Semiconductors


PCI Express Gen 5 clocks and buffers lead in performance and power

Silicon Labs has introduced a comprehensive portfolio of timing solutions providing best-in-class jitter performance to satisfy the latest generation PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 specification with notable design margin. The Si5332 any-frequency

Silicon Laboratories Inc | 18-04-2019

New automotive grade current sensor IC improves safety and efficiency

Allegro MicroSystems has released a new family of automotive AEC-Q100 qualified, monolithic Hall effect current sensor ICs. Small and energy efficient, the ACS71240 family is excellent for electric vehicle chargers, DC-DC converters, as wel

Allegro | 11-04-2019

Secure coprocessor delivers authentication and physical security

Mouser now offers the DS2477 DeepCover secure coprocessor from Maxim Integrated. The device offers extra levels of authentication and device integrity protection for industrial systems, medical sensors, and IoT tools. The device is a se

Mouser Electronics | 10-04-2019

DDR4 high-performance wide-temp memory offers excellent reliability

As 5G rolls out across the world Apacer has introduced an industrial wide-temperature DDR4 2666 memory module, made solely with ICs supplied by Samsung to produce product differentiation. The company is expanding its business into industria

Apacer | 04-04-2019

Microwave wideband synthesizer designed to support exacting RF/microwave applications

Analog Devices ADF4371 Microwave Wideband Synthesizer combines PLL with an integrated VCO to offer a wide continuous RF output range of 62MHz to 32GHz. The device is designed to support RF/microwave applications that must satisfy the most d

Analog Devices | 03-04-2019

Ultrasonic sensing MCUs for gas and water flow metering applications

Texas Instruments MSP430FR504x Ultrasonic Sensing MCUs are 16MHz without LCD MSP430 microcontrollers for gas and water flow metering applications. These MCUs provide an integrated Ultrasonic Sensing Solution (USS_A) module that offers high

Texas Instruments | 02-04-2019

Space applications scaled with COTS-to-radiation-tolerant MCUs

Microchip has released the space industry’s first Arm-based MCUs that unite the low-cost and large ecosystem benefits of COTS technology with space-qualified versions that have scalable levels of radiation performance. Based on the automoti

Microchip Technology | 29-03-2019

PLL synthesizer can simplify system architecture and reduce cost

Analog Devices ADF41513 PLL Synthesizer is an ultra-low-noise frequency synthesizer that can be used to implement Local Oscillators as high as 26.5GHz in the upconversion and downconversion sections of wireless receivers and transmitters. W

Analog Devices | 25-03-2019

SiC Schottky diodes ideal for enhancing efficiency, reliability and thermal management

Littelfuse has two additions to its increasing line of second-generation, 650V, AEC-Q101-qualified SiC Schottky Diodes. Both series provide power electronics system architects with a mixture of performance advantages over traditional silico

Littelfuse | 25-03-2019

General-purpose MCUs equipped with safety functions

ROHM Group company LAPIS Semiconductor now offers the ML62Q1300/1500/1700 group of general-purpose MCUs featuring an original 16-bit CPU core ideal for consumer and home appliances, security devices, alarms, and small industrial equipment.

ROHM Semiconductor | 22-03-2019

High speed and accuracy for new current sensor IC

Allegro MicroSystems has launched its latest Hall effect current sensor IC, which produces its highest speed and accuracy in >400A sensing applications to date. Suitable for hybrid and electric vehicle inverter applications that require hig

Allegro | 22-03-2019

Ultra-low-power wireless microcontrollers ideal for a wide range of IoT applications

Mouser now offers the STM32WB wireless microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics. Supporting Bluetooth 5.0, ZigBee 3.0, and OpenThread connectivity, the dual-core microcontrollers are perfect for a broad range of IoT applications, including

Mouser Electronics | 21-03-2019

New TVS diodes protect against voltage transients, ESD and EFT surges

Bourns has released two new families of AEC-Q101-compliant TVS diode components. Assigned Models SM8S-Q and SM8SF-Q, these families are composed of both unidirectional and bidirectional TVS diodes. They are intended to protect against volta

Bourns | 21-03-2019

Everything required to evaluate new NXP i.MX8 QuadMax processors

Congatec offers a SMARC 2.0 Quick Starter Kit for the new NXP i.MX8 QuadMax processor family. The kit provides everything developers require for the immediate evaluation of the new NXP i.MX 8 processor generation. Developers of vision-based

Congatec | 21-03-2019

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