Isolated Voltage/Current Detection Optocouplers
Jan 26, 2010
Avago Technologies announced two new miniature voltage/current threshold detection optocouplers for use in a wide range of industrial control applications...
Vertical Mount Planar Magnetics
Dec 21, 2009
Vertical mount planar magnetics provides 500Watts of peak output power, in a push-pull converter at 300kHz...
Ultra-Broadband Capacitor Series Minimizes Insertion and Return Loss
Nov 23, 2009
AVX Corporation has developed a broadband capacitor that addresses DC blocking issues from 16kHz (-3dB roll-off) to 40GHz by providing low insertion and return losses. The broadband capacitor is ideal for applications such as semiconductor data communications, receiver optical subassemblies, trans-impedance amplifiers and test equipment....
Thin Embedded Capacitors for Substrates
Aug 11, 2009
Murata Electronics North America has introduced the GRU series, the world's thinnest embedded monolithic capacitor for placement below ICs and other components on substrates. ...
Steering Diode Array Device Optimized for ESD, EFT and Surge Protection
Aug 11, 2009
Bourns, Inc. announced the introduction of a new steering diode array that provides up to six lines of protection using the "rail to rail" clamping technique with low leakage current and low capacitance per line. ...
Leadless Power Package Cuts SO-8 Down to Size
Nov 1, 2008
Now available from multiple sources, a 3.3-mm x 3.3-mm MOSFET package reduces pc-board space requirements by up to 63% versus the
SO-8, while offering similar thermal and electrical
performance...
Thermal Sensing Requires System-Level Design
May 1, 2007
Using digital temperature sensors to monitor heat-generating
components or ambient environments requires
an understanding of package thermal characteristics and
conductive heat transfer applied at the pc-board level.
...
Capacitor Values: Don't Believe the Label
May 1, 2007
Variation in capacitor characteristics due to dc bias and
other effects impact power-supply design and simulation,
and their impact becomes greater as designers pursue
higher performance and higher reliability....
Better Power Packages Make Better Circuits
May 1, 2007
Advanced power packages are breaking barriers that affect
dc, ac and thermal performance in switch-mode power supply
circuits for a broad range of applications.
...
ESD Protection Array Integrates Eight Diodes
Apr 11, 2007
The VESD05A8A-HNH from Vishay Intertechnology is an ESD-protection array that integrate eight diodes in a leadless LLP1713 package...
Motion-Control Platform Takes Flight
Nov 1, 2006
With the introduction of the IRMCT3UF1 motor-control module, International Rectifier (IR) has taken motor-control technology originally developed for...
Buck Converters Squeeze into Tiny QFNs
Sep 1, 2006
Using its multi-megahertz switching and co-packaged inductor technology, Enpirion has expanded its lineup of integrated buck converters with tiny footprints...
