Technology Articles

2021-01 Semiconductors Rohm Semiconductor

[Jan 17 2021] In recent years, with the popularity of IoT, many electronic components have been installed to achieve advanced control in various applications such as automotive and industrial equipment. With the development of electronic and high-density applications, the noise environment is getting worse and worse, and the noise reduction design of components such as sensors that process small signals has be ...

2021-01 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Jan 17 2021] As iot expands from home automation to home control areas such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), garage doors and electric fans, and accelerates in building and industrial automation, the demand for highly integrated, reliable and secure Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity has never been greater. Microchip Technology announced the launch of the industry's first Wi ...

2021-01 Power Microchip Technology

[Jan 16 2021] Microchip's announcement of the MCP37Dx1-80 series fills this gap. Microchip's second streamline ADC is the industry's first with 80 MSPS sampling rates, 12 -, 14 - and 16-bit resolution options, integrated digital capabilities for higher temperature ranges, and is currently certified by the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) Q100. For system designers, there is a limited choice of small, relia ...

2021-01 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[Jan 16 2021] Renesas Electronics, a global provider of semiconductor solutions, announced the ISL9122A, a bypass mode flexible lift switch regulator that provides ultra-low static current (IQ) for powering sensors, microcontrollers (MCUS), wireless devices and other system components. The ISL9122A supports 1.8V to 5.5V battery power, extending the battery life of smart iot devices powered by button, lithium a ...

2021-01 Power Nexperia

[Jan 15 2021] Nexperia, a high-capacity production specialist in the production of basic semiconductor components, has announced a new range of LED drivers in a DFN2020D-6 (SOT1118D) package that saves space. The LED driver has a solderability side (SWF) that facilitates AOI (Automatic Optical Inspection) and improves reliability. This is the first time LED drivers have used this beneficial package. The new pi ...

2021-01 Power STMicroelectronics

[Jan 15 2021] STMicroelectronics releases the L6364 transceiver to bring more flexibility to connecting IO-Link devices. In addition to the DC/DC converter and dual-mode UART transceiver, the new product offers two communication channels that can be configured as dual outputs for increased drive current strength. The L6364 supports IO-Link's COM2 (38.4 kbaud) and COM3 (230.4 kbaud) communication rates, as well ...

2021-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 14 2021] Semiconductor supplier ST has launched the world's first MasterGaN product platform embedded with a silicon-based half-bridge driver chip and a pair of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors, an integrated solution that will help accelerate the development of the next generation of lightweight and energy efficient chargers and power adapters for consumer electronics and industry under 400W. GaN techno ...

2021-01 Power Renesas Electronics America

[Jan 14 2021] Renesas Electronics announced a partnership with Andes Technology Startup Technology IP, a leading provider of RISC-V architecture embedded CPU cores and related SoC development environments. Renesas has selected AndesCoreTM 32-bit RISC-V CPU core IP for use in its new dedicated standard product and will begin offering samples to customers in the second half of 2021. Frankwell Lin, President of A ...

2021-01 Sensors C&K

[Jan 13 2021] C&K expands the product range of magnetic short-range sensors to improve the flexibility and reliability of non-contact positioning and short-range detection in harsh environments. The MPSR series sensors feature a reinforced aluminum housing and stainless steel cable for unmatched sensing performance in dirty environments. With a service life of up to 4 million operations, the sensor enables rel ...

2021-01 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Jan 13 2021] In the design of SMPS for industrial applications, the latest technology trends will take into account the need for high efficiency, high power density and rising bus voltage, thus triggering the need for 650V breakdown voltage power devices. The 650 V CoolMOS™ CFD7 product family from Infineon Technologies meets these needs. This device is suitable for resonance topologies in soft switching appl ...

2021-01 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Jan 12 2021] Microchip Technology announced the introduction of a new line of PIC Ultra-low Power (XLP) microcontrollers that make it easy for system developers to add a range of innovative features when designing battery-powered and other power-sensitive products with or without LCD displays. The new PIC24F GU and GL series of microcontrollers integrate 14 kern-independent low-power peripherals (CIPs) that o ...

2021-01 Passive Components Yageo

[Jan 12 2021] Yageo's KEMET, the world's leading supplier of electronic components, announced the launch of its new R52 series of compact polypropylene film X2 EMI (electromagnetic interference) suppression capacitors. The series meets the growing demand for smaller, large capacitor X2 class solutions for EMI suppression in automotive, industrial, consumer and energy applications. The R52 series offers capacit ...