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Pulse Electronics Corporationannounces the release of a family of six new ultra-low profile SMT shielded inductors for compact point-of-load and mobile devices. With mounted height profiles of 1.0mm to 3.2mm, these inductors are well-suited for today’s mobile computing, home automation, portable POS, and other small handheld devices. Recommended: 2MHz Monolithic GaN Half Bridge targets Class-D Audio These new ultra-low profile

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LAPIS Semiconductor, a ROHM Group company, has recently announced the development of a 10-cell lithium-ion battery monitoring LSI that provides a current consumption of only 25µA (typ.), the lowest in the industry, making it suited for battery protection systems in cordless vacuum cleaners, electric tools, and other portable equipment. The ML5233 also claims an industry-low 0.1µA (typical) current consumption during

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC expands its automotive regulator portfolio by adding two devices targeted specifically at USB power applications. Allegro’s A8652 and A8653 devices are high output current synchronous buck regulator ICs that provide tight load regulation over a wiring harness without the need for remote sense lines. This remote load regulation is achieved with an integrated open-loop correction scheme that,

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Tri Cascade, Inc. has launched the i-BRIGHT™7x Smart Surge Protector, a Wi-Fi-enabled home energy management tool embedded with online scheduling and power consumption metering on the Microsoft® Cloud. The i-BRIGHT7x Smart Surge Protector features a sleek design boasting seven outlets (two “always on” and five simultaneously schedulable), plus two USB charge ports. In addition, Tri Cascade is launching its proprietary

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The Satechi Aluminum Power Strip, available now, features four ac outlets and four USB ports in a sleek, compact design ideal for reducing clutter and conserving energy. The energy saving Aluminum Power Strip is equipped with IC smart technology, which automatically adjusts the amount of power being used to the amount of power needed to match the plugged in devices’

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CUI Inc. announces a line of ultra-compact 5W wall-plug adapters for the US, Japanese and European markets featuring an integrated USB connector. The SWI5-5-N-I38 and SWI5-5-E-I38 are designed to meet the stringent average efficiency and no load power requirements mandated by the US Department of Energy (DOE) set to go into effect on February 10, 2016. The new Level VI

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With the increasing demand for machine device control and communication over industrial Ethernet, DeviceNet, and other networks, OEMs have found that installing traditional power supplies in distributed and remote locations has become prohibitively complex and costly because of the need for protective enclosures, fans, and excess wiring. In addition, enclosures introduce another potential point of failure into the production line.

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Developed for use in mobile devices and cellular infrastructure equipment,Coilcraft‘s new 0402DF Series chip inductors offer higher inductance values and significantly lower dc resistance than other 0402-sized inductors, making them well-suited for RF choke and filtering applications. 0402DF SeriesThe 0402DF Series is offered in 25 inductance values ranging from 20 to 3300 nH, with a 5% tolerance for all values.

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NXP Semiconductors has released its first medium-power Schottky rectifier PMEG45T15EPD with Trench technology in CFP15 (SOT1289) FlatPower package. Due to the Trench process, the new type offers a very low reverse current of only 30µA. The voltage drop value remains about the same compared to planar types. Furthermore, it delivers a reverse voltage of 45V and an average forward current

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ON Semiconductor has introduced an array of new AEC-Q100-compliant devices optimized for implementation into next generation automobile designs. The NBA3N200/1/6S multi-point low voltage differential signaling (M-LVDS) line driver/receiver family of devices operate off a 3.3V power supply. The NBA3N200S and NBA3N201S both support signaling rates of up to 200Mbps and have a common-mode voltage range -1 to 3.4 Volts. These

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