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2016-01 Power STMicroelectronics

[Jan 2 2016] STMicroelectronics announces the world's first 500Mbaud High Symbol-Rate (HSR) satellite demodulator chip. When combined with transponders to transmit data using high-frequency Ka-band communications satellites, the STiD135 can significantly increase the bandwidth usage and data throughput of satellite Internet services. The new products comply with DVB-S2, DVB-S2X and DVB-S2 Annex-M and are part ...

2016-01 Power Microchip Technology

[Jan 2 2016] Microchip Technology announced the introduction of the dsPIC33EP "GS" series of digital Signal controllers (DSC) with 14 new devices.The dsPIC33EP "GS" series offers superior performance for implementing more complex nonlinear prediction and adaptive control algorithms at higher switching frequencies. These advanced algorithms enable power supply designs to achieve better energy efficiency and po ...

2016-01 Power Artesyn Embedded Technologies

[Jan 1 2016] Artesyn Embedded Technologies has announced a new 800W DC/DC power converter with two outputs. This model AGF800-48D3005 power converter is not only highly efficient, but also has excellent heat dissipation capability, which is most suitable for telecommunications equipment and server computing systems. Since this power module is equipped with one 30V and another 5V output, there is no need to ad ...

2016-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 1 2016] Spanning multiple electronic applications, STMicroelectronics, a leading global supplier of semiconductors and a leading supplier of automotive semiconductors, has introduced a new multi-core microcontroller designed to dramatically improve vehicle safety. The new product is the first automotive microcontroller to use ST's unique 40nm embedded flash manufacturing process. The new microcontroller ...

2015-12 Power Renesas Electronics America

[Dec 10 2015] Renesas Electronics announces its successful on-chip development of a new dual-port static random access memory (SRAM) - in-vehicle infotainment system-on-chip (SoC) of 16 nanometers (nm) and posterity. The new SRAM is optimized for use as an automotive infotainment system chip in the video buffer memory to enable real-time image processing capabilities required for future autonomous vehicle tech ...

2015-12 Power Diodes Incorporated

[Dec 9 2015] Diodes Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application-specific standard products and products for a wide range of discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced the launch of the AP9234L. Offering a large number of protection features, the chip is a highly accurate, single-chip solution designed for single section lithium-ion (Li +) or lithi ...

2015-12 Power STMicroelectronics

[Dec 8 2015] ST and Synology, a global leader in NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers, announced that St's high-definition (HD) and UltraHD multimedia server set-top box platform (STiH412) has been adopted by UnV Technology for the DS216play high-end network storage (NAS) server for home and enterprise users. According to GIA (Global Industry Analysts), the global NAS server market is expected to reach $7 b ...

2015-12 Optoelectronics Diodes Incorporated

[Dec 7 2015] Diodes Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high quality application-specific standard products to the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, introduces the BCR420U and BCR421U. These constant-current regulators (CCRS) provide an easy way to drive low-power linear strips. Target applications are those that benefit from the improved efficiency, flexibility an ...

2015-12 Semiconductors Dialog Semiconductor GmbH

[Dec 6 2015] Dialog Semiconductor, a supplier of integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid-state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Smart) technologies (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: DLG recently released Dialog's WeChat Software Development Kit (WeChat SDK), which began to support the wechat communication protocol. The toolkit helps developers quickly add efficient Bluetooth connectiv ...

2015-12 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Dec 5 2015] ST's new 600V smart power module improves the energy efficiency and reliability of motor drive circuits for air compressors, pumps, fans and other appliances and industrial appliances. By locking in hard switching circuit drivers up to 20kHz, ST's smart power modules offer significant energy efficiency gains for a wide range of motor drive applications with output power from 300 watts to 3000 wat ...

2015-12 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Dec 4 2015] Silicon Labs has announced the release of a free software tool that enables engineers to quickly and easily calculate PCI Express (PCIe) clock jitter results from oscilloscope data files in a few simple clicks, making it easy to verify PCIe specification compatibility and reduce system development time. Silicon Labs' Clock jitter Calculation tool is the industry's first standard jitter calculator ...

2015-12 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[Dec 3 2015] Diodes Incorporated's new high-voltage rectifier family includes the S1MSWFQ standard rectifier and the RS1MSWFQ Fast rectifier, both AEC-Q101-compliant devices designed to provide robust rectification, blocking and reverse battery protection for automotive electronic control units. The compact and highly heat-dissipating SOD123F package ensures that the S1MSWFQ standard rectifier and the RS1MSWF ...