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High-speed IGBT power switch modules
High-speed IGBT power switch modules
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Vincotech's latest H-bridge modules, the upgraded flowPACK 1 H types, have been developed for high-frequency solar inverter, power supply and…
Reference design meets Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0 smartphone charger spec
Reference design meets Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0 smartphone charger spec
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Power Integrations says it has the first reference design for a Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0-enabled charger power supply.
Embedded IDE comes with code testing and quality management
Embedded IDE comes with code testing and quality management
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Atollic's TrueSTUDIO Premium edition, a development of TrueSTUDIO Pro, is an IDE for embedded C/C++ development; the Premium edition extends…
Quick-fire, 20-minute Design Contest; Silego’s “High Noon October 22nd GPAK Shootout”
Quick-fire, 20-minute Design Contest; Silego’s “High Noon October 22nd GPAK Shootout”
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Yesterday's EDN Europe Newsletter included notification of new software design features from Silego for its GPAK programmable mixed-signal array chips;…

Altera/Enpirion DC-DCs aim to solve FPGA-power-supply challenges
Altera/Enpirion DC-DCs aim to solve FPGA-power-supply challenges
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Power converter configurations specifically targeted at providing the correct power feeds to large Altera FPGAs will improve system power efficiency by up to 35% while reducing board area by up…
Automotive battery switch provides very low resistance at high currents
Automotive battery switch provides very low resistance at high currents
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Chipmaker Infineon and PCB design and manufacturing company Schweizer Electronic AG have developed a demonstrator of an electronic high-performance battery switch for automotive applications. The device shows how entire battery…
Managing hold up /transparency time in high reliability power supplies
Managing hold up /transparency time in high reliability power supplies
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This article examines why it pays to manage hold up /transparency time in high reliability power supplies.
Low power FPGAs enable always-on sensor systems for context-aware mobile apps
Low power FPGAs enable always-on sensor systems for context-aware mobile apps
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With its ultra-low-density iCE40 FPGAs, Lattice Semiconductor claims to be delivering the world’s most flexible, single-chip sensor solutions for making a new generation of context-aware, ultra-low power mobile devices possible.
42V, 4A synchronous step-down cuts power-rail noise levels
42V, 4A synchronous step-down cuts power-rail noise levels
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Linear Technology's LT8614 is a 4A, 42V-input-capable synchronous step-down switching regulator with a quiescent current demand of 2.5 µA. Its Silent Switcher architecture reduces EMI/EMC emissions by more than 20…
100-W baseplate-cooled Ac-Dc power supply targets ITE and telecommunications applications
100-W baseplate-cooled Ac-Dc power supply targets ITE and telecommunications applications
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CUI Inc has unveiled a 100 W baseplate-cooled, high performance ac-dc power supply series with an ultra-low profile (17 mm) in an encapsulated board mount package.
Perovskite-based solar cells offers major manufacturing cost savings
Perovskite-based solar cells offers major manufacturing cost savings
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Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) scientists has revealed a next generation solar cell, made from organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials, that is about five times cheaper than current thin-film solar cells…
FPGA reference designs for DC-DC power converters improve power efficiency by 35 percent
FPGA reference designs for DC-DC power converters improve power efficiency by 35 percent
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Altera Corporation has released four new reference designs that use the power technology obtained through the company's acquisition of Enpirion to provide FPGA users and board developers turnkey power solutions…
UK IC assembly and test facility faces closure
UK IC assembly and test facility faces closure
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Chip test and assembly firm Unisem Berhad headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has announced plans to close its UK facility at Crumlin,South Wales, by the end of 2013 with a…
MCU packs 204MHz ARM Cortex-M processors with 80Msps 12-bit ADC
MCU packs 204MHz ARM Cortex-M processors with 80Msps 12-bit ADC
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The LPC4370 microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors forms a complete solution for high-speed data acquisition applications. Powered by a 204-MHz ARM Cortex-M4 processor, the LPC4370 also features the a 12-bit ADC…
Processor IP provider Cortus opens office in Silicon Valley
Processor IP provider Cortus opens office in Silicon Valley
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A provider of silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, Cortus has just opened an office in Silicon Valley, recruiting Jack Dean to head up applications engineering in the Americas.
Philips sees profits light up but it warns on sales growth
Philips sees profits light up but it warns on sales growth
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Third-quarter net profit has more than doubled for Philips but the Dutch lighting and health-care company still expects sales growth will be subdued by the continuing weak global economy in…
Battery switch assembly offers very low resistance at high currents
Battery switch assembly offers very low resistance at high currents
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Chipmaker Infineon and PCB design and manufacturing company Schweizer Electronic AG have developed demonstrator of an electronic high-performance battery switch for automotive applications. The device shows how entire battery circuits…
4500-V IGBT gate driver supports high-power modules from major manufacturers
4500-V IGBT gate driver supports high-power modules from major manufacturers
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Amantys has launched a new Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Gate Driver for high power modules, operating at 4500 V with current ratings from 400 A to 1200 A, designed…
Surface mount packaged LED driver offers power and space efficiency benefits
Surface mount packaged LED driver offers power and space efficiency benefits
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Pan-European electronics distributor MSC is offering Aimtec's AMLDV-NZ series of DC/DC LED drivers, which produce more than 16 Watt.
Mitsubishi Electric plans new LCD engineering facility in Kumamoto
Mitsubishi Electric plans new LCD engineering facility in Kumamoto
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced it will construct a new engineering facility in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture of southern Japan to accelerate the development of liquid crystal display technologies and devices…
42-V, 4-A, synchronous step-down silent switcher keeps quiescent current load under 2.5-uA
42-V, 4-A, synchronous step-down silent switcher keeps quiescent current load under 2.5-uA
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Linear Technology Corporation has released a 4 A, 42 V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator that features a Silent Switcher architecture that reduces EMI/EMC emissions by more than 20…
Ultra-low power FPGAs enable always-on sensor solutions for context-aware mobile apps
Ultra-low power FPGAs enable always-on sensor solutions for context-aware mobile apps
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With its ultra-low-density iCE40 FPGAs, Lattice Semiconductor claims to be delivering the world’s most flexible, single-chip sensor solutions for making a new generation of context-aware, ultra-low power mobile devices possible.
Joint project research develops new type of cost-effective high efficiency converter system
Joint project research develops new type of cost-effective high efficiency converter system
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After three years German power converter manufacturer, Semikron has completed a cooperative research project with converter developer and manufacturer PCS and the TU Dresden to design of a new type…
Processor IP targets safety-critical applications
Processor IP targets safety-critical applications
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For safety-compliant sensor applications in automotive environments, Synopsys has developed the DesignWare ARC EM SEP (Safety Enhancement Package) Processor core. Based on the highly efficient ARC EM4 core, this 32-bit…
Standard cell library enables a leakage reduction of 1/350 at 65 and 55 nm
Standard cell library enables a leakage reduction of 1/350 at 65 and 55 nm
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Dolphin Integration, designers of Virtual Components for density- and power-optimised subsystems, has announced the Sesame BIV standard cell library as an innovation for ultra-low-leakage, always-on logic functions.
Design-rule checking software speeds mixed-signal-programmable designs
Design-rule checking software speeds mixed-signal-programmable designs
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Silego Technology claims that its GPAK Designer Software enables engineers to integrate up to 20 components into the company's programmable GPAK2 Mixed-signal Matrix in 20 minutes, for less than $0.20.
Characterise wideband and pulsed signals continuously up to 67 GHz
Characterise wideband and pulsed signals continuously up to 67 GHz
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FSW67, recently announced by Rohde & Schwarz, is a high-end signal and spectrum analyser with frequency range up to 67 GHz, plus an integrated preamplifier up to 67 GHz and…
Ultra-low-power, high-accuracy 4–20mA 2-wire current-loop sensor reference design
Ultra-low-power, high-accuracy 4–20mA 2-wire current-loop sensor reference design
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The 4–20mA current loop continues to be widely used as an analogue communication interface in industrial applications for transmitting the data from remote sensors to a programmable logic controller (PLC)…


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