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IR HiRel, an Infineon Technologies AGannounced the introduction of the HiRel HTB28 series, the industry’s first hermetic hybrid dc-dc converters rated at 185 degrees C in a 1-inch wide package. The new devices are designed specifically for oil and gas exploration downhole tools and can withstand the high temperature as well as the high shock environment typically found in these

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Intersil Corporation announced the ISL9120, a buck-boost switching regulator that enables efficient power management of system power supplies and peripherals such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, memory cards or LCD modules. Its adaptive current limit PFM architecture delivers industry-leading efficiency up to 98%, while providing smooth transitions from buck-to-boost to prevent glitches in applications where light-load efficiency and fast transient response are

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Digital Power Corporation announced the release of its new capacitor chargers product family for powering laser systems in medical and industrial applications. This family of products features a series of highly-efficient, high-power and compact capacitor charger power supplies. These products charge capacitive loads to high voltages with pulse-to-pulse repeatability at very-high repetition rates, allowing load capacitors to be charged in

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Gaia Converter is introducing this compact 150W dc-dc converter family targeting defense, airborne as well as high-end industrial applications. The new MGDS-155 Series 9- to 45-Vdc and 16- to 80-Vdc input voltage range makes it suited for all defense and airborne applications with wide input bus and transients variations. Compliance with Mil-Std-1275, 704 or DO-160 can be achieved without transient

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Stadium Power announce the availability of the AQF500 series of compact high-efficiency 500-Watt switch mode power supplies with active power factor correction (PFC). These single-output power supplies offer high power density up to 26W per cubic inch in a 5″ x 3″ (127 x 76.2mm) footprint. Typical applications for the AQF500 series include telecoms, data networking, industrial machinery, monitoring equipment,

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Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled a wireless, multi-protocol addition to its popular Kinetis MCU family, bringing the latest connectivity standards to an MCU platform that has played an essential role in shaping and enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) to date. Freescale introduces the Kinetis KW40Z wireless MCU family with support for Bluetooth Smart/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 applications.

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Today, on the fifth anniversary of its first LaunchPad development kit, Texas Instruments (TI) announced the low-cost C2000™ Delfino™ F28377S microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPad development kit, the first LaunchPad for the Delfino line of MCUs. Based on TI’s C2000 Delfino F28377S MCU, the LaunchPad offers 200 MHz of 32-bit floating-point performance, newly integrated accelerators, as well as high-integrity analog and control

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Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced the industry’s highest resolution resistive sensing signal conditioner, enabling fast and precise 24-bit measurement of conditions such as pressure, strain, flow or liquid levels. The PGA900 signal conditioner offers a programmable core, enabling flexible linearization and temperature compensation for numerous resistive bridge sensing applications. The PGA900 integrates two low-noise 24-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to enable

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VisIC Technologies today claimed the world’s lowest resistance 650V 50A GaN transistor specifying an Rdson as low as 12 mOhm and capable of operation at 1MHz. These devices are designed for use in power supplies, photovoltaic inverters and electrical motor drives. These subsystems are used extensively in industrial, commercial and residential applications: robotics, elevators, washers, air conditioners, etc. Recommended: SiC

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Sanken Electric Co. Ltd. has added the STR-A6000HZ/MZ series are pwm switching power ICs with low standby power. Power consumption of the products is less than 25mW with no load condition. Under no load condition, oscillation operation is switched to burst mode by the Automatic Standby Mode function. Models are available with switching frequencies of 60kHz and 100kHz. Recommended: SiC

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