Elcon Products International (Fremont, CA) has expanded its Crown Edge family of modular card edge connectors by adding signal contacts to the original power modules. These connectors now offer power and signal. According to Elcon, by adding modules with signal contacts to the Crown Edge family, there is a significant boost to the design versatility […]
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced a new, coated version of its 90V radial-leaded PolySwitch resettable fuses, the BBR550 and BBR750 devices. These devices are designed to facilitate the provisioning of cable telephony and protect against potentially damaging power faults to cable power passing tap ports and set-top boxes. In addition, they help limit […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the GBL and GBU Series bridge rectifiers for general use in industrial and consumer electronics equipment, such as power supplies and portable electronics. The GBL and GBU bridge rectifiers are rated for 50 to 1,200V. The GBL Series devices are rated at 4A, while the GBU Series […]
Vishay Intertechnology (Malvern, PA) has released the Vitramon VJ0402, a new X5R dielectric multi-layer ceramic chip capacitor that offers a capacitance value of 0.1µF in an 0402-size package. The Vishay Vitramon VJ0402 is available in a dc-voltage rating of 10V and capacitance tolerances of ±5 percent, ±10 percent and ±20 percent. It is suitable for […]
STMicroelectronics (ST, Lexington, MA) introduced new LCD driver ICs that complete the company's range of semiconductor products for cellular phones. Called STE2000 and STE2001, the new chips integrate a controller/driver for 65 x 128 column black and white graphic LCDs. ST reports that the drivers feature low power consumption and a high level of integration. […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) has expanded its offering of chip capacitors to include smaller case sizes in the CF Series of surface-mount chip film capacitors. This extended range of film capacitors now includes case sizes 1206 and 1210, supplementing the existing range of CF products already available. The film capacitors are available in standard […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced a new monolithic analog IC, the NCP4300A, containing a precision 2.6V voltage reference and two operational amplifiers to address the accurate control of output voltage and current requirement. The new IC is designed to provide current and voltage control of power supplies and battery chargers. It is suitable for application […]
Elcon Products International Co. (Fremont, CA), a member of the Tyco Electronics Group (Bermuda), announced the release of MINIPAK, a low-profile, high-density...
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Irvine, CA) introduced a motor driver IC, the TB62209F, that uses a new BiCD process, integrating bi-polar, CMOS and double-diffused MOS devices on a single chip. Toshiba claims that the new process and built-in field effect transistor (FET) output enables its new IC to achieve a low power consumption […]
IRC Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX) has developed the LRF3W Series, a line of ultra-low resistance surface-mount resistors capable of handling up to...
Fairchild Semiconductor (New York, NY) introduced a single-chip power switch, the FSDH0165, which is suitable for use in adapter/chargers for mobile phones...
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the availability of its new generation of low-power off-line switcher ICs. The new family of...
Pulse (San Diego, CA) announced two new surface-mount power inductors that measure as thin as 0.125". The new inductors are designed for...
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has unveiled two CMOS charge pump voltage converters available in the TSOP-6 package. The new MAX1720 and NCP1729 switched capacitor voltage inverters are low-frequency devices that invert and/or double an input voltage ranging from 1.15V to 5.5V with a conversion efficiency rating typically greater than 99 percent and a power-conversion efficiency […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Canada) introduced a new family of high-voltage, fast-recover diode (FRD) modules for use in applications including industrial motor drives, power generation, traction and induction heating. The company is also launching a new IGBT module package for traction and motor drives. The new IGBT module package is suitable for applications requiring up to […]