Semiconductors


HDMI 2.0 chips improve switching, signal integrity and connectivity of video

L2Tek has announced a new family of video ICs from Explore Microelectronics. Aimed at companies designing and manufacturing digital and analogue AV broadcast and switching equipment or high-end home-theatre applications, the latest series o

L2Tek | 21-11-2016

Peripheral touch controller with superior water tolerance available on MCUs

Microchip has added an enhanced version of the peripheral touch controller (PTC) to their most recently announced microcontrollers, including the ATtiny817/816/814. The PTC is a small and cost-effective Core Independent Peripheral (CIP) tha

Microchip Technology | 18-11-2016

Rugged advanced IGBT with on-chip gate emitter and gate collector clamps

The Infineon IRGS14C40LTRLP is an IGBT with on-chip gate-emitter and gate-collector clamps. It is available now from Farnell element14. The advanced IGBT process family includes a MOS gated, N-channel logic level device which is intended fo

Farnell element14 | 18-11-2016

Skyworks – New advanced SPDT switch for WLAN applications

Skyworks has released the SKY13592-689LF, a new single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch for mode switching in WLAN applications such as ISM band radios, smartphones and connectivity modules. This 1-6GHz device uses advanced switching techn

Skyworks | 18-11-2016

PIC32 MCU meets automotive electronics council AEC-Q100 Grade

The 32bit PIC32MZ EF MCU family from Microchip has been expanded to include an extended temperature portfolio and a high-speed variant (250 MHz) industrial temp portfolio. This is the first automotive-grade PIC32 MCU from the company. T

Microchip Technology | 17-11-2016

New device addresses challenge of reducing weight and board area on satellites

Microsemi has announced it is sampling the LX7720 radiation-tolerant motor controller, the newest member of its Space System Manager (SSM) product family. Claimed to be the industry’s first highly integrated radiation-tolerant motor control

MicroSemi | 17-11-2016

New ARM-based multi-core processor SoC provides revolutionary, power-efficient solution

Socionext has introduced a new ARM-based multi-core processor ‘SC2A11A’. The SoC integrates 24 cores of ARM CortexTM-A53 on a single die, and provides optimum solution for growing applications such as data center servers for online service

Socionext | 16-11-2016

MCUs combine exceptional energy-efficiency and ease-of-use

Available from Mouser, the NXP Kinetis L MCUs combine the exceptional energy-efficiency and ease-of-use of the new ARM Cortex-M0+ processor with the performance, peripheral sets, enablement and scalability of the Kinetis 32-bit MCU portfoli

Mouser Electronics | 14-11-2016

New processor delivers a leap in performance and power efficiency

Intel's Core i7-6600 14nm mobile processor, available now from Mouser, is 64-bit multi-core processors built on 14-nanometer process technology. This device is offered in a one-chip platform that includes the 6th generation Intel processor

Mouser Electronics | 14-11-2016

ESD protection diode provides big size reduction for portable electronics

Vishay offers their VBUS54FD-SD1-G4-08 4-line ESD protection array for portable electronics in the ultra-compact chip-level CLP1007-5L package. It is available now from Digi-Key. Offering an extreme size reduction over previous-generation c

Digikey | 11-11-2016

Small eight-pin logic package for mobile, portable and IoT applications

NXP Semiconductors has introduced a leadless logic package for eight lead logic functions, which is claimed to be world’s smallest. Measuring just 0.8mm x 1.35mm and only 0.35mm in height, the GX8 (SOT1233) package is especially suitable fo

NXP | 10-11-2016

Step recovery diodes with low snap time and low capacitance

SemiGen now offers step recovery diodes (SRDs) to its expanding product line. These SRD’s utilize controlled grown junction epitaxial silicon combined with a silicon dioxide passivation to ensure greater stability and reliability. T

SemiGen | 10-11-2016

Transceiver ideal for internal equipment data, set-top box interfaces and IPTV

Stocked by Mouser, the Molex MediSpec SMI non-magnetic transceiver delivers up to 250Mbps data communication link over 50m link length over Step Index POF (NA 0.5). The transceiver can be integrated into existing logic bus structures and is

Mouser Electronics | 10-11-2016

Bluetooth Low Energy companion ideal for innovative IoT applications

EM Microelectronic have announced the EM9304, a tiny, low-power, SoC optimized for Bluetooth v4.2 low energy enabled IoT, wearable and smart electronics products. The device is architected for flexible usage in a variety of BLE appl

EM Microelectronic | 09-11-2016

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