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2020-08 Semiconductors Maxim Integrated

[Aug 16 2020] Maxim Integrated Products announced the introduction of the industry's fastest and smallest light detection and ranging (LiDAR) IC to help enable higher speed autonomous vehicle driving. The MAX40026 high-speed comparator and MAX40660/MAX40661 wideband interresistance amplifiers provide more than twice the bandwidth compared to the closest competing solutions, adding 32 additional channels in a s ...

2020-08 Connectors Harwin Inc.

[Aug 16 2020] Harwin has expanded the award-winning Gecko-SL (Screw-Lok) product range to include horizontal male connectors. The highly successful Gecko family of products has won the favor of many engineers, offering solutions that are more compact and lightweight than traditional Micro-D connectors. If the male connector is set to a 90° Angle from the PCB, it provides greater board layout flexibility to max ...

2020-08 Power Infineon Technologies

[Aug 15 2020] Infineon Technologies AG has further expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) portfolio with the launch of 650V devices. Its newly released CoolSiC™ MOSFETs address the growing demand for energy efficiency, power density and reliability in a wide range of applications, including servers, telecommunications and industrial SMPS, solar systems, energy storage and battery formation, uninterruptable power s ...

2020-08 Power Power Integrations

[Aug 15 2020] The BridgeSwitch IC integrates two enhanced FREDFETs (field effect transistors with fast recovery epitaxial diodes) for the upper and lower tubes of the half-bridge circuit, and has lossless current detection, enabling inverter efficiency of 99.2% in brushless direct current (BLDC) motor driver applications. Power Integrations has announced a new expansion of the BridgeSwitch™ Integrated Half-bri ...

2020-08 Power Nexperia

[Aug 14 2020] Nexperia, a production specialist in discrete devices, MOSFETs, GaN FETs, and analog and logic devices, has announced a partnership with Ricardo, a leading automotive engineering consulting firm, to develop a technology demonstrator for EV inverters based on gallium nitride (GaN) technology. GaN is the preferred power device for these applications because GaN FETs enable systems to achieve higher ...

2020-08 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Aug 14 2020] Diodes Incorporated introduced the AP62600 synchronous DC-DC buck converter for point-of-load (POL) conversion in applications such as televisions, displays, white goods, home appliances, consumer electronics and large integrated circuits. The AP62600 has a supply voltage output of up to 6A from 4.5V to 18V. The device incorporates high - and low-side integrated MOSFETs with resistors of 36 Mω an ...

2020-08 Power STMicroelectronics

[Aug 13 2020] STMicroelectronics has released battery management technology that improves the reliability, safety, range and cost-effectiveness of electric vehicles (EVs). The manufacturing cost of electric vehicles is expected to be comparable to that of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030, and sales of electric vehicles will exceed those of traditional cars by 2038 . To help automakers ac ...

2020-08 Power Soberton Inc.

[Aug 13 2020] Socionext Inc., a leader in SoC design and application technology, announced the successful development of a Time Sensitive Network (TSN) IP based on FPGA and ASIC circuits. The IP is compliant with the next generation Ethernet TSN (communications standard IEEE 802.1 Subset) and its evaluation environment, which is designed to provide deterministic Ethernet for industrial applications. Socionext ...

2020-08 Semiconductors Teledyne LeCroy

[Aug 12 2020] Teledyne DALSA, a global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to announce its latest charge-transfer CMOS TDI camera, the Linea HS 32k TDI camera. The camera uses a patent-pending pixel shift technology. "One of the biggest challenges in machine vision today is improving resolution while maintaining or even reducing system-level costs. Our new Linea HS 32k TDI camera provides an innova ...

2020-08 Power Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Aug 12 2020] TRINAMIC Motion Control Ltd. announced the launch of its latest PANdrive smart motor product line, adding the PD-1378, which is equipped with a stepper servo drive controller with superior performance. A complete mechatronics solution, the closed-loop drive control section supports 12... With a drive power of 48V DC voltage and 9A RMS current, the easy-to-use PANdrive is controlled via a CAN bus ...

2020-08 Power Diodes Incorporated

[Aug 11 2020] Diodes Incorporated introduced a series of USB ReDrivers for the industrial, embedded, and consumer markets. The PI3EQX1004E and PI3EQX1002E are compatible with USB 3.2, 5Gbps to 10Gbps, 2-port / 1-port, linear ReDrivers. These devices provide adjustable linear equalization, output swing, and flat gain to optimize the performance of a variety of physical media by reducing intersymbol interference ...

2020-08 Power Onset Computer Corp

[Aug 10 2020] OnRobot, the global leader in robotic end Tools (EOAT), has announced the launch of a small, single-pad version of its innovative gecko seamless adhesive gripper. The new gecko Single Pad (SP) holder brings the same functionality to new automation applications with smaller sizes and lower payloads. The Gecko SP grippers are available in three sizes: SP1, SP3, and SP5, named after the gripper's pa ...