Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) unveiled a new family of battery chargers, the bq2400x, intended to allow designers to reduce the size...
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) is announcing a new Power Minder IC, the bq2019, a battery monitor, which they claim will allow...
Dallas Semiconductor (Dallas, TX) announced the DS2760 lithium-ion battery monitor, which they claim is the industry's first high-performance fuel gauge internal circuit...
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the extension of its line of low-voltage HEXFET power MOSFETs targeted at automotive applications. The...
DTMagnetics (Dover, NH) introduced a new catalog-standard FET/IGBT gate drive transformer. The new device, called a Mini Gate Drive Transformer (MGDT), is...
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA) recently released its VRM 8.4 regulator module. The new CVRM 8.4 represents the most recent addition to the company's line of catalog dc/dc products. Cherokee's CVRM 8.4 regulator modules are designed to meet the power-condition requirements of the Intel Pentium II Xeon and Pentium III Xeon processor-based systems. The CVRM […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) has released a step-up dc/dc converter optimized for powering large-format liquid crystal panels found in notebook PCs. The LM2622, which typically resides inside the panel, is designed to boost a single low-voltage supply from the PC's mother-board to one or more high-voltage, high-power supplies required by the panel's row […]
Sierra-KD Components (Carson City, NV) introduced its line of space-quality, high-voltage, multilayer ceramic capacitors. The entire line is constructed from a high-density, low-loss X7R ceramic dielectric that is 100-percent Corona tested and exhibits no IR degradation over its design life. Designed for non-reparable applications, such as those found in the space and satellite markets, the […]
Advanced Power Technology (Bend, OR) recently unveiled their new generation of 500V MOSFETs, called Power MOS 7. The new MOSFETs, the company claims, have up to a 10 percent lower total gate charge than the current offering, Power MOS VI, and a 60 percent lower charge than the predecessors, MOS V. The Power MOS 7 […]
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) introduced 24 hermetically sealed, high-reliability HEXFET power MOSFETs for step-down dc/dc power-conversion systems in satellite launch vehicles, missiles, down-hole oil drilling and undersea broad-band communications equipment. According to the company, the devices are toughened to survive high-humidity temperature conditions or vacuum, and this fabrication technology delivers as much as 65 […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced a pair of high-precision current-gauge ICs for monitoring battery capacity in cellular phones, information appliances...
Power Integrations Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) unveiled their latest design assistance software called PI Expert, which simplifies the process of designing a switching...
Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) unveiled a new power supply controller the company claims will lower battery life in notebook PCs and other portable applications. The SC1401 integrates an efficient switching controller and a linear regulator controller into one device that operates from a 6V to 30V input supply. The device has an onboard efficiency […]
A new LDO regulator that eliminates the need for scarce tantalum capacitors in power-conversion designs has been announced by Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA). The new Vishay Siliconix Si9182DH can be used with ceramic 2.2-microfarad capacitors on the input and output while providing improved performance over ICs requiring more expensive tantalum components, according to Siliconix. […]
TelCom Semiconductor Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced nine new inverting charge-pump voltage doublers, the TC1682 through TC1684, the TC2682 through TC2684 and...