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2015-03 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Mar 25 2015] Cypress Semiconductor, a leader in the USB market, today announced the availability of its ultra-small integrated USB Type-C controller with power transfer (PD) capabilities. The programmable EZ-PD™ CCG2 controller is optimized for 2.4mm thick USB Type-C cable connectors and supports all USB Type-C downlink port (DFP) or Uplink port (UFP) applications. The EZ-PD CCG2 is packaged in a 3.3 mm2 wafe ...

2015-03 Power PUI Audio, Inc.

[Mar 24 2015] Pleora Technologies, the world's leading provider of high-performance video interface products, has announced a new family of products that work in harsh environments to provide video connectivity. The industrial-grade iPORT NTx-GigE embedded hardware is used to provide GigE Vision video connection, and the external image capture card can convert the video images of Camera Link and HD-SDI cameras ...

2015-03 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[Mar 24 2015] Intersil Corporation announced the introduction of the industry's first fully sealed 50A digital DC/DC PMBus power module. The ISL8272M is a complete step-down power module that supports industry standard input voltages of 12V or 5V and provides up to 50A output current, with four modules combined providing up to 200A output current. It provides point-of-load conversion solutions for advanced FPg ...

2015-03 Passive Components TE Connectivity

[Mar 23 2015] As ultra-thin laptops and other portable consumer electronics powered by high-capacity lithium polymers and column batteries must meet increasingly stringent safety standards, TE Circuit Protection, a business unit of TE Connectivity, has introduced a new HPP-TAM family of devices to help battery application designers accomplish this task. The HPP-TAM series devices feature ultra-low side height ...

2015-03 Passive Components Microsemi

[Mar 23 2015] Microsemi Corporation announces Integrated GNSS Master (IGM) solution for Small cell site synchronization. Designed for indoor installation, the IGM is the first Megalo SEMi solution to fully integrate the 1588v2 PTP master clock and GNSS receiver and antenna in a small, fully enclosed package. Microsemi's IGM addresses the industry's frequently encountered indoor synchronization challenge, which ...

2015-03 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Mar 22 2015] Littelfuse announced the launch of the SLVU2.8-8 Series 2.8V, 30A Transient Suppression Diode Array (SPA Diode), designed to protect low-voltage CMOS devices from ESD and lightning transient voltages. Compared to similar solutions on the market, the SLVU2.8-8 series provides circuit designers with 25% more power handling capacity and a higher electrical safety factor. It also has 57% less capacit ...

2015-03 Connectors IDT, Integrated Device Technology

[Mar 22 2015] IDT has announced the launch of a new wireless charging receiver, the P9027, which features an ultra-compact form matter and enables faster charging. The magnetic induction receiver P9027 provides 80% peak system-level efficiency while improving overall thermal performance. Its efficient architecture enables higher power transfer rates, resulting in shorter charging times for portable devices suc ...

2015-03 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Mar 21 2015] Silicon Labs, a leading provider of wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the launch of a complete family of Bluetooth Smart solutions designed to help developers minimize the energy consumption, cost and complexity of wireless IoT designs. Silicon Labs' recent acquisition of Bluegiga, an industry-leading provider of wireless modules and software, greatly ...

2015-03 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Mar 21 2015] Silicon Labs, a leading provider of microcontrollers, sensors and wireless connectivity solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced a partnership with ARM to define and release the first power management application programming interface (API) for the ARM mbed platform. Adding a power management API to mbed will bring improved energy efficiency to standards-based solutions, further o ...

2015-03 Semiconductors Rohm Semiconductor

[Mar 20 2015] Rohde & Schwarz has extended the analytical bandwidth of the high-end signal and spectrum analyzer R&S FSW to 2GHz with the introduction of a new hardware option, the R&S FSW-B2000. The test solution enables developers to demodulate and analyze ultra-wideband signals in detail. No other device on the market today offers such a large analysis bandwidth and a test frequency range of up to 67GHz at ...

2015-03 Connectors Cypress Semiconductor

[Mar 20 2015] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced the introduction of the CYTT21X/31X TrueTouch family of capacitive touch screen controllers that add advanced features to smartphones, e-books and low-cost tablets. The CYTT31X supports passive stylus input with a 2.5mm nib and is suitable for languages such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese that require reliable writing and enhanced character recognition ...

2015-03 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Mar 19 2015] Diodes Incorporated introduced a 3W stereo Class D audio amplifier and a Class AB headphone driver, the PAM8009, aimed at manufacturers of liquid crystal displays, all-in-one personal computers and video projectors. The amplifier features power limiting technology to protect the speaker and advanced DC volume control for precise gain adjustment of 64 levels. It minimizes the number of external co ...