Technology Articles

2015-03 Connectors Vishay

[mar 3 2015] Vishay introduces the new 20V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET-SIA466EDJ in an ultra-small, thermally enhanced PowerPAK SC-70 package. With a occupying area of 2mm x 2mm, the Vishay Siliconix SiA466EDJ features the industry's highest package limiting current, enabling higher power density and reliability in portable electronics. It is also the only device in the industry with a ±20V rated VGS off ...

2015-03 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[mar 2 2015] ST and YOGITECH, the world's leading provider of functional safety solutions, have successfully developed a software design support component with excellent flexibility to help simplify the development and certification process for safety-critical systems based on STM32 microcontrollers. The collaboration began in November 2013 and has resulted in the development of a STM32 application design saf ...

2015-03 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[mar 1 2015] Diodes Incorporated has added a 74AUP2G two-gate logic device in an eight-pin DFN1210 lead-free micropackage to its advanced family of ultra-low-power CMOS logic devices. The new products extend the battery life of the next generation of ultra-thin portable products such as smartphones and tablets by supporting low voltage and low power system designs. These devices are supplied in a voltage rang ...

2015-02 Passive Components Vishay

[feb 28 2015] Vishay announces the first device in its IHLD family of ultra-thin, high-current dual-chip inductors, the iHRD-4032KB-5A. The automotive Electronics standard certified device combines two inductors in a 4032 package and is the industry's first dual-chip inductor capable of operating at +155 ° C. Vishay Dale inductors are suitable for automotive and commercial Class D amplifier circuits, where the ...

2015-02 Connectors Broadcom

[feb 27 2015] Broadcom has introduced a new smartwatch platform that dramatically reduces the power consumption of Android Wear devices. The platform will offer more features to original equipment manufacturers (Oems), including GPS and wireless charging support for sensor hub processing. Compared to the previous generation of products, Broadcom's new smartwatch platform will significantly reduce power consump ...

2015-02 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[feb 26 2015] Intersil introduces TW9984 quad-channel analog video decoder for automotive circumnavigation parking assistance applications with built-in analog video encoder to help improve driver and pedestrian safety. Based on market-leading Intersil video decoder technology, the TW9984 replaces up to nine discrete components with a single chip. At the same time, it provides the best analog decoding performa ...

2015-02 Power Infineon Technologies

[feb 25 2015] Infineon Technologies, a leading provider of hardware security products for cellular M2M communications, announced the new SLM 97 and SLI 97 security controller families. The new product features unique capabilities to meet the M2M communication needs of industrial and automotive applications, such as emergency calling (eCall) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. The European Telecommunica ...

2015-02 Semiconductors Broadcom

[feb 24 2015] Broadcom announced the launch of two new system-level (SoC) chips that will provide mobile access operators with industry-leading spectrum capacity and efficiency to advance existing microwave backhaul infrastructure. For the first time, the two new SOCs achieve transmission speeds of 5G per second (Gbps), while also increasing spectral efficiency by a factor of 4 to 48 BPH /Hz. Broadcom's two ne ...

2015-02 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[feb 23 2015] Diodes Incorporated introduces the APR343 synchronous rectifier controller, designed to meet the demand for highly integrated, efficient and affordable solutions for chargers for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices. The device integrates the output voltage sensing function into the secondary MOSFET driver to support the primary side control system. The APR343's circuit configurati ...

2015-02 Power Microchip Technology

[feb 23 2015] Microchip Technology announced the MM7150 Motion Module, which integrates Microchip's SSC7150 motion coprocessor with a 9-axis sensor containing an accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope in a compact, easy-to-use package. With a simple I2C™ connection to most MCUS/MPUs, various embedded/Internet of Things (IoT) applications can easily take advantage of the advanced motion and position data co ...

2015-02 Sensors Vishay

[feb 22 2015] Vishay introduces the VEML6070, a new integrated UV sensor using Filtron™ UV technology for high UV sensitivity and linearity. The Vishay Semiconductors VEML6070 integrates an optical pin diode and signal processing IC into a small 2.35mm x 1.8mm x 1.0mm surface-mount package that converts solar UV intensity into digital data for consumer, medical and industrial electronics applications. An I2C b ...

2015-02 Connectors Linear Technology/Analog Devices

[feb 21 2015] Linear introduces the LT3042, the leading low noise, ultra-high Power Ripple suppression (PSRR) low voltage differential voltage linear regulator. The device's unique design has an ultra-low point noise of only 2nV/√Hz (at 10kHz) and an integrated output noise of 0.8µVRMS (within a broadband width of 10Hz to 100kHz). Low frequency and high frequency PSRR performance is exceptional. A low frequenc ...