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OnChip Devices, Inc. has introduced miniature, wire bondable, silicon ESD-protection diodes targeted for high-brightness and power LED markets. The ESD88NP and ESD88PN are designed to redirect high transient currents away from sensitive LED and IC products. These Zeners exhibit no device degradation when compared to multilayer varistors. All devices meet the requirements of IEC61000 and safely dissipate ESD strikes of

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Cambrios Technologies Corporationand Heraeus Group announced a new class of hybrid, transparent, conductive materials made of silver nanowires and conductive polymers. Combining ClearOhm® silver nanowires with Clevios™ PEDOT:PSS conductive polymer creates a new hybrid “one layer solution” resulting in the highest conductivity coupled with an ultra-smooth surface. The new Clevios™ HY family of products will have superior conductivity on flexible

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Toshiba Corporation‘s Semiconductor and Storage Products Company today announced the launch of a new surface-mount package series in its line-up of low-voltage MOSFET products that use dual-sided cooling to improve heat dissipation. The shipment of the 4 new products in the “DSOP Advance package” series starts immediately. Recommended: NXP claims World-Thinnest Medium-Power Schottkys The new devices have a heat sink

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The STWBC digital controller for wireless battery charger (WBC) transmitters fromSTMicroelectronics, Inc. claims the most flexible and efficient solution for controlling power transfer from a WBC transmitter (TX) to a receiver (RX) in WBC-enabled phones, wearables, and other battery-powered devices that use electromagnetic induction for re-charge. As a member of the Qi Wireless Power Consortium and the PMA (Power Matters

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Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.announced today the availability of its next generation PowerTrench® MOSFETs for automotive applications in the high-power TO-Leadless (TO-LL) package (JEDEC MO-299). The innovative TO-LL technology offers an extremely low package resistance, a very small footprint, and allows for exceptionally good EMI behavior. Typical automotive power electronics applications for the TO-LL packaged devices include battery management for electric and

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Linear Technology Corporationannounces the LTC3899, a triple output (buck, buck, boost) 29µA quiescent current, synchronous dc-dc controller that maintains output voltage regulation over a 2.2V to 60V input range. A 12V car battery can droop to less than 4V during engine restart or cold crank, causing reset of infotainment systems and other electronics that operate from 5 V and higher.

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Acopian Power Supplies today announced the availability of the WN8B power supply, a member of the Narrow Profile, three-day power supply series of switching regulated power supplies. The ac-dc single-output units provide up to 75 Watts of output power, with convection cooling (no fans required). The convection-cooled design eliminates the need for fan maintenance, along with audible/ambient noise and vibrations.

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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a new, low-cost prototyping kit that gives engineers unprecedented access to design with the powerful 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M3 core in Cypress’s PSoC® 5LP programmable system-on-chip architecture. The $10 CY8CKIT-059 Prototyping Kit delivers PSoC 5LP’s ability to reduce systems costs by integrating analog front-ends, digital logic and user interface ICs with the architecture’s programmable analog and

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TDK Corporation presents the EPCOS RingCap – a power capacitor with an innovative design that is especially suitable for xEV applications. Thanks to its ring configuration, the new RingCap can be integrated into a clutch bell housing or wheel hub motors. The dimensions of the capacitor can be adapted according to the specific requirements of the customer: The outer diameter

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Infineon Technologies AG has announced a family of robust 650V IGBTs that can deliver highest efficiency in fast switching automotive applications. The AEC-Q-qualified TRENCHSTOP™ 5 AUTO IGBTs will reduce power losses and improve reliability in electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications such as on-board charging, power factor correction (PFC), dc-dc and dc-ac conversion. Recommended: 3W Power Supplies

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