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AVX claims lowest-profile 0603 & 0805 diplexers available

02/28/2014

AVX, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, offers the lowest profile 0603 and 0805 multilayer organic diplexers available in the market.  Compared to equivalent low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) products, AVX's 0603 and 0805 MLO diplexers exhibit

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Cymbet launches ultra-low power EnerChip RTC with integrated battery

02/28/2014

Cymbet announced the commercial release of the EnerChip™ RTC product family that combines an ultra-low power Real Time Clock with a rechargeable solid state battery and power management IC in a single 5mm x 5mm plastic package. The EnerChip RTC is the world’s smallest RTC with integrated power

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Freescale shrinks smallest ARM-Based MCU by an additional 15%

02/27/2014

Freescale Semiconductor announced a breakthrough addition to its Kinetis mini portfolio with the introduction of the Kinetis KL03 MCU, the world’s smallest and most energy efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM® technology. The Kinetis KL03 MCU builds on the previous generation Kinetis KL02 device

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650V SiC diodes from STMicroelectronics offer novel dual configurations

02/27/2014

Dual-configuration Schottky silicon-carbide (SiC) diodes from STMicroelectronics are the first such devices in the industry with a voltage rating of 650V per diode in a choice of common-cathode or series configurations allowing use in interleaved or bridgeless power-factor correction (PFC) circuits. ST’s

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Fairchild’s 650V green-mode buck switches offer high efficiency and design scalability

02/26/2014

Home appliance, industrial motor and smart meter applications require solutions that provide low standby power in order to achieve energy efficiency for the end user. At the same time, designers need power scalability to increase the power rating of a device for additional system functionality

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AVX boosts 0603 MLOC family capacitance by 2X

02/26/2014

AVX, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has doubled the capacitance of its 0603 Multilayer Organic Capacitor (MLOC) Series, extending the highest-rated capacitance value from 2.5pF to 5.1pF. Ideal for applications including RF power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers,

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eConais' EC19D highly-integrated 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi modules claim lowest standby power

02/26/2014

eConais, a leader in ultra low power miniature Wi-Fi module solutions for the Internet of Things, has announced the world’s smallest, most easily integrated, and lowest standby power single chip 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi System In Package (SiP) modules for the Internet of Things. To help speed

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Micrel's 85V half-bridge MOSFET driver offers adaptive dead time and shoot-through protection

02/25/2014

Micrel, an industry leader in high performance linear and power solutions, LAN and timing and communications solutions, introduced the MIC4605 85V half-bridge MOSFET driver that features Adaptive-Dead-Time and Shoot-Through Protection. The Adaptive-Dead-Time circuitry actively monitors the Half

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Vishay's P-Channel Gen III MOSFET offers RDS(on) Down to 0.0016 Ω at -10V in a PowerPA SO-8 Package

02/25/2014

Vishay Intertechnology extended its offering of TrenchFET® p-channel Gen III power MOSFETs with a new device that offers the lowest on-resistance ever for a p-channel MOSFET. Designed to increase efficiency in mobile computing devices, the -20 V Vishay Siliconix Si7157DP offers on-resistance of

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Maxwell and SK Innovation ally to develop hybrid Li-ion battery-ultracapacitor energy storage

02/25/2014

Maxwell Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage products, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SK Innovation, a subsidiary of SK Holdings and a leading Korean energy provider, to develop next-generation energy storage

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