Product News

October 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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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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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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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

Toshiba Launches High-Speed 16-Channel Constant Current LED Drivers with Wide, High Accuracy Outputs

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched two new LED drivers that deliver highly accurate constant currents of between 1.5mA and 90mA and offer high-speed serial data transfer rates up to 25MHz.

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Date:

10/19/2010

SUYIN's Fast, Capable & Affordable Customer-Specific Problem Solvers

SUYIN offers many different types of board-to-board connectors. This broad selection begins with versions featuring contact configurations that range from very simple to highly complex and cover a

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Date:

10/19/2010

Stackpole's ASR / SPR Series Withstands High Voltage Pulses

Stackpole Electronics, Inc's ASR / SPR Series metal film resistors are designed to withstand high voltage pulses. The pulse voltage capability ranges from 1KV for low resistance values in the � watt

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Date:

10/19/2010

Semtech Expands Transceiver Platform with World's Highest Bit Rate and World-Class Link Budget ISM-Band Device

Semtech Corp., a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the SX1233, a programmable ISM-band transceiver that combines the world's highest bit rate (600 kbps) with

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10/19/2010

Picor's New Cool-ORing® 48V and 12V High-Side Active ORing Solutions

Picor, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation specializing in the design and development of high-performance power management solutions, announces two additions to its Cool-ORing® Active ORing product

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Date:

10/19/2010

Phihong Develops 24W Energy-Efficient European Wall Adapter

Phihong, one of the most trusted names in power electronics, has recently announced an addition to its energy-efficient 24W wall-mount adapter series. Designated the PSA24E-120, the European adapter

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Date:

10/19/2010

Wolfson Announces Highest Current Monolithic Power Management IC

Wolfson Microelectronics plc has announced the introduction of the highly innovative WM8325 power management subsystem, the world's highest current monolithic power management IC (PMIC), which delivers

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Date:

10/19/2010

STMicroelectronics Powers High-End Mobile Internet and Video Experiences on AMOLED Displays

STMicroelectronics is powering the AMOLED and Super AMOLED displays that enable today's advanced handheld devices to deliver high-quality web and video experiences on the move, with a family of ICs

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10/19/2010

Vincotech Releases New MiniSKiiP® Pack Modules with Latest IGBT4

Vincotech has extended its range of MiniSKiiP® PACK modules with IGBT4 versions covering 8A to 150A for 1200V in three different housings. Designed for solderless assembly, Vincotech MiniSKiiP® PACK

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10/12/2010

Texas Instruments Delivers Thinnest EMI Filters with Highest ESD Performance

Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced six- and four-channel electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters for LCD display applications, the TPD6F202 and TPD4F202. Electrostatic discharge (ESD)

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10/12/2010

TDK-Lambda adds 200W Module to the CN-A Series

Global power supply manufacturer TDK-Lambda EMEA has added a 200W module to its CN-A110 series of DC-DC power modules that have a wide range 60 -160Vdc input, to accommodate higher-power railway applications.

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10/12/2010

Tactilus® Sensor System Ensures Optimal Heat Sink Efficiency

Computers get very hot! The heat loads associated with state-of-the-art semiconductors in embedded applications demand heat sinks with substantial cooling capability. The new Tactilus® heat-sink analysis

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10/12/2010

Rutronik: New SoC from Fujitsu for Powerline Communication

The MB87S2090-F is a powerline communication SoC (System-on-Chip) with a fivefold-accelerated 8051 core and was developed in collaboration with ADD Semiconductor. It is pin-to-pin compatible with

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10/12/2010

Molex Launches SolarSpec Junction Box for Thin-Film Photovoltaic Solar Panels

Following the successful introduction of the SolarSpec™ Junction Box for automated installation on the back of silicon photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, Molex Incorporated introduces a junction box

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10/12/2010

Linear's -55°C to 125°C High Voltage Buck-Boost DC/DC uModule® Regulator

-55°C to 125°C Buck-Boost DC/DC uModule Regulator, up to 36VIN, 34VOUT & 98% Efficiency

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM4609MP, a buck-boost DC/DC uModule® system-in-a-package that is guaranteed and tested for the wide -55°C to 125°C temperature range. The LTM4609MP is

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10/12/2010

Lineage Power DLynx - First Digital DC-DC Converter Family

Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company and the first name in power, today announced its new standards-based DLynx™ family of non-isolated Point of Load (POL) DC-DC board-mounted power modules.

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10/12/2010

KEMET Announces CECC Qualified Parts for European Military and Aerospace Applications

KEMET, a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminium, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, has announced that its T110, T140 and T493 tantalum capacitor products lines are CECC Qualified

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10/12/2010

New Eltek Valere Smartpack2 Sets Standard for Power System Monitoring and Control in Wireless and Wireline Telecom Networks

Eltek Valere today announced the release of the new Smartpack2 distributed controller for telecommunications DC power systems with advanced features and improved interface to better control the power

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Date:

10/12/2010

Diodes' Versatile 9-Channel LED Drivers Improve LCD Backlighting Performance with 93% Efficiency and 1% Channel Matching

Diodes Incorporated announces two, 9-channel LED drivers with internal charge-pumps for backlighting of small-LCD screens, keypads and LED lights. Working from 2.7V to 5.5V and driving 20mA, the applications

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Date:

10/12/2010

C&K Offers Largest, Most Versatile DIP Switch Line Available

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, offers an extended family of DIP switches that meets

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10/12/2010

American Lighting LED Snowfall Lights Offer Animated, Eye-Catching Seasonal Decor

American Lighting, an innovative manufacturer and distributor of lighting technologies for residential, commercial and specialty markets, today announced its new line of LED Snowfall Lights, which

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Date:

10/12/2010

Ambarella A7 System-on-Chip Sets New Benchmarks For High-Resolution Video and Image Quality In Consumer HD Cameras

Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high-definition video compression and image-processing semiconductors, has announced availability of the A7 system-on-chip (SoC), extending its product portfolio

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10/12/2010

Intersil's Security Link over Coax (SLOC) Solution

Intersil Corporation has introduced an advanced modem solution designed to simultaneously transmit analog CVBS video and digital IP video over a single coaxial cable. The Intersil Techwell SLOC™

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Date:

10/12/2010

Semtech's New Switching Regulator Platform - Easy to Use as LDOs

Semtech Corp. announced a new switching regulator platform, offering a buck converter with an integrated inductor in a tiny, 2.5 x 3 x 1mm package. The new SC202 is a synchronous step-down regulator

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10/12/2010

IR Introduces 30W Radiation Hardened POL Regulators for Space Applications Requiring High Output Current and Low Supply Voltage

International Rectifier, a world leader in power management technology, today introduced the SBB Series of non-isolated, radiation hardened (RAD-Hard™) Point-of-Load (POL) voltage regulators. The

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Date:

10/12/2010

Intersil Enhances Security Coverage

The challenge in transmitting video over distances is to get more information down longer cables faster. The longer distance video images must travel, the longer the cable must be. As cables lengthen,

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Date:

10/07/2010

Panasonic's New Low ESR FR Series Aluminium Electrolytics Now Available From TTI, Inc.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, is now stocking Panasonic's new FR series ultra-low ESR, long life aluminium electrolytic capacitors.

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10/06/2010

BI Technologies Develops Analog Turns Counting Dial with Enhanced Accuracy, Improved Locking Mechanism

Providing instrumentation and test equipment design engineers with an economical device for precision rotary indication, TT electronics BI Technologies has developed an enhanced design for its analog

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Date:

10/06/2010

Toshiba Launches Ultra-Thin Digital Output Hall ICs

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched a new digital output magnetic sensor series that provides high sensitivity and low power operation in small surface mount packages. These new sensor ICs

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Date:

10/06/2010

Texas Instruments Brings Blood Flow Velocity to Ultrasound Images with Industry's Highest Performing Analog Front Ends

Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced two new fully integrated analog front ends (AFEs) with a continuous wave (CW) Doppler mixer for mid- to high-end, Spectral Doppler ultrasound equipment.

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Date:

10/06/2010

Powersolve's New DC/DC Switching Regulators Suit Distributed Power Systems and Battery Powered Applications

Powersolve's PMQ7250 series are non-isolated 10A or 60W DC/DC switching regulators designed for battery or distributed power applications. Available from stock, the new regulators feature a wide 18

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Date:

10/06/2010

ON Semiconductor Expands its LED Lighting Solutions Portfolio with Four New Products and GreenPoint® Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool

ON Semiconductor showcased its newest Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting solutions at the Strategies in Light Europe conference recently in Frankfurt, Germany. "Energy efficiency in a cost effective

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Date:

10/06/2010

Microchip's New PIC® Microcontrollers Support Multi-Function Smart-Metering and Energy-Monitoring Applications

Microchip announces the 8-bit PIC18F87J72 microcontroller (MCU) family optimised for single-phase, multi-function smart-metering and energy-monitoring applications. Featuring a dual-channel, high-performance

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Date:

10/06/2010

15A DC/DC uModule Regulator

15A DC/DC uModule Regulator Delivers 50% More Power Without Sacrificing Board Area

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM4627, a 15A DC/DC uModule® regulator with onboard inductors, MOSFETs and supporting components in a 2.6g, 15mm x 15mm LGA (land grid array) package.

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Date:

10/06/2010

KEMET Enhances High Voltage Product Portfolio with Flexible Termination System

KEMET a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, has announced the addition of high voltage versions to its Flexible Termination

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Date:

10/06/2010

Intersil's New Dual Step-Down Regulator Delivers Efficient, High-Density Power for Industrial, Communications and Consumer Applications

Intersil Corporation has introduced an efficient, dual channel step-down regulator that reduces component count and optimizes design flexibility for high power-density industrial, communications and

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Date:

10/06/2010

Exar Announces Single and Dual Channel 1 Amp Step-Down Converters Achieving Over 90% Efficiency Across the Load Range

Exar Corporation launched the XRP6658 and XRP6668, single and dual channel step-down converters capable of delivering up to 1 Amp output current per channel. These devices represent the latest addition

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Date:

10/06/2010

ERNI Electronics Expands its MiniBridge Cable Connector System with Angled SMT Female Connectors

ERNI Electronics is expanding its single-row MiniBridge® cable connector system with a pitch of 1.27mm (0.050 inches). The new MiniBridge angled SMT female connectors are especially suited for LED

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Date:

10/06/2010

Campbell Collins Debuts New Family of 15W DC/DC Converters with 4:1 Input Ranges in Industry Standard Packages

Campbell Collins Ltd, a specialist supplier of power supplies, capacitors and hi-rel power semiconductors, is pleased to announce the availability of a new family of 15W DC/DC Converters from Power

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Date:

10/06/2010

BEI Kimco Solves Demanding Application Requirements for High Performance Motor Capable of Speeds to 70,000 rpm

BEI Kimco Magnetics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies Inc., recently developed a BLDC motor to meet the challenging high speed requirements for a Turbomolecular Vacuum Pump application.

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Date:

10/06/2010

AVX's High Temperature CAN Bus Series Provides High Current and Energy Handling with Low Leakage

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its TransGuard® product family to include high temperature circuit protection devices designed

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Date:

10/06/2010

Avnet Memec Introduces First Digital Power Factor Correction ICs from Cirrus Logic

Avnet Memec has introduced a new line of products for growing energy-related markets from Cirrus Logic Inc. The CS1500 and CS1600 are the industry's first digital power factor correction (PFC)

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Date:

10/06/2010

ALPS Develops "SPVQ8 Series" Compact Type Sliding Contact Detector Switch

ALPS ELECTRIC has created the world's smallest*1 waterproof type detector switch, the "SPVQ8 Series", for detecting mechanism operation in automotive and home appliances. Sample shipments commenced

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Date:

10/06/2010

National Semiconductor Introduces LED Driver with Dynamic Headroom Control for Automotive LCD Backlight Applications

National Semiconductor Corp. has announced the LM3492 LED driver with dynamic headroom control that accurately and efficiently drives current to two independently dimmable strings of LEDs. The LM3492,

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Date:

10/06/2010

Maxim's New Op Amp Enables Designers to Downsize Sense Resistor to Improve Power Efficiency

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX9622, a precision operational amplifier with high gain bandwidth. This op amp employs a unique auto-trimming technique to precisely calibrate the input-offset

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Date:

10/06/2010

XP Power's Green Mode Low-Cost Chassis Mount Industrial Power Supplies

XP Power has announced the VCS series of chassis mount single output AC-DC power supplies aimed at cost sensitive industrial applications. Extending the line-up of XP Power's V-Brand range of low

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Date:

10/05/2010