NIC Eurotech (UK) has expanded its range of ultra-low-ESR high-ripple-current capacitors. The NTP Series of surface-mount, polymer-cathode, tantalum-electrolytic capacitors are especially useful...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (Singapore) debuted the new PB0025, PB0026 and PB0027 surface-mount, current-sense transformers for the dc/dc market. Rated for currents up...
Wilbrecht Electronics Inc. (St. Paul, MN) announced its new MAQ Series of metal-foil, ultra-precision resistors. Designed for aerospace, aviation and military applications,...
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced the Endura ISL6235 system electronics regulator, designed for use in LDC PC systems. The Endura ISL6235 integrates three PWM controllers and two linear regulators into a 24-pin SSOP package. It provides five regulated voltages for LCD PC system electronics. Intersil reports that the Endura ISL6235 provides up to 97 percent […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the first of its new generation of PowerTrench n-channel MOSFETs. Fairchild reports that the new...
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) has announced a new series of high-performance, synchronous-buck dc/dc converters that enable designers to develop power supplies...
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX1722/23/24 step-up dc/dc converters. Available in five-pin SOT-23 packages, the converters feature a 1.5uA quiescent supply current. They operate from one to two alkaline or NiMH cells, or a single lithium-ion cell, and are suitable for use in applications that require low quiescent current and small size. […]
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the BR2450A, a high-capacity, high-durability, polycarbon monofluoride, coin-cell lithium battery. The BR2450A is especially optimized for tire air-pressure-sensor devices. It can also be employed as a memory backup-power supply for vehicle-mounted electronic devices. Matsushita reports that the BR2450A has leakage resistance three times better than its previous products. […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Canada) announced the release of new high-power 3,300V IGBT semiconductors packaged in industry-standard isolated module outlines. The products were originally developed to meet the standards of the railway-traction industries and are suitable for industrial motor drives, power supplies and power-conversion products. The first products to be released are a 3,300V, 800A single-switch […]
Rite-Tech Ind. Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) announced that its new Model 890 surge protectors are equipped with network-protection capability. They also offer full-line protection from hot to neutral and from neutral to ground. The Model 890 surge protectors also provide an auto-shutdown function, indicators and an energy rating of up to 2.2kJ. They are rated at […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) has released the IRF5810 dual MOSFET in a TSOP-6 package. The IRF5810 combines two p-channel HEXFET power MOSFETs into a single 1.3mm x 2.9mm footprint, allowing designers to replace two single TSOP-6 load switches with one IRF5810. Typical applications include load- and battery-management circuits in cellular phones, PDAs, […]
A new battery manager from the telecommunications power system division of TDI Transistor Devices (Hackettstown, NJ) has been designed to be used...
IRC Inc. (Boone, NC) has developed new dynamic braking resistors that employ the company's thick-film-on-steel technology. These new resistors are compact, rugged,...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced that its subsidiary, Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), has released the new Si91860 400mA smart regulator...
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) has developed the OPA355, a new operational amplifier with 200MHz gain-bandwidth and a 360V/us slew rate. The new operational amplifier is suitable for use in video processing, ultrasounds, optical networking, photo-diode amplifiers, communications and ADC input buffering. TI's new voltage-feedback devices are unity-gain stable and can drive an output current […]