Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) announced its new ADT7461 enhanced digital temperature sensor with capabilities important for next-generation processors. The new temp sensor can monitor a wide temperature range, and automatically cancels temperature errors due to resistance in series with the remote sensor. The ADT7461 is well suited for a range of applications, including […]
Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA), a manufacturer of flexible automation for the semiconductor, electronics, fiber optic, telecommunications and life sciences industries, introduced the new Adept Film-Frame Handler platform for back-end metrology and advanced packaging process equipment. The system is designed to provide high film-frame capacity and fast swap times to maximize utilization of any […]
Schaffner EMC Inc. (Edison, NJ) has published a new wall chart that covers key elements of automotive component testing. The chart includes...
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) and GE Industrial Systems, a business of General Electric Co., announced the renewal and expansion of their joint marketing and sales agreement. Under terms of the new agreement, GE Industrial Systems will continue to be the exclusive sales channel to North American electric utilities and other transmission grid owners […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced a new hot-plug power controller that provides design flexibility and higher power efficiency when controlling...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced three additions to its WSL Series of surface-mount, Power Metal Strip® resistors. With very low TCR...
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) unveiled its new difference amplifier, the AD8205, which is suited for 42V automotive systems, as well as 14V and 24V automotive systems. The AD8205 also is well suited for industrial applications that measure small differential voltages in the presence of high common-mode voltage (CMV). The AD8205 is a high-side, […]
Sipex Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its new photo detector IC (PDIC), the SP8055, which is custom designed and represents Sipex's first entry into the home entertainment segment of DVD recorders. The SP8055 offers eight high-speed, data-detection channels with two additional 140MHz summing channels. The device's 12 gain settings provide versatile functionality for a multitude of […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced the expansion of its surface-mount device (SMD) portfolio with the addition of the SMA and SMB standard packages. The first product family in these packages are Schottky diodes with voltage ratings of 40V, 60V and 100V. Typical […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) provided guidance that its second-quarter 2003 revenues would be flat as compared to the first-quarter 2003 revenues. The company's revenues for the first quarter of 2003 were $266.5 million. Based upon end-market weakness in the automotive and wireless markets, coupled with approximately 3% sequential average price declines in all of […]
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced that it is launching a state-of-the-art, chip design center in Hyderabad, India. The new site will complement Cypress's current Indian design center in Bangalore. Cypress currently operates 18 design centers in the US and in countries such as England, Ireland, Turkey and India. The new facility is expected […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (Ichon, Korea), a worldwide semiconductor foundry, announced that ON Semiconductor has signed a multi-year, renewable agreement establishing Hynix as a volume supplier of CMOS manufacturing services. Under terms of the agreement, Hynix will supply production support to ON Semiconductor for its power management products. "This agreement […]
Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the new MM3137XV seven-channel motor driver IC, which supports DVD write optical combo drives and incorporates...
NenShi Communication Equipment Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its new PTC-5 PTC thermistor series, which is claimed to have a high aging coefficient,...
ABC Taiwan Electronics Corp. (Taiwan) has developed the SH4028 Series of 1.2µH to 560µH wound chip inductors, which the company claims to...