Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas) recently introduced two new families of power management devices designed to allow designers to increase efficiency and overall...
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...
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 […]
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 […]
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...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (Malvern, PA) recently announced a compact buck- or boost-configurable converter IC. The Si9169BQ is designed to prolong cell phone...
Unitrode Corp. (Merrimack, NH) recently announced the UCC3952 battery protection IC. According to Unitrode, the device provides the world's smallest lithium-ion battery protection from over-charging and over-discharging. The UCC3952 contains an on-chip MOSFET with Rds(on) of 50 milliohms that reduces the external component count to minimize board space. The device is also designed with a […]
Hitachi Ltd. (Ibaraki-ken, Japan) has developed an intelligent power MOSFET with built-in reverse battery protection. As reported in the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, the new device is called a RBPFET (Reverse Battery Protected FET) and is designed for use in automotive applications. The RBPFET is a drop-in replacement for conventional three-terminal power MOSFETs. Protection […]