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Toshiba TK040N65Z N-Channel 650V Power MOSFET | New Product Brief

Toshiba TK040N65Z N-Channel 650V Power MOSFET | New Product Brief

Toshiba’s TK040N65Z is a 650V n-channel enhancement mode power MOSFET in Toshiba’s DTMOS VI series and is designed to improve efficiency in high speed switching power supplies.


Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Auto-balancing gets complicated when handling more than two supercapacitor cells. The new board can balance up to six supercapacitors of any size.


News Nov 28, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces a Tiny, Versatile Clock Generator to Save Board Space and Power


News Nov 27, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
ROHM Semiconductor Automotive LED Drivers | New Product Brief

ROHM Semiconductor Automotive LED Drivers | New Product Brief

ROHM Automotive LED drivers include boost, buck-boost, constant current, and serial-in parallel-out variants.


Mean Well DDR Family DC-DC Converters | New Product Brief

Mean Well DDR Family DC-DC Converters | New Product Brief

Mean Well’s DDR family of DIN Rail DC-DC converters can address a broad range of applications, with power ratings from 15W to 240W.


KEMET Electronics TRS Thermal Reed Switches | New Product Brief

KEMET Electronics TRS Thermal Reed Switches | New Product Brief

KEMET Electronics TRS thermal reed switches provide precise, highly reliable thermal switching for energy saving applications.


Newest Dialog Semiconductor PMIC Tackles Big IoT Design Issue: Extending Battery Life for Wearables

Newest Dialog Semiconductor PMIC Tackles Big IoT Design Issue: Extending Battery Life for Wearables

Dialog Semiconductor's newest PMIC (power management IC) aims to help solve the battery life issue with wearables and other small, portable applications.


News Nov 20, 2018 by Kate Smith
An EV Made to Demo Motion Control: Monolithic Power Systems’ mCar Shows Off Angular Sensors

An EV Made to Demo Motion Control: Monolithic Power Systems’ mCar Shows Off Angular Sensors

The Monolithic Power Systems mCar EV demo at electronica 2018 showed off angle position sensors and motion control.


News Nov 19, 2018 by Kate Smith
Coilcraft 0805HP Ceramic Wire-Wound Chip Inductors | New Product Brief

Coilcraft 0805HP Ceramic Wire-Wound Chip Inductors | New Product Brief

Coilcraft 0805HP series ceramic wire-wound chip inductors are ideal for high frequency and high current applications.


Power Integrations Introduces New Family of Brushless DC Motor Drive ICs

Power Integrations Introduces New Family of Brushless DC Motor Drive ICs

Power Integrations’ BridgeSwitch™ family of ICs achieve conversion efficiency of up to 98.5% in brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive applications of up to 300 W.


News Nov 16, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Integration of Isolation Products to Protect from Electrostatic Discharge

Integration of Isolation Products to Protect from Electrostatic Discharge

In any high voltage and electrical noise system, the electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity, an important aspect of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), is a key consideration in choosing a galvanic isolation device.


Bourns TBU-DB-Q TBU High-Speed Protectors | New Product Brief

Bourns TBU-DB-Q TBU High-Speed Protectors | New Product Brief

Bourns TBU-DB-Q series of Bourns’ TBU High-Speed Protectors are high-speed, two-channel bidirectional circuit protection ICs.


Phoenix Contact QUINT DC UPS | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact QUINT DC UPS | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact QUINT DC UPS is an intelligent, networked, DIN rail UPS for industrial networks.


How to Measure Noise in Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPSs)

How to Measure Noise in Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPSs)

Noise on switch mode power supplies (SMPSs) sometimes gets a bum rap.


ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor has launched two new Power Integrated Modules to be demoed at electronica 2018 alongside an Intelligent Power Module for EV charging.


News Nov 09, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Molex In-Vehicle Media Modules | Tech Specs

Molex In-Vehicle Media Modules | Tech Specs

For charging devices in vehicles, Molex offers a line of USB smart-charge modules that are easy to integrate and provides users easy-to-use chargers with a number of modern features.


new products Nov 08, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Resolving the Signal Part 10: How Clock Signals Affect Precision ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 10: How Clock Signals Affect Precision ADCs

Part 10 of the Resolving the Signal series covers how clocks affect precision ADCs, touching on clock jitter, clock intermodulation and best PCB layout practices for clocking.


What Is Inductance and How Does It Apply to Ground Bounce?

What Is Inductance and How Does It Apply to Ground Bounce?

Why you should care about even small amounts of inductance.


Understanding the Virtual Short in Op Amp Circuits

Understanding the Virtual Short in Op Amp Circuits

This article explains and discusses an important simplification technique used in op amp analysis.


Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Who was Michael Faraday? What did he contribute to the field of electrical engineering?


News Nov 05, 2018 by Gary Elinoff