Supertex Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the HV300LG hot-swap controller, a negative-supply IC. The HV300LG provides control of the power supply connection for systems that are always powered-on, but that require insertion or removal of cards or modules without power disturbance. Applications include server, telecommunications, and emerging VOIP systems constructed in large racks. The design topology […]
Ka Shing Ent. Ltd. (Hong Kong) announced a new series of ceramic capacitors exhibiting 0.3pF to 0.22uF capacitance. The capacitors have tolerances...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) has released a new series of low-profile, solid, tantalum chip capacitors that it claims offers the industry's...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced a new process technology for IGBTs and FREDs that is claimed to deliver 70...
Taiyo Yuden USA Inc. (Schaumberg, IL) announced its new CF Series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). Designed for high-frequency filtering applications,...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new LTC1871, a wide-input-range, current-mode, boost, flyback and SEPIC controller that drives an n-channel power MOSFET and requires very few external components. Intended for low- to medium-power applications, it eliminates the need for a current-sense resistor by utilizing the power MOSFET's on-resistance. The IC's operating frequency can be […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced an extension to its line of 20V HEXFET power MOSFETs. The new 20V IRL3714 and IRL3715 MOSFETs are designed to replace more expensive 30V devices with similar or better performance. The 10 devices are designed for 12V-input single- and multi-phase buck converters for motherboards using next-generation, GHz-class microprocessors. […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has launched a new series of n- and p-channel devices, the company's first to utilize ChipFET packaging technology....
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. announced the MIC4684, a high-efficiency 200kHz stepdown (buck) switching regulator. Micrel reports that the new regulator achieves a power-conversion efficiency of above 85 percent for a wide variety of applications. The MIC4684 achieves 2A of continuous current in an eight-lead small-outline package at 60 degrees C ambient temperature. The MIC4684 utilizes a […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has expanded its family of SOIC-packaged HEXFET power MOSFETs to address the lowest power ranges found...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has released two new dc/dc controllers that convert telecommunications line voltages to logic levels. The MIC9130 and...
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the new EEG TC and XC Series of screw-terminal aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These devices are...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the Volta-5 Series of surface-mount power inductors. Intended for use with next-generation, low-voltage, high-performance microprocessors,...
National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced that Thaler Corp. (Tuscon, AZ) has delivered a high-precision bandgap voltage reference as a result of...
Cree Inc. (Durham, NC) has introduced a silicon-carbide Schottky diode chip. The initial product family will consist of two products: 1 600V, 1A device and a 600V, 4A device. The company is currently sampling devices and targeting to ramp production during the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Additional offerings are expected to be added to […]