Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its new TPS310x family of supervisory ICs, which monitor supply voltages from 0.55V to 3.3V...
Dali Electronic Fty. (China) introduced a series of aluminum electrolytic capacitors that exhibit low impedance, low leakage and low noise. The small...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced the addition of the ARF463 to its family of high-voltage RF power MOSFETs. The ARF463 operates reliably at dc voltages up to 150V and delivers 100W of CW output power up to 100MHz. High-power RF generators are used extensively in semiconductor manufacturing and a wide variety of […]
DATEL Inc. (Mansfield, MA) announced two new additions to its family of miniature electronic loads. Designed for use in the cost-effective implementation...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC4251 hot-swap controller, which comes in a tiny six-lead SOT-23 and includes multiple stages of...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has introduced a new series of high-frequency surface-mount Schottky barrier rectifiers, the UPS520-40, expanding the company's offerings in its patented Powermite package. The UPS520-40 Series offers an integral guard-ring protection; a low forward-voltage drop of 0.51V at 1/2A; a peak repetitive reverse voltage of 20V, 30V and 40V; […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the expansion of their FPAL/FPBL Series of Smart Power Modules (SPMs) designed for 100V to...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced the new FAN4113 voltage feedback amplifier, designed for low-cost, battery-powered commercial applications, and which can...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its new LTC4230, a triple hot-swap controller that actively limits inrush current during live insertion. It also enables a timed circuit breaker for over-current transients and latches off an external n-channel MOSFET immediately during short-circuit faults for supplies from 1.7V to 16.5V. The device monitors the output voltage and […]
Melexis GmbH (Germany) announced the TH8060 and TH8061 automotive ICs, which provide LIN bus architects with high-integration slave transceiver ICs that combine both a LIN transceiver with an LDO voltage regulator. This reduces component count and makes it possible for designers to develop simple, powerful, and less expensive LIN bus slave nodes that can be […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has introduced a new voltage-mode pulse-width modulator controller designed to minimize external components for regulating power. Designated the LX1684 controller, the new switching regulator has a high-efficiency synchronous driver and is optimized to provide 12V to 3.3V or 12V to 2.5V regulation. It also can convert 5V or […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (Rosemont, IL) announced the introduction of a new optically isolated error amplifier. The FOD2712 optically isolated error amplifier combines...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the UFB200FA20 and the UFB200FA40 200A, ultrafast, ultrasoft general-purpose output rectifiers in the SOT-227 package. The new devices are made for output rectification circuits in high-current applications, such as welding, power supplies and battery chargers. The 200A rectifiers have up to 11 percent faster recovery time than […]
Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) announced the PUCC3801 current-mode PWM controller IC, which is suitable for a range of low-cost applications such as mains adapters for laptop computers, printer power supplies, low-power off-line power supplies, STB power supply units and PDA chargers. The IC incorporates all control and protection functions required for implementing an off-line […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Puyallup, WA) announced its new TC2117 fixed-LDO positive regulator, which offers a high-performance solution in a space-saving package for designs requiring lower supply current, lower dropout voltage and smaller output capacitor. Applications include battery-powered equipment; consumer electronics, such as cellular phones, PDAs, pagers and laptops; networking equipment; instrumentation; linear post-regulation for SMPS; […]