Components

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has strengthened its RF Amplifiers portfolio with the new F1490, which delivers a much lower quiescent current (75 mA) than many competitive solutions. The F1490 is a second-generation high-gain, two-stage RF amplifier that covers the key sub-6 GHz 5G frequency bands from 1.8 GHz to 5.0…

STMicroelectronics’ EVL400W-EUPL7 evaluation board delivers a ready-to-use 400-Watt power-supply solution that meets today’s toughest eco-design norms. The board leverages innovative features of ST’s L4984D current-mode PFC controller and L6699 resonant half-bridge controller to maximize energy efficiency in multiple operating modes. The full-load efficiency is over 93% at 230VAC and over 91% at 110VAC — with no-load mains…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has launched the RV1S9353A optically isolated delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator. The RV1S9353A delivers the industry’s highest accuracy compared to other 10MHz clock output optically isolated devices. It includes a precision analog-to-digital converter with ENOB of 13.8 bits (typ) for converting an analog voltage input into a digital…

Bel Fuse-Circuit Protection, a Bel group company and global manufacturer of fuses, recently announced their 0ABA Series of small, 0402 surface-mount, fast-acting chip fuses. These fast-blow fuses are designed for handling excessive current, setting the industry standard for performance, reliability, and quality. Bel’s 0ABA Series feature a 32V DC voltage rating of 200mA to 4A…

Designers of wirelessly connected, coin cell-operated Internet of things (IoT) products can now reduce bill-of-materials (BOM) costs by one-third while also saving space and battery life. This is thanks to the MAX32666 microcontroller (MCU) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. This ultra-low-power dual Arm Cortex-M4 MCU with floating-point unit (FPU) and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 (BLE…

Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its XENSIV 3D magnetic sensor family TLx493D. During the company’s in-house digital trade show, “Virtual Sensor Experience,” it will present a new device for industrial and consumer applications: the TLI493D-W2BW. This latest offering uses 3D Hall generation from Infineon and is housed in an extremely small wafer-level package. With an…

Diodes Incorporated launched the AP64350Q/AP64351Q/AP64352Q series of automotive-compliant, 3.5A, synchronous buck converters for point-of-load (POL) applications. The AP6435xQ combines a low-quiescent current with a wide input voltage range between 3.8 to 40V. The devices have been developed for use in automotive applications including infotainment systems, instrument clusters, telematics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and forward…

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced the industry’s first zero-drift Hall-effect current sensors. The TMCS1100 and TMCS1101 enable the lowest drift and highest accuracy over time and temperature while providing reliable 3-kVrms isolation — which is especially important for AC or DC high-voltage systems such as industrial motor drives, solar inverters, energy-storage equipment, and power supplies.…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, expanded its RE Family lineup of embedded controllers with a new ultra-low power consumption member based on Renesas’ breakthrough silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide ( SOTB) process technology and built around the Arm Cortex-M0+ core. The newest member of the RE01 Group lineup is a 256 kilobytes (KB) flash…

ROHM recently announced a high-speed ground sense CMOS op amp, BD77501G, optimized for industrial and consumer equipment requiring high-speed sensing, such as anomaly detection systems used in measurement and control equipment along with sensors that work with very small signals. The proliferation of IoT in recent years has led to a significant increase in the number…

STMicroelectronics is extending its range of digital power-supply controllers with the STNRGPF02 for two-channel interleaved boost-PFC topologies. Now customers can easily configure the device using eDesignSuite software that also helps quickly complete the circuit design and select external components. The STNRGPF02 brings the advantages of digital power to applications from 600W to 6kW, including greater flexibility and…

Keysight Technologies, Inc., a test and measurement equipment provider, has enhanced its performance network analyzers (PNA and PNA-X) to deliver greater flexibility and accuracy while speeding and simplifying required measurements. Network analyzers are indispensable test instruments in the radio frequency and microwave industry. They provide measurement capabilities to characterize a wide range of devices, components, and systems.…

To help enhance and ease today’s driving experience, automotive manufacturers are implementing additional touch displays beyond the center infotainment display (CID). To this end, Microchip Technology Inc. announced the extension of its maXTouch portfolio with the new MXT288UD touch controller family, the industry’s smallest automotive-grade packaged touchscreen controllers. The MXT288UD-AM and the MXT144UD-AM devices offer low…

Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its product offering for battery management systems with a new sensing and balancing IC: the TLE9012AQU. The device is especially designed for batteries in hybrid and electric cars, but it is also suitable for other applications. The TLE9012AQU measures the voltage in up to 12 battery cells with an accuracy of ±…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced a new pair of 100V half-bridge MOSFET drivers: the HIP2211 and HIP2210. The HIP2211 is a next-generation pin-compatible upgrade to Renesas’ popular ISL2111 bridge driver, while the new HIP2210 offers a tri-level PWM input to simplify power supply and motor drive design. The HIP2211…

Melexis announces the MLX90395 Triaxis Magnetometer Node, an automotive-grade (AEC-Q100) monolithic sensor, which uses the Hall effect to provide contactless sensing in three dimensions. The dual-die version of the MLX90395 provides redundancy for demanding scenarios, such as gear lever position sensing in automotive applications. The functionality of the MLX90395 is defined through the system processor, rather than…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, unveiled four new I3C Basic bus extension products for control plane designs across a variety of applications. These include data center and server applications, as well as enterprise, factory automation, and communications equipment. The new products are: IMX3102 2:1 bus multiplexer IMX3112 1:2 bus expander…

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, announced the OVM9284 CameraCubeChip module — the world’s first automotive-grade, wafer-level camera. This one megapixel (MP) module has a compact size of 6.5 x 6.5 mm to provide driver monitoring system (DMS) designers with maximum flexibility on placement within the cabin while remaining hidden from…

TDK Corporation has launched the ACT1210G-800-2P, a new type of common-mode choke that conforms to the standards of the OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) for 1000BASE-T1. As a result of the high values of the S-parameters, a high-amplitude ratio is created between differential and common-mode levels – a decisive factor for signal integrity in the automotive…

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently announced the launch of its MELFA ASSISTA series of robots, which work collaboratively with humans. The robots include safety features, such as collision detection and strict compliance with the international safety and robotic standards ISO 10218-1 and ISO/TS15066. The series will also introduce the intuitive engineering software — RT VisualBox —…