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2019-10 Power Flex Power Modules

[Oct 6 2019] Flex Power Modules now launches the PKE-A series of DC-DC power modules for the industrial and rail industries, expanding its product range to meet the growing needs of these industries. The module is sealed and enclosed to ensure that it works reliably when subjected to dust, moisture, violent vibration and other harsh conditions. For industrial applications, the PKE8000A series offers highly re ...

2019-10 Passive Components Vishay

[Oct 5 2019] Vishay has announced the launch of a new series of LVAC power capacitors with ESTAspring, the industry's first lever-operated spring joint connection - the PhMKP series. This Vishay PhMKP series of power capacitors reduces assembly time by 60% and improves connection reliability in strong vibration applications. Most cylindrical power capacitors use screw connected IP20 terminals, while ESTAsprin ...

2019-10 Optoelectronics Samsung

[Oct 4 2019] Samsung Electronics has announced the introduction of the industry-leading enhanced plant full spectrum mid-power device, the LM301H, for greenhouse and plant plant applications. The new LM301H plant device offers photon efficiency of up to 3.10 μmol/J, the highest among current medium power LED devices. Un-Soo Kim, senior vice president of LED Business team at Samsung Electronics, said: "This br ...

2019-10 Power Silicon Labs

[Oct 3 2019] Silicon Labs has introduced the next generation Wireless Gecko platform, Series 2, designed to make Internet of Things (IoT) products more powerful, efficient and reliable. Building on Wireless Gecko's portfolio of leading RF and multi-protocol capabilities, the Series 2 provides the industry's broadest and most scalable iot connectivity platform. Initial Series 2 products include small SoC devic ...

2019-10 Power C&K

[Oct 2 2019] C&K has announced the launch of a new ultra-small PTS815 touch switch aimed at design engineers developing home automation and Internet of Things (IoT) electronics. As printed circuit board (PCB) space becomes increasingly precious in consumer electronics devices, C&K ultra-compact switching solutions respond to the growing demand for high-quality and cost-effective switches in mass production. T ...

2019-10 Semiconductors Vishay

[Oct 1 2019] Vishay Intertechnology today announced the launch of six new FRED Pt® 5th generation 1200V Hyperfast and Ultrafast recovery rectifiers. Vishay 30 A and 60 A rectifiers deliver best-in-class on-off and switching losses, improving the efficiency of high frequency inverters and soft and hard switches or resonant circuits. The device can be used with MOSFETs or high-speed IGBTs and is specifically de ...

2019-09 Power TT Electronics

[Sep 30 2019] TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for special applications, announced the launch of its HA42A and HA86A series of gate drive transformers for the automotive and industrial markets. These miniature surface mount design (SMD) solutions are ideal for efficient battery management system applications where size and reliability are critical. The HA42A and HA86A gate drive tran ...

2019-09 Power Silicon Labs

[Sep 29 2019] Silicon Labs has introduced a complete portfolio of clock solutions that meet the latest generation PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 specification, providing best-in-class jitter performance with significant design margin. The Si5332 Arbitrary Frequency Clock family produces PCIe Gen 5 reference clocks with jitter performance up to 140fs RMS, optimizing PCIe SerDes performance while meeting the Gen 5 spe ...

2019-09 Connectors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[Sep 28 2019] Allegro MicroSystems has announced the launch of the latest generation of advanced LED backlight drivers, the A8060x series, which uses an innovative, patented Pre-Emptive Boost (PEB) control that cancels normally audible noise. All of these devices are available in a compact 4x4 QFN-24 tin-able flanking package with an exposed thermal pad (suffix ES), which offers a smaller volume compared to co ...

2019-09 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Sep 27 2019] Diodes Corporation is an industry-leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application-specific standard products in a broad range of markets, including standalone, logic, analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. Announced the introduction of the AP7345D series of dual Low Voltage Difference (LDO) regulators with high supply voltage rejection ratio (PSRR) and low static current for ...

2019-09 Connectors Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Sep 26 2019] TRINAMIC Motion Control has announced the TMCM-6214, a highly integrated module that can drive up to six motors. Support for incremental encoder ABN signal input, which allows monitoring of three of the six motors during operation, making it ideal for multi-axis applications such as laboratory and factory automation, life sciences, robotics, test and measurement, and handling of valuables and liq ...

2019-09 Semiconductors ON Semiconductor

[Sep 25 2019] On Semiconductor continues to enable the battery-free and maintenance-free Internet of Things (IoT) with the launch of the RSL10 multi-sensor platform powered only by solar cells. This complete solution supports the development of IoT sensors that use continuous solar capture to collect and transmit data via Bluetooth low power without the need for batteries or other non-renewable energy sources. ...