Vishay Intertechnology Inc.'s (Malvern, PA) Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) has released several new power MOSFETs in a lead-less package type. The...
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced its next-generation pulse-width-modulated (PWM), current-controlled, single full-bridge motor-driver IC based on DMOS technology. The new A3959...
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan) has debuted a new series of ceramic capacitors. The GA3 Series of 250Vac chip monolithic capacitors feature...
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) is now offering a 750mA regulator for 2.5V to 1.8V or 1.65V conversion. The new MIC3975 LDO regulator was designed to power low-voltage microcontrollers, digital signal processors and programmable logic devices. Features of the MIC3975 LDO include 300mV dropout voltage and full load, fixed- and adjustable-output voltages; logic-enable input; […]
Payton America Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) has released a new series of SMT planar transformers for use in low-profile power modules. The...
Zetex Semiconductors (Commack, NY) has introduced the first two devices from their projected range of new-generation n-channel MOSFETs, the ZXMN3AO1F and the...
Zhongxi Micro-Electronics Component Co. Ltd. (China) is now offering the LGC0402(1005)CW inductors, which operate over an inductance range from 1nH to 40nH,...
Tyco Electronics' Elcon (Fremont, CA) introduced the Dual Crown Clip, a dual-pole version of its true hot-plug, high-current, crown-clip socket connector used...
NEC Corp. (Japan) has developed the NB/P Series of conductive-polymer, solid electrolytic capacitors fabricated using niobium. The initial product, the NBPD0E227M, has a capacitance of 220uF. Its ESR is 55mohms maximum and its dc-rated voltage is 2.5V. It features a D case size, measuring 7.3mm x 4.3mm x 2.8mm. With a shape and structure identical […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has increased the operating frequency of its SupwerSwitcher SO-8 buck regulator to 500KHz....
General Semiconductor (Melville, NY) reports that it is developing a 200-million-cell-per-square-inch technology that promises to shrink power MOSFETs in half while simultaneously producing four times as many as before. The devices, called GENFETs, will be suitable for use in cellular phones, notebook computers, PDAs and other wireless devices. The GENFETs are produced using the company's […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the first two devices in a new generation of micropower CMOS low-dropout (LDO) regulators for...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has developed a 4MHz rail-to-rail operational amplifier that operates from a 2.7V supply while consuming 81uW. The...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has revealed the MIC3975, which it claims is the industry's smallest regulator for 2.5V to 1.8V, or...
International Rectifier Inc. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the new IRPLDIM2 digital addressable dimming ballast reference design, which incorporates all dimming ballast...