Powering Communications

April 2023

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Figure 1: High-level block diagram of a multi-port adapter

Empowering Your Charging Needs with Efficient and Scalable Multi-Port Chargers and Adapters

Milind Dighrasker, Director of Application Engineering; Gautam Iyer, Senior Manager Application Engineering; and Ramesh Kankanala, Principal Engineer, all at Infineon Technologies

Introduction As portable electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops have become an integral part of our lives, the need for faster charging has grown tremendously. The Power Delivery (PD) technology is designed to provide the fastest charging possible through a USB Type-C (USB-C) cable. T

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04/29/2023

Ruggedized 300W Buck-Boost Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters Have Wide Range Input and Outputs

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the 300W rated TDK-Lambda RGC series of ruggedised non-isolated DC-DC converters. With an input voltage of 9 to 53V, these buck-boost converters deliver output voltages that can be adjustable from 9.6 to 48V or 5 to 28V with output currents of up to 12.5A. The se

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04/28/2023

Arrow Electronics Adds Precision and Power Resistors from Isabellenhütte

Arrow Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Isabellenhütte, a specialist developer and manufacturer of products based on electrical resistance and thermoelectric properties. Arrow will supply Isabellenhütte’s resistor line of products throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and th

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04/26/2023

Roger Sands, the CEO of Wyebot

PSDcast – WiFi Automation and Autonomous Vehicles

How can WiFi automation and the IoT improve a vehicle’s autonomy? Roger Sands, the CEO of Wyebot, discusses further.

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04/21/2023

Renesas Samples Its First 22-nm Microcontroller

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that it has produced its first microcontroller (MCU) based on advanced 22-nm process technology. By employing state-of-the-art process technology, Renesas can provide customers with superior performance at lower power consumption driven by reduced core voltages. Th

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04/11/2023

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Figure 1: The graph shows AC voltage on a RS-485 line caused by a nearby AC power line

Effective Protection Techniques for Industrial Communications

Lee Bourns, Director of Marketing, Bourns Protection Division

Industrial control communications that use a variety of data bus and control line protocols are susceptible to damaging transients from ESD, load switching, coupled AC energy and induced surges from nearby lightning strikes that can impede the monitoring of sensors and switches as well as the control of industrial mo

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Date:

04/01/2023