Technology Articles

2017-01 Power Cirrus Logic Inc.

[gen 18 2017] Cirrus Logic, the world's leading manufacturer of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components, has introduced its flagship ultra-low power intelligent audio codec CS47L90, a major breakthrough in single-chip audio playback and sound processing capabilities for mobile applications. The audio technology of the Cirrus Logic CS47L90 product provides mobile device manufacturers with ...

2017-01 Power Microsemi

[gen 17 2017] Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of differentiated semiconductor technology solutions in terms of power consumption, safety, reliability and performance, announced the addition of image/video solutions to support the popular Processor Interface (MIPI) Camera Serial Interface (CSI-2) for the mobile industry. This new feature enhancement enables customers to use the low-power, high-securit ...

2017-01 Connectors Microchip Technology

[gen 17 2017] Microchip Technology has announced the DSC6000 series of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) oscillators. This new product family represents the industry's best-in-class technology, with the smallest MEMS MHz oscillators in the industry, the lowest power consumption in the industry, and the freedom to choose frequencies from 2 KHz to 100 MHz. Devices such as wearables and Internet of Things (IoT ...

2017-01 Connectors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[gen 16 2017] Allegro MicroSystems has released a new power management IC(PMIC), the A4413, which can be configured as a step-down or step-down preregulator to efficiently convert automotive battery voltage to a highly regulated intermediate voltage with complete control, diagnostic and protection functions. Outputs include 5V for remote sensors (V5P), high voltage protected linear regulators (LDO) up to 75mA, ...

2017-01 Sensors Vishay

[gen 16 2017] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of its new highly sensitive proximity and ambient light sensor, the VCNL4100, from the Optoelectronics division with a detection range of up to 1 meter. Featuring Filtron™ technology and a small 8mm x 3mm x 1.8mm surface mount package, the Vishay Semiconductors VCNL4100 combines high-power infrared emitters, light detectors for proximity and ambien ...

2017-01 Power Vishay

[gen 15 2017] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of its new surface-mount Power Metal Strip galvanometer resistor, WSKW0612, with an increased power class of 1.0W and a small 0612 form factor. To improve measurement accuracy, the Vishay Dale WSKW0612 uses a welded copper joint construction and a Kelvin 4 joint connection, reducing the TCR to 75ppm. The resistance of the device is as low as 0.001Ω ...

2017-01 Sensors ON Semiconductor

[gen 14 2017] Driving energy efficient innovation, On Semiconductor continues to strengthen its position in low-light imaging solutions for the industrial market with the introduction of new products based on interline transfer EMCCD (IT-EMCCD) technology. The new 8-megapixel KAE‑08151 image sensor is the second device to use ON Semiconductor's IT-EMCCD technology and offers the same subelectronic background n ...

2017-01 Semiconductors Dialog Semiconductor GmbH

[gen 13 2017] Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid-state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth low energy technologies, Introduces SmartBond™ DA14681, the world's most integrated single-chip solution for connectivity of rechargeable devices for wearables, smart homes, and other emerging Internet of Things (IoT) devices. As part of Dialog's SmartBond famil ...

2017-01 Power Power Integrations

[gen 12 2017] Power Integration, a leader in IGBT and MOSFET driver technology for medium voltage and high voltage inverter applications, introduces the 1SP0350V SCALE™-2 single-channel +15/-10 V plug-and-play gate driver. The 1SP0350 gate driver is ideal for HVDC and rail transit industries that require high reliability applications, and safely and reliably drives 4500V Press-Pack IGBT and IEGT, as well as ot ...

2017-01 Power Artesyn Embedded Technologies

[gen 11 2017] Artesyn Embedded Technologies announced the launch of the new AXA 25W Series of rugged, high-density 25W DC/DC power converters, enabling Oems to develop a wide range of low-power electronic products and devices with this series of cost-effective power system solutions. These include production automation systems, measuring instruments, test and measurement equipment, and telecommunications produ ...

2017-01 Power STMicroelectronics

[gen 10 2017] STMicroelectronics introduces a set of affordable development tools based on the STM32 microcontroller ecosystem. The new development kit enables design engineers to prototype Internet of Things (IoT) devices with LoRa wireless Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) networking capabilities. The new development kit, P-NUCLEO-LRWAN1, consists of two boards: The ultra-low power STM32L073 NUCLEO (Nucleo ...

2017-01 Power Infineon Technologies

[gen 9 2017] Infineon Technologies AG introduces the 800 V CoolMOS™ P7 series. The 800 V MOSFET is based on super junction technology and offers exceptional performance and ease of use. This new family of products is ideal for low-power SMPS applications and fully meets market demands for performance, ease of design and cost performance. It focuses primarily on flyback topologies, which are common in applicat ...