Amkor Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) promoted Bruce Freyman to the position of Executive Vice President for worldwide product and manufacturing operations. With this promotion, Amkor's board of directors appointed Freyman as a corporate officer. Freyman joined Amkor in 1992, following a 10-year career with Motorola, where he was responsible for package development in support of […]
Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, CA) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) announced a multi-year technology alliance that is expected to accelerate electronic product development in the communications industry. Through this alliance, the industry leaders in electronic and radio-frequency (RF) design expect to develop and market complete integrated solutions to speed the design […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, CA) announced its new expanding LICC Series. Designed for use in high-speed circuits, the devices provide design engineers...
Toko America Inc. (Mount Prospect, IL) announced the availability of its LLV0603FB non-polarity, multilayer ceramic chip inductor with an EIA standard 0201...
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) introduced its new MAX-4366, MAX4367 and MAX-4368 audio operational amplifiers, which deliver up to 330mW into 32 ohms from a single 2.3V to 5.5V supply with 0.02 percent total harmonic distortion and noise. Suitable for cell phones, PDAs and other portable audio applications, the MAX-4366, MAX4367 and MAX-4368 come […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) launched its X9470 chip for biasing RF power amplifiers in cellular base stations and correcting automatically for errors related to time, temperature and other system-level effects. The X9470 is the first of Xicor's Odin architecture for adaptive closed-loop control. The architecture on which the chip is based has a precision input […]
Rohm Electronics USA LLC (San Diego, CA) announced a line of 0.5-percent-tolerance thick-film resistors in 0402 and 0603 case sizes. The resistors have been tested to JIS C 5201-1 4.5 standards to ensure accuracy and to guarantee values for variation of resistance to several factors that include temperature, overload, resistance to solvent, and bend strength […]
NIC Components Corp. (Melville, NY) introduced an improved version of its NSP solid-aluminum-electrolytic capacitors. The new line targets output-filter circuits for low-voltage and high-current dc/dc converters, switching power supplies, and voltage regulators. The surface-mount, specialty-polymer, solid-electrolyte caps feature ultra-low equivalent series resistance (ESR) and high-ripple current ratings at high frequencies. An expanded capacitance range and […]
Kemet Electronics Corp. (Greenville, SC) has extended the capacitance range and voltage ratings of its aluminum polymer capacitor line. The AO-Cap Series now has a capacitance range of 47µF to 390µF and voltage ratings of 2V, 4V and 6V. Available case sizes are D, V and X. The devices are suitable for extending battery life, […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its new LTC3830 step-down dc/dc controller, which uses a synchronous switching architecture with n-channel MOSFETs...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) introduced its LT1769 switch-mode battery charger IC, packaged in a thermally enhanced 20-lead TSSOP, which improves heat dissipation resulting in lower junction temperature while delivering 2A of current. The company also claims that the device has a charging efficiency of >87 percent without requiring external MOSFETs. The LT1769 is used […]
Fujiter Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) introduced its new FJT TF202-01 n-channel JFET, in SOT-113 packaging, which is claimed to be 50 to 60 percent smaller than similar models in SOT-23 packages. It is suitable for use in condenser microphones for PDAs and mobile telephones. Measuring 0.8mm x 1.4mm x 0.6mm, the JFET has a gate-to-drain […]
Shenzhen Zeitgeist Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced the 0603, 0805 and 1206 Series of NTC thermistors, which feature high solderability and high...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that its recently acquired NES Division has introduced six new NPN power silicon transistor series for military and aerospace applications. The six introductions include the 2N6546 and 2N6547/525 Series; the 2N6249, 2N6250 and 2N6251/510 Series; the 2N6674, 2N6675, 2N6689 and 2N6690/537 Series; the 2N6306 and 2N6308/498 Series; the 2N3902 and […]
Changzhou Huichang Electronic Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its new TG Series of NTC thermistors that incorporate chip elements, which operate with high...