ICs
Haptic platform for control panels targets home appliances
May 19, 2012 11:41 am | Products | CommentsHiWave Technologies launched a touch feedback platform for control panels for everyday household appliances. The platform will enable manufacturers to simplify the production process by replacing button controls with flat control panels that maintain the feel of a mechanical key press, when touched.
Compact modules reduce component count, shrink PCB size up to 70 percent
May 17, 2012 2:39 pm | Products | CommentsInternational Rectifier introduced the PowIRaudio family of integrated power modules for high performance home theater systems and car audio amplifiers. The new devices integrate a PWM controller and two digital audio power MOSFETs in a single package to offer a highly efficient, compact solution that reduces component count...
Wideband I/Q demodulator improves zero-IF receiver performance
May 14, 2012 2:37 pm | News | CommentsLinear Technology announces the LTC5584, an ultrawide bandwidth direct conversion I/Q demodulator with outstanding linearity of 31dBm IIP3 and 70dBm IIP2. The device offersbest-in-class demodulation bandwidth of over 530MHz...
Wireless transceiver promises double operation lifetime in smart meters
May 14, 2012 10:05 am | Products | CommentsSTMicroelectronics introduced a high-performance, ultra-low-power wireless transceiver for Automatic Meter Infrastructure and other wireless sensor node applications, such as alarm and security systems, home and building automation, and industrial monitoring and control. ST’s SPIRIT1 transceiver combines...
Capacitors maintain 20% recommended voltage derating
May 10, 2012 12:22 pm | Products | CommentsAVX Corporation has developed the industry’s first 63V and 75V single-anode tantalum polymer capacitors. Part of the TCJ Series polymer tantalum capacitors, these new surface mount devices (SMDs) deliver high capacitance, high voltage and low ESR values in a small case size.
Power modules deliver up to 60% smaller footprint
May 9, 2012 9:38 am | Products | CommentsInternational Rectifier today introduced a family of highly integrated, ultra-compact, patent pending µIPM power modules for high efficiency appliance and light industrial applications including compressor drives for refrigeration, pumps for heating and water circulation, air-conditioning fans, dishwashers, and automation systems.
Insulated gate bipolar transistors targeted at industrial motor control and consumer products
May 8, 2012 4:19 pm | Products | CommentsON Semiconductor today introduced a new series of Field Stop Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) targeted at industrial motor control and consumer products. The NGTB15N120, NGTB20N120 and NGTB25N120 enable high performance power conversion solutions for a wide range of demanding applications...
Automotive varistor series delivers jump start & multiple-strike protection for communication systems
May 8, 2012 10:41 am | Products | CommentsAVX Corporation has developed a miniature 0402 varistor specifically for FlexRay Communication BUS Systems used in automotive applications. The AEC-Q200 qualified Flexray Automotive Varistor Series automotive varistors combine ESD protection with EMI/RF filtering and insertion loss characteristics to protect against transients on high-speed data lines up to 10Mbps.
Femtocell transceivers simplify compact radio designs
May 8, 2012 10:18 am | Products | CommentsMaxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX2550–MAX2553 femtocell transceivers for WCDMA (Bands 1 to 6 and 8 to 10) and cdma2000 (Band Class 0, 1, and 10). The amount of data consumed by smartphones is rising and the increase in data transmission requires more base-station cell sites to receive and transmit the signals.
Voltage regulator ICs tout low dropout voltage
May 7, 2012 4:59 pm | Products | CommentsBased on CMOS technology, Seiko Instruments’ S-13A1 Series is a positive voltage regulator with a low dropout voltage, high output voltage accuracy and low current consumption. Developed with a 2.2-uF small ceramic capacitor, the regulator
Digital voice processor designed to implement a digital voice scrambler
May 4, 2012 1:24 pm | Products | CommentsCML Microcircuits (www.cmlmicro.com) has released a new digital voice scrambler. The CMX7011 is a flexible, half duplex, digital voice processor specifically designed to implement a digital voice scrambler for use with conventional radio communication systems including analogue professional mobile radio...
BLDC motor drivers serve automotive applications
May 4, 2012 10:40 am | Products | CommentsMelexis announces today the next-generation IC Family for sensor-less and sensor based BLDC motor control for automotive applications. The new IC family follows the very successful MLX81200 core integration concept. This newest family of driver ICs combines voltage regulator, LIN -Transceiver, MCU, EEPROM, Flash, RAM, Power FET Pre-Driver...
600V IC intended for 3-phase inverterized motor-drive applications
May 4, 2012 9:48 am | Products | CommentsInternational Rectifier today introduced the automotive qualified AUIRS2334S 600V IC for 3-phase inverterized motor drive applications such as high-voltage compressors (HVAC) and fans. The AUIRS2334S features an advanced input filter to improve the input/output pulse symmetry of the signals processed by the device.
50-A SiC MOSFET family with 1700-V device touts improved efficiency for high-power apps
May 2, 2012 11:06 am | Products | CommentsCree, Inc. announced a new family of 50-A Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices, including a 1700-V Z-FET SiC MOSFET. These new 50-A SiC devices, which also include a 1200V Z-FET SiC MOSFET and three Z-Rec SiC Schottky diodes, are asserted to enable
Enpirion's PowerSoc Technology
April 30, 2012 2:17 pm | Videos | CommentsHere’s another video of Enprion’s Power SoC technology. Here, Mark Cieri, Director of Marketing and Business Development, and Ahmed Abou-Alfotouh, Ph.D., manager Systems Architect Group demonstrate
IC detects lightning up to 40 km away, targets portable apps
April 30, 2012 10:36 am | Products | Commentsaustriamicrosystems introduced what it asserts is the world’s first lightning sensor IC, the AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor with an embedded intelligent algorithm. The IC provides people with advanced warning of approaching electrical storms giving them additional time to take shelter.
Automotive powertrain MCU helps simplify compliance with stringent safety standards
April 30, 2012 10:17 am | Products | CommentsFreescale Semiconductor announced sampling of the multicore Qorivva MPC5746M microcontroller (MCU), designed to address the growing global demand for improved performance in automotive powertrain systems while meeting the latest safety and application security requirements. This 32-bit MCU is
Jitter-cleaning device improves both video source and display performance at top HDMI clock rates
April 26, 2012 3:09 pm | Products | CommentsParade Technologies today announced a new addition to its portfolio of HDMI interface and signal conditioning devices. The new PS8401 is an HDMI jitter-cleaning repeater chip that compensates for HDMI signal skew caused by long signal traces, connectors and cables.
Intrinsic-ID enables secure boot software authentication
April 25, 2012 9:47 am | Products | CommentsThe Dialog Semiconductor SC14453S is the world’s first commercially available Voice over IP (VoIP) processor circuit that integrates Intrinsic-ID’s patented Hardware Intrinsic Security IP – also referred to as Physical Unclonable Function (PUF).
Low VCE(SAT) transistors come in ultra miniature TLM621 package
April 24, 2012 12:05 pm | Products | CommentsCentral Semiconductor Corp., announced the CTLT3410-M621 (NPN) and CTLT7410-M621 (PNP) transistors in the space saving, low profile TLM621 surface mount package. These new devices are rated at 1.0 A of continuous collector current, 25-V collector-to-emitter voltage and have an
Energy-measurement AFE has two 24-bit ADCs with desirable accuracy, low power and high-speed modes
April 23, 2012 12:06 pm | Products | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc announced its next-generation energy-measurement analog front end (AFE), the MCP3911, which features two 24-bit, delta-sigma ADCs that operate at 3-V with accuracy of 94.5 dB SINAD and 106.5 dB THD. This provides
Transceiver family demonstrates compliance with lightning and EMI requirements of RTCA/DO-160G
April 20, 2012 1:52 pm | Products | CommentsHolt Integrated Circuits announced compliance of its RS-485 transceiver family, HI-4850, with the EMI/EMC requirements of RTCA/DO-160G, Section 21, Category P and the lightning requirements of RTCA/DO-160G, Section 22, Level 3 and 4 Pin Injection Test Waveform Set A (3 & 4), Set B (3 & 5A) and Set Z (3 & 5B).
MOSFETs offer cost-effective, flexible solution for low-power applications
April 20, 2012 9:51 am | Products | CommentsInternational Rectifier announced the introduction of an extensive portfolio of devices featuring IR’s latest low-voltage HEXFET MOSFET silicon in a TSOP-6 package for low power applications including load switch, charge and discharge switches for battery protection and inverter switches.
Magnetic rotary encoder IC offers reliable measurements in noisy industrial environments
April 18, 2012 11:36 am | Products | Commentsaustriamicrosystems released the AS5048, a 14-bit magnetic encoder IC offering new features which make it easier than ever to achieve accurate, reliable angle measurements in microcontroller-based applications. The AS5048, which provides a PWM output and either an SPI or I2C interface...
Stereo spatial array IC promises immersive audio experience
April 18, 2012 11:26 am | Products | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced an integrated circuit (IC) that, according to the company, converts a smartphone or tablet computer’s narrow soundstage into a much wider and exciting audio experience for consumers. The LM48903 stereo Class D spatial array IC
