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2021-01 Power EPC

[Jan 3 2021] Two 100 V eGaN FETs (EPC2218 and EPC2204) from EPC, a global leader in enhanced silica-based Gallium nitride (eGaN) power field effect transistors and integrated circuits, offer higher performance and lower cost for immediate shipping. These advanced gallium nitride devices are used in a wide range of applications, including synchronous rectifiers, Class D audio amplifiers, automotive infotainmen ...

2021-01 Sensors ON Semiconductor

[Jan 2 2021] ON Semiconductor, a driver of energy-efficient innovation, announced that automaker SUBARU CORPORATION has selected its image perception technology to enable camera-based Advanced Driver assistance systems (ADAS) in the automaker's next-generation EyeSight Driver assistance platform. The 2020 all-wheel drive sports wagon Levorg is the first model to offer the new system. Subaru's EyeSight has won ...

2021-01 Sensors Samsung

[Jan 2 2021] Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the world's smallest power inductor with a length of 0.4mm and a width of 0.8mm, which is smaller than the smallest power inductor "1210" in the market for mobile devices (width and length of 1.2mm and 1.0mm, respectively) and a thinness of 0.65mm. Samsung Electronics said it will supply the power inductors to multinational mobile device manufac ...

2021-01 Sensors Qorvo US Inc.

[Jan 1 2021] Qorvo, a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace and defense applications, announced the launch of a high-performance n41 subband 5G bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter, the QPQ1298, for base station infrastructure, small base stations and Repeaters. Qorvo's latest BAW filters combine low insertion loss with excellent out-of-band rejection in a compact size. The prod ...

2021-01 Power Xilinx

[Jan 1 2021] Xilinx, a global leader in adaptive and intelligent computing, and Continental have announced that Xilinx will support Continental's development of the new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540 via the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC platform to create the automotive industry's first production 4D imaging sensor. The collaboration will enable new models equipped with the ARS540 to implement SAE J3016 L2 capabil ...

2020-12 Passive Components Vishay

[Dec 31 2020] Vishay Intertechnology today announced the introduction of a new 200V n-channel MOSFET-SISS94DN in a heat-enhanced 3.3mm x 3.3mm PowerPAK 1212-8S package. Typical on-resistance at 10 V is the lowest in the industry at 61 mΩ. At the same time, the product of the improved on-resistance and gate charge, that is, the MOSFET switch application important value coefficient (FOM) is 854 mΩ*nC. The space- ...

2020-12 Power STMicroelectronics

[Dec 31 2020] STMicroelectronics introduces the BlueNRG-2N Bluetooth 5.0 certified Network processor, which reduces power consumption, supports the latest Bluetooth features, improves data throughput, and enhances privacy security. The BlueNRG-2N network coprocessor is pre-installed with the Bluetooth communication protocol and can connect to the main controller to establish a Bluetooth connection. The co-proc ...

2020-12 Passive Components TE Connectivity

[Dec 31 2020] TE Connectivity announced the launch of new antennas for 5G, NB-IoT and LTE-M to meet the demands of cellular iot devices for different frequency bands and multiple bandwidths. As cellular iot devices continue to grow, the market demand for 5G and LPWAN (Low power wide Area Network) antenna products continues to rise. Both NB-IoT and LTE-M are LPWAN wireless technology standards, with the former ...

2020-12 Passive Components Vishay

[Dec 30 2020] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the introduction of new B and C enclosures to expand its EP1 wet tantalum capacitors to meet the needs of defense and aerospace applications. Capacitors offer the highest capacity in the industry for every voltage class and form factor, radial through-hole or surface-mount end, and are available in A, B and C housing codes, each with the option of bolting for ...

2020-12 Passive Components Silicon Labs

[Dec 30 2020] Silicon Labs has announced a new family of small size, high performance crystal oscillators (XOs) and voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) for low jitter and frequency flexible clock synthesis. The Si54x/6x Ultra Series XO/VCXO offers jitter performance down to 80 femtoseconds (fs) for integer and decimal frequencies throughout its operating range, providing excellent jitter margins for ...

2020-12 Passive Components Bourns

[Dec 30 2020] Bourns introduces the DR334A line filter series. These current compensated double choke filter inductors have higher current capability than typical standard signal line common mode chokes, as well as high stray inductance and differential mode noise suppression. These features make the DR334A series the ideal line filter solution for consumer, industrial and other markets for power line applicat ...

2020-12 Sensors Melexis Technologies NV

[Dec 29 2020] Melexis has announced the launch of an AEC-Q100 certified QVGA time-of-flight sensor IC, the MLX75026, which is now in volume production. The MLX75026 is Melexis' third-generation QVGA ToF chip, further expanding this portfolio. In terms of quantum efficiency and range accuracy, the MLX75026 performs twice as well as the previous generation of ToF sensor ics. In addition, the MLX75026 has softwar ...