Technology Articles

2015-10 Sensors Melexis Technologies NV

[Oct 3 2015] Melexis has added a new device to its series of programmable Hall-effect current sensors, the MLX91208, with a new high current version. The new MLX91208CAV is optimized for very high magnetic fields in applications such as hybrid and electric vehicles (HEV) and can handle primary currents of up to 1000A. The device is an effective complement to the existing MLX91208 series, which covers both low ...

2015-10 Connectors Microchip Technology

[Oct 2 2015] Microchip Technology announced the MCP9600, the world's first thermocouple conditioning integrated circuit, which integrates precision instrumentation, a precise temperature sensor, a high-precision and high-resolution digital-to-analog converter (ADC), and a mathematical engine with pre-programmed firmware. The mathematical engine supports a wide range of standard thermocouple models (K, J, T, N ...

2015-10 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Oct 2 2015] Silicon Labs announced the launch of an isolated electro-fluometric amplifier with reliable isolation, the industry's highest bandwidth, and the lowest signal transmission latency. Silicon Labs' new Si8920 isolation amplifier provides the ideal current shunt measurement solution for power control systems operating in harsh environments, such as industrial motor drives, solar inverters, high-volta ...

2015-10 Power Microchip Technology

[Oct 1 2015] Microchip Technology releases the industry's first MOST150 coaxial transceiver. The new OS82150 device integrates a coaxial cable driver and a coaxial cable receiver in a compact 4x4 mmQFN package, extending the use of coaxial cable to powerful in-vehicle infotainment networks based on the latest MOST150 standard. "The introduction of the OS82150 coaxial transceiver adds to Microchip's portfolio ...

2015-10 Passive Components Molex

[Oct 1 2015] MACOM, a leading provider of high-performance analog RF, microwave and optical semiconductor products, announced the new MAGX-100027-100C0P, a broadband transistor optimized for DC-2.7GHz operation with a proprietary fourth-generation gallium nitride process that uses built-in (gallium nitride on silicon) silicon to begin offering samples. This gallium nitride HEMT silicon D-mode transistor is id ...

2015-04 Power Microsemi

[Apr 30 2015] Microsemi Corporation has announced the availability of RTG4, a radiation-resistant FPGA product for high-speed signal processing applications using reprogrammable flash memory technology. Provides complete immunity to radiation-induced configuration reversals in the harshest radiation environments without configuration scrubbing, unlike SRAM based FPgas. The RTG4 can provide up to 150K logic uni ...

2015-04 Power Silicon Labs

[Apr 29 2015] The latest hardware and software solutions from Silicon Labs target connected device applications in the smart home, smart energy, wearable and industrial IoT markets. Silicon Labs will showcase a new generation of low-power 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUS), Thread and ZigBee mesh networking software, low-power Wireless M-Bus connectivity, environmental and biosensing solutions, and the e ...

2015-04 Sensors ams

[Apr 28 2015] Ams introduces the TSL2584TSV, an ambient light sensor with through-silicon technology and a package size of just 1.145 x 1.66mm and a height of 0.32mm. In display management applications, the use of ambient light sensors to automatically control background light levels can extend battery life while ensuring the best user experience. The new TSL2584TSV is the world's smallest ambient light sensor ...

2015-04 Connectors Microsemi

[Apr 27 2015] Microsemi Corporation announces the SA.3X series of enhanced Quantum Rubidium Miniature Atomic Clocks (MAC). The industry's smallest, lightest and highest performing MAC, the enhanced Quantum MAC SA.3X series is based on Microsemi's unique coherent population trapping (CPT) technology. Consolidate more than 40 years of leadership in timing solutions. The MAC SA.3X series meets the needs of all tr ...

2015-04 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Apr 27 2015] STMicroelectronics introduces a new microcontroller chip that enables Internet of Things (IOT) applications such as wearable devices and smart home appliances to have excellent graphics processing performance and achieve intuitive graphical user interfaces like smartphones. By integrating Chrom-ART Accelerator technology with MIPI-DSI technology, which is already widely used in advanced smartphon ...

2015-04 Semiconductors MICROSS/On Semiconductor

[Apr 26 2015] Mentor Graphics announced the launch of its new Calibre® xACT™ platform for extracting parameters from a wide range of analog and digital circuits, including 14nm FINFETs, while minimizing guesswork and setup for IC design engineers. The Calibre xACT platform provides the optimal combination of precision and turnaround time (TAT) for customer-specific process nodes, product applications, design s ...

2015-04 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[Apr 26 2015] Infineon Technologies AG today announced that its new Optiga TPM(Trusted Platform Module) with SPI(Serial Peripheral Interface) bus has received the Common Criteria Certification EAL4+ certification. Germany's Federal Agency for Information Security (BSI) presented Infineon with the certificate at the RSA conference. This certification enables system manufacturers and users to select trusted solu ...