Technology Articles

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 ...

2012-06 Power ISSI, Integrated Silicon Solution Inc

[Jun 25 2012] Imagination Technolgoies has announced that its Meta processor has received Dolby MS11 certification. Meta processors have been deployed in a wide range of digital audio products including extension docks, radios and networked audio subsystems. The MS11-certified Meta processor can decode a wide range of multi-stream audio standard content with a single thread. According to Dolby, the MS11 multi- ...

2012-06 Semiconductors ON Semiconductor

[Jun 24 2012] ON Semiconductor introduces new system-on-chip (SoC) Powerline carrier (PLC) modems for applications such as electricity meters, home automation, solar power and lighting control. The NCN49597 is the first device in this new family of PLC modems, integrating a low-power 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 processor and a high-precision analog front end. The device is based on dual 4,800 baud spread spectrum fre ...

2012-06 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jun 23 2012] STMicroelectronics introduces Mystique series DisplayPort and HDMI interface converter chips. The series is the world's first high-speed active protocol bidirectional converter for managing audio and video signals between DisplayPort and HDMI, the two most commonly used display interfaces in computers and consumer electronics. Mystique is the most advanced audio/video converter system chip in the ...

2012-06 Semiconductors ON Semiconductor

[Jun 22 2012] ON Semiconductor today announced the availability of a complete front-to-back process design kit (PDK) for the company's High-Q™ Integrated Passive Device (IPD) process. This PDK was developed to work with Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System (ADS) 2011 Electronic Design Assistance (EDA) software, enabling customers of ON Semiconductor and Agilent Technologies to take full advantage of th ...

2012-06 Semiconductors

[Jun 21 2012] Avago Technologies announced the launch of several new wireless applications designed for macro and small cell base stations and portable GPS system applications. Allen Chien, product manager, Wireless Applications, Avago, said: "Driven by the ubiquity of connectivity and the high growth of cellular communications, picocell and femtocell base stations can reduce the burden on macro cells in heter ...