Jazz Semiconductor (a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies, Inc.) and Sipex Corp. announced that they have collaborated to develop a number of power management devices utilizing Jazz Semiconductor’s 0.5 and 0.25µ Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD) processes. BCD processes are claimed to provide features that enable higher levels of integration, smaller size, and better efficiency […]
Phihong USA announced that it has developed a low-cost, 8-port midspan. Fully compliant with the IEEE802.3af standard in detection, disconnect, and voltage...
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the 12-member PIC18F87J11 general-purpose, high-performance 8-bit microcontroller family, which the company claims offers up to 20% greater performance...
It is no surprise that digital power electronics was a ‘hot’ topic at this year’s IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC). APEC...
Linear Technology Corp. introduced the LTC4095, a tiny, fully integrated, standalone linear battery charger for charging single-cell Li-Ion/Polymer batteries at up to...
Analyzing the papers presented at the annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) often provides interesting market intelligence, or ‘intel,’ as it...
NEC Electronics America, Inc. introduced its new 78K0/Lx3 line of 8-bit all flash microcontrollers (MCUs) with on-chip liquid crystal display (LCD) controllers/drivers...
Power-One, Inc. and Micrel Inc. jointly announced the availability of the full line of Z-One compatible low dropout (LDO) regulators. The companies also jointly announced that Micrel had become the newest member of the Z-Alliance of power supply and semiconductor manufacturers offering products and components for the Z-One digital power architecture. Micrel’s MIC68000 family of […]
Intersil Corp. has introduced two new supervisors, the ISL88016 and ISL88017, which offer pin-selectable voltage trip points along with popular functions such as power-on reset (POR) control, supply voltage supervision, and manual reset assertion in a small 6-pin TSOT package. Both supervisors are designed for low power consumption as well as high threshold accuracy and […]
Power Integrations, Inc. announced that it has extended its DPA-Switch® DC-DC IC family with the introduction of the 10W DPA422, which enables designers to develop efficient power supply designs for Power Over Ethernet (PoE) applications, and is especially suitable for Class 2 PoE implementations for applications such as VoIP telephones. Andy Smith, Power Integrations Product […]
STMicroelectronics introduced the first LED driver to include auto-power-saving features. The STP16CPS05, an innovative member of ST’s Power Logic family, allows manufacturers to meet the high power-efficiency requirements of industrial lighting, signage and transport applications by guaranteeing savings of 80% compared to existing solutions. An evolutionary advantage over the previous STP16Cx596 Power Logic series, the […]
austriamicrosystems introduced the AS1110 16-channel constant current LED driver with advanced error diagnostics for open and shorted LEDs. The AS1110 follows the...
Analog Devices, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended February 3, 2007. The first quarter of fiscal year 2007 was a 14-week quarter, as compared to the typical 13-week quarter, because ADI follows a 52-week (or 364-day) fiscal calendar which results in an additional week approximately every seventh year. […]
ColdWatt Inc. has introduced its digital power conversion portfolio aimed at helping IT managers and systems designers address the increasing challenges of...
Members of the Power Management Bus (PMBus™) Implementers Forum introduced version 1.1 of the open communications interface specification for the control of...