International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) recently announced its IR2171 Current Sensing IC for linear sensing of motor phase current in ac...
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas) recently introduced two new families of power management devices designed to allow designers to increase efficiency and overall...
Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan) and SRMOS Inc. (Seattle, WA) recently announced what the companies claim is the world's first synchronous rectifier controller IC utilizing Prediction Technology. The MW Series is designed to simplify the control of synchronous rectifiers when they are used in switch mode power supplies (SMPS) to achieve higher overall conversion […]
Powerex Inc. (Youngwood, PA) announced a new family of boost regulator type modules suitable for use in dynamic brake applications for motor...
Collmer Semiconductor Inc. (Dallas) recently announced a full line-up of S-Series Six Pack Power Modules (six IGBTs with anti-parallel diodes) for implementation...
Intersil Corporation (Mountaintop, PA) recently announced its radiation hardened (Rad Hard) inverting and non-inverting, dual, monolithic, high-speed MOSFET drivers. The devices represent Rad Hard versions of standard 4423RH and 4424RH MOSFET drivers. The HS-4424RH/BRH and HS-4423RH/BRH represent non-inverting and inverting drivers respectively. The devices are tested and guaranteed to provide the performance of 4424RH and […]
Electronic Technology Corp. (ETC, Huxley, IA) recently introduced a family of Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Controllers. According to ETC, the seven-member family offers high accuracy of +/-2.5 percent and typical supply current of 20 to 80uA. The series includes standard voltages of 3.3V and 5.0V, and the capability to customize to any voltage from 2.0V […]
Raychem Circuit Protection (Menlo Park, CA) recently announced the RYC8000 family of power distribution switches for universal serial bus (USB) applications. The switches signal the controller when faults such as over-current, over-temperature, under-voltage lock-out (UVLO) or over-voltage lock-out (OLVO) are detected. The RYC8000 Series can integrate up to four independent high-side switches and each switch […]
Zetex Inc. (Commack, NY) recently introduced the ZXRE Series of low power voltage references with a 0.5 percent tolerance. The series consists of three devices, the ZXRE1004 and the ZXRE125 both designed with a voltage reference of 1.22V, and the ZXRE4041 with an output of 1.225V. Each device is available in the SOT23 surface-mount package, […]
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (Malvern, PA) recently announced it is adding five new families of surface-mount, high-current components to its selection of inductors....
Unitrode Corp. (Merrimack, NH) introduced a 5-bit programmable output precision voltage reference. Unitrode claims the device, UCC391, is a solution for any programmable output dc/dc converter requiring precision low output voltage. The UCC391 output voltage range can be set between 3.5V to 2.1V in 100mV steps and from 2.05V to 1.3V in 50mV steps; with […]
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (Malvern, PA) recently introduced eight new power MOSFETs for automotive applications. The new MOSFETs include the first Little Foot...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (Malvern, PA) recently announced that it is sampling the industry's first power MOSFETs in a leadless, 1206 surface-mount package...
On Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) recently launched the MMFD4207, a p-channel MOSFET. The device is a dual MOSFET in an SO-8 package...
Ericsson Energy Systems (Sweden) announced it has extended its MacroDens line of component level on-board dc/dc power modules with a wide-input model...