switch performance metrics through the existing

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Date:

04/26/2012

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"The new transmitter versions of the ME Series without display by Müller Industrie-Elektronik"

Extension of the Modular Economic Sensor Series to transmitter versions without display unit

As an extension to the successful Modular Economic Sensor Series for the recording of physical measured variables such as temperature, pressure, mass pressure, level and flow, Müller Industrie-Elektronik,

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Date:

04/26/2012

TI introduces industry's most highly integrated audio codec for mobile devices

Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's most highly integrated audio codec with embedded miniDSP cores, providing echo and noise cancellation at wideband voice sampling rates up to 16 kHz.

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Date:

04/26/2012

New 1200 High Voltage Integrated Circuit for Inverter Systems by Mitsubishi Electric

Ratingen, 25th of April 2012 - Mitsubishi Electric has introduced a new High Voltage Integrated Circuit (HVIC) to drive IGBT power modules dedicated for 400V AC lines. The new device M81738FP is suitable

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Date:

04/26/2012

VACUUMSCHMELZE presents new additions to its current sensor range at PCIM 2012

VAC current sensors are widely used in a range of applications such as variable frequency drives or solar inverters to monitor the AC output current and its poten-tial share of DC. Unlike conventional

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Operation Lifetime Doubles in Smart Meters and Other Wireless Sensor Node Applications with New Wireless Transceiver from STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics, a globalsemiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a world leader in smart metering and industrial applications, today introduced

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Fastrax IT530 GPS module available from Rutronik now

Rutronik distributes the new Fastrax IT530 GPS module featuring decreased power drain and reduced time to first fix in portable, battery-operated devices. The Fastrax IT530 is an ultra-low

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors: High-capacitance X8R MLCCs for high temperatures up to 150 °C

TDK Corporation has expanded its portfolio of TDK X8R multilayer ceramic chip capacitors with new types that offer up to twice the capacitance of existing components with the same dimensions. At the

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Date:

04/26/2012

MathWorks Announces Simulink Code Generation Targets in New Freescale Motor Control Development Toolbox

MathWorks today announced that Simulink code generation targets have been built into Freescale's new Motor Control Development Toolbox through Embedded Coder. The toolbox, consisting of Simulink motor

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Date:

04/26/2012

Fairchild Semiconductor's 30V PowerTrench® MOSFET Provides Designers Best-in-Class Power Density with Less Board Space

Driven by power efficiency standards and end-system requirements, power supply designers need energy efficient solutions that help shrink their applications power supply form factor without compromising

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Low Noise 400mA Micro DC/DC Converter with Integrated Coil

The XCL208/XCL209 is a family of 400mA micro DC/DC Step-Down Converter with integrated coil. Measuring only 2.5mm x 2.15mm x 1.05mm, the XCL208/XCL209 series is designed to minimize EMC emissions

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Date:

04/26/2012

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Intersil Unveils Industry's Smallest and Lowest Cost LED-based LCoS Pico Projector System Solution

Intersil, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, today introduced the Pico-qHD™, the world's lowest cost pico projector system, and

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Date:

04/26/2012

Quad Module Analog-to-Digital Converters with Integrated Signal Conditioning Reduce Size, Power & Time-to-Market for Imaging & Base Station Designs

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Quad 14-Bit, 125Msps ADC with Integrated Drivers

Quad μModule Analog-to-Digital Converters with Integrated Signal Conditioning Reduce Size, Power & Time-to-Market for Imaging & Base Station Designs

Linear Technology introduces the LTM9012, a quad 14-bit, 125Msps μModule® analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with integrated fixed gain drivers, passive filtering and bypass capacitance. The integrated

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Date:

04/26/2012

Vishay's NOMCA series resistor networks offer ratio tolerances of �0.05% and long-term ratio drift of only 0.015% for a variety of precision signal-processing applications. (Click image to enlarge)

AEC-Q200-qualified thin-film resistor networks offer ratio tolerances to �0.05%

Vishay Intertechnology's NOMCA series AEC-Q200-qualified, dual-in-line, thin-film resistor networks feature a low absolute TCR of �25 ppm/°C; TCR tracking of 5 ppm/°C. The resistor networks offer

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Date:

04/20/2012

New, Enhanced Power Xpert Gateways Deliver Real-Time Monitoring, Helping Customers Improve Operational Efficiency, Optimize and Validate Energy Use

PITTSBURGH� Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced the release of Power Xpert® Gateway E series, which gathers energy and power data from electrical equipment. Bridging

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Date:

04/19/2012

Intersil Releases Industry's Most Flexible Op Amp Design Tools

Intersil, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, today announced iSim™ v4.1, an upgrade to its industry leading web-based non-inverting

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Date:

04/19/2012

Analog Devices Announces Ultra-Low Quiescent Current 15V 800mA Step Down Synchronous Regulator for Portable Electronics

Analog Devices, a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today introduced the ADP2370/71 15-V, 800-mA output DC-to-DC regulator optimized for better energy

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Date:

04/19/2012

Microsemi Unveils Radiation-hardened Converters for Aerospace Applications

Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of a family of radiation-hardened, surface

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Date:

04/19/2012

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Bipolar Hall-effect switch offers excellent repeatability

New from Allegro MicroSystems Europe, the A1250 is a bipolar Hall-effect switch IC incorporating a high-speed chopping circuit which cancels out offsets and dramatically improves switching repeatability

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Date:

04/19/2012

Emerson Network Power Introduces Liebert NXL™ to Provide High Efficiency UPS Protection

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced the Liebert NXL™ 1100kVA/1100kW

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Date:

04/19/2012

You can configure the UCC 275111 for either non-inverting (shown) or inverting operation. (Click image to enlarge.)

Fast single-channel low-side gate drivers exhibit low pull-down resistance

Texas Instruments have introduced their first high-speed, high-current, single-channel, low-side gate driver with 4-A source and 8-A sink capability. The UCC27511 replaces discrete gate driver circuits,

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Date:

04/18/2012

TI's stepper motor driver reduces board space while improving thermal performance, system reliability and efficiency

Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a 2.5-A stepper motor driver that runs up to 30-percent cooler than the next closest competitor. The highly integrated DRV8818 features low RDS(ON) to

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Date:

04/18/2012

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RENCO Choke Features Magnetically Shield Design

Late 2011 and early 2012 has seen Rockledge, Florida electronics manufacturer Renco Electronics showcase several items in the company's vast line of component electronic products. The latest of these

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Diodes Incorporated Reduces MOSFET Off-board Height by 50%

Diodes Incorporated has launched a line of high-efficiency N- and P-channel MOSFETs in low-profile DFN2020-6 packages. With an off-board height of only 0.4mm and a footprint of 4mm2, the DFN2020H4

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Peregrine Semiconductor Unveils New Power Management Products

Peregrine Semiconductor, a fabless provider of high-performance radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that its first power management products, the UltraCMOS®-based Point-of-Load

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Date:

04/18/2012

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100V, Constant-Current & Constant-Voltage Controller

100V, Constant-Current & Constant-Voltage Controller with Input & Output Current Sense

Linear Technology announces the LT3796, a 100V, high-side current sense DC/DC controller designed to regulate a constant-current or constant-voltage that is ideal for driving high brightness (HB)

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Toshiba's Extended Temperature Photocouplers Meet Reinforced Insulation Requirements in Significantly Reduced Package Size

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched two new high-speed logic IC photocouplers* that comply with the reinforced insulation class of international safety standards, are half the size of equivalent

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Murata Power Solutions launches highly efficient compact 1U open frame 120 W AC/DC power supply

Murata Power Solutions announced the MVAB120 series of high efficiency, typically up to 91%, open frame single output 120 Watt power supplies aimed at a broad range of telecom and industrial applications.

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Atmel 2.4GHz Low-Power RF Transceiver Redefines Lowest Power Consumption for Industrial Applications

Atmel® Corporation, a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced a new RF transceiver for battery-operated wireless applications. The Atmel AT86RF233 transceiver is

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Date:

04/18/2012

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Soleriq E LED for downlights with high performance requirements

Downlights provide high-quality background lighting in professional applications. These include shopping malls, offices, industrial buildings and high-end residential premises. The luminaires need

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Date:

04/12/2012

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Acal BFi first to sample the world's smallest complete GPS receiver

Key Facts: Complete GPS System?in?Package (SiP) for high-volume, cost-sensitive applications Supports indoor tracking and roaming for geo-enabled products 10mm x 10mm module

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Date:

04/12/2012

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Toshiba Electronics expands CMOS logic IC family with new output power down protection and Schmitt trigger input series

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its TC74VHC family of very high-speed logic with a range of ICs that combine Schmitt trigger inputs with voltage-tolerant output capabilities. This

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Date:

04/12/2012

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Sharp presents a new generation of its Mini Zenigata LEDs

The new product generation is again based on a small plate made of technical ceramics (aluminium oxide Al2O3) with the dimensions 15mm x 12mm x 1.6mm. Efficiency was able to be improved by up to 11%

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Date:

04/12/2012

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Renesas Electronics Introduces Low-Loss, Ultra Miniature Power MOSFETs for Improved Power Efficiency, Smaller Form Factor in Portable Devices

Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of eight new low-loss P- and N-channel power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor

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04/12/2012

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LNBR voltage regulator IC for satellite TV receivers

The A8303 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a new addition to the company's family of LNBR (low-noise block regulator) ICs for use in satellite receivers and LCD TV "combo" receivers. The new

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04/12/2012

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Monolithic Power Systems Sets New Power Density Record

Monolithic Power Systems, a leading fabless manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announces a set of new power-density records with the MP2130. The MP2130

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04/12/2012

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Compact 2-Supply Monitor with Wide Operating Range

36V Nano Current Voltage Monitor Targets Multicell Applications

Linear Technology introduces the LTC2960, a 2.5V to 36V, two input voltage monitor that draws only 850nA of quiescent current, offering extended battery life in battery-powered applications. The LTC2960

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Date:

04/12/2012

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Analog Devices' Advanced Digital Power Controller Targets High Efficiency, Isolated Power Supplies

Analog Devices, a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today introduced the ADP1046 digital power controller for high efficiency AC-to-DC and isolated

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04/12/2012

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Powerstax Launch New 500W High Voltage "Brick" at NEW 2012

Powerstax, one of Europe's leading value-added power solutions manufacturers, has launched its latest power converter. The F501-385 500W output full brick high voltage DC-DC converter complements

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04/12/2012

Small shielded power inductors<br>from Coilcraft for currents to 4.2 A

New Coilcraft shielded power inductors provide current-handling capability typical of bigger devices. (Click to view larger image.)

Small shielded power inductors
from Coilcraft for currents to 4.2 A

The PFL4514 series shielded surface-mount power inductors from Coilcraft require only 16 mm2 of board space and rise only 1.4

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04/12/2012

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TDK announces EPCOS thyristor module for dynamic PFC

Main applications PFC in single and three-phase industrial networks. Main features and benefits Extensive voltage range from 230 to 525 V AC for reactive powers

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Date:

04/11/2012

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Molex Modular NeoScaleTM Mezzanine Interconnect Delivers Optimal Signal Integrity at 28+ Gbps

Molex Incorporated has launched a new modular NeoScaleTM mezzanine interconnect system capable of achieving optimal signal integrity at data rates of 28+ Gbps. Designed for printed circuit board

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Date:

04/11/2012

Fairchild Semiconductor's Boosted Class-D Amplifier Helps Mobile Device Designers Achieve Loud and Clear Sound While Extending Battery Life

Longer battery life and high efficiency, driven by consumer demand for loud and clear speaker sound, are two of the challenges designers face when "Making Small Speakers Sound Louder and Better™"

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Date:

04/11/2012

STMicroelectronics Applies Advanced Miniaturization Expertise for Better 4G Smartphone Experiences

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has revealed a highly miniaturized IC for 4G smartphones for even more attractively

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Date:

04/11/2012

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