STMicroelectronics (Geneva) launched the new L5970 single-chip step-down switching regulator, which delivers 1A at 0.5V to 35V in an SO8 package with...
Zetex plc (Commack, NY) has introduced a new surface-mount Schottky barrier diode, the ZHCS2000, which offers a current capability of 2Adc with...
Vishay Siliconix (Santa Clara, CA) has three new Little Foot Plus devices, each of which combines a low-side synchronous MOSFET, a high-side control MOSFET, and a Schottky diode in a single SO-8 package. The company reports that the new devices allow designers to replace three discrete devices with a single integrated solution. Optimized for synchronous […]
UltraRF Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced its new UPF19060 discrete RF power transistor, targeted to meet wireless infrastructure requirements. The UPF19060 UltraGOLD is a laterally-diffused metal-oxide silicon (LDMOS) transistor. It features industry-standard matching and is suitable as a drop-in replacement for Motorola MRF19060. The transistor is designed to operate as […]
Rohm Electronics (UK) is now offering two new voltage regulators offering dual outputs of either 3.3V and 2.5V or 3.3V and 1.8V, with built-in protection. The BA33C25FP and BA33C18FP two-channel, low-dropout voltage regulators are designed for input voltages between 3V and 16V and maximum currents of 1A. The respective output voltages of 3.3/2.5V and 3.3/1.8V […]
Torex Semiconductor (Japan) has introduced the XC6202 series of high-voltage positive voltage regulator ICs. Fabricated in CMOS, the new XC6202 combines a current limiter circuit, a driver transistor, a precision voltage reference and an error correction circuit in a single IC package. With a maximum input voltage of 20V and output voltages between 1.8V and […]
Taiyo Yuden (Japan) has announced a new series of high-reliability multi-layer chip thermistors. The NTC chip thermistors are 63mW in chip sizes of 0402 and 0603, with values from 47 to 150k Ohm. The chips have a B constant of 2950 to 4750 at 25 to 85 degrees C, dependent upon value. The new thermistors […]
Microsemi Corp.'s (Santa Ana, CA) Linfinity power management division debuted the second product in a new line of dc/dc converter ICs for use in personal computers and PDAs. The LX1734 is a high-speed inverting dc/dc current-mode controller from a 4V to 10V supply. Microsemi claims that, with a 1A 20V integrated switch, the converter can […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) launched a new series of constant-current switched capacitor power converters, LM2791-H/L and LM2792-H/L. These converters are designed for white LED display lighting and can power both backlight and frontlight LEDs found in color displays for mobile handsets, PDAs and digital cameras. Designed to regulate multiple outputs matched to within […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced an addition to their sub-1V IC family. The new NCS2001 is a low-power, rail-to-rail input and output CMOS operational amplifier that provides sub-1V interfaces, active filters, PCMCIA cards, ASIC input drivers and DSP interfaces. The NCS2001 is housed in a SOT-23-5 package with two industry-standard pinouts. Additional features of the […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has expanded its engineering capabilities and dc/dc power management integrated circuit (IC) product lines with the acquisition of Unisem Inc., completed on January 5, 2001. Among the new products IR acquired with Unisem are switching control ICs and LDO regulators, which the company claims meet or exceed voltage and […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) and Ideas Electronics (Singapore), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enersave Holdings Ltd., recently collaborated to develop a new line of electronic ballasts (ECGs), the Multi-Lamp ECGs. Available in single, twin and dimming versions, the new ECGs allow one ballast to be deployed on lamps with different wattages. Ideas Electronics claims […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the expansion of its fast recovery epitaxial diode (FRED) family to include four new 400V...
National Semiconductor (Furstenfeldbruck, Germany) announced a new family of supervisory ICs with a variety of factory-programmable features that can be configured in hundreds of possible combinations. Housed in the chip-scale micro SMD package, the LM3700 family uses EEPROM technology and is designed to monitor power supplies in intelligent instruments, cellular phones, computers, PDAs, pagers and […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced a 1,000V radiation-hardened (rad-hard) power MOSFET. IR claims that the IRHY7G30CMSE rad-hard power MOSFET improves...