Technology Articles

2017-02 Semiconductors STMicroelectronics

[Feb 25 2017] STMicroelectronics expands its SLLIMM™ nano family of motor driven Intelligent Power Modules (IPM) product lineup. In addition to a variety of packages that minimize the overall size of the application and minimize design complexity, the new product integrates more practical features and higher energy efficiency with the latest 500V MOSFETs. The new IPM module has a rated output current of 1A or ...

2017-02 Connectors Analog Devices

[Feb 24 2017] Analog Devices has announced the industry's only certified intrinsically safe (IS) digital isolator based on the IEC 60079-11:2011 standard. These 4-channel ADuM144x series digital isolators feature iCoupler technology and are ideal for electrical equipment designs used in hazardous areas. Analog Devices' IS-certified digital isolators reduce the required printed circuit board space compared to t ...

2017-02 Power MEAN WELL

[Feb 23 2017] Mentor Graphics announced the Veloce Strato hardware-accelerated simulation platform. The Veloce Strato platform is Mentor's third generation data center friendly hardware acceleration simulation platform and the only hardware acceleration simulation platform on the market that is fully scalable in both software and hardware. Mentor also introduced the Veloce StratoM high-capacity hardware-accele ...

2017-02 Connectors Microsemi

[Feb 21 2017] Microsemi Corporation announced the new cost-optimized PolarFire Field Programmable Logic Device (FPGA) product family, offering the industry's lowest power 12.7 Gbps serialization/de-serialization (SerDes) transceiver in the medium density range of FPGA devices. As well as leading safety and reliability. The FPGA product family is suitable for a wide range of applications, including wired access ...

2017-02 Power STMicroelectronics

[Feb 20 2017] STMicroelectronics has released its PC version of the MCU Finder selection tool, which allows embedded developers to directly view key information for STM32 and STM8 microcontrollers in the desktop environment for ST MCU application development. Following the functionality of the popular ST MCU Finder selection tool ST-MCU-Finder on mobile, the PC version ST-MCU-Finder-PC provides users with conv ...

2017-02 Semiconductors STMicroelectronics

[Feb 19 2017] STMicroelectronics introduces the TSZ182 precision dual operational amplifier with very low input offset voltage and extremely high temperature drift stability, as well as 3MHz gain bandwidth, rail-to-rail input/output, 2mm x 2mm DFN8 or Mini-SO8 miniature package. The TSZ182 chopper stabilized opamp complements ST's traditional line of popular opamps with extremely high measurement accuracy for ...

2017-02 Connectors Elna America

[Feb 18 2017] Elmos, a German company, has announced the E909.21 integrated circuit for next-generation optical contactless proximity detection and gesture recognition devices in automobiles. Compared to previous solutions, the new device saves up to 40 percent in material costs and reduces installation area by up to 50 percent. The chip provides users with simple, fast and targeted solutions. In this system, ...

2017-02 Power Littelfuse

[Feb 17 2017] Littelfuse focuses on circuit protection and has a growing global platform for power control and sensing. In recent years, in the field of power control, we have begun to strengthen the development of silicon carbide products, silicon carbide power technology can be said to be one of the most promising technologies in the global semiconductor market today. Littelfuse's silicon carbide Schottky re ...

2017-02 Passive Components Bourns

[Feb 16 2017] Bourns announced the availability of the Murata trimmer potentiometer models PVG3A and PVG3G series. Additional potentiometers are available in J-hook and airfoil pin styles in 3 mm RoHS compliant sizes, with a wide range of operating temperatures (-55 °C to 125 °C), a power rating of 0.25 watts at 70 °C, and a rotation life of 50 cycles. Both devices are hermetically sealed with high heat resist ...

2017-02 Passive Components Bourns

[Feb 15 2017] Bourns, a global leader in the manufacture of electronic components, has introduced a new set of small double circuit breaker (TCO) devices - a new model of the AA series that offers the highest current capacity compared to comparable devices and meets today's demands for greater capacity lithium-ion (Li-Ion) cell protection. The new model AA series is capable of carrying 14 amps at 60 °C, provid ...

2017-02 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Feb 14 2017] AgigA Tech, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and a leading provider of high-speed, high-capacity and battery-free non-volatile memory solutions, announced the official release of its JEDEC-compliant AGIGARAM DDR4 NVDIMM-N series solutions. This solution, along with AgigA's industry-leading legacy DDR4 NVDIMM products that have been in production since before the JEDEC standard, I ...

2017-02 Power Power Integrations

[Feb 13 2017] An industry leader in high-voltage integrated circuits dedicated to energy-efficient power conversion introduces the LinkSwitch™-XT2 series of off-line low-power converter ics that offer high precision, high efficiency and outstanding no-load performance. The LinkSwitch-XT2 IC is suitable for isolated and non-isolated flyback applications that require precise adjustment of output voltage and outp ...