Semiconductors


Compact chip packaged diodes for surge and ESD protection applications

Bourns 1.5SMC Series diodes are now available from Mouser. The devices are designed for surge and ESD protection applications in compact chip package DO-214AB (SMC) size format. The series offers a choice of 6.8V up to 550V Breakdown Vo

Mouser Electronics | 13-10-2015

Hall-effect latch ICs target multiple applications from -40C to +125C

Diodes' AH377 and AH378 latch ICs are now available from Digi-Key. The versatile new product family can be used in multiple applications such as commutation of brushless DC motors, flow meters, linear encoders, and position sensors in i

Digikey | 13-10-2015

Latest 50V plastic GaN HEMTs target LTE and radar applications

Wolfspeed, a Cree company, has introduced two new plastic-packaged 50V/60W GaN HEMT devices that provide the intrinsic GaN value of power and bandwidth in a low-cost package. Supplied in miniature (4.5mm x 6.5mm), economical, plastic SMT pa

Wolfspeed | 13-10-2015

New 32-bit RISC MCU targets emerging medical and fitness applications

Mouser now stocks the Maxim Integrated MAX3262x ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller. The 32-bit RISC (M4 plus Floating Point Unit) microcontroller. It is ideally suited to the emerging category of medical and fitness applications. The archit

Mouser Electronics | 12-10-2015

Fully-featured high-performance motor control devices

Now available from RS Components, the Fairchild FSB50250A/AT is an advanced Motion SPM 5 module providing a fully-featured, high-performance inverter output stage for AC induction, BLDC and PMSM motors. The modules integrate optimized

RS Components | 12-10-2015

New programmable clock generators achieve best performance to date

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has introduced the VersaClock 6 programmable clock generator family to deliver flexible, low-power timing for demanding high-performance applications. With RMS phase jitter of less than 500 femtoseconds

IDT | 12-10-2015

Maximum efficiency and thermal performance MOSFET for DC-DC buck converters

Designed to deliver maximum efficiency and thermal performance for synchronous DC-DC buck converters, Fairchild Semiconductor's FDMA86108LZ single N-channel PowerTrench MOSFET is now available from Mouser stock. The device offers a low

Mouser Electronics | 09-10-2015

Decoder IC is compatible with Qualcomm QC 2.0 protocol for cell phones

A new decoder IC for the quick charging of cell phone, tablet and similar consumer products based on Qualcomm SoCs, featuring its Quick Charge (QC) technology, the AP4370 has been introduced by Diodes Incorporated. By ensuring compatibil

Diodes Inc | 08-10-2015

Latest imaging and vision DSP core offers up to 13X performance boost

Cadence Design Systems has announced the new Cadence Tensilica Vision P5 digital signal processor (DSP), its flagship high-performance vision/imaging DSP core. The imaging and vision DSP core offers up to 13X performance boost, with an aver

Cadence | 08-10-2015

New SLC NAND flash memory family reduces system costs and improves security

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a single-level cell (SLC) NAND Flash family for high-security applications. Typically, designers of high-security applications have been using a NOR Flash memory with block protection for boot code s

Cypress | 07-10-2015

Highly-integrated low-noise low-drift 38.4-kSPS delta-sigma ADCs

The new ADS1262 and ADS1263, from Texas Instruments (TI), are low-noise, low-drift, 38.4-kSPS, delta-sigma (?S) ADCs with an integrated PGA, reference, and internal fault monitors. The ADS1263 integrates an auxiliary, 24-bit, ?S ADC inte

Texas Instruments | 05-10-2015

High-voltage Hall-effect latch IC family offers sensitivity and output options

The new AH37xx family of high-voltage Hall-effect latch ICs, from Diodes Incorporated, provides various operating magnetic thresholds to address motor control, rotational position and speed sensing requirements in a wide range of applicatio

Diodes Inc | 02-10-2015

Ultra low-jitter clock generators enable more reliable telecoms

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a new family of clock generators that provides ultra-low jitter of 100 femtoseconds (fs) and flexible, 'unique' pin control options. Compared to conventional reference clock solutions, the new clock

Texas Instruments | 01-10-2015

Analog-to-digital converters and front ends for diverse applications

Available now from Digi-Key, Texas Instruments' (TI) broad portfolio of data converters includes leading-edge analog-to-digital converters, as well as analog front ends for various applications including monitoring and control, software

Digikey | 30-09-2015

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