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2017-04 Power STMicroelectronics

[Apr 5 2017] STMicroelectronics and Prove & Run, a provider of ultra-secure off-the-shelf software solutions for Connected systems, jointly presented a scalable iot hardware security platform developed in collaboration. The security platform integrates Prove & Run's ProvenCore MTM high security operating system with ST's industry-leading STM32L4 secure microcontroller (MCU) and its Common Criteria certified S ...

2017-04 Power TDK

[Apr 4 2017] TDK Group introduces the new ultra-thin ceramic substrate CeraPad, which is designed with multiple layers and integrates ESD protection without the need for separate ESD components. This innovative substrate meets the needs of extreme miniaturization and also offers the best ESD protection for maximum integrated ESD protection in sensitive applications. CeraPad ceramic substrate ESD protection ca ...

2017-04 Power TDK

[Apr 3 2017] TDK Corporation has released TDK-Lambda's new generation of 35W three-output PCB base panel switching power supply CUT35 series, as an ultra-thin, high-efficiency, high-reliability switching power supply, widely used in industrial automation, power relay protection, analytical instruments and test and measurement equipment, with excellent cost performance. CUT35 supports a global input voltage ra ...

2017-04 Passive Components TDK

[Apr 2 2017] TDK mass-produces and sells a new series of resin electrodes with C0G characteristics for laminated ceramic capacitors and Mega Caps with metal terminals. As the last powerful means to prevent warping cracks and welding cracks on the substrate, resin electrode series products and stacked products with metal terminals are widely used in the automotive industry and other uses that attach importance ...

2017-04 Power TDK

[Apr 1 2017] TDK developed the "PiezoHapt actuator" with haptic feedback. The PiezoHapt actuator is a single-crystal vibrating device composed of layered piezoelectric elements and vibrating plates that supports a variety of vibration modes while operating at low voltage. Compared with the eccentric rotary motor actuators and linear actuators (linear resonant actuators) used for vibration in the past, this pr ...

2017-03 Passive Components STMicroelectronics

[Mär 31 2017] STMicroelectronics' latest 900V MDmesh K5 overjunction MOSFET tube enables power designers to meet the needs of higher power and more energy efficient systems, with best-in-class on-resistance (RDS(ON)) and dynamic characteristics. The 900V breakdown voltage ensures a higher safety factor for high bus voltage systems. The new series includes the first 900V MOSFET with an RDS(ON) on-resistance of ...

2017-03 Semiconductors Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

[Mär 30 2017] Lattice Semiconductor's Simplay Labs, LLC, a leading provider of tools, standards and interoperability testing services for consumer electronics (CE) products and mobile devices, Announced that its lab in Shanghai, China, now offers HDMI Alternate Mode (" Alt Mode ") specification testing on USB Type-C. By the end of the first quarter of 2017, Simplay Labs in Taiwan, China will also offer the sam ...

2017-03 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Mär 29 2017] Littelfuse has introduced a family of Transient Suppression Diode Arrays (SPA diodes) products designed to protect every input/output pin for electronic devices that may experience damaging electrostatic discharge (ESD) or electrical fast transients (EFT). The new SP1064 series transient suppression diode array is a Zener diode manufactured using proprietary silicon avalanche technology. These po ...

2017-03 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Mär 28 2017] Littelfuse Corporation, a global leader in circuit protection, today announced the launch of two SIDACtor protected thyristor families designed to protect SLIC(Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) interfaces from lightning induced surges and power failures. The surface mount B61089QDR and B9110DF series thyristors for programmable tracking protection contain a fast switching skid structure that mee ...

2017-03 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Mär 27 2017] STMicroelectronics' latest cloud-compatible Wi-Fi module will accelerate the development of various iot hardware and machine-to-machine communication devices. The new module provides advanced network security features and application protocols, and the built-in microcontroller supports stand-alone or serial port to Wi-Fi mode. The SPWF04 Wi-Fi module integrates an ARM® Cortex-M4 STM32 microcontro ...

2017-03 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Mär 26 2017] Silicon Labs continues to enhance the EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) family to meet the needs of embedded developers designing the next generation of secure, high-end IoT devices. With the new Jade and Pearl Gecko MCUS from Silicon Labs, developers can easily add touch control interfaces, robust security features, and multiple low-power sensors to IoT devices. The new MCUS are specifically opt ...

2017-03 Power Silicon Labs

[Mär 25 2017] Silicon Labs has announced a major expansion of its Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) product family, making it easier for developers at all levels to add multi-protocol switching capabilities to increasingly complex IoT applications. The new EFR32xG12 SoCs support a wider range of multi-protocol, multi-band application scenarios for home automation, connected lighting, wearables, and the Indus ...