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2015-01 Power Qualcomm

[Jan 1 2015] Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Innovations, will ease data congestion in enterprise networks with a feature-rich, high-performance enterprise connectivity platform. In order to cope with the rapid increase of terminals and large amounts of data traffic in enterprise networks, Qualcomm has introduced corresponding solutions. The solution not only enables sophisticate ...

2015-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 1 2015] ST's latest STM32F091 ARM® Cortex-M0 microcontroller overcomes the limitations of similar products currently positioned for economical applications. Large capacity on-chip memory and up to 8 Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (USART) are available, saving multiplexed communication ports for applications such as car audio or three-phase meters. The STM32F091 microcontroller in ...

2012-06 Passive Components Vishay

[Jun 30 2012] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the introduction of a new 8V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET, the SiA436DJ. The device is available in a 2 x 2mm occupancy area thermally enhanced PowerPAK SC-70 package with the lowest on-resistance of any n-channel device. The new SiA436DJ features ultra-low on-resistance of 9.4mΩ, 10.5mΩ, 12.5mΩ, 18mΩ and 36mΩ at 4.5V, 2.5V, 1.8V, 1.5V and 1.2V. The on-res ...

2012-06 Power Microwave Technology Inc.

[Jun 30 2012] Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. announced the inclusion of support for Intelligent Distributed Antenna System (DAS) technology in its industry-leading series of system-on-chip (SoC) for small cell products. With this capability, Mindspeed is able to support "hybrid" systems with small cell towers and feed to DAS devices, which expands the market opportunity for small cell towers and brings new value ...

2012-06 Connectors Analog Devices

[Jun 29 2012] Analog Devices announced that the company has increased the clock speed of its previous DDS integrated circuit (IC) by more than three times. ADI's AD9914 incorporates an on-chip high-speed 12-bit DAC with a sampling rate of 3.5 Gigabits per second (GSPS), while the AD9915 delivers 2.5 GSPS. Both device cores support advanced digital programmable technology capable of synthesizing frequency flexi ...

2012-06 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jun 28 2012] Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Nuvation Research Corp. announced that they have mass-produced a rapid prototyping solution that significantly simplifies the transfer of Altera FPGA video streams, images and other data to host processors at speeds of up to 400 megabits per second. The solution uses a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 device interface board that connects to Arrow Electronics' BeMicro SDK (softwa ...

2012-06 Power Maxim Integrated

[Jun 28 2012] Maxim Integrated Products introduces several HetNet solutions for next-generation base station equipment. These solutions include single-chip multi-band wireless transceivers, wideband gain modules, direct RF synthesis Dacs, and intelligent digital point of load controllers. Cellular Radio access networks (RAN) are evolving towards heterogeneous networks, which require a range of different analog ...

2012-06 Connectors Molex

[Jun 27 2012] Molex Corporation has announced the expansion of its CMC product line with the introduction of a 32-power line-to-line connection system. The CMC Modular hybrid connection system is specifically designed for high conductivity and harsh environment applications and is widely recognized as the industry standard interface for automotive and transportation powertrain applications, including engine co ...

2012-06 Connectors TE Connectivity

[Jun 27 2012] To meet the demand for versatile products, TE Connectivity has introduced a new two-bank wire-to-wire panel fixed connection solution, the 6-position Power Lock Strip (PDL) connector. Featuring a new resin material, locking inserts and an ergonomic round edge design, the connector offers a Glow-wire standard (GWT) option with terminal double locking (TPA) and excellent handling performance. James ...

2012-06 Power SMC Corporation of America

[Jun 26 2012] SMSC announced that it has introduced a new energy-efficient, low-power 10/100 Ethernet physical Layer transceiver (PHY) for consumer, industrial and enterprise hardware applications. The new LAN8740, LAN8741 and LAN8742 reduce power consumption by up to 50% compared to SMSC's existing transceiver products. Key applications for the new products include set-top boxes, digital cameras, network prin ...

2012-06 Passive Components Vishay

[Jun 26 2012] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the availability of a new bidirectional asymmetric (BiSy) single-wire ESD protection diode, VCUT07B1-HD1, with a low capacity of 14pF, in an ultra-small LLP1006-2L package. With a small footprint of 1.0mm x 0.6mm and an extremely small size of 0.38mm, the new VCUT07B1-HD1 reduces the board space required for ESD protection in portable electronics such as lapto ...

2012-06 Connectors IDT, Integrated Device Technology

[Jun 25 2012] Integrated Device Technology announced that it has launched the industry's lowest-power low-distortion diversified mixer for 4G wireless base stations. As part of the IDT Zero-Distortion family, the new device reduces power consumption while reducing distortion in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Time Division duplex (TDD) wireless communication architectures. IDT is committed to providing the indus ...