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KEMET KONNEKT Capacitors | Featured Product Spotlight

KEMET KONNEKT Capacitors | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


ON Semiconductor Offers New Power Over Ethernet Controllers to Support IEEE 802.3bt PoE

ON Semiconductor Offers New Power Over Ethernet Controllers to Support IEEE 802.3bt PoE

The NCP1095 and NCP1096 deliver 90 Watts power-over-internet (POE) in compliance with IEEE's 802.3bt standard.


News Sep 05, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
TDK Introduces Power Inductors for Automotive LED Headlights

TDK Introduces Power Inductors for Automotive LED Headlights

The SPM-VT series meets the high thermal and current demands of the automotive LED headlight environment.


News Sep 04, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Silicon Labs Debuts Si834x Family of Isolated Smart Switches for Industrial Applications

Silicon Labs Debuts Si834x Family of Isolated Smart Switches for Industrial Applications

The new SiLabs units aim at the PLCs, relay drivers, and servo motor controllers employed in industrial automation.


News Aug 30, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Bourns CSS2H Series Resistors | Tech Specs

Bourns CSS2H Series Resistors | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


new products Aug 29, 2019 by TTI, Inc
TDK-EPCOS HVC High-Voltage Contactors | New Product Brief

TDK-EPCOS HVC High-Voltage Contactors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


High-speed Interfaces Bolster Connectivity in SSD Controllers

High-speed Interfaces Bolster Connectivity in SSD Controllers

The adoption of PCIe Gen4 and USB 3.2 interface technologies shows how controller chips are trying to match the capacity and speed of flash memory they serve in SSD designs.


News Aug 27, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Special Topics in Schematic Capture

Special Topics in Schematic Capture

Learn about heterogeneous and homogenous buses, special IC packages, and more!


Gallium Arsenide: Another Player in Semiconductor Technology

Gallium Arsenide: Another Player in Semiconductor Technology

This article looks at gallium arsenide, comparing it to other semiconductor materials, and explores how different compounds are used in components.


News Aug 23, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ADI Analog Devices Wide Voltage Gain Selectable Amplifier | New Product Brief

ADI Analog Devices Wide Voltage Gain Selectable Amplifier | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


MIT Researchers Introduce a Battery-Free, Underwater Sensor

MIT Researchers Introduce a Battery-Free, Underwater Sensor

Energy harvesting is something that many engineers have heard of but MIT has taken this concept to a whole new level with an underwater sensor that has no battery.


News Aug 21, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Time-of-Flight Sensors for In-Cabin Vehicle Safety

Time-of-Flight Sensors for In-Cabin Vehicle Safety

This article looks at how time-of-flight sensing in a vehicle's cabin can improve safety and convenience.


Introduction to Vibration Energy Harvesting

Introduction to Vibration Energy Harvesting

Learn more about vibration energy harvesting as a source of power for electronic systems.


Disadvantages and Advantages of Energy Harvesting

Disadvantages and Advantages of Energy Harvesting

Energy harvesting is a way to obtain electrical energy from the one already available in the environment. Where is energy harvesting appropriate in designs?


Diodes Incorporated Announces New Low-Power Buck Converters for Small Appliances

Diodes Incorporated Announces New Low-Power Buck Converters for Small Appliances

The AP3917 family of switchers meets the needs of systems demanding low power on a steady or intermittent basis.


News Aug 17, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
BEL GROUP Open Frame Power Supplies | New Product Brief

BEL GROUP Open Frame Power Supplies | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Mitigating Noise in Double-sided PCBs: Multipoint Grounding (Gridded Ground) in Two-layer PCB Design

Mitigating Noise in Double-sided PCBs: Multipoint Grounding (Gridded Ground) in Two-layer PCB Design

Learn how to use the gridded ground technique to reduce noise in a double-sided PCB.


ADI Analog Devices Zero-Drift Amplifiers | New Product Brief

ADI Analog Devices Zero-Drift Amplifiers | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Penn State Researchers Build Monolithic GaN AC-Powered LED Chip

Penn State Researchers Build Monolithic GaN AC-Powered LED Chip

In this new research, gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs and their power supply are integrated onto the same monolithic chip.


News Aug 15, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
How a Ground Plane Reduces PCB Noise

How a Ground Plane Reduces PCB Noise

How does a ground plane reduce noise in a PCB? Learn more in this technical article.