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2020-05 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[May 14 2020] Renesas Electronics, Inc., a leading global provider of semiconductor solutions, announced the introduction of the R-IN32M4-CL3 IC for Industrial Ethernet (IE) communications. Renesas' latest industrial networking offerings accelerate CC-Link IE time-sensitive networking (TSN), one of the communications standards supporting next-generation Ethernet TSN technology. As one of the first controllers ...

2020-05 Power Flex Power Modules

[May 13 2020] Flex Power Modules announced the launch of two new series of quarter brick modules PKM7500W and PKM7100W for powering railway rolling stock equipment. The 50W PKM7500W offers an extremely wide input voltage range from 12V to 160V, while the 100W PKM7100W offers an input range from 14V to 160V. With such a wide input voltage range, device designers can adapt a single DC-DC converter to products th ...

2020-05 Passive Components TT Electronics

[May 12 2020] TT Electronics, a global supplier of engineered electronics for critical performance applications, announced the launch of its new environmentally friendly thick diaphragm array GBCN - a thick diaphragm array completely free of Pb (lead) and its compounds. In light of increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the new GBCN family of products allows manufacturers to design products with con ...

2020-05 Semiconductors Toshiba Semiconductor and Storage

[May 10 2020] Toshiba Electronic Components and Storage Corporation announced the launch of the first eFuse IC "TCKE8xx Series." The series includes six products that support the various functions required for circuit protection in power lines. The most notable feature of eFuse IC is that it can be reused. Traditional physical fuses such as glass tube fuses and chip fuses actually cut off the power supply line ...

2020-05 Sensors Nexperia

[May 9 2020] Nexperia announces its entry into the gallium nitride field-effect tube (GaN) market with the launch of the 650V power device, the GAN063-650WSA. The device is extremely durable, with a gate voltage (VGS) of +/ -20 V and an operating temperature range of -55 to +175 °C. The GAN063-650WSA is characterized by low on-resistance (maximum RDS(on) is only 60 mΩ) and fast switching; It's very efficient. ...

2020-05 Sensors Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

[May 8 2020] Allegro MicroSystems, a global leader in power and sensing solutions for motion control and energy-efficient systems, announced the introduction of the industry's first gear sensor IC ATS17501, designed specifically for traction motors for electric vehicles, which provides incremental positions for motors with speeds up to 30k RPM. The device addresses engineers' most pressing traction motor desi ...

2020-05 Sensors Renesas Electronics America

[May 7 2020] Renesas Electronics a leading global supplier of semiconductor solutions, announced the launch of the industry's first chip solution that fully implements the ASi-5 (Actuator - Sensor Interface Specification V5) standard for industrial networking equipment - ASI4U-V5 ASSP. ASi-5 offers superior performance and availability compared to ASi-3, offering cycle times as low as 1.27ms, cable lengths up ...

2020-05 Sensors Vishay

[May 6 2020] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the launch of a new family of 2 mm x 1.25 mm x 0.8 mm 0805 surface mount High Speed infrared (IR) transmitters -VSMY5850X01, VSMY5890X01 and VSMY5940X01, This family of devices is the smallest package in the industry with side light baffles, expanding its optoelectronics portfolio. Vishay Semiconductors VSMY5850X01 (850 nm), VSMY5890X01 (890 nm) and VSMY5940X0 ...

2020-05 Power OmniVision Technologies Inc

[May 5 2020] OmniVision, one of the world's leading digital imaging solutions, has announced the introduction of a new global shutter image sensor, the OV7251-2B, which provides 99.96% of the ideal shutter efficiency for machine vision applications that need to capture objects in motion clearly to avoid inaccurate decisions. In addition, these applications typically operate in difficult lighting conditions. T ...

2020-05 Power C&K

[May 4 2020] C&K, a leading manufacturer of high-reliability electromechanical switches, announced the launch of its new family of Nanotouch (NanoT) switches. It is the smallest solution on the market and is primarily used for complex applications powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including smartwatches and medical wearables such as health monitoring trackers and hearing AIDS. Advances in technolog ...

2020-05 Power Bourns

[May 3 2020] Bourns, a leading global manufacturer of electronic components, has announced the launch of two new families of ESD/EFT surge protection products to further expand its product line of discrete voltage transient suppression TVS diodes. Bourns designed the new TVS diodes SMA6J and SMA6J-Q to protect the power bus and I/O interfaces in data cables and DC power supplies. In addition, the Bourns SMA6J ...

2020-05 Power RFMD

[May 2 2020] Rohde & Schwarz's new 5G RF conformance test system, R&S "TS8980FTA-3A", the first test case certification for various FR1 and LTE band combinations, has been recognized by the global certification Forum GCF and the PTCRB certification organization. The solution is the latest version of a successful RF conformance test system and is the only solution on the market that supports mobile technologie ...