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Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a low power RF power amplifier in its Airfast RF range adding mobile radio power levels to the 4W – 75W range. This is a small form-factor rugged devcie with a greater than 65:1 VSWR survivability rating for continuous reliable operation in extreme environments. Designated the AFT05MS004N, the device is characterised at frequencies from 136 to

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Analog Devices has addressed the needs of wideband 3G/4G mobile basestation design with a higher level of functional integration in its RF modulator, demodulator and mixer ICs. The devices are tunable from 700MHz to 2,700MHz and ADI has integrated PLL and balun circuits to support high dynamic range and wideband radio channels. The ADRF6720 is a 700MHz to 3GHz quadrature

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The trend in automobiles and industrial systems is to replace mechanical functions with electronics, thus multiplying the number of microcontrollers, signal processors, sensors, and other electronic devices throughout. The issue is that 24V truck electrical systems and industrial equipment use relatively high voltages for motors and solenoids while the microcontrollers and other electronics require much lower voltages. As a result,

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There is one class of signals we have not yet covered, and that is those signals which pass within the unit from one board to another. Typically these are digital control signals or analog levels which have already been processed, so are not low-level enough to be susceptible to ground noise and are not high current enough to generate significant

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Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics. The device is a supercapacitor—a cousin to the battery. This one packs an interconnected network of graphene and carbon nanotubes so tightly that it stores energy comparable to some thin-film

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Bonfiglioli Vectron GmbH today announced global availability of the Ampt Mode™ version of its RPS TL inverter series. The new Bonfiglioli RPS TL inverters in Ampt Mode(TM) are deployed with dc optimizers from Ampt, LLC to increase PV plant performance at lower total system cost. At Booth B3.150 during Intersolar Europe 2014, Bonfiglioli will have its RPS TL inverter series

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Victron Energy B.V. has introduced four new models to their ultra-fast BlueSolar charge controller (MPPT) range. The series now comprises eight models, including the BlueSolar MPPT 100/30, BlueSolar MPPT 100/50, BlueSolar MPPT 150/35 and BlueSolar MPPT 150/85. In expanding the range, Victron have increased customer choice and further enhanced the ideal matching of solar charge controllers for any given system.

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Gresham Power Electronics announces the availability of a Compact PCI power supply ruggedized for MIL and industrial applications. The new 7602 model is a 6U ac-dc cPCI PSU which is conformally-coated in accordance with IPC-CC-830 and has been redesigned to meet the requirements of MIL-STD-461F surge test per MIL-STD-1399, withstand ESD to 8KV, has very low output ripple and noise

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IGBT driver manufacturer CT-Concept Technologie GmbH, a Power Integrations company, has announced that 3D STEP files of all its SCALE™-2 IGBT gate drivers are now available to help designers model new systems faster and more accurately. 3D interactive models of the company’s drivers are also included in new application manuals.  SCALE™-2 IGBT gate drivers use an ASIC chipset to reduce

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Texas Instruments has augmented its Hercules MCU line with the addition of its RM57Lx and TMS570LCx MCUs, which feature two ARM Cortex-R5F floating-point CPUs operating in lockstep. The new MCU lines offer additional on-chip flash and RAM as well as a 50% performance increase over earlier TI Cortex-R-based MCUs. The new families are intended to accelerate development of applications required

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