Technology Articles

2015-09 Power Infineon Technologies

[Sep 7 2015] Infineon Technologies AG expands the StrongIRFET™ Power MOSFET product range with solutions that meet both compact and durable requirements. The new logic level StrongIRFET™ device can be driven directly by a single chip computer, saving space and reducing costs. In addition, StrongIRFET™ is rugged and helps extend the life of electronic products. The StrongIRFET series has been proven to maximiz ...

2015-09 Power Microchip Technology

[Sep 6 2015] Microchip Technology announced the MCP9600, the world's first thermocouple conditioning integrated circuit, which integrates precision instrumentation, a precise temperature sensor, a high-precision and high-resolution digital-to-analog converter (ADC), and a mathematical engine with pre-programmed firmware. The mathematical engine supports a wide range of standard thermocouple models (K, J, T, N ...

2015-09 Sensors Melexis Technologies NV

[Sep 5 2015] Melexis has added a new device to its series of programmable Hall-effect current sensors, the MLX91208, with a new high current version. The new MLX91208CAV is optimized for very high magnetic fields in applications such as hybrid and electric vehicles (HEV) and can handle primary currents of up to 1000A. The device is an effective complement to the existing MLX91208 series, which covers both low ...

2015-09 Power Fair-Rite Products

[Sep 4 2015] Fairchild, the world's leading provider of high-performance power semiconductor solutions, has introduced its industry-leading medium voltage MOSFET product in an 8x8 Dual Cool package. The new Dual Cool 88 MOSFET provides power conversion engineers with an excellent replacement for the bulky D2-PAK package, reducing its size by half while providing higher power density and efficiency, and improv ...

2015-09 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Sep 3 2015] Diodes introduces the AL1678 series of LED drivers suitable for driving non-dimming LED modified bulbs in general lighting products that do not require a power factor higher than 0.7. These 500V buck converter LED drivers deliver up to 15W of output power across all bus voltages for A variety of LED lighting applications such as A/B/P lamps and GU10 lamps, reducing total circuit material costs wh ...

2015-09 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[Sep 2 2015] Intersil announced the introduction of the ISL94203 3-8 battery pack detector to support lithium-ion or other chemical batteries used in medical mobile service vehicles, wheelchairs, electric bicycles, hand-held power tools, vacuum cleaners and solar or renewable energy storage systems. The device accurately detects, protects, and balances rechargeable battery packs to maximize battery life and e ...

2015-09 Connectors Molex

[Sep 1 2015] Molex has developed the MXP120 sealed connector system for powertrain, body electronics and safety electronics applications. Connectors and sockets for safety applications come in a distinctive yellow casing, while non-safety-related powertrain and body electronics applications come in a black casing. The 1.20 mm MXP120 sealed connector system with 4.00 mm pitch provides excellent plug, plug and ...

2015-08 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Aug 31 2015] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation has announced a new line of energy-harvesting power management integrated circuits (PMIC) for tiny, solar-powered wireless sensors in the Internet of Things (IoT). With the lowest power consumption in the world, the new device is a single-chip energy harvesting PMIC that can use solar panels with an area of only 1 cm2. The new PMIC devices are ideal for battery-f ...

2015-08 Power Qorvo US Inc.

[Aug 30 2015] Qorvo, a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure, and aerospace and defense applications, announced the introduction of a hybrid line of gallium nitride (GaN)/ Gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifiers to expand range and meet the exploding data throughput requirements of the point-to-point radio link market. Gorden Gook, general manager of Qorvo's Transmission Business unit, s ...

2015-08 Connectors IDT, Integrated Device Technology

[Aug 29 2015] IDT has added two new members to its growing family of silicon-based RF voltage Variable attenuators (VVA) - which provide the analog control needed for precise attenuation applications - expanding the company's frequency coverage from 1MHz to 6GHz. Both devices have a bi-directional RF port, support a 3V or 5V single positive supply voltage, and have an operating temperature range of -40°C to 10 ...

2015-08 Power Qualcomm

[Aug 28 2015] Qualcomm announced that its subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), has introduced new versions of its Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Image Signal Processing (ISP) units for its next-generation vision processing technology, providing significant advancements in performance, power efficiency and user experience for SnapdragonQUALCOMM processors. The new QUALCOMM Adreno 5XX GPU architectu ...

2015-08 Passive Components KEMET

[Aug 27 2015] KEMET Corporation announced the release of its M55 module Polymer Seal (PHS) capacitor portfolio. KEMET's M550 M551 and modular series are designed for mission-critical high capacity and voltage applications and are produced by connecting T550 or T551 polymer-sealed capacitors in parallel. The series M55 is suitable for telecommunications, computer, defense and aerospace applications. With its st ...