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Rugged H-bridge for 'smart' motor control
11 February 2004, Electrocomp
The TLE 7209R is an intelligent full H-bridge from Infineon Technologies that is designed for the control of DC and stepper motors in safety-critical applications and in extreme environmental conditions. ...

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Driver ICs for motor, power supply and lighting
11 February 2004
International Rectifier's multifunction 600 V high- and low-side driver ICs feature integrated protection. The IR2304 and IR2308 ICs are ideal for half-bridge MOSFET or IGBT circuits used in lighting ...

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Voltage translators
11 February 2004, Tempe Technologies
Pericom Semiconductor's new PI74LVC logic family for bi-directional 3 V to 5 V voltage translation, offer 10 µA Icc (max standby current) compared to 50 to 80 µA, and 50 µA delta Icc (3,3 V port max) ...

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More accurate readings of total energy with metering ICs
28 January 2004, Products & Solutions
Analog Devices' next-generation metering chips now measure 'reactive' energy for more precise readings of energy use. These new energy metering ICs - the ADE7753 and ADE7758 - are based on ADI's high-resolution ...

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Secondary side drivers protect power MOSFETs
28 January 2004, Access Control & Identity Management
Linear Technology's two secondary side synchronous N-channel MOSFET drivers, the LTC3900 and LTC3901 have timer and current sense comparators to protect their external MOSFETs during normal and light ...

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Profibus/MPI/PPI to Ethernet gateway
January 2004, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Having earlier this year acquired new agencies (one of them is IHBSoftec), RJ Programmable Techniques offers S5 and S7 for Windows - and also this new gateway device. If an S7 200, S7 300 or S7 400 ...

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Fast 100 V MOSFET driver handles high capacitance gates
19 November 2003, Residential Estate (Industry)
Linear Technology's LTC4440 is a 100 V transient tolerant high-side N-channel MOSFET driver with powerful gate drivers that minimise switching losses in power supplies. Housed in ThinSOT (SOT-23) and ...

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Cap-free low-noise LDOs
19 November 2003, Products & Solutions
Texas Instruments is offering highly accurate low drop-out regulators (LDOs) in SOT-23 to simplify power design for 150 mA, 250 mA and 400 mA devices. Achieving high integration and low dropout for noise-sensitive ...

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Small converter delivers 80 A at 0,9 to 1,8 V
5 November 2003
Vicor has introduced its first V•I chip voltage transformation module (VTM), the V048K015T80. Designed to meet the demands of advanced DSP, FPGA, ASIC, processor cores and microprocessor applications ...

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New power semiconductor technology to lower costs and reduce energy consumption
5 November 2003, Electrocomp
Infineon Technologies has introduced a cost-optimised alternative to MOSFETs (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) typically used in electronic lamp ballasts (ELB) for fluorescent tubes, ...

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IGBT modules enable easy designs
5 November 2003
eupec has extended its product range of Easy-IGBT-Modules with the introduction of the EasyPIM750 and EasyPACK750. These Easy-IGBT-Modules are based on the popular Easy Module technology but have smaller ...

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Single-chip power manager sequences, monitors and supervises up to seven channels
5 November 2003
The design of systems with multiple supply voltages is commonplace today. In such systems as Internet routers, digital subscriber-line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), base stations, and servers, the sequencing ...

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Advanced controller integrated with 700 V switch
5 November 2003
ON Semiconductor has introduced four new offline power supply switching regulators - each with an integrated 700 V power switch and a unique set of performance features that offer designers a complete ...

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Thin cell batteries
5 November 2003
Ultralife Batteries' thin cell lithium batteries are wafer-thin - as thin as 2,0 mm - providing a unique combination of high energy, long shelf life, wide operating temperature range and light weight. ...

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DC-DC converter
5 November 2003
Power-One's new HHS04Z52 DC-DC converter provides up to 3,8 A of a tightly-regulated 52,5 V d.c. output with maximum efficiency of over 92%. Compliant to IEEE802.3af it operates over an input voltage ...

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Three-way dimming approach for compact fluorescents
5 November 2003
International Rectifier has introduced a new approach to three-way dimming systems that are in widespread use in hotels and residential applications. Currently, most three-way dimming systems are compatible ...

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Compact power for Compact PCI
5 November 2003, Vepac Electronics
Designed to meet the requirements of Compact PCI, using hot-swappable N+1 redundancy power systems, the new RTC AC/DC and DC/DC switching power supplies from XP offer power ratings of 150, 200 and 400 ...

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Advanced lithium ion battery charger features µP status interface
5 November 2003, Hi-Q Electronics
Charging Lithium Ion (or Polymer) batteries can be a hazardous and difficult challenge. At any time during the battery's discharge cycle, a charger may be applied and unless the correct method and level ...

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Switched capacitor voltage converters and inverters
5 November 2003
Analog Devices' ADM660/ADM8660 are high current CMOS switched capacitor voltage converter ICs and the ADM8828/ADM8829 are switched capacitor voltage inverter ICs with shutdown. The ADM660/ADM8660 invert ...

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Dual output PWM controller has integrated overcurrent protection and LDO controller
5 November 2003
International Rectifier has introduced the IRU3073 controller IC designed for dual output high performance DC-DC converters. This versatile device is designed for a wide range of compact, high performance ...

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