Wilbrecht Electronics Inc. (St. Paul, MN) announced its new MAQ Series of metal-foil, ultra-precision resistors. Designed for aerospace, aviation and military applications,...
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced the Endura ISL6235 system electronics regulator, designed for use in LDC PC systems. The Endura ISL6235 integrates three PWM controllers and two linear regulators into a 24-pin SSOP package. It provides five regulated voltages for LCD PC system electronics. Intersil reports that the Endura ISL6235 provides up to 97 percent […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the first of its new generation of PowerTrench n-channel MOSFETs. Fairchild reports that the new...
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX1722/23/24 step-up dc/dc converters. Available in five-pin SOT-23 packages, the converters feature a 1.5uA quiescent supply current. They operate from one to two alkaline or NiMH cells, or a single lithium-ion cell, and are suitable for use in applications that require low quiescent current and small size. […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Canada) announced the release of new high-power 3,300V IGBT semiconductors packaged in industry-standard isolated module outlines. The products were originally developed to meet the standards of the railway-traction industries and are suitable for industrial motor drives, power supplies and power-conversion products. The first products to be released are a 3,300V, 800A single-switch […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) has released the IRF5810 dual MOSFET in a TSOP-6 package. The IRF5810 combines two p-channel HEXFET power MOSFETs into a single 1.3mm x 2.9mm footprint, allowing designers to replace two single TSOP-6 load switches with one IRF5810. Typical applications include load- and battery-management circuits in cellular phones, PDAs, […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced that its subsidiary, Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), has released the new Si91860 400mA smart regulator...
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) has developed the OPA355, a new operational amplifier with 200MHz gain-bandwidth and a 360V/us slew rate. The new operational amplifier is suitable for use in video processing, ultrasounds, optical networking, photo-diode amplifiers, communications and ADC input buffering. TI's new voltage-feedback devices are unity-gain stable and can drive an output current […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced the availability of an improved version of the IXDP610, its digital PWM controller. This controller IC chip can now operate up to 400kHz and has decreased the latency from three clock periods to one. The chip interfaces with most standard microprocessor and microcomputer buses. Typical applications for the IXDP610 […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX5019 and MAX5020 current-mode PWM controllers with an integrated startup circuit. The devices integrate all the building blocks necessary for implementing dc/dc fixed-frequency power supplies. Either primary- or secondary-side regulation may be used to implement isolated or nonisolated power supplies. The devices are suitable for use in […]
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan) has begun marketing the M62237FP, a microchip for the control of charging a lithium-ion battery. The new chip is claimed to be able to improve the output error of the charger's standard voltage source from the current margin of +/-two percent to one percent. The new IC is suitable for use […]
Advanced Power Technology (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new product line of 200V Schottky diodes, which are claimed to have lower forward-voltage...
STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) has introduced the first in a family of high-gain bipolar power transistors that feature low saturation voltage. The new STT818A/B device is suitable for use in low-voltage switching applications. The STT818A/B high-gain PNP power transistor, using an inter-digitated layout, harnesses low-voltage epitaxial planar technology. It exhibits a typical collector-emitter saturation voltage of 0.25V. […]
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), an 80.4-percent-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), has released the first three ESD-protected devices in...
Sprague-Goodman Electronics Inc. (Westbury, NY) has added six new inductance values to the Surfcoil GLY Series of surface-mount SMT chip inductors. The...