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Global agreement gives easier access to ITE and medical safety-certified power supplies

XP Power has signed a distribution agreement with Electrocomponents plc, which includes brands RS Components and Allied Electronics. Covering XP Power’s AC/DC power supplies, DC-DC converters and high voltage power supplies, over 2,500 prod

RS Components | 17-11-2016

Allegro MicroSystems – New automotive-grade PWM dimmable buck regulator LED driver

New from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is an automotive, AEC-Q100 qualified single IC switching regulator that provides constant-current output to drive high-power LEDs. The company’s A6217 integrates a high-side N-channel DMOS switch for

Allegro | 17-11-2016

Small synchronous buck converter offers high efficiency and ease-of-use

The TPS568215 is Texas Instruments’ smallest monolithic 8A synchronous buck converter with an adaptive on-time D-CAP3 control mode. The device integrates low RDS(on) power MOSFETs that enable high efficiency and offers ease-of-use with mini

Texas Instruments | 16-11-2016

Monolithic synchronous buck-boost DC-DC converter delivers high efficiency

Linear Technology’s LTC3119 is a synchronous current mode monolithic buck-boost converter that delivers up to 5A of continuous output current in buck mode from a wide variety of input sources, including single or multiple-cell batteries, un

Linear Technology | 16-11-2016

Single-supply, low-power operational amplifiers for cost-sensitive systems

Texas Instruments’ TLVx172 are a family of electromagnetic interference (EMI)-hardened, 36V, single-supply, low-noise operational amplifiers (op amps) featuring a THD+N of 0.0002% at 1kHz with the ability to operate on supplies ranging from

Texas Instruments | 15-11-2016

Transformers for automotive applications and where high reliability is required

Bourns has introduced two additional LAN transformers: PT61018AAPEL and SM13072APEL. They are available now from Digi-Key. They are IEEE 802.3 compatible, single-port, and potted construction LAN 10/100 Base-T impedance matching/isolation t

Digikey | 15-11-2016

Converter delivers improved cost in ultra-compact DIP package

Power Sources Unlimited has announced the addition of the new TDN 5WI series of isolated 5W DC-DC converters which are housed in cubical package of only 1.23cm3 without any compromise regarding reliability and functionality to their TRACO P

Power Sources | 15-11-2016

Dual-channel gate driver designed to drive power MOSFETs, IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs

The UCC21521 from Texas Instruments is an isolated dual-channel gate driver with 4A source and 6A sink peak current. It is designed to drive power MOSFETs, IGBTs, and SiC MOSFETs up to 5MHz with best-in-class propagation delay and pulse-wid

Texas Instruments | 14-11-2016

Step-down converters are high efficiency and easy to use

Stocked by Mouser, Texas Instruments TPS62135/TPS621351 step-down converters are high efficiency and easy to use synchronous step-down DC-DC converters, based on the DCS-Control Topology. The device has a wide input voltage range of 3V to 1

Mouser Electronics | 14-11-2016

USB-C buck-boost battery charger family for USB on-the-go charging

Intersil has introduced two new USB-C buck-boost battery chargers that support bidirectional power delivery in ultrabooks, tablets, power banks and other mobile products. The single-chip ISL9238 and ISL9238A battery chargers replace competi

Intersil | 14-11-2016

Fully protected quad-channel smart high-side switch

The Texas Instruments TPS4H000-Q1 family is a fully protected quad-channel smart high-side switch, with integrated 1000mohm NMOS power FETs. Full diagnostics and high-accuracy current-sense features enable intelligent control of the

Texas Instruments | 11-11-2016

Constant current DC-DC LED Driver with low standby power mode

Available now from Diodes Incorporated is the AL8860 hysteresis mode DC-DC step-down converter, which is designed for driving single or multiple series-connected LEDs efficiently from a voltage source higher than the LED voltage. With its i

Diodes Inc | 10-11-2016

Converter ideal for advanced network processors requiring high performance power delivery

Ericsson has announced the launch of a new two-phase 120A 3E* digital point-of-load (POL) DC-DC power module. The BMR467 is pin compatible with its predecessor, the BMR465, but its upgraded design delivers 30A more current. The module is al

Ericsson Microelectronics | 10-11-2016

New switcher ICs deliver high accuracy in non-isolated off-line applications

Power Integrations has introduced its LinkSwitch-TN2 off-line switcher IC for non-isolated applications with up to 360mA output current. The new device, which may be configured as a buck, buck-boost or a non-isolated flyback converter, deli

Power Integrations | 10-11-2016

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