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Vicor PI3523 Cool-Power ZVS Switching Regulators | New Product Brief

Vicor PI3523 Cool-Power ZVS Switching Regulators | New Product Brief

Vicor PI3523 Cool-Power ZVS Switching Regulators are high-efficiency regulators that integrate the controller, power switches, amplifiers, and support components in a high-density LGA system-in-package.


Texas Instruments HDC2010 Temp and Humidity Sensor | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments HDC2010 Temp and Humidity Sensor | New Product Brief

TI’s HDC2010 is a highly accurate, 14-bit, low power temperature and humidity sensor in a compact WLCSP package.


High Voltage Design: A New Three-Phase Half Bridge Gate Driver from Diodes Inc.

High Voltage Design: A New Three-Phase Half Bridge Gate Driver from Diodes Inc.

Diodes Incorporated has announced a new three-phase half bridge gate driver with multiple protection features and the ability to drive N-Channel MOSFETs and IGBTs.


News Dec 06, 2017 by Nick Davis
CDE HHT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors | Tech Specs

CDE HHT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors | Tech Specs

CDE’s HHT aluminum electrolytic capacitors deliver stable capacitance for mission-critical applications in high temperature, high vibration environments.


new products Dec 05, 2017 by TTI, Inc
How To Simplify USB PD 1-4s Charging Design

How To Simplify USB PD 1-4s Charging Design

In this video, we'll take a look at a buck/boost battery manager IC that can charge your device battery using standard USB PD voltages—but it can also work in reverse, providing output to power or charge other devices.


Teardown Tuesday: Samsung Wireless Charger (EP-PG9201)

Teardown Tuesday: Samsung Wireless Charger (EP-PG9201)

In this teardown, we tear open Samsung's wireless charger to examine its internal components.


News Dec 05, 2017 by Nick Davis
Monolithic Power Systems mEZ Plug and Play Power Modules | New Product Brief

Monolithic Power Systems mEZ Plug and Play Power Modules | New Product Brief

MPS’ mEZ Plug & Play DC/DC power modules are wide-input, high-efficiency power solutions in an easy-to-use module for a broad range of applications.


How Would the FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Regulation Impact the Internet of Things?

How Would the FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Regulation Impact the Internet of Things?

The IoT was largely built during a period of guaranteed equal access to connectivity. What would happen to it if the FCC repeals "net neutrality" regulations?


News Nov 24, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Maxim’s MAX31840 High-Performance LED Driver | New Product Brief

Maxim’s MAX31840 High-Performance LED Driver | New Product Brief

Maxim’s MAX31840 is a high-performance LED driver for MR16 and other 12 V LED bulbs that enables designers to meet new LED dimming requirements while also reducing cost, board space, and BOM count.


Creating a Better User Experience in Wearable Devices: The STM32L4+ from ST Micro

Creating a Better User Experience in Wearable Devices: The STM32L4+ from ST Micro

This News Brief takes a look at the STM32L4+ with advanced graphics capabilities from STMicroelectronics.


Power Hold-Up and Energy Storage Management Devices

Power Hold-Up and Energy Storage Management Devices

In this article, we discuss power hold-up and some energy storage management devices in the context of SSDs.


Power Supply Management of GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers for Pulsed Radar

Power Supply Management of GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers for Pulsed Radar

Systems that incorporate highly integrated and highly sophisticated, high power radio frequency (RF) GaN power amplifiers (PAs), such as pulsed radar applications, are a constant challenge for today’s digital control and management systems to keep up with these ever-increasing levels of sophistication.


Wide Input Voltage Range in a Small 6-Pin Package: ON Semi’s New LED Dimmer

Wide Input Voltage Range in a Small 6-Pin Package: ON Semi’s New LED Dimmer

Take a look at ON Semiconductor's new LED constant-current dimmer, which is designed for middle- to high-power LED lighting applications.


News Nov 21, 2017 by Nick Davis
Infineon CoolMOS P7 Power Transistors | New Product Brief

Infineon CoolMOS P7 Power Transistors | New Product Brief

Infineon’s CoolMOS P7 Power Transistors are now available in the cost-effective SOT-223 package, giving designers more options to address challenges in SMPS designs.


HARTING’s Han-Modular Connector System | New Product Brief

HARTING’s Han-Modular Connector System | New Product Brief

HARTING’s Han-Modular Connector System combines electrical, optical, and pneumatic signal and power connections in a single, heavy duty assembly.


PCB Layout for an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

PCB Layout for an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

In this article we’ll discuss the PCB layout for a custom-designed arbitrary waveform generator board.


EMI Compliance: A New Customizable Spread Spectrum Oscillator from SiTime

EMI Compliance: A New Customizable Spread Spectrum Oscillator from SiTime

SiTime announces their new spread spectrum oscillator that is advertised to ensure emissions compliance.


News Nov 17, 2017 by Nick Davis
Broadcom ACNU-3410 and ACNU-3430 Gate Drive Optocouplers | New Product Brief

Broadcom ACNU-3410 and ACNU-3430 Gate Drive Optocouplers | New Product Brief

Broadcom’s ACNU-3410 and ACNU-3430 are gate drive optocouplers optimized for high voltage industrial applications, including 600 VAC motor drives and 1 kVDC solar inverters.


A nanoPower and Tiny Voltage Supervisor from Maxim (and They Aren’t Kidding about the “Tiny”)

A nanoPower and Tiny Voltage Supervisor from Maxim (and They Aren’t Kidding about the “Tiny”)

A look at the MAX16140—a tiny device that uses a tiny amount of current, but one that promises a lot.


News Nov 15, 2017 by Nick Davis
GaN Breaks Barriers—RF Power Amplifiers Go Wide and High

GaN Breaks Barriers—RF Power Amplifiers Go Wide and High

This article describes the state of the semiconductor technology that is enabling new developments with shorter gate length GaAs and GaN transistors, circuit design considerations to achieve optimum performance, and examples of both GaAs and GaN wideband power amplifiers (PAs) that demonstrate today’s technology.