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Microchip Announces First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA to Use Half the Power of Other FPGAs

Microchip Announces First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA to Use Half the Power of Other FPGAs

Microchip's new RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC family is said to provide 50% lower power than competing mid-range FPGAs.


News Dec 10, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
UnitedSiC Titles New SiC FETs as the “Lowest RDS(on)​​​​​​​ SiC Power Devices on the Planet”

UnitedSiC Titles New SiC FETs as the “Lowest RDS(on)​​​​​​​ SiC Power Devices on the Planet”

The new SiC FETs combines a SiC JFET and a cascade-optimized Si MOSFET, offering an RDS(on)​​​​​​​ as low as 7mΩ.


News Dec 09, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
Diodes Incorporated Revamps Piezo Sound Driver to Drive Loads Up to 47nF

Diodes Incorporated Revamps Piezo Sound Driver to Drive Loads Up to 47nF

The PAM8940E can generate its own drive voltage while still driving large external loads up to 47nF.


News Dec 06, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Rimac Chooses Analog Devices ICs as the “Brain” for Their EV Battery Management System

Rimac Chooses Analog Devices ICs as the “Brain” for Their EV Battery Management System

Analog Devices’ precision BMS (Battery Management System) ICs will be incorporated into Rimac’s BMS for increased performance and efficiency.


News Dec 04, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
Microchip Addresses Power Loss, Data Loss Concerns With New SPI EERAM Memory Chips

Microchip Addresses Power Loss, Data Loss Concerns With New SPI EERAM Memory Chips

The new series of SPI EERAM memory chips were designed to retain data during power loss without the aid of external batteries.


News Dec 04, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
CUI Extends Family of Open-frame AC-DC Switchers for Green Technology

CUI Extends Family of Open-frame AC-DC Switchers for Green Technology

CUI has added six new lines of powers supplies, offering 15 watts to 65 watts, to its VOF product family.


News Dec 04, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
MediaTek Releases “World’s Fastest” Sub-6GHz 5G SoC for Smartphones

MediaTek Releases “World’s Fastest” Sub-6GHz 5G SoC for Smartphones

The new 7nm SoC is the first device in a chipset family offering integrated 5G modems.


News Dec 03, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Infineon’s 50mm/60mm Modules Contain Both Thyristor and Diode Switches

Infineon’s 50mm/60mm Modules Contain Both Thyristor and Diode Switches

Infineon's newest thyristor/diode modules include 50mm modules with solder bond technology and 60mm modules with pressure contact technology.


News Nov 30, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
Diodes Incorporated’s Battery Charging Detector Affords Both Host and Client Circuitry

Diodes Incorporated’s Battery Charging Detector Affords Both Host and Client Circuitry

Diodes Incorporated claims that the dual-role detector chip enables designers adding USB Type-C interfaces to lower costs and BoM size.


News Nov 27, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Skyworks’ PA Geared to Support 5G Signals With Wide Instantaneous Bandwidth

Skyworks’ PA Geared to Support 5G Signals With Wide Instantaneous Bandwidth

The SKY66318-11 features a wide instantaneous bandwidth for 100MHz systems, which is said to enable higher data rates for 4G LTE and 5G signals.


News Nov 21, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
NIC Components’ SMT Power Inductors Built to Operate Up to +155°C

NIC Components’ SMT Power Inductors Built to Operate Up to +155°C

The NPIM_PE series are automotive-grade metal composite SMT power inductors with an operating temperature range of ‐55°C to +155°C.


News Nov 20, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
Nexperia Enters the Gallium Nitride FET Arena

Nexperia Enters the Gallium Nitride FET Arena

Nexperia's newly announced GAN063-650WSA is a 650-volt gallium nitride power FET featuring an RDS(on) of 60 mΩ.


News Nov 20, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ST Highlights New Temperature Sensors’ Accuracy—to Within 0.25°C

ST Highlights New Temperature Sensors’ Accuracy—to Within 0.25°C

The STTS22H from STMicroelectronics typically draws 0.5 µA in standby mode.


News Nov 19, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Analog Devices Reveals a Low-power PHY Chip for the Industrial Ethernet

Analog Devices Reveals a Low-power PHY Chip for the Industrial Ethernet

The ADIN1300 is a low-latency, single-port Ethernet transceiver for gigabit-speed operation in harsh environments.


News Nov 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
GaN Systems and ON Semi Develop Half-Bridge Evaluation Board to Drive GaN Power Switches

GaN Systems and ON Semi Develop Half-Bridge Evaluation Board to Drive GaN Power Switches

The new evaluation board simplifies the process of evaluating gallium nitride-based, half-bridge or full-bridge power supplies.


News Nov 11, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Flex Power Modules’ New Point-Of-Load Regulator Aims to Pack Power, Save PCB Space

Flex Power Modules’ New Point-Of-Load Regulator Aims to Pack Power, Save PCB Space

The BMR4615001/001’s input ranges from 4.5 to 14 volts, while its output ranges from 0.6 to 3.3 volts.


News Nov 08, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Infineon’s Evaluation Board Built to Anticipate SiC in Motor Drives

Infineon’s Evaluation Board Built to Anticipate SiC in Motor Drives

The EVAL-M5-E1B1245N-SiC supports the design of industrial drive motor applications of up to 7.5 kW.


News Nov 07, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Dialog Semi Releases “World’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient” Bluetooth 5.1 SoC Module for IoT Applications

Dialog Semi Releases “World’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient” Bluetooth 5.1 SoC Module for IoT Applications

Dialog Semiconductor today announced a new BLE SoC—one it claims is the smallest and least power-hungry on the market.


News Nov 04, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Diodes Incorporated Releases Buck Converter Family Designed to Combat EMI

Diodes Incorporated Releases Buck Converter Family Designed to Combat EMI

Diode Incorporated’s 40V, 2.2MHz synchronous buck converters are designed for high efficiency across all loads.


News Oct 31, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New ARM IP Brings Down Costs of AI for Mainstream Products

New ARM IP Brings Down Costs of AI for Mainstream Products

Two new NPUs, along with a GPU and DPU, expand the scope of the doable for low-cost devices.


News Oct 28, 2019 by Gary Elinoff