The Texas Instruments (TI) TPS54334 is a 28V, 3A, low quiescent supply current (IQ), synchronous monolithic buck converter. The device enables small designs by integrating the MOSFETs and implementing current-mode control to reduce external component count.
Diodes Inc.’s AL1678 universal AC-input (85 – 277VAC) buck LED drivers, the high-efficiency high-accuracy converters have an internal 500V MOSFET that works in conjunction with external components.
The Diodes Inc.’s AL99 Series high-voltage LED drivers provide an efficient solution for applications such as offline, high-brightness LED lamps. They feature internal MOSFETs that allow switching frequencies up to 300kHz, with the switching frequency determined by an external single resistor.
C&K Components has used its TF Series miniature snap-action switches to develop a custom switch module that provides critical contact position indication for a leading manufacturer of air-type circuit breakers.
Latest from Diodes Incorporated is the AL1678 family of LED Drivers, which are suitable for driving non-dimmable retrofit LED bulbs in general illumination applications that do not require high power factor (>0.7). Ensuring a low total circuit bill-of-material (BOM) cost while keeping performance high, the 500V buck-converter LED drivers support output powers up to 15W for wide-ranging LED lighting applications such as Class-A/B/P and GU10 lamps across all mains line voltages.
Lattice Semiconductor has announced the expansion of its USB Type-C product family with the introduction of its latest SiI7012, SiI7013 and SiI7014 port controllers. Port controllers are used to configure the USB Type-C Upstream Facing Port (UFP) or Downstream Facing Port (DFP), detect cable orientation and negotiate Power Delivery (PD) on the USB Type-C connection.
STMicroelectronics’ TN Series high-temperature silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs) offer high-thermal performance of 16A or 20A rms. The TN Series noise immunity, gate triggering current and turn-on current rise allow the design of robust and compact control circuits.
Microchip has unveiled a new series within its PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family that features a large 256KB Flash configuration and 16KB of RAM in small-footprint packages. These latest additions to the popular MCU family provide flexibility to low-cost applications that need complex algorithms and application code, and they are coupled with Microchip’s comprehensive software and tools for designs in graphics, touch sensing and general-purpose embedded control, says the company.
The Texas Instruments (TI) bq27542-G1 Li-ion battery fuel gauge is a microcontroller peripheral that provides fuel gauging for single-cell Li-Ion battery packs. The device requires little system microcontroller firmware development for accurate battery fuel gauging.
Kingbright’s surface-mount LED RGB chip LEDs. This family consists of 3-chip devices offering RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs with a water-clear lens with a viewing angle of 120 degrees.
Texas Instruments MSP430FG662x/642x new mixed-signal microcontrollers. The ultra low-power microcontrollers feature different sets of peripherals aimed at various applications.
A new dual-output synchronous step-down DC-DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management, the LTC3887-1 has been introduced by Linear Technology.
Exar’s XR10910 Unique Sensor Interface integrated circuit features an on-board 16:1 multiplexer, offset correction DAC, instrumentation amplifier and voltage reference. It also integrates multiple bridge sensors with a microcontroller (MCU) or field-programmable gate array (FPGA).
The first in a new series of high-voltage, low-noise, zero-drift, precision operational amplifiers that reduce system noise, cost, board space, and development time by providing on-chip electro-magnetic interference (EMI) filtering and eliminating the need for calibration circuitry – the dual-channel ADA4522-2 op amp has been unveiled by Analog Devices.
Cypress Semiconductor has announced its highly-integrated, single-chip Bluetooth Low Energy solutions are now sampling in new packaging and temperature range options. The PSoC 4 BLE Programmable System-on-Chip and PRoC BLE Programmable Radio-on-Chip solutions each now have an option for a micro-ball Chip Scale Package (CSP) package optimized to bring Bluetooth Smart connectivity to secure credit card applications.
Kemet R82 series metallized polyester film with tinned radial leads are electrically welded to the contact metal layer on the ends of the capacitor winding.
A high-efficiency step-down converter with ultra-low quiescent current of (typical 360nA), the TPS62743 has been introduced by Texas Instruments (TI).
The ams AS3955 NFC Dynamic Tag IC which offers standalone near field communication (NFC) passive tag functionality in a small footprint. A high-sensitivity ISO14443A front end and integrated resonance capacitor make the AS3955 an ideal solution for adding NFC functionality to electronic devices.
