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Paper Battery Company today announced immediate availability of the Fast Charge Developers Kit for its PowerResponder™ product line. This kit enables product designers’ to incorporate fast charging PowerResponder hybrid supercapacitor cells in their products and prototype a variety of input charging devices and protocols, radically improving the use model of battery-powered devices. With the Fast Charge Developers Kit, PowerResponder cells

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KEMET Corporation announced its new high voltage ALC10 Series snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These compact 550-Vdc rated capacitors are designed for high ripple current applications and feature surge voltage capability and very long life performance. Developed at the KEMET Electrolytic Innovation Center in Weymouth, U.K., ALC10 Series capacitors are well-suited for industrial and commercial applications demanding high reliability with operational

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Transphorm Inc. is now offering engineering samples of its TPH3205WS transistor, the first 600V GaN transistor in a TO-247 package. Offering 63 mOhm R(on) and 34A ratings, the device utilizes the company’s Quiet Tab™ source-tab connection design, which reduces EMI at high dv/dt to enable low switching loss and high-speed operation in power supply and inverter applications. This new device

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NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the launch of its low power and long range JN5169 wireless microcontroller and accompanying smart home and smart lighting solutions, featuring certified ZigBee LightLink, Home Automation, GreenPower software stacks and, the first in the market, a NFC-commissioning option that allows users to connect systems intuitively with just one tap. An on-chip +10dBm power amplifier within

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GE’s Critical Power business today introduced its new GP100 line of power rectifiers, providing data- and power-intensive three-phase applications with a compact, 1U, 6-kW rectifiers producing 54-Vdc. The new GP100 line includes GE’s GP100R compact, module for data center and telecommunications rack or cabinet mounting and the GP100M for embedded data, networking and industrial uses. Targeting high-density data and communications

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TRINAMIC Motion Control has introduced a new gate driver matched with Bosch’s MB0413A B6 power module. Bosch B6 bridges match to the new TRINAMIC BLDC / PMSM gate driver product family, whose first member, the TMC6130, is also being announced today. The TMC6130 and the Bosch MB0413A power module form an combined solution for motors with up to 1.5 kW

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Infineon Technologies AG announced the expansion of its Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Silicon technology and product portfolio. The company now offers both enhancement mode and cascode configuration GaN-based platforms optimized for high performance applications requiring superior levels of energy efficiency including power supplies used in server, telecom, mobile power and consumer goods such as Class D Audio systems. GaN technology significantly reduces

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC has added two new current sensor ICs that are economical and precise solutions for ac or dc current sensing in industrial, automotive, commercial, and communications systems. Allegro’s ACS724 (5V) and ACS725 (3.3V) are highly-accurate devices with a very small package. Both devices are designed for space constrained applications that will save overall costs due to reduced board

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Bourns, Inc. today introduced an additional semi-shielded power inductor product offering one of the industry’s widest selections of footprint, profile and inductance value options. Designated Model SRN4012T, the latest semi-shielded power inductor from Bourns is designed using superior semi-magnetic shielding technology. Bourns now has a total of 15 SRN models giving designers a breadth of options with selections of 2

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Fairchild Corp. has announced an expanded line of extended temperature (ET) mid-voltage MOSFETs, which can operate at 175 degrees C. The higher operating temperatures enable up to 85 percent greater power density and three times more reliability than MOSFETs rated to the 150 degrees C industry standard. This new family of ET MOSFETs aligns with the IPC-9592 power conversion standard,

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