Cornell Dubilier (Liberty, SC) introduced a new series of ac-rated capacitors, the Type PD capacitor, with totally dry construction. The series is...
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) announced that the company has developed power MOSFETs with a new silicon process utilizing 200 million cell-per-square-inch technology. This new generation of GenFET yields a four-fold improvement over the current cell density, and will be suitable for use in cellular phones, notebook computer and other wireless electronic equipment. The new […]
Unitrode Corp. (Merrimack, NH) introduced a new 14-line Multimode SCSI Terminator designed to ease the transition from single-ended to LVD SCSI and...
Vishay Siliconix (Santa Clara,CA) announced the release of three new level-shifted Little Foot load switches, each of which allows a low-voltage microcontroller to control loads on a range of different voltage rails. The new Little Foot TSOP-6 devices include higher performance variations of competing parts, while introducing the first device of this type with 1.8V […]
Caddock Electronics Inc. (Roseburg, OR) announced its new SR20 Precision Current Sense Resistor. The SR20 is a low-cost, 1 percent tolerance, precision...
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) launched the new FDB06AN08A1 75V ULTRAFET trench MOSFET, designed for high-current starter/alternator, electronic power steering, electric braking,...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) has announced the new bq2023, a high-performance battery monitor IC for lithium-ion and lithium-polymer-based applications. The...
USAR Systems (New York) is offering a new ACPI-compliant embedded controller that, in addition to providing an 8042 keyboard controller, also features an SMBus host and a built -in Smart Battery System Manager (SBSM). Intended for notebook and other portable systems, the single IC is equipped with USAR's patented Zero-Power technology, which is claimed to […]
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced the newest addition to its line of PolySwitch PPTC resettable strap devices from its Raychem Circuit Protection division. The new VTP110 device has a maximum width of 2.9mm and can be installed on 3mm-thick lithium-ion prismatic cells. Designed for rechargeable lithium-ion and NiMH prismatic cell packs, the VTP110 […]
Vishay Siliconix (Santa Clara, CA) announced three new power MOSFETs with improved specs for notebook computer and CPU point-of-use dc-to-dc conversion applications....
Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) announced a new high-voltage MOSFET for implantable cardio defibrillator (ICD) applications that is 40 percent smaller than those currently available. Designated the MSAFA1N100D, the new device is the first to be developed jointly by Microsemi and Advanced Power Technology (APT, Bend, OR).The Microsemi device will be used as an overvoltage […]
Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. (FMI, San Jose, CA) has developed three new power management ICs suitable for use in cellular phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. The devices are intended to address the requirements of digital systems such as CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA. The set includes the MB3891, which was developed specifically for current and future […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced it is expanding the current range of its Accu-Guard Series SMD Thin-Film fuses. The fuses are now available with current values from 150mA to 5A in sizes 0603, 0805, 1206 and 0612. The fuses are intended for telecommunications applications, battery chargers and battery packs, hard disk drives, LCD screens […]
Zetex (Commack, NY) introduced its new SOD323 packaged Varactor Diodes, which are claimed to offer the same high-performance operation as their larger...
Intersil (Irvine, CA) announced a new family of hot-plug power management devices. The new Endura family includes hot-plug power control devices designed into over half of the global server hot-swap computer power management applications. New devices include the ISL6121, ISL6118 and HIP1011E. Intersil's Endura hot-plug devices comply with the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) hot-plug specifications. […]