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August 2020
Surface Mount Transformers Designed for PoE Applications
Surface Mount Transformers Designed for PoE Applications
Signal Transformer announces the latest product innovation for Power Over Ethernet (PoE) applications, the SPoE Surface Mount Transformer Series. SPoE is a new product for equipment or devices connecting to an Ethernet or enterprise network and relies on ethernet cables to receive power and digital data signals fo
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08/25/2020
Taiwan Semi's CMOS LED IC Replaces Legacy Bipolar Drivers
Taiwan Semi's CMOS LED IC Replaces Legacy Bipolar Drivers
Taiwan Semiconductor announces the availability of the TSCR4 family of linear CMOS LED driver ICs, providing a much improved  performance drop-in replacement for legacy bipolar drivers. These constant current drivers provide stable LED current over a wide range of conditions including source voltage variati
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08/20/2020
Transphorm's Second 900 V GaN FET is Now in Production
Transphorm's Second 900 V GaN FET is Now in Production
Transphorm Inc. announced its second 900 V GaN FET is now in production. The TP90H050WS offers a typical on-resistance of 50 milliohms with a one kilovolt transient spike rating and is now JEDEC qualified. The primary target markets are broad industrial and renewable energy, including applications such as photovoltaic in
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08/20/2020
NIST Scientists Build a Better Nanoscale LED

The fin LED pixel design includes the glowing zinc oxide fin (purple), isolating dielectric material (green), and metal contact (yellow atop green).

NIST Scientists Build a Better Nanoscale LED
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) developed by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may hold the key to overcoming a long-standing limitation in the light sources' efficiency. The concept, demonstrated with microscopic LEDs in the lab, achieves a d
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08/17/2020
4-in-1 LED Neon Light Enables More Vivid Colors
4-in-1 LED Neon Light Enables More Vivid Colors
Environmental Lights announces the launch of EcoFlex 4-in-1 LED Neon. EcoFlex 4-in-1 LED Neon is an LED-based replacement for traditional neon that provides more color options than standard LED RGB neon. It takes LED neon to the next level by enabling users to mix RGB with one of three different color options.
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08/09/2020
Tantalum Polymer Capacitors for High-Voltage Applications
Tantalum Polymer Capacitors for High-Voltage Applications
KEMET, a subsidiary of Yageo Corporation, continues to develop and design solutions for alternative energy, industrial/lighting, medical, defense and aerospace, and telecommunications applications with the new Tantalum Stack Polymer (TSP) O 7360-43 and the 82uF/75V rated voltage extension in Polymer Hermetically Seal
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08/06/2020
Programmable power supplies get patent for scalable connection
Programmable power supplies get patent for scalable connection
The issued patent protects TDK Lambda’s intellectual property regarding the method used to control and monitor paralleled power supplies connected in a scalable master-slave configuration. “This US patent recognises the years of hard work our GENESYS+ engineering teams have put into developing this unique
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08/05/2020
£1.68M UK government grant for Bizen transistor technology
£1.68M UK government grant for Bizen transistor technology
The transistor process technology will be the foundation for the success of British and worldwide industries in all sectors. The grant has been made by the ‘Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge’ program, part of UKRI’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The aim of the initiative is to position the UK
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08/05/2020
Robust Connection for Power
Robust Connection for Power
The new connectors are available in various blade designs, orientations and dimensions and are intended for current flows up to 16 A and working voltages up to 300 V. Straight or angled contacts in various numbers are available — for the common 6.3 mm blade receptacles but also for the 2.8 mm version. Fo
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08/05/2020
New Video Shows How a Zero Flux Current Transducer Works
New Video Shows How a Zero Flux Current Transducer Works
The transducers can be used for applications such as power analysers in EV production, medical equipment such as MRI scanners and power supplies for particle accelerators. The video explains zero flux technology, also called ‘fluxgate’ and how it works, including the use of a closed loop which balances opposi
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08/05/2020
Integrated Isolated RS485 + Isolated Power Transceivers Cut Design Time
Integrated Isolated RS485 + Isolated Power Transceivers Cut Design Time
These new parts provide low radiated emissions and enable solutions that meet EMC compliance with fewer board spins and budget overruns. The transceivers’ simplified PCB layout and small SOIC form factor pack more functionality into space constrained applications than the previous generation as well as current
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08/05/2020
LED driver IC BCR431U gives more freedom in designing
LED driver IC BCR431U gives more freedom in designing
It is the second device released in the new generation BCR family with low voltage drop focusing on low current designs of up to 37 mA. Typical applications for the new BCR431U include LED strips, channel letters, architectural LED lighting, LED displays, as well as emergency, retail, and appliance lighting.
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08/05/2020
3kW Transient Voltage Suppressor Diode Array Family
3kW Transient Voltage Suppressor Diode Array Family
The MDA3KP is a 3kW diode family of more than 25 products with different screening levels, polarities and qualification standards. Microchip’s MDA3KP TVS diode array family – the only available technology offering a comprehensive voltage range tested to a high reliability standard and qualified based on the MIL-PRF-1
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08/05/2020
Performance improved and space gained
Performance improved and space gained
For safe use in industrial applications, Würth Elektronik has now published a circuit layout with transformers as galvanic isolation. The solution has an isolation of 1.5 kV/60 s and is therefore fully suitable for industrial applications, unlike previous circuits that use two 50 V capacitors as galvanic isolation. Wü
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08/05/2020
Development Kit for horticultural lighting applications
Development Kit for horticultural lighting applications
Companies developing solutions for vertical farming in cities or optimized "supplemental lighting" in greenhouses can use the Development Kit to explore the effect of different "lighting recipes" on plants and in their different growth phases. The circuit developed by Würth Elektronik thus
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08/05/2020
Ultracapacitors for IoT devices
Ultracapacitors for IoT devices
NAWA Technologies’ NAWACap ultracapacitors are based on carbon and use a material that is abundant, recyclable and environmentally friendly. The NAWACaps can be packaged into small, flat cells and withstand extremes of temperature and the harshest environments, through deep sea to deep space. They also match i
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08/05/2020
Inexpensive and easy to assemble LIF connector
Inexpensive and easy to assemble LIF connector
Small and flexible flat-ribbon cables are widely used in LCD screens, board-to-board connections for medical equipment, test and measurement devices, industrial applications, entertainment electronics, and the broadest conceivable range of other types of devices. In many of these applications, it’s not important
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08/05/2020
Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors work up to 150°C
Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors work up to 150°C
This product lineup is compatible with AEC-Q200, a reliability test qualification standard for automotive passive components. We have sophisticated various types of elemental technologies nurtured by us to improve the temperature characteristics of X7R (operating temperature range: -55 to 125°C) in our  onv
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08/05/2020
New Indicator Buzzers Feature Tight Frequency Tolerances
New Indicator Buzzers Feature Tight Frequency Tolerances
Thanks to their narrow frequency range, these audio indicators offer added frequency stability that is not affected by temperature or voltage, while providing more consistent tones and sounds in an end application. This makes them a highly reliable solution for medical, smart home, and security applications that req
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08/05/2020
Asymmetrical Output, Isolated Dc-Dc Converters
Asymmetrical Output, Isolated Dc-Dc Converters
The PRQ3W-S, PQD10W-D, PQF20W-D, and PRF30W-D are 3 to 30 W, dual regulated, dc-dc converters in SIP & DIP packages. These converters additionally offer wide input ranges, robust operating temperatures, and EN 62368-1 certification. The PRQ3W-S series offers up to 3 W of continuous power, an ultra-wide 4:1 i
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08/05/2020
Renesas introduces High-Accuracy Inductive Position Sensing
Renesas introduces High-Accuracy Inductive Position Sensing
The sensor comes in a thin and lightweight form factor, the IPS2200 is ideal for use as an absolute position sensor in a wide range of industrial, medical, and robot applications. The sensor allows customers to cost effectively tailor sensor design for their applications and maximize the performance of the sensor’s accuracy. “Inductive position sen
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08/05/2020
650V devices added to super junction N-Channel MOSFET series
650V devices added to super junction N-Channel MOSFET series
The DTMOSVI series has already gained a lot of market traction thanks to an excellent ratio of on-resistance and support for elevated switching speeds. The 650V-rated TK110N65Z, TK110Z65Z, TK110A65Z, TK125V65Z, TK155A65Z, TK170V65Z, TK190A65Z and TK210V65Z devices all possess highly appealing performance parameters. These MOSFETs present en
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08/05/2020
Super Capacitor Line Expands to 600 Farads
Super Capacitor Line Expands to 600 Farads
CDE’s Illinois Capacitor brand DGH Series of supercapacitors has been its most popular to date, with a winning combination of low ESR and low cost. Now, the line has been expanded, with capacitance values up to 600 Farads.  The DGH Series includes 24 different value/voltage combinations, ranging in capacitance fro
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Date:
08/03/2020
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