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December 2013

Harwin expands range of miniature ez-boardware RFI shield can clips

Harwin RFI/EMI Shield Clips

Harwin expands range of miniature ez-boardware RFI shield can clips

Harwin, a leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has expanded its popular EZ-Boardware range of surface mount RFI/EMI Shield Clips with four new sizes, enabling very small, low profile shield cans, and also miniature bus bars, to be secured to a PCB. These versatile clips are supplied on

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12/31/2013

AVX adds vertical through-board WTB connector to its 9296 Poke Home Connector Series

AVX 9296 WTB single-poke-home connectors

AVX adds vertical through-board WTB connector to its 9296 Poke Home Connector Series

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its innovative 9296 Poke Home Connector Series with the introduction of a vertical through-board, SMT, wire-to-board (WTB) connector. The 9296 WTB single-poke-home connectors feature a dual beam box contact th

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12/31/2013

Vishay Intertechnology's P-Channel Gen III MOSFETs Offer industry-low RDS(on)

Vishay TrenchFET p-channel Gen III power MOSFETs

Vishay Intertechnology's P-Channel Gen III MOSFETs Offer industry-low RDS(on)

Vishay Intertechnology extended its offering of TrenchFET® p-channel Gen III power MOSFETs with additional devices in the PowerPAK® ChipFET® and PowerPAK 1212-8S packages. Designed to increase power efficiency in mobile computing and industrial control devices, the Vishay Siliconix MOSFETs released today fe

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12/31/2013

Molex ultra-low profile SMT wire-to-board system

Molex Pico-Lock low-profile SMT wire-to-board system offers high current capability with space savings

Molex's latest ultra-low profile SMT wire-to-board system is now available from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components. Pico-Lock™ has a unique side positive-lock design and is only 2.0mm high when mated, which enables significant space savings, yet

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12/30/2013

IR's SupIRBuck integrated dual-output voltage regulators suit space-constrained applications

SupIRBuck integrated dual output voltage regulator

IR's SupIRBuck integrated dual-output voltage regulators suit space-constrained applications

International Rectifier has introduced the IR3891 and IR3892 SupIRBuck® integrated dual output voltage regulators designed for space-constrained netcom, server and storage applications. The new dual output devices are optimized for single rail operation from 5V to 12V inputs or 1V to 21V input with external 5V

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12/30/2013

Silego introduces 3rd-gen 32.768 kHz quartz replacement

GreenCLK3TM 32.768 kHz oscillator family

Silego introduces 3rd-gen 32.768 kHz quartz replacement

Silego Technology, a leader in quartz-replacement 32.768 kHz ICs, introduced their third-generation GreenCLK3TM 32.768 kHz oscillator family. At only 1x1.6 mm the oscillators are the world’s smallest in standard plastic packaging. The product family is also available in die form with a total area of less than 0.

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12/30/2013

TI claims industry's most extensive reference design library

Texas Instruments introduced TI Designs, presented as the industry’s most extensive reference design library, spanning TI’s broad portfolio of analog, embedded processor and connectivity products for industrial, automotive, consumer, communications and computing applications, among others. TI Designs are co

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12/30/2013

IR3891 and IR3892 dual-output SupIRBuck voltage regulators target space-constrained netcom, server, and storage apps

IR3891 and IR3892 SupIRBuck integrated dual output voltage regulators

IR3891 and IR3892 dual-output SupIRBuck voltage regulators target space-constrained netcom, server, and storage apps

International Rectifier, a leader in power management technology, introduced the IR3891 and IR3892 SupIRBuck® integrated dual output voltage regulators, designed for space-constrained netcom, server and storage applications. The dual output devices are optimized for single rail operation from 5V to 12V in

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12/23/2013

Moving towards 3kW boards

Patrick Le Fèvre, Ericsson Power Modules

Since the introduction in the early eighties of distributed power architectures within the telecom and datacom industries (recently called Information and Communication Technology), the power demand per board in the data-server segment has increased from 300W to 1200W and is foreseen to grow exponentially reaching 30

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12/23/2013

TDK-Lambda HWS-A series AC/DC supplies offer five models rated from 15-150W

TDK-Lambda HWS-A series

TDK-Lambda HWS-A series AC/DC supplies offer five models rated from 15-150W

TDK introduced the TDK-Lambda HWS-A series of AC-DC power supplies, which comprises five models rated from 15-150W to meet a wide range of customer requirements. A significant upgrade of the established HWS series which was originally introduced in 2005, typical industrial applications include equipment used fo

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12/20/2013

Freescale's ARM-based Kinetis Miniature MCUs address next-generation IoT devices

Freescale Semiconductor is extending its Kinetis portfolio of microcontrollers to include Kinetis miniature (mini) MCUs, which offer massive design potential in a tiny industry leading package. Intelligent devices, especially in the Internet of Things (IoT) era where connectivity and portability is crucial, co

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12/19/2013

Atmel expands MCU portfolio with low-power 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs

Atmel, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, announced it has further expanded its low-power 8-bit tinyAVR family with the ATtiny441 and ATtiny841 to further demonstrate its commitment to continue investing in this market. This launch leverages the company’s two decades of MCU leadership to en

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12/19/2013

SiTime and Telit create smallest and lowest power GPS receiver

Telit Wireless Solutions, a global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, products and services and Sunnyvale, California based SiTime Corporation, an analog semiconductor company tleading the timing market, announced that together - Telit’s Jupiter SE880 and SiTime’s SiT15xx oscillators -

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12/18/2013

Newark element14 and TI partner to offer LaunchPad evaluation module

MSP-EXP430F5529LP LaunchPad

Newark element14 and TI partner to offer LaunchPad evaluation module

Newark element14, a distributor of technology products and solutions for electronics system design, maintenance and repair, has partnered with Texas Instruments to offer the MSP-EXP430F5529LP LaunchPad. Also dubbed the F5529 LaunchPad, the module offers an easy way to start developing on the MSP430 MCUs with an

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12/18/2013

Intersil’s digital power controller addresses densely populated power systems

Intersil, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, expanded its industry-leading family of power management ICs with a highly-integrated, innovative digital DC/DC power controller that reduces design risk, time, and cost for developers of complex power systems. The ZL8800 is

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12/18/2013

Schaffner Group introduces ECOsine Active harmonic filters for 690V systems

ECOsine active harmonic filters

Schaffner Group introduces ECOsine Active harmonic filters for 690V systems

The Schaffner Group broadens its product offering of solutions for the improvement of power quality with the expansion of their ECOsine® Active family of active harmonic filters with models for 3-phase TN and IT 500 – 690 V power grids. An increasing number of energy-efficient electrical consumers are used in

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12/17/2013

IAR Systems launches sponsor program to further boost eco-friendly development

IAR Systems announced the launch of IAR Green Innovation Program, a sponsor program to support innovative development projects in eco-friendly technology. The program will award selected companies with up to $25,000 worth of IAR Embedded Workbench® or IAR visualSTATE® licenses for the duration of the project. Many of the mo

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12/17/2013

Worldwide wearable electronics market and technology analysis released

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Wearable Electronics (Smart -Textiles, Glasses, Watches) Market and Technology Analysis 2013-2018" report to their offering. The market was worth $2.7 billion in revenue in 2012 and is expected to reach $8.3 billion in 2018, growi

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12/16/2013

Eaton’s latest UPS solutions tout efficiency

Eaton’s 93E series UPS

Eaton’s latest UPS solutions tout efficiency

Power management company Eaton has announced a new range of high-efficiency Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) developed specifically to meet the needs of contractors, installers and facilities managers with requirements for a cost-effective power protection solution that’s easy to implement and use. Eaton’s new 93E s

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12/16/2013

Littelfuse SP3012 Series TVS diode arrays provide greater layout flexibility

Littelfuse SP3012 Series TVS Diode Array

Littelfuse SP3012 Series TVS diode arrays provide greater layout flexibility

Littelfuse, a leader in circuit protection, has added two packaging options to its SP3012 Series TVS Diode Array (SPA® Diodes) line. Like the rest of the series, these new devices are optimized for protecting sensitive chipsets with high-speed data lines from external ESD (electrostatic discharge) events. The ne

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12/16/2013

TI's industry-leading inductance-to-digital converter now available from Mouser

TI LDC1000 Inductance-to-Digital Converter

TI's industry-leading inductance-to-digital converter now available from Mouser

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the world’s first Inductance-to-Digital Converter from Texas Instruments which is a contact-less, short-range sensing technology that provides a revolution in sensing. The Texas Instruments LDC1000 Inductance-to-Digital Converter available from Mouser Electronics provides

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12/16/2013

Qualcomm names Steve Mollenkopf CEO and President

Steve Mollenkopf of Qualcomm

Qualcomm names Steve Mollenkopf CEO and President

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a succession plan for executive management of the Company. Effective December 12, 2013, Steve Mollenkopf was promoted to Chief Executive Officer-elect of Qualcomm, and appointed to its Board of Directors. He

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12/13/2013

Harwin Gecko space-saving hi-rel connectors now available from TTI

Harwin Gecko Hi-Rel connectors

Harwin Gecko space-saving hi-rel connectors now available from TTI

Now available from TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components, Harwin Gecko (G125) Series Hi-Rel connectors provide a low-profile, dual row cable-to-board and board-to-board interconnect solution in a miniature package. Answering the requirement to sa

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12/13/2013

Lattice's HetNet system enables accelerated deployment of next-gen low-power wireless infrastructures

Lattice HetNet Solutions Portfolio

Lattice's HetNet system enables accelerated deployment of next-gen low-power wireless infrastructures

Lattice Semiconductor announced a portfolio of programmable solutions for building smart, low-power cellular equipment needed to support the global rollout of Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet). In collaboration with Azcom Technology, the Lattice HetNet Solutions Portfolio enables system designers to implement be

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12/12/2013

Ericsson's 864W quarter-brick converter addresses high-power datacom demands

Ericsson PKM4817NH-PIHS quarter-brick converter

Ericsson's 864W quarter-brick converter addresses high-power datacom demands

Ericsson has announced a second product in its high-power PKM-NH platform, the PKM4817NH-PIHS, which employs the company’s innovative hybrid regulated topology. The platform is optimized for datacom board applications that have a 52–58V system bus distribution and require high-power regulated quarter-brick-format in

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12/10/2013

Vishay’s 4 pin low-current mini optocouplers now available from TTI

Vishay VOS618A and VOS617A series optocouplers

Vishay’s 4 pin low-current mini optocouplers now available from TTI

Vishay’s new 4 pin low-current mini optocouplers with phototransistor output protecting equipment users from electrical shocks and protecting the microprocessors within these systems from being damaged by voltage spikes can now be sourced through TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, el

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12/10/2013

Freescale begins sampling energy-efficient QorIQ T2080 processor

Freescale Semiconductor has begun offering samples of its QorIQ T2080 processor. Featuring optimal performance and power efficiency, the T2080 communications processor is designed for control plane or integrated control and data plane processing. Target applications include mobile backhaul equipment, LTE/WCDMA cha

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12/10/2013

Redpine Signals creates first energy-harvesting, multifunctional and multiprotocol Internet of Things device

Redpine Signals creates first energy-harvesting, multifunctional and multiprotocol Internet of Things device

Redpine Signals, a leading developer of ultra-low-power and high-performance multi-standard wireless chipsets and systems, announced the release of the WiSeMote-EH, believed to be the industry’s first multi-functional device with Wi-Fi, BT and BT-LE connectivity and incorporating photo-voltaic energy harvesting. Th

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12/06/2013

DesignCon introduces keynotes and new technical director Janine Love

UBM Tech has announced that Janine Love has been promoted to Technical Director of DesignCon. Responsible for the development and integration of the two new wireless and optical conference tracks, Janine is already actively engaged with DesignCon 2014 and will continue working with the advisory board to further de

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12/05/2013

2014 International CES’ social media to provide fun ways for attendees to connect and inform

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced a variety of social media promotions at the 2014 International CES® designed to help attendees more easily navigate the show, identify the key trends and connect with business contacts, friends and colleagues. These attractions include a Social Media Command Ce

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12/05/2013

Square Gas Discharge Tube from Littelfuse claims smallest GDT device available

Square Gas Discharge Tube from Littelfuse claims smallest GDT device available

Littelfuse, a leader in circuit protection, has introduced the SE Series of Gas Discharge Tube (GDT) devices in a square, miniature EIA 1206 package, making it the smallest GDT device on the market. The ultra-low capacitance of SE Series GDTs helps ensure high transmission speeds in broadband applications. They al

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12/05/2013

APEC 2014 returns to Fort Worth with enhanced attendee features

APEC PR Chair

APEC 2014 returns to Fort Worth with enhanced attendee features

Greg Evans, APEC 2014 Publicity Chair

The Applied Power Electronics Conference, which will convene March 16-20, 2014 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, continues the longstanding tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC 2014 will provide: The best power electron

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12/04/2013

Battery gas gauge from Linear operates to 20V

Battery gas gauge from Linear operates to 20V

Linear Technology introduced the LTC2943 multicell battery gas gauge, which makes direct measurements of 3.6V to 20V battery stacks. Absolutely no level shifting circuitry on the supply and measurement pins is required to interface with multicell voltages, so total current consumption is minimized and measurement ac

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12/04/2013

Transphorm and Fujitsu to integrate GaN power device businesses

Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, and Transphorm, a leader in GaN power devices for power supplies, announced that they have reached an agreement whereby Fujitsu Semiconductor and Transphorm will integrate their gallium-nitride (GaN) power devices for power supplies businesses. This integration will dramatically im

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12/04/2013

Tektronix unveils precision single-phase power analyzer series

Tektronix unveils precision single-phase power analyzer series

Tektronix, a leading provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced an expansion of its family of precision power analyzers with the introduction of the PA1000 single-phase power analyzer. Featuring a patent pending Spiral Shunt™ design, the PA1000 provides engineers designing and te

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12/03/2013

Avnet offers on-demand technical sessions in 4th Annual Virtual Power Forum

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, is hosting the fourth annual Power Forum, with on-demand, in-depth, free webinars for designers of all levels. The industry’s leading power technology suppliers have come together to address challenging design topics, look at top market trends an

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12/03/2013

Newark element14 debuts Texas Instruments' Fuel Tank BoosterPack

Newark element14 debuts Texas Instruments' Fuel Tank BoosterPack

Newark element14, a high-service distributor of technology products and engineering solutions, now has the Texas Instruments (TI) Fuel Tank BoosterPack. Available exclusively at Newark element14, the product allows users of existing TI microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPads to run their device from a rechargeable Li

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12/03/2013

Mouser to sponsor International Wireless Power Summit 2013

Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading design engineering resource and global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced thatit will be a sponsor and participant at the International Wireless Power Summit 2013. This exciting and informative event is set for December 4-6 at the Do

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12/02/2013

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