Brushless DC motor driver 12 June 2013 Texas Instruments released a new sensorless, brushless DC (BLDC) motor driver designed for high efficiency and low noise, which requires a low external component count of only one capacitor. The DRV10963 ...
Cable drop compensator 12 June 2013, Altron Arrow Linear Technology’s LT6110 cable drop compensator is a new device that improves voltage regulation at remote loads without the need for Kelvin sense wires. It has been designed for use with most types ...
Clock distribution ICs 29 May 2013 ON Semiconductor has released two new clock distribution ICs housed in low-profile 5 x 5 mm 32-pin QFN packages.
Operating from a supply voltage of 2,5 V and 3,3 V, the NB6L56 2:1 clock/data multiplexer’s ...
Optical modulator drivers 29 May 2013, RF Design Hittite has introduced two new optical modulator drivers.
The HMC6620BG is a dual-channel 32 Gbps Mach-Zehnder driver supporting the next generation of 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps metro and long-haul applications. ...
GaN RF amplifiers 29 May 2013, RF Design The RTH21007-10 amplifier and RTH26007-10 hybrid Doherty amplifier are designed for applications such as 4G/LTE systems, indoor or outdoor small cells, DAS (distributed antenna systems), RRH (remote radio ...
Cell voltage measurement AFEs 29 May 2013 Maxim is sampling the MAX14920/MAX14921 high-accuracy, 12/16-channel cell measurement analog front ends (AFEs) that claim to lower battery management electronics costs by up to 35%. These devices boost ...
Tri-axis accelerometer 29 May 2013 The KXCJ9 is a low-power, low-noise 3-axis accelerometer with I²C interface, made by Kionix. Featuring a new MEMS sensing element for excellent performance over temperature, in shock test and in reflow, ...
8-channel PWM audio processor 29 May 2013, Altron Arrow Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first 8-channel pulse-width modulator (PWM) audio processor with dual asynchronous sample rate converters (ASRCs) integrated on a single chip.
The HD-compatible ...
Broadband LNAs for EMC testing 29 May 2013 MITEQ’s new TTA series of broadband low noise amplifiers (LNAs) is specially developed for electromagnetic compliance (EMC) testing.
Complete frequency coverage from 1 to 40 GHz is possible with three ...
MEMS oscillators 15 May 2013, RF Design Vectron announced the release of an enhanced high-performance MEMS product family supporting traditional clocking applications across all markets.
The devices include XO and VCXO variants and cover ...
Sine wave to logic converter 15 May 2013, Altron Arrow Linear Technology’s LTC6957 is a DC to 300 MHz dual-output buffer/driver/logic translator, ideal for converting sine waves into low-phase-noise logic level signals. The IC converts a reference frequency ...
RMS power detector 1 May 2013, Altron Arrow Analog Devices introduced a new RMS power detector featuring operation from 10 MHz up to 10 GHz and a 67 dB measurement range. The ADL5906 TruPwr RMS detector is frequency versatile and eliminates the ...
Using DDS devices to generate high-quality waveforms – Part 2 1 May 2013 Part 1 of this article appeared in the 17 April issue. DDS performance and limitations Images and envelopes: sin(x)/x roll-off
The actual output of the DAC is not a continuous sine wave but a train ...
Doherty microwave amplifier 1 May 2013, RF Design Accommodating the future of 4G/LTE small cells, RFHIC has introduced the RTH20007-10 amplifier fabricated using an advanced, high power density Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor process.
This amplifier ...
Tiny MEMS microphone 1 May 2013, Altron Arrow Analog Devices has unveiled a high-performance MEMS microphone developed specifically for hearing aid applications.
When compared to legacy solutions like electret condenser microphones (ECMs), the ADMP801 ...
2 Watt RF power amplifier 1 May 2013, RF Design The HMC6981LS6 is a four stage GaAs pHEMT MMIC power amplifier which operates between 15 and 20 GHz. The Hittite chip provides 26 dB of gain, +34,5 dBm of saturated output power, and 25% PAE from a +6 ...
Real-time clocks 1 May 2013, Future Electronics New from NXP Semiconductors is the PCF85063 family of tiny real-time clocks operating at very low voltages down to 0,9 V. With a size of 2 x 3 x 0,75 mm and a pin pitch of 0,5 mm, the PCF85063TP tracks ...
Dual digital potentiometer 17 April 2013 The DS1267B from Maxim is an IC incorporating two 256-position potentiometers, with wiper positions each set by stored 8-bit values. The chip communicates through a 3-wire serial port interface that drives ...
Using DDS devices to generate high-quality waveforms - Part 1 17 April 2013 A key requirement across a multitude of industries is to accurately produce, easily manipulate and quickly change waveforms of various frequencies and types.
Whether a wideband transceiver requires ...
Miniature SAR ADC 17 April 2013, Altron Arrow Linear Technology’s LTC2314-14 is a 14-bit, 4,5 MSps successive approximation register (SAR) ADC in a tiny 8-lead TSOT-23 package. It integrates a precision 2,048 V/4,096 V reference with 7 ppm/°C typical ...
