USB Type-C controller 12 August 2015 Texas Instruments introduced the first all-in-one USB Type-C and USB power delivery (PD) controller, which integrates a port power switch and port data multiplexer. The TPS65982 provides the full power ...
Zero-drift precision op-amp 12 August 2015 Analog Devices introduced the first in a new series of high-voltage, low-noise, zero-drift, precision operational amplifiers that provide on-chip electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering and eliminate ...
Resistive sensing conditioner 22 July 2015 From Texas Instruments comes the industry’s highest-resolution resistive sensing signal conditioner, enabling fast and precise 24-bit measurement of conditions such as pressure, strain, flow or liquid ...
Sensor interface AFE 22 July 2015, KH Distributors Exar introduced a highly integrated sensor interface analog front end (AFE) that provides calibration of sensor outputs. The XR10910 offers an onboard 16:1 differential multiplexer, offset correction ...
Touch screen controller 22 July 2015, Tempe Technologies Microchip’s MTCH6303 is a turnkey projected-capacitive touch controller for touch pads and screens. Touch sensors with up to 1000 nodes and diagonals of up to 10 inches are supported. The IC provides ...
Highly integrated clock IC 22 July 2015, NuVision Electronics Silicon Labs’ new Si5380 is the industry’s first clock generator capable of replacing a low phase noise integer-N clock, voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO), discrete loop filters and voltage ...
3D magnetic sensor 1 July 2015 The TLV493D-A1B6, a new magnetic sensor from Infineon Technologies, offers accurate three-dimensional sensing with extremely low power consumption in a small 6-pin package.
With its magnetic field detection ...
CAN performance optimisation requires advanced bit timing control 1 July 2015, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT Controller area network (CAN) offers robust communication between multiple network locations, supporting a variety of data rates and distances. Featuring data-link layer arbitration, synchronisation and ...
Programmable current sensor 1 July 2015, Altron Arrow Allegro MicroSystems introduced a new customer programmable, Hall effect-based current sensor IC. The A1369 is packaged in a thin 3-pin SIP package to allow for easy integration with a magnetic core to ...
High-speed rotary position sensor 1 July 2015, NuVision Electronics The AS5147P from ams is a magnetic rotary position sensor IC which offers high-speed performance in automotive applications compatible with the requirements of the ISO26262 functional safety standard. ...
Current/power sensor 1 July 2015, Tempe Technologies From Microchip comes the PAC1921, a high-side current sensor with both a digital output and a configurable analog output that can present power, current or voltage over the single output pin. Simultaneously, ...
MEMS motion sensor 1 July 2015 Fairchild launched the FIS1100 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU), which integrates a proprietary AttitudeEngine motion processor with 9-axis sensor fusion algorithms. It provides always-on sensor ...
Security controller with SPI bus 10 June 2015 Infineon Technologies’ new OPTIGA TPM (Trusted Platform Module) with SPI (serial peripheral interface) has achieved Common Criteria Certification EAL4+, enabling system manufacturers and users to distinguish ...
Ka-band power amplifier 10 June 2015 M/A-COM Technology Solutions has introduced a high-linearity, 6 W power amplifier ideally suited for Ka-band, high data density satellite communications and 5G radio access networks. The MAAP-011140-DIE ...
NFC interface IC with energy harvesting 10 June 2015, NuVision Electronics The new AS3955 from ams is an NFC interface chip (NFiC) with unique energy harvesting and data transfer capabilities.
Like its predecessor AS3953, the AS3955 provides a contactless bridge between a ...
Digital output switch for industrial equipment 10 June 2015 For applications in industrial automation, Maxim Integrated Products’ new MAX14900E is an eight-channel digital output switch controlled by an 8-bit parallel interface, or via a standard serial peripheral ...
High-speed A-D converters 10 June 2015, Altron Arrow Microchip announced two families of new high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADC): the MCP37DX0-200 and MCP372X0-200. They feature 12- and 14- bit pipelined ADCs with a maximum sampling rate of 200 ...
High-resolution magnetic image sensors 10 June 2015 MultiDimension Technology has announced the MIS63xx sensors for magnetic image scanning at high resolutions. They are designed for financial anti-counterfeit appliances in banknote sorters, ATM and vending ...
AFE for sensor interfaces 10 June 2015 Analog Devices has introduced a FET input analog frontend (AFE) with an integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) driver designed to interface directly with current mode sensors such as photodiodes ...
Considerations for low-power synchronous demodulator design 20 May 2015, Altron Arrow Sensors, which are ubiquitous, are used to measure temperature, light, sound and a variety of other environmental parameters. Some sensors act as parameter-dependent voltage or current sources. Thermocouples, ...
