Powering Communications

April 2013

Patrick Le Fèvre, Marketing and Communication Director, Ericsson

A comparison of alternative on-board power solutions is rarely at the top of the agenda for a board designer. Often designers will use a previous solution because all available resources and time

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04/30/2013

Texas Instruments expands engagement & design opportunities with their E2E Community

Texas Instruments announced several design updates to TI E2ETM Community, its popular engineer-to-engineer online design community that now connects more than 120,000 engineers. TI has expanded

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04/30/2013

Renesas unveils their latest low-power microcontrollers at Design West 2013 (Video)

Semir Haddad from Renesas' microcontroller products and solutions division

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04/30/2013

Battery-assisted passive RFID chip has integrated temperature sensor

EM Microelectronic, the semiconductor company of the Swatch Group and a leading supplier for RFID circuits, released the EM4325V11, a versatile and multipurpose, battery-assisted passive (BAP)

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04/30/2013

Intelligent enumerating battery charger provides safe and fast charge

Maxim Integrated Products announced that it is now sampling the MAX77301 Li+ battery charger. It integrates the intelligence to enumerate with the host device, automatically identify the adapter

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04/30/2013

ThunderFET N-channel power MOSFET offers on-resistance as low as 18 m?

Vishay Intertechnology released an n-channel TrenchFETÂ® power MOSFET in the thermally enhanced PowerPAKÂ® SO-8 package that extends the company's ThunderFETÂ® technology to 150 V. The SiR872ADP

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04/29/2013

Eltek launches high-efficiency power system for next-gen remote telecom apps

Eltek, a leader in high-efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, announced the availability of the Flatpack S, a new high-efficiency

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04/29/2013

Wind River demonstrates their intelligent design platform at Design West 2013 (Video)

Ido Sarig, Wind River's vice president of product marketing, demonstrates

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04/29/2013

Thick-film resistors offer high power density and non-inductive performance

The first in a platform of new high energy thick film resistors from Ohmite is now available from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components.

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04/29/2013

ROHM low-power microcontrollers at Design West 2013 (Video)

Alec Melnick, ROHM's Sr. Product Marketing Manager, describes the company's

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04/26/2013

Development tools platform further simplifies MCU design process

Atmel, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced it has further simplified the MCU design process with the launch of its integrated development tools platform,

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04/26/2013

Mentor Graphics accelerates SoC and embedded development with a native embedded software environment

Mentor Graphics announced release of the MentorÂ® Embedded SourceryTM CodeBench Virtual Edition product, a native software environment for developing embedded systems pre- and post-silicon.

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04/26/2013

Evaluation board provides electromagnetic compatibility protection

Analog Devices and Bourns have co-developed the first externally-certified EMC-compliant interface design tool for RS-485 circuits to protect against electromagnetic compatibility events in industrial

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04/26/2013

Amantys Power Insight technology deployed by EMEF to increase train availability time

Amantys® and EMEF (Empresa de Manutenção de Equipamento Ferroviário, S.A), the leading operator in the Portuguese railway maintenance sector, has announced the deployment of Amantys Power InsightTMtechnology

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04/25/2013

Rectifier achieves an efficiency of 97.2 percent

Eltek announced the first delivery of a rectifier with an efficiency of up to 97.2 percent. The unit provides 3 kW at 48VDC and accepts a wide input voltage range. The rectifier can also be operated

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04/25/2013

Power MOSFET delivers lowest on-resistance in a DFN5x6 package

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, a designer and developer of power semiconductors and power ICs, announced the release of AON6250, the flagship device in its new 150V AlphaMOS™ medium voltage portfolio.

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04/25/2013

Yageo AHA and AHP aluminium precision power wirewound resistors now available

Yageo's AHA and AHP Series aluminium housed power resistors are now available from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, discrete, connector and electromechanical components. Designed

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04/25/2013

Winsystems shows their energy-harvesting computer technology at Design West 2013 (PSDtv)

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04/25/2013

Low-power microcontrollers optimized for system embedded control

LAPIS Semiconductor, a ROHM Group Company, is pleased to introduce the ML610Q100 series of low-cost, feature-rich, low-power microcontrollers. The new Mini Low Power Microcontrollers are especially

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04/24/2013

BeagleBone Black low-power open-source Linux computer unveiled

With BeagleBone Black, the next-generation offering from BeagleBoard.org, everyone from electronic artists to engineers has access to a ready-to-use, 1-GHz computer for only $45. This credit-card-sized,

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04/23/2013

Talking networks and power technology with Vitesse (PSDtv)

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04/22/2013

MOSFETs are up to 80% smaller with improved thermal dissipation

Panasonic has launched a new CSP MOSFET featuring Power Mount CSP Packaging (PMCP) with a unique pad design and drain clip technology that enables thermal dissipation to be improved by 5% in an 80%

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04/22/2013

Richardson RFPD to exhibit at SVIAZ-Expocomm 2013

Richardson RFPD announced its attendance and participation at the 25th International Exhibition for Telecommunications, Control Systems, IT and Communication Services—SVIAZ-Expocomm 2013. Sviaz-Expocomm

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04/19/2013

IR presents latest power-management solutions at PCIM Europe 2013

IR engineering and sales staff will demonstrate IR's latest energy-saving and high power density enabling technologies and products at the IR booth, Hall 9, Stand 413. The IR booth will feature

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04/19/2013

An interview with Chris Rowen of Tensilica on their purchase by Cadence (PSDtv)

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04/18/2013

Talking with Wally Rhines of Mentor Graphics on designing for efficiency (PSDtv)

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04/17/2013

Cable drop compensator corrects remote load regulation errors without sense wires

Linear Technology released the LT6110 cable drop compensator, a device that improves voltage regulation at remote loads without the need for Kelvin sense wires. The LT6110, a new component for

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04/17/2013

M/A-COM releases single-channel CMOS driver for microwave switching apps

M/A-COM Technology Solutions, a leading supplier of high performance analog semiconductor solutions, introduced a single-channel CMOS Driver for Microwave Switching Applications. The MADR-009269

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04/17/2013

Single-inductor inverting DC/DC controller simplifies design

Linear Technology introduced the LTC3863, a high-voltage inverting DC/DC controller that uses just a single inductor to produce a negative voltage from a positive input voltage. Most low to medium

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04/16/2013

nanotech RF MEMS (PSDtv)

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04/15/2013

The drive towards more energy-efficient motor control in compressors and pumps

Alberto Guerra and Diego Raffo, International Rectifier

Considering that almost 60 percent of total electric energy produced worldwide is used to run motors of every size, shape and efficiency, the adoption of variable speed drives can save as much as 70 percent of energy costs by controlling the speed of the load. New energy efficiency standards for compressors an

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04/15/2013

High Power Systems

Marcus O’Sullivan Applications engineer, Power Management Group, Analog Devices

Many high power systems require the use of a hot-swap device to safely control of the inrush currents at powerup and provide fault protection. These circuits are commonly found in systems such as servers, network switches, redundant-array-of-independent-disk (RAID) storage, and other forms of communications infrastru

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04/15/2013

Linear regulator suits high-current POL conversion for board-level applications

Advanced Power Electronics, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of MOS power semiconductors for DC-DC power conversion applications, has introduced the APE8968MP-HF3, a new series of 3A, ultra-low

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04/15/2013

Step-down DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFETs touts high current density

Texas Instruments introduced a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFETs in a very small 3.5-mm by 3.5-mm HotRod™ QFN package. The SWIFT™ 10-A TPS54020 features the highest power

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04/15/2013

Entry-level rack-mount PDUs serve cost-sensitive environments

HP introduces its latest HP Basic Power Distribution Units (PDU). HP Basic PDUs are designed for simple installation, reliability, and cost-effective power distribution. HP Basic PDUs provide

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04/15/2013

Renesas displays their latest miniPOL devices at APEC 2013 (Video)

Tad Keeley from Renesas describes Renesas' latest miniPOL devices for

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04/11/2013

Low-current high-speed photocouplers operate to 125°C

Toshiba Electronics Europe has extended its family of high-speed photocouplers* for industrial applications. Supplied in a DIP8 package, the new TLP2955 and TLP2958 low-current drive devices provide

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04/10/2013

Li-Ion battery chargers promise faster, cooler charging

Texas Instruments introduced a family of lithium-ion battery charger ICs that reduce charge time by up to 50% in smartphones and tablets compared to other charger solutions. The bq2419x family of

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04/10/2013

Customized wirewound resistors tout accuracy

Riedon is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of advanced resistive solutions, providing the advantages of precision wirewound resistor technology along with designs that are easily customized

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04/09/2013

Bidirectional transient current suppressor device operates at high speed with low resistance

TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, discrete, connector and electromechanical components, has introduced BournsÂ® TCSâ„¢ DL Series High-Speed Protectors. Incorporating dual well-matched

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04/08/2013

Nitronex names David W. Runton Vice President of Enginering

Nitronex, a leader in the design and manufacture of gallium nitride (GaN) based RF solutions for high performance applications in the defense, communications, broadband, and industrial & scientific

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04/04/2013

Microsemi demonstrates their digitally-controlled power devices at APEC 2013 (Video)

Alix Paultre, Editorial Director, PSD

Mark Smith of Microsemi demonstrates the performance aspects of their

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04/04/2013