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2020-10 Semiconductors Qualcomm

[Oct 7 2020] According to the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), the number of cellular iot connections worldwide will reach 3.2 billion by 2024. Qualcomm Technologies introduces Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT Modem, the world's leading energy-efficient single-mode NB2 (NB-IoT) chipset, a groundbreaking new product designed to drive cellular iot growth and continue to lead wireless technology i ...

2020-10 Power Renesas Electronics America

[Oct 7 2020] Renesas Electronics, the world's leading provider of semiconductor solutions, announced a new open source ventilator system reference design to help customers quickly design pre-installed circuit boards for medical ventilators. Many areas are experiencing a severe shortage of ventilators as COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise, causing hospitals to outstrip supply of equipment. Chris Allexan ...

2020-10 Sensors Semtech

[Oct 6 2020] Semtech Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products and advanced algorithms, announced: Polysense Technologies Inc. (" Polysense "), an innovative provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for fiber optic and wireless sensing, has developed a series of intelligent temperature monitoring products based on Semtech LoRa devices. The real-ti ...

2020-10 Power Diodes Incorporated

[Oct 6 2020] Diodes Incorporated announced the industry's first DisplayPort 2.0 (UHBR10) compatible 4-channel, 2:1 active switch, PI3DPX8121 with a multiplexer and ReDriver. The device joins the company's portfolio of DisplayPort switching and signal conditioning solutions designed to meet the design needs of PCS, monitors, set-top boxes and other AV devices. DisplayPort was developed to provide data transmis ...

2020-10 Passive Components Vishay

[Oct 5 2020] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the introduction of a new series of small clip-on aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the 257 PRM-SI, to increase the design power density. Vishay BCcomponents 257 PRM-SI series capacitors have a 20% increase in ripple current and a 20% reduction in form factor over previous generation solutions, providing up to 5,000 hours of service life at 85 C. With A ripple ...

2020-10 Semiconductors Transphorm

[Oct 5 2020] The first JEDEC-certified device in Transphorm's SuperGaN family is the TP65H300G4LSG. This is a 650V GaN FET in a PQFN88 package with an on-resistance of 240 milliohm. The second SuperGaN device is the TP65H035G4WS, also a 650V GaN FET, in a TO-247 package with a 35 milliohm on-resistance. These devices are currently in the sample phase and will be released in the second and third quarters, resp ...

2020-10 Power DLP Design Inc.

[Oct 4 2020] System integrator Direct Insight has introduced the QS8M welding module, produced by its long-time partner Ka-Ro Electronics Materials based in Aachen, which integrates NXP I.M8M quad-core or dual-core Cortex-A53 64-bit processors, as well as RAM, flash memory and power management. The module features a QFN-style pin arrangement that provides excellent miniaturization, thermal efficiency and EMI ...

2020-10 Semiconductors Dialog Semiconductor GmbH

[Oct 4 2020] Dialog Semiconductor, a supplier of highly integrated power management, charging, AC/DC power conversion, Bluetooth low power, low power Wi-Fi and industrial ics, announced the launch of the DA14531 SmartBond TINY module to help customers develop the next generation of connected devices. The SmartBond TINY module is optimized to significantly reduce the cost of adding Bluetooth low power connecti ...

2020-10 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Oct 3 2020] Diodes Incorporated announced the launch of its new family of automotive compatible clock buffers designed to operate at low power consumption at ambient temperatures up to 105°C, which can be found in applications and automotive gateways in both advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and infotainment systems. The increasing maturity of automotive electronics leads to more complex system clock ...

2020-10 Power STMicroelectronics

[Oct 3 2020] New energy vehicles are nothing new in China. According to a 2012 academic paper, the government introduced preferential policies for the development of new energy vehicles as early as 1995. In 2015, sales of new energy vehicles in China surpassed those in the United States. In December 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology predicted that new energy vehicles would account for ...

2020-10 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Oct 2 2020] Diodes Incorporated announced that PI3EQX10612 / PI3EQX10312 2-port 10Gbps linear ReDriver™ devices feature integrated USB-C® inspection for devices implementing USBType-C® interfaces. ReDrivers offers 1:2/2:1 multiplexer/multiplexer capabilities that can be used to extend the coverage of USB signals running on rigid or flexible PCBS in game consoles, laptops, desktops, tablets, and other consume ...

2020-10 Power Micron Technology Inc.

[Oct 2 2020] Micron Technology, a leading provider of memory and storage solutions, has announced the 5210 ION enterprise-class SATA solid-state Drive (SSD) with new capacity and capabilities, cementing its leadership in QLC technology volume production. As the world's first QLC SSD, the Micron 5210 is based on the company's advanced QLC NAND technology and is rapidly replacing traditional mechanical hard dri ...