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2015-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[一月 10 2015] ST announced that its micro motion sensing and data processing chip has been adopted by PulseOn to develop the smallest and most accurate wearable heart rate monitor on the market, allowing sports and fitness enthusiasts to keep track of their heart rate anytime, anywhere. This slim, stylish wristband heart rate monitor has an intuitive interface design and is simple to build. It can accurately a ...

2015-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[一月 10 2015] ST's latest STM32F446 series of microcontrollers offers designers even more application options by integrating enhanced ARM® Cortex®-M4 processing performance, 256KB or 512KB on-chip flash memory (both with 128KB RAM), energy-efficient storage expansion interfaces, and a variety of communication interfaces. The new product uses ST's unique ART Accelerator (Adaptive Real-Time Accelerator) technolo ...

2015-01 Connectors Cypress Semiconductor

[一月 9 2015] Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced that its EZ-USB HX3 USB 3.0 hub controller is available in a small package. The 6 mm x 6 mm spherical solder Array (BGA) package saves board space on ultrabooks, tablets, portable port extenders, and other mobile and consumer devices, while offering the best feature set in the HX3 controller industry, such as strong interoperability, extended charging s ...

2015-01 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[一月 9 2015] Diodes introduces two new devices, the SBRT15U50SP5 and the SBRT20U50SLP, which use their patented Trench Super Barrier rectifier (Trench SBR) technology to meet the stringent efficiency and temperature requirements of the next generation of battery chargers. The two new grooved super barrier rectifiers feature ultra-low forward voltage, low leakage current, and operate at a lower temperature to ...

2015-01 Semiconductors NXP

[一月 8 2015] ON Semiconductor introduces two new families of power factor correction (PFC) off-line AC-DC drivers for high-performance LED lighting applications. The NCL30085, NCL30086, and NCL30088 extend the NCL3008x product family for single-stage design applications requiring up to 60 watts (W) of power with high power factors. The NCL30030 expands existing solutions to support higher power (up to 150 W) ...

2015-01 Power Microchip Technology

[一月 8 2015] Microchip announced the addition of Qobuz Connect connectivity support to the Microchip JukeBlox platform. With this combined solution, HD quality and true CD quality audio can be transmitted directly to wireless speakers and AV receivers, providing users with a wonderful and enjoyable music listening experience. As a feature of Qobuz Connect, once a track is selected, audio streams can be stream ...

2015-01 Passive Components Vishay

[一月 7 2015] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of a new surface mount Power Metal Strip resistor, the WSHM2818, with a power of 7W, an extremely low resistance of 1mΩ, and a small 2818 form factor. The WSHM2818 features an advanced construction that combines better thermal management with a low TCR(< 20ppm/℃) solid Metal nickel-chromium or mangano-copper resistance core, in the 2818 shape si ...

2015-01 Connectors Infineon Technologies

[一月 7 2015] Infineon Technologies has announced two new power module platforms to enhance the performance of high-voltage IGBTs in the 1200V to 6.5kV voltage classes. To make the benefits of the new module more widely available, Infineon will offer a fee-free license to all IGBT power module manufacturers. The first products using the platform concept will include voltage classes of 3.3kV (450A), 4.5kV (400A ...

2015-01 Connectors Diodes Incorporated

[一月 6 2015] Diodes Incorporated introduces the AH5772 and AH5773 one-in-one single-phase 12V fan motor drivers for low to medium voltage brushless DC fan control for consumer products, home appliances, industrial and office equipment. Two highly integrated fan drivers offer micro-package options and heat treatment capabilities to save space by reducing the number of components and the size of the printed boa ...

2015-01 Passive Components STMicroelectronics

[一月 6 2015] ST Launches New Automotive Quality grade Silicon Carbide (SiC) diodes, To meet the stringent requirements of new energy vehicles such as electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids (PHEV, plug-in Hybrids) for on-board battery chargers (OBC, on-board battery chargers) to handle high power in a limited space. These diodes allow designers to develop smaller power modules, which are not only beneficial for ...

2015-01 Connectors Vishay

[一月 5 2015] Vishay introduces a new family of VRPower integrated DrMOS power level solutions in three PowerPAK package sizes to address design challenges in high-power and high-performance polyphase POL applications. Vishay Siliconix SiC789 and SiC788 are available in MLP66-40L packaging and space occupancy according to the Intel 4.0 DrMOS standard (6mm x 6mm); The SiC620 and SiC620R come in a new 5mm x 5mm ...

2015-01 Power Microchip Technology

[一月 5 2015] Microchip announced the launch of its fourth generation JukeBlox platform, which enables audio brands to develop high-quality, low-latency products such as single or multi-room wireless speakers, AV receivers, small and micro systems, and bar speakers. To enhance the consumer listening experience, Microchip's new JukeBlox 4 software development Kit (SDK) is equipped with CY920 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ...