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Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor and Storage Products Company today announced the launch of power multiplexer ICs that can switch between two power sources, for use in charging circuits of mobile devices. Shipment of the new TCK32xG series starts from today. The new products can switch power sources through external signals and also through a built-in auto selection mode function, which switches

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Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a new microcontroller, the TMPM311CHDUG, as the latest addition to its ARM® Cortex®-M3-based TX03 series. This MCU is designed for smart meter applications. Sample shipments will start in April, with mass production scheduled to start in September, 2015. A power measurement analog front-end (AFE) for single-phase and three-phase smart meters requires simultaneous high-precision

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Diodes Incorporated announces the ZXTR2105F regulator that monolithically integrates a transistor, Zener diode and resistor to provide a 5V, 15mA output from inputs up to 60V. Offered in a small SOT-23 package, this regulator transistor reduces component count and minimizes PCB area in microcontroller applications, such as dc cooling fans for PCs and servers, as well motor drive, blowers and

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ZBB Energy Corporation announced today the introduction of a zinc-bromine (ZnBr) flow battery specifically designed for behind the meter energy storage applications in the commercial and industrial building market. The Agile Flow Battery has been engineered based upon ZBB’s flow battery design expertise, it’s breadth of real world application data derived from dozens of installations, and stringent lab testing at

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The HVLED001 from STMicroelectronics, Inc. is a new ac-dc controller specifically optimized for LED-lighting applications, where energy efficiency, reliability, and cost-competitiveness are key factors. Combining ST’s 25+ years of leadership in power-conversion architectures with innovative high-voltage technology, the HVLED001 enables equipment manufacturers to design high-end, professional lighting applications for commercial areas, retail shops, offices, and outdoor spaces that claim best-in-class

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Cogenra Solar, Inc. today announced that its modules have broken two world records, achieving unprecedented power levels using commercially available, unsorted photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and its propriety high-volume Dense Cell Interconnect (DCI) process. Cogenra modules reached 400W peak power using front-contact mono-crystalline silicon cells and 352W using multi-crystalline cells, representing a nearly 15 percent boost over current 72-cell format

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Called Powerstar Virtue, this new energy storage system has been developed byEMSc (UK) Limited, the manufacturer of Powerstar voltage optimization (VO) systems. Large users, whether commercial, industrial, educational or government, negotiate power contracts that comprise a mix of peak and off-peak tariffs. The new Powerstar Virtue works with the patented Powerstar VO technology and harnesses the excess voltage supplied from

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Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today claimed the industry’s first zero standby power (as defined in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62301 clause 4.5) controller chipset with the lowest standby power consumption for standard flyback designs up to 20 W and is extendable up to 75 W using the intelligent sleep function for adaptive relay control. The new UCC28730 primary-side regulation (PSR)

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Linear Technology Corporationannounces the LT8570 and LT8570-1 current-mode, fixed-frequency step-up dc-dc converters. The LT8570 uses an internal 500mA, 65V switch, while the LT8570-1 uses a 250mA, 65V switch. Both devices operate from an input voltage range of 2.55V to 40V, making them suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion to automotive inputs. Both the LT8570 and

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Intersil Corporation today announced the ISL8002B synchronous buck (step-down) switching regulator that delivers up to 2A of continuous output current from a 2.7V to 5.5V input supply. The device’s 2MHz switching frequency provides superior transient response, and its key features — programmable soft-start, and output tracking and sequencing of FPGAs and microprocessors — increase system reliability for point-of load conversions

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