Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) announced a new semiconductor converter that integrates five component functionalities for a single-phase dc/dc synchronous buck...
Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) announced a new line of n-channel, MOSFETs in the thin small outline package 6 (TSOP6), based...
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) introduced its new PIC16F630 and PIC16F676 PICmicro Flash, 14-pin microcontroller devices that feature an analog-to-digital converter, internal oscillator, comparator and quick startup. The devices are suitable for small appliances, toys, sense and measurement applications, or high-end automobile systems. The PIC16F630 and PIC16F676 devices feature Microchip's PMOS electrically erasable cell process […]
Total Power International (TPI, Lowell, MA) introduced its new 100W, single- and dual-output TPDH100 line of half-brick, dc/dc converters that are designed...
Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) introduced its TDA21201 single-package, integrated switch that allows designers of switching power supplies to reduce system costs by as much as 50 percent and reduce space. The TDA21201 component is suitable for personal computers, notebook computers and other portable and space-constrained electronic devices. The TDA21201 devices convert a 12V input […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) introduced the NTLTD7900, a dual n-channel, common drain, power MOSFET for lithium-ion battery management in portable electronics, including cellular phones, pagers and PDAs. The NTLTD7900 is a 9A, 20V device designed for use in protection circuits for one- and two-cell lithium-ion battery packs. Offered in a tiny 3.3mm x 3.3mm […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) introduced the X80010, X80011, X80012 and X80013 smart power management products, which integrate power supply sequencing, system management and hot-swap functions to provide a complete solution that addresses power distribution from a -48V backplane. The hot-swap features of the X80010 family allow for insertion and extraction of line cards, network interface […]
Yageo Corp. (Taiwan) announced its new X2Y Series of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, designed for EMI filtering of dc motors and high-speed data-line filtering applications, which are available with capacitance values from 10pF to 1µF with ±10 percent or ±20 percent tolerance levels and voltage ratings from 10V to 100V. The capacitors have a maximum dissipation […]
Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced its new M16C/26 (M3026x) 16-bit microcontroller (MCU), which integrates a voltage-down converter that allows the device to operate at a full rated speed of 20MHz while consuming between 3V to 5V. When operating at 10MHz, power consumption drops to <3V. Targeted at consumer, industrial and automotive […]
Chippower Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) announced that it has developed a sixteenth-brick, 20A, dc/dc converter prototype for high-performance power applications to reduce space...
Glary Power Technology (Taiwan) introduced its new 100A, quarter-brick, dc/dc module with a high conversion efficiency of 87 percent at 1.8V/100A, which...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Geneva, Switzerland) introduced a new range of low-voltage MOSFETs based on its STripFET III™ technology, which are designed for use on motherboards and in telecommunications applications. The STB130NH02L, STD38NH02L, STD90NH02L, STD100NH02L and STS25NH3LL MOSFETs feature low thresholds, low input capacitances, a low intrinsic resistance of less than 1.9W, and a reverse-recovery characteristic of […]
Tyco Electronics Power Components (Menlo Park, CA) announced Raychem Circuit Protection's lead-free, resettable, PolySwitch® TRF250-180 device for telecom and networking applications, which...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced two new hot-swap power managers for use in nominal -48V systems, the TPS2392 and TPS2393, which allow precise control of current and voltage during turn-on and operation, and are suitable for -48V distributed power systems, central office switching, optical networking systems and wireless base stations. The TPS2392 and […]
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced the release of a comprehensive line of 3A and 5A Powermite®3 schottky barrier rectifiers, which use patented packaging technology licensed from Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA). The diodes will be manufactured at Diodes' facilities in China. The Powermite®3 package has a low profile of 1.1mm, which allows it to be […]