18-bit SAR ADC 10 July 2013 Maxim’s MAX11156 is a tiny 12-pin, 18-bit successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in a 3 x 3 mm TDFN package. It integrates an internal reference and reference buffer, ...
Low-power op-amps 10 July 2013, Tempe Technologies Microchip announced a new low-power, general-purpose op-amp family – the MCP647X/8X/9X – providing among the industry’s best power consumption for a given gain-bandwidth product, including low quiescent ...
Pushbutton reset controllers 10 July 2013 Texas Instruments introduced two tiny pushbutton reset controllers for space-constrained, power-sensitive applications. The dual-channel TPS3420 and TPS3421 feature low power consumption and a selectable ...
Automotive-grade GPIOs 10 July 2013, Future Electronics NXP Semiconductors announced the AEC-Q100-compliant PCA9538PW/Q900 and PCA9539PW/Q900 general-purpose parallel input/output (GPIO) ICs for I²C-bus/SMBus applications. Available in 8- and 16-bit variants ...
Phase-locked loop 10 July 2013, RF Design The PE33241 from Peregrine Semiconductor is an integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) featuring a very low phase noise figure of merit (FOM) of -230 dBc/Hz. It supports operation at 5 GHz with a 10/11 pre-scaler ...
Digital step attenuator 26 June 2013, RF Design Peregrine Semiconductor has expanded its line of high-frequency products with a precision 7-bit digital step attenuator (DSA). The PE43704 supports monotonic operation at 8 GHz, with high power handling ...
AFEs for battery management 26 June 2013 Maxim is sampling the MAX14920/MAX14921, high-accuracy, 12/16-channel cell-measurement analog front-ends (AFEs) claimed to lower battery management electronics costs by up to 35%.
These devices increase ...
Wireless vibration sensing of industrial machine health 26 June 2013 Analog Devices has introduced a wireless vibration sensing system that allows industrial systems operators to remotely monitor production equipment health, improve system performance and reduce maintenance ...
Digitally tuneable capacitors 26 June 2013, RF Design Peregrine Semiconductor released four new DuNE digitally tuneable capacitors (DTCs). The PE64906, PE64907, PE64908 and PE64909 feature a capacitance range of 0,6–7,7 pF and support power handling up to ...
PCIe clock generators and buffer 26 June 2013, NuVision Electronics The Si5211x Tiny Clock PCI Express (PCIe) clock generators and Si53102 Tiny Clock PCIe buffer are the latest additions to Silicon Labs’ PCIe product portfolio. The one- and two-output devices meet PCIe ...
High-speed ADCs 26 June 2013 Texas Instruments introduced a family of 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with sampling rates from 500 to 900 MSps. The ADS5409 family provides the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spurious-free ...
Digital pre-distortion receiver 26 June 2013, Altron Arrow Linear Technology’s LTM9013 is a wideband RF-to-digital μModule receiver that includes a dual 14-bit, 310 MSps analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a high IIP3 I/Q demodulator, two variable gain amplifiers ...
Touch controllers highly immune to noise 12 June 2013, Altron Arrow Cypress Semiconductor introduced its Gen5 TrueTouch controller product line that delivers what the company claims is the world’s most noise-immune touchscreen control technology.
Gen5 offers 40 Vpp ...
High-speed logic ICs 12 June 2013, RF Design Hittite has launched three logic devices which support 43–45 Gbps data transmission and clock rates up to 43 GHz. They have a wide range of applications and support many of the new and emerging optical, ...
Secure authenticator chip 12 June 2013 Maxim’s DeepCover embedded security solutions cloak sensitive data under multiple layers of advanced physical security to provide the most secure key storage possible. The new DS28EL22 secure authenticator ...
Understanding voltage reference topologies and specifications – Part 1 12 June 2013 The first considerations in choosing a voltage reference are output voltage and initial accuracy. Often overlooked, however, are the various other datasheet parameters that can assume major importance ...
Sensor signal conditioner 12 June 2013, MB Silicon Systems ZMDI’s new ZSSC3015 is an automotive-qualified (AEC-Q100) sensor signal conditioner with a host of diagnostic features on-chip, including EEPROM signature verification, bridge connection checks, bridge ...
Electro-absorption modulator driver 12 June 2013 The MAOM-002203 is an electro-absorption modulator driver IC for 100G applications from M/A COM Technology Solutions. It boasts power consumption of 0,75 W, low RMS jitter and a typical rise and fall ...
36 V digital pots 12 June 2013 New from Microchip are two volatile, SPI digital potentiometers, the MCP41HV31 and MCP41HV51, which are its first to operate at 10, 12, 18, 24 and particularly 36 V, for systems requiring wide signal ...
