Single-wire digital output temperature sensor in micro package 1 June 2005 Texas Instruments' TMP141 is a 10-bit resolution digital output temperature sensor with single-wire SensorPath interface protocol.
The TMP141 device, from the company's Burr-Brown product line, can measure ...
Magnetic cores for switching power supplies 1 June 2005 The advantages of switching power supplies (SPS) are well documented. Various circuits used in these units have also been sufficiently noted in literature. Magnetic cores play an important role in SPS ...
Cosel enters noise filter market 1 June 2005, Sivan Electronic Supplies Power supply maker Cosel has entered the noise filter business with the introduction of five types of noise filters. Currently, as industrial equipment has been made lighter and smaller, with lower profiles ...
High side current monitor for accurate current measurement 1 June 2005 The IXI848 high side current monitor, part of a future family of signal interface products from Ixys, is an integrated circuit incorporating a precision amplifier with adjustable gain and level shift ...
Integrated modules optimise space and EMI 1 June 2005 In an effort to improve vision systems in helicopters, designers are replacing bulky cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors with much thinner and space-efficient liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
For new applications, ...
UPSs for worldwide application 1 June 2005, Phoenix Contact The Quint Buffer and Quint DC-UPS uninterruptible power supplies from Phoenix Contact ensure continuous operation of all 24 V devices in electrical installations during power interruptions. This prevents ...
Compact 3 A buck regulator is 91% efficient 1 June 2005, Communica Sipex has added a new device to its PowerBlox family of high current, high voltage, ultra-miniature DC/DC buck regulators. The SP7653 is a 3 A, 1,3 MHz buck regulator suited for compact solution sizes ...
Multichip power modules for automotive electric systems 1 June 2005 In the last five years, the demand for power semiconductors for automotive applications has increased significantly. In many cases, discrete devices are the common choice to regulate and control the electric ...
New low voltage output ripple attenuator 1 June 2005 Vicor subsidiary, Picor, has introduced the QPO-2 System-in-a-Package (SiP), an output ripple attenuator that uses active filtering to reduce supply output ripple and noise (PARD, periodic and random ...
New trench-type IGBT modules with low power drive 1 June 2005 Mitsubishi Electric's NF series features IGBT modules that use CSTBTs. CSTBTs (carrier stored trench-gate bipolar transistor), which surpass the theoretical barriers for IGBT performance, have the most ...
New 6,9 kA power thyristor 1 June 2005 Ixys has added to its range of large area medium voltage thyristors. Manufactured on a single 100 mm diameter silicon wafer, the 5,2 kV device incorporates specially-designed distributed gate architecture ...
Slip-on heatsinks for transistors 1 June 2005, Electrocomp For an effective heat dissipation of single transistors fitted to a PCB, Fischer Elektronik has developed a line of heatsinks for carrying heat away from single semiconductors.
These sinks only require ...
Integrated power switches 1 June 2005, Electrocomp Infineon's advanced multichip packaging and innovative OptiMOS technology enables a highly compact and efficient power stage for DC-DC conversion in CPU supplies.
Featuring a supply voltage of 12 V, ...
Sealed lead-acid batteries offer long life 1 June 2005 Aztec Electronics has been supplying South African companies with speciality batteries for 26 years and introduced the US-manufactured NorthStar range of batteries to the market over two years ago. Since ...
High-accuracy addition to current-sensor family 1 June 2005, Altron Arrow Allegro MicroSystems Europe has added a high-accuracy version Hall-effect current sensor to its range. The ACS754/5 Series provide a smaller, lower-cost alternative to toroid-based sensors, and offer ...
Power factor correction controllers 1 June 2005 ON Semiconductor introduced two new power factor correction (PFC) controllers at the Applied Power Electronics Conference. The NCP1653 and NCP1601 controllers are designed for use in power supplies with ...
SMT triacs have extended current range 1 June 2005, MB Silicon Systems Central Semiconductor has released a new series of triacs with an extended current range. The industry standard current for SOT-223 packaged triacs is 1,0 A. Central Semiconductor now manufactures 2,0 ...
High frequency IGBT co-pack is enhanced 18 May 2005 International Rectifier's IRGP50B60PD, a 600 V non-punch-through (NPT) insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is co-packaged with an enhanced 25 A Hexfred diode capable of operating at switching ...
Top 10 tidbits of battery wisdom 18 May 2005, CST Electronics, Electrocomp What follows is a short list of common 'sins' made by designers of battery-powered products. Although much of my contact with portable devices comes from a design perspective, most of these items make ...
