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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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