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2020-08 Power Power Integrations

[Aug 24 2020] Power Integrations, an innovator in gate driver technology for medium and high voltage inverter applications, introduces the 1SP0351 SCALE-2™ single-channel +15/-10V plug and play gate driver, The new product was developed specifically for the new 4500V crimped IGBT (PPI) modules from manufacturers such as Toshiba, Westcode and ABB. The new gate driver is based on the widely used SCALE 2 chipset ...

2020-08 Sensors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[Aug 24 2020] Allegro MicroSystems has announced the introduction of the world's first freestanding, Hall coreless current sensor, the ACS37612, which measures PCB or busbar currents above 200A to 1000A with 1% accuracy, without the need for a collector core or shield. Allegro's differential Hall components for measuring magnetic fields offer strong resistance to stray field interference, but do not require th ...

2020-08 Connectors Qorvo US Inc.

[Aug 23 2020] Qorvo introduces the world's highest performing broadband power amplifier (PA), the TGA2962. Designed specifically for communication and test instrumentation applications, the power amplifier introduced today by Qorvo boasts several performance breakthroughs: It delivers industry-leading 10 watts of RF power in the 2-20 GHz frequency range as well as a large signal gain of 13dB and a power additi ...

2020-08 Power Infineon Technologies

[Aug 23 2020] Infineon Technologies AG has successfully developed solutions that meet the highest efficiency and quality requirements. For MOSFET low-frequency switching applications, the new 600 V CoolMOS™ S7 series delivers leading power density and energy efficiency. Key features of the CoolMOS™ S7 series include optimized conduction performance, improved thermal resistance and high pulse current capability ...

2020-08 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Aug 22 2020] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced the launch of the EZ-PD CCG6DF and CCG6SF, a new generation of USB-C controllers with Power transmission capability (PD). The new dual port and single port USB-C controllers will provide the highest BOM integration for a new generation of laptops and desktops, reducing the board area while also reducing costs for Oems. In addition, the new EZ-PD control ...

2020-08 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Aug 22 2020] Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's first digital isolator to meet the Class 0 operating ambient temperature specification of the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) -Q100 standard. The ISO7741E-Q1 has an industry-leading operating voltage of 1.5-kVRMS and supports higher temperature limits of Class 0 up to 150°C. The new isolator enables engineers to better protect low-voltage circu ...

2020-08 Passive Components Vishay

[Aug 21 2020] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the introduction of a new, space-saving device in the small 0402 form element, extending its TNPU e3 series of automotive grade high precision thin film flat chip resistors. Vishay Draloric TNPU e3 series thin film flat sheet resistors offer the proven reliability of the TNPW series with increased accuracy, temperature coefficients as low as 5 ppm/K, tolerance ...

2020-08 Connectors Recom Power

[Aug 21 2020] RECOM's new RPMH-0.5 series comes in a standard 12.19 x 12.19 x 3.75mm, DOSA-compliant thermal enhanced thin LGA package, extending the existing compact switching regulator product line. Output current is 0.5 A, 5 kinds of voltage output are: 3.3 V (+ / - 10% and 20%), 5 V (+ / - 10% and 20%), 12 V (+ / - 10% and 40%), 15 V (+ / - 10% and 40%) or 24 V (+ / - 17% and 37%). The input voltage can be ...

2020-08 Semiconductors NXP

[Aug 20 2020] ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovation, has introduced a pair of new devices that are fully compliant with the USB-C PD 3.0 standard. The FAN6390 Adaptive charging controller makes the USB-C PD 3.0 Programmable Power Supply (PPS) standard easy to integrate into the system, while the NCP12601 is a highly integrated multi-mode flyback controller for robust high-performance offline po ...

2020-08 Semiconductors Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Aug 20 2020] TRINAMIC Motion Control, the world's leading developer of motor and motion control technology, announced the TMC5160. This new single-axis stepper motor driver IC with serial communication interface is designed for 2-phase bipolar stepper motors with external MOSFETs, with motor currents up to 20A per coil. Michael Randt, founder and CEO of Trinamic, explains: "It successfully combines our techno ...

2020-08 Sensors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[Aug 19 2020] Allegro MicroSystems, a global leader in power and sensing solutions for motion control and energy saving systems, announced the introduction of the ATS19580, the industry's first fully integrated, back-biased giant magnetoresistive (GMR) transmission speed and orientation sensor. The ATS19580 achieves the highest system performance in transmission applications while reducing system size, complex ...

2020-08 Semiconductors NXP

[Aug 19 2020] NXP Semiconductors announced the launch of its voice solution SLN-LOCAL-IOT. This is a fully integrated development platform for offline voice control. The solution includes a complete hardware module design and the necessary associated software for implementing far-field voice control with customizable wake words and local commands. Based on the i.MX RT106L crossover microcontroller (MCU), the s ...