Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the expansion of their FPAL/FPBL Series of Smart Power Modules (SPMs) designed for 100V to...
C&D Technologies (Blue Bell, PA) announced its new WPN20R Series of 20W dc/dc converters, which offer an operating temperature specification of -40 to +105 degrees C with no output power derating, making it ideal for use in environments that require flexibility and robust performance. While developed primarily to meet the requirements of the telecommunications and […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced the new FAN4113 voltage feedback amplifier, designed for low-cost, battery-powered commercial applications, and which can...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its new LTC4230, a triple hot-swap controller that actively limits inrush current during live insertion. It also enables a timed circuit breaker for over-current transients and latches off an external n-channel MOSFET immediately during short-circuit faults for supplies from 1.7V to 16.5V. The device monitors the output voltage and […]
Melexis GmbH (Germany) announced the TH8060 and TH8061 automotive ICs, which provide LIN bus architects with high-integration slave transceiver ICs that combine both a LIN transceiver with an LDO voltage regulator. This reduces component count and makes it possible for designers to develop simple, powerful, and less expensive LIN bus slave nodes that can be […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (Rosemont, IL) announced the introduction of a new optically isolated error amplifier. The FOD2712 optically isolated error amplifier combines...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the UFB200FA20 and the UFB200FA40 200A, ultrafast, ultrasoft general-purpose output rectifiers in the SOT-227 package. The new devices are made for output rectification circuits in high-current applications, such as welding, power supplies and battery chargers. The 200A rectifiers have up to 11 percent faster recovery time than […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced three new multiphase, high current dc-dc converter reference designs. All three reference designs use the...
Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) announced the PUCC3801 current-mode PWM controller IC, which is suitable for a range of low-cost applications such as mains adapters for laptop computers, printer power supplies, low-power off-line power supplies, STB power supply units and PDA chargers. The IC incorporates all control and protection functions required for implementing an off-line […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Puyallup, WA) announced its new TC2117 fixed-LDO positive regulator, which offers a high-performance solution in a space-saving package for designs requiring lower supply current, lower dropout voltage and smaller output capacitor. Applications include battery-powered equipment; consumer electronics, such as cellular phones, PDAs, pagers and laptops; networking equipment; instrumentation; linear post-regulation for SMPS; […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the MAX1809, a reversible energy flow, constant-off-time, PWM step-down converter. It is suitable for use in notebook and sub-notebook computers that require 1.1V to 5V active termination supplies. The device accurately tracks an external reference voltage, produces an adjustable output from 1.1V to Vin, and achieves efficiencies up to […]
Apex Microtechnology Corp. announced the PB51 "power booster" amplifier, which is designed to work in tandem with small-signal, general-purpose op amps to...
Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS, UK) have announced immediate availability of a new 44mm diameter, rare earth magnet, brushless dc motor from System...
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the availability of its SP6641 PFM boost converter in a five-pin SOT-23 package, the latest product in...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced two switched capacitor dc/dc converter families, which give designers increased simplicity and small size for...