Power
Microchip Expands 8-bit PIC Microcontroller Family with Intelligent Analog Integration
June 12, 2013 4:20 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology has announced an expansion of its 8-bit PIC16F178X enhanced Mid-Range core microcontroller (MCU) family with increased Flash memory densities, intelligent analog and digital peripherals, such as on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters, 16-bit PWMs, 8-bit and 5-bit Digital-to-Analog Converters.
LISTED UNDER: Power, Microcontrollers
Peregrine Semiconductor High-Frequency CMOS RF Switches
June 12, 2013 2:58 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsPeregrine Semiconductor Corporation announced from booth #1811 at the International Microwave Symposium in Seattle it has set new standards of performance for high-frequency CMOS RF switches with the launch of the SPDT PE42520 and PE42521 devices.
LISTED UNDER: Switches, IC | Phase Shifters | Power, Other
Global Specialties Digital AC/DC Power Supply
June 11, 2013 4:54 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsGlobal Specialties introduced a new rugged, general purpose AC/DC power supply with variable outputs of 0-25 volts @ 5 amps with digital LED (Green) displays for motoring both voltage and current outputs. This unique power supply is a low-cost, space-saving solution for applications requiring both AC/DC voltages.
LISTED UNDER: Power, Supplies
Power Consumption Drives RF Amplifier Development
June 10, 2013 1:28 pm | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | News | CommentsThe demand for wireless technologies continues to increase at rapid speeds, making RF power amplifiers a crucial component in wireless infrastructure equipment. Feedback from Wireless Design and Development's (WDD) readers suggests how power consumption, energy efficiency, and sustainability are important drivers in base station design for RF amplifiers.
LISTED UNDER: PowerMicroWave Technology Announces Advanced GaAs pHEMT-Based Ultra-Broadband Driver MMIC Amplifier up to 50 GHz
June 7, 2013 5:20 pm | by MicroWave Technology Inc. | News | CommentsMicroWave Technology Inc. (MwT), the RF division of IXYS Corporation, announced that it offers an advanced AlGaAs/InGaAs pHEMT-based MMIC ultra-broadband driver amplifier product up to 50 GHz. The product is targeted at applications including fiber optics communications, microwave/mm-wave communications systems, microwave/mm-wave testing equipment, and military applications.
LISTED UNDER: Materials | PowerAn Electrical Switch for Magnetism
May 31, 2013 9:33 am | by David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | News | CommentsResearchers at MIT have developed a new way of controlling the motion of magnetic domains — the key technology in magnetic memory systems, such as a computer’s hard disk. The new approach requires little power to write and no power to maintain the stored information, and could lead to a new generation of extremely low-power data storage.
LISTED UNDER: Memory | Power | Semiconductors
B&K Precision Expands 1U System Power Supply Offerings
May 30, 2013 4:20 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsB&K Precision Yorba (Linda, CA) expands its DC system power supply offerings with the introduction of the model 9115 multi-range programmable DC power source. The 9115 can deliver up to 1200 W in multiple combinations of voltage up to 80 V and current up to 60 A.
LISTED UNDER: Power, Supplies
Stanford Scientists Develop High-Efficiency Zinc-Air Battery
May 30, 2013 9:01 am | by Mark Shwartz, Stanford University | News | CommentsStanford University scientists have developed an advanced zinc-air battery with higher catalytic activity and durability than similar batteries made with costly platinum and iridium catalysts. The results, published in the May 7 online edition of the journal Nature Communications, could lead to the development of a low-cost alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries widely used today.
LISTED UNDER: Amplifiers | Power
Cypress TrueTouch Gen4 Touchscreen Controllers
May 28, 2013 5:09 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsCypress Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) announced that its TrueTouch Gen4 touchscreen controller family now delivers multiple new advanced features, including the world’s best tracking of gloved fingers on capacitive touchscreens.
LISTED UNDER: Optoelectronics & Displays | Power, Controllers
Stackpole's ZOV Series of Metal Oxide Varistors
May 23, 2013 3:47 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe ZOV Series of metal oxide varistors from Stackpole Electronics, is a series of epoxy coated square varistors with sizes ranging from 23 to 60 mm. These high-energy varistors come in single, double, triple, and quadruple disc versions...
LISTED UNDER: Electromechanical / Mechanical | Passives, Variable Resistors | Phase Shifters
Murata’s New RBQ, DC-DC Converters
May 23, 2013 3:39 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMurata Power Solutions has announced the availability of the RBQ series of isolated 12 Vout, 400 Watt DC-DC converters. The RBQ-12/33-D48 model provides efficiencies up to 96 percent from a standard DOSA-compliant quarter-brick package. The RBQ-12/33-D48 is designed to operate in most applications with convection cooling.
LISTED UNDER: Power, Converters
Ironwood Electronics’ BGA Sockets
May 23, 2013 3:31 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIronwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high-performance BGA socket for 0.8 mm pitch BGA 78 pin DDR3 packages. The SG-BGA-6374 socket is designed for a 9x13 mm package size and features bandwidths up to 8 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss.
LISTED UNDER: Interconnect, Cables | Interconnect, Connectors | Power, Ics
Littelfuse Increases Voltage Output of Multipulse SIDAC Devices
May 23, 2013 2:54 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsLittelfuse, Inc. has introduced the Kxxx1GL Series Multipulse SIDAC, a thyristor power control device designed for use in 220 to 240 VAC line installations. The thyristor, when coupled with a capacitor and transformer, generates the multiple high-voltage pulses required to ignite metal-halide lamps.
LISTED UNDER: Power, Controllers
Whirlpools on the Nanoscale Could Multiply Magnetic Memory
May 23, 2013 10:00 am | by Paul Preuss, Berkeley Lab | News | Comments“We spent 15 percent of home energy on gadgets in 2009, and we’re buying more gadgets all the time,” says Peter Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Fischer lets you know right away that while it’s scientific curiosity that inspires his research at the Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS), he intends it to help solve pressing problems.
LISTED UNDER: Oscillators & Timing Devices | Power | Semiconductors
Programmable Digital Temperature Control
May 23, 2013 8:33 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsEIC Solutions, Inc. offers a digital temperature control (DTC) for fine-tuning of temperature inside air conditioned electronic enclosures. The DTC is fully programmable. Features include a tolerance of +/- 1° F through the use of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control scheme.
LISTED UNDER: Ceramics | Power, Controllers
