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LNAs tout very low noise figure for consumer, military and industrial apps
June 4, 2013 12:08 pm | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSkyworks Solutions, Inc. announced a portfolio of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) that provide a desirable noise figure, a critical component to boosting weak incoming signals for today’s 4G wireless infrastructure as well as diverse broad market systems including GPS, broadband, military and satellite
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LDO offers 25 µVRMS noise, programmable Current limit and diagnostic information
June 4, 2013 10:14 am | Linear Technology Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsLinear Technology Corporation announced the LT3055, a high voltage, low noise, low dropout voltage linear regulator offering precision, programmable current limit and diagnostic capability. The device delivers up to 500 mA output current with a 350-mV dropout voltage at full load. It features
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Extreme broadband amplifiers tout desirable noise figure performance
June 3, 2013 5:28 pm | Nxp Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsNXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of a new family of extreme-broadband amplifiers, applicable for CATV, broadcast TV, satellite systems and general ISM applications – the BGA3012, BGA3015 and BGA3018. Performance characteristics include
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2 to 20 GHz broadband amplifier offers positive bias
May 31, 2013 1:46 pm | Product Releases | CommentsCustom MMIC is offering a new device from their growing MMIC library of standard products. The CMD187 is a wideband GaAs MMIC amplifier die for applications from 2 to 20 GHz. This device delivers greater than 22 dB of flat gain with a corresponding output 1 dB compression point of +14 dBm, and a noise figure of 4.5 dB at 20 GHz.
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Miniature PCIe clock generators tout very small footprint, low power
May 28, 2013 11:30 am | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSilicon Labs has expanded its PCI Express (PCIe) timing solution portfolio with new one- and two-output PCIe clock generators that are said to offer the smallest footprint and lowest power in the market. Designed to meet the stringent specifications of the PCIe Generation 1/2/3 standards, the Si52111 and
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Rail-to-rail single op amps exhibit a typical input bias current of 2pA
April 8, 2013 3:48 pm | Digi-Key | Product Releases | CommentsTouchstone Semiconductor announced that it has added two new, micropower operational amplifiers (op amps) to its “NanoWatt Analog” high-performance analog integrated circuits portfolio: the TS1003 and TS1005, both available in SC70-5 packaging and ready to ship from Digi-Key, Touchstone Semiconductor’s authorized distributor.
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Power adapter chipsets achieve fast standby recovery
April 4, 2013 4:05 pm | Iwatt | Product Releases | CommentsiWatt has expanded its PrimAccurate pulse width modulation (PWM) controller platform to include two new power adapter chipsets that offer the company’s fastest standby recovery. The iW1766 + iW628 and iW1767 + iW628 chipsets provide ultra-low, <10mW standby power at up to 12W output power....
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One-resistor-tunable timer ICs operate over wide supply voltage range
April 3, 2013 11:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsTouchstone Semiconductor added four, high-accuracy, micropower timer ICs to its rapidly expanding family of “NanoWatt Analog” timer integrated circuits. These higher-single-supply voltage, second-generation timer ICs operate over a wide supply voltage range
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Silicon photonics chips offer both 100G WDM and 100G feature WDM in QSFP package
March 21, 2013 3:01 pm | Product Releases | CommentsKotura, Inc. announced it is rolling out an optical engine in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) package. The optical engine uses wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), in which different signals can share the same path. It is demonstrating WDM in a
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Flyback controller surpasses Energy Star 5 requirements for 10-W to 65-W AC adapters
March 19, 2013 2:28 pm | Texas Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments announced a flyback controller that exceeds Energy Star 5 standby power requirements for 10-W to 65-W AC/DC adapters used with notebooks, motor control, smart meters, micro-inverters and other high-powered applications. Used in conjunction with
LISTED UNDER: Power Supply Circuits | Pulse Width Modulators
CFP2 SR10 optical transceiver targets high-density 100G Ethernet, OTN apps
March 13, 2013 2:44 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAvago Technologies announced a new 100G CFP2 optical transceiver, the AFBR-8420Z. The device is a 10-channel pluggable, multi-mode parallel optic transceiver module designed for high-density 100G Ethernet and Optical Transport Network (OTN). The transceiver is designed to
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Clock generator family offers high performance for cloud computing and networking applications
January 28, 2013 1:50 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPericom Semiconductor introduced a new family of HiFlex Clock Generators offering multiple frequency outputs with very low jitter, high integration, and high flexibility - perfect for use in networking, cloud computing, and other high performance platforms that require multiple frequencies and outputs.
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Low-power, low-voltage comparators intended for power-sensitive applications
January 25, 2013 3:39 pm | Product Releases | CommentsTouchstone Semiconductor announced the TS9002 dual and the TS9004 quad low power analog comparators plus 1.182-V reference integrated circuits. As an improved, pin-for-pin functional equivalent to the MAX923, the TS9002’s 3.2-µA supply current is 16% lower and its ±0.75% initial accuracy voltage reference is 25% lower....
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Data bus solutions used in the test and integration of the Airbus A350/A380 and the Boeing 787 aircraft
January 16, 2013 2:17 pm | Product Releases | CommentsData Device Corporation (DDC) and TechSAT combine their resources and expertise to offer robust AFDX/ARINC 664 data bus solutions. TechSAT’s field-proven and mature AFDX technology, which has been used in the test and integration of the Airbus A350/A380 and the Boeing 787 aircraft, is now offered by DDC in the DD-82101F AFDX/ARINC 664 PMC card.
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Comparators ideal for 3V or 5V single-supply applications
January 14, 2013 9:56 am | Product Releases | CommentsTouchstone Semiconductor announced the TSM921-TSM924, TSM931-TSM934, TSM971-TSM973 and the TSM982/TSM984 series of low voltage, low-power analog comparators. Eleven of the 13 analog comparators feature an integrated 1.182V voltage reference with either ±1% (TSM92x/TSM97x) or ±2% (TSM93x/TSM98x) initial accuracy.
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