The availability of the AL17050 universal offline buck converter, designed for low power Internet of Things (IoT) applications has been announced by Diodes. With its wide AC input voltage range and fully integrated MOSFET, it provides a compact and efficient solution to generating a constant voltage for low power applications that need to comply with strict standby power restrictions.

  At this year's PCI-SIG developers conference in Santa Clara, Diodes Incorporated announced a new line of signal switches, clock generators and clock buffers for PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 technology applications.

Diodes Incorporated has introduced the  AL5890 linear constant-current regulator developed to provide simple and more cost-effective solutions to driving LED strings from an off-line or DC power supply. Available in a range of packages, the small form-factor of the AL5890 makes it suitable for any LED application where a lower BoM cost and sizes are important.

The new 10W stereo Class-D audio amplifier, the PAM8106 from Diodes Incorporated features low THD+N, low EMI and high PSRR, and integrates spread-spectrum modulation (SSM) and non-clipping power limit (NCPL) technology to deliver advanced features for a range of battery- or line-powered devices including LCD TVs, wireless speakers, portable stereos, and game machines.

Diodes Incorporated has announced the AL5814, AL5817, AL5815 and AL5816 linear LED controllers, delivering dimmable and adjustable drive current for LED strings with more than 80% efficiency. The AL58xx series provides a low BOM-cost solution for a range of applications in the commercial and industrial areas including signage, instrumentation illumination, lighting of appliance interiors, architectural details and general smart-lighting installat...

The new AL8862 buck LED driver is made up of a wide input voltage range and integrated power MOSFET, and is a solutions well-suited for developers of LED lighting drive circuits looking to minimise board space and reduce BoM cost with excellent analogue and PWM dimming functions.

Continuing its strategy to meet the industry-wide demand for increased power density and improved efficiency, Diodes Incorporated has introduced the ZXGD3113 synchronous rectifier controller. When coupled with a MOSFET, the pairing can be used to replace lossy Schottky rectifiers in power supplies based on a flyback or resonant converter topology.

  The PT7M3808 family of microprocessor supervisory circuits introduced by Diodes Incorporated monitors system voltages from 0.4-5.0V. With threshold accuracy from 0.5% and an adjustable delay time from 1.25-10ms, these small form-factor devices enable power-on reset functionality for microprocessor and other digital systems while consuming minimal power.

An advanced dataline transient voltage suppressor (TVS) has been introduced by Diodes Incorporated, the DESD3V3Z1BCSF-7. Designed to provide what the company claims to be exceptional TVS/ESD protection to the high-speed input/output ports of advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs) featuring differential signal line running at 5GHz and beyond, the DESD3V3Z1BCSF-7 is useful for high-speed interfaces like USB 3.1/3.2, Thunderbolt 3, PCI Express 3.0/4.0, HD...

  As a result of growing demand for smaller LED lighting installations that also provide high efficiency and ultra-low EMI, Diodes Incorporated has extended its BCR420U and BCR421U families of linear LED drivers to include the BCR420UFD and BCR421UFD devices in the ultra-low profile DFN2020 package, making them suitable for 12 and 24V LED edge-lighting applications.

The ZXTR2105FQ, ZXTR2108FQ and ZXTR2112FQ regulator transistors announced by Diodes Incorporated are qualified to AEC-Q101 standards for high reliability and are product part approval process (PPAP)-capable. Designed to deliver 5, 8, or 12V regulated outputs from nominal battery supplies of 12 or 24V, these regulator transistors are well-suited for powering vehicle electronics.

  Diodes claims to simplify BLDC and PMSM motor drive design with the DGD2136 three-phase gate driver IC.

Global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor markets, Diodes Incorporated, and Weltrend Semiconductor, provider of USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) controllers, have announced a joint reference design for a 27W, Class A charger that is one of the industry’s first chargers to support Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 specification for the...

  The SDT series of Schottky diodes introduced by Diodes Incorporated delivers superior performance at similar or lower cost to planar-type Schottky diodes, using an advanced deep-trench process.

Designed to support the supervisory circuits of microprocessors and microcontrollers, the APX803L micro-power voltage detector introduced by Diodes Incorporated allows accurate monitoring of voltage levels and will generate a reset signal whenever a supply rail falls below a defined threshold.

The DPS1133 single-channel power switch introduced by Diodes Incorporated is a high-voltage power switch designed to meet all the demanding protection and fast-role swap requirements of USB Type-C ports. As such, it addresses the full gamut of mobile and desktop computing devices and peripherals, and other applications in the consumer electronics, mobile communications, industrial, and medical markets, such as smartphones, AR/VR goggles, rob...

A range of gate drivers that feature a floating high-side driver has been introduced by Diodes. The DGD2103M, DGD2104M and DGD2304 simplify the switching of two N-channel MOSFETs or two IGBTs in a half-bridge configuration. These drivers suit a wide range of motor control and power supply applications in industrial automation and white goods, that require AC and DC motor control boards rated above 100W, and LLC resonant converter power suppl...

The constant current regulators introduced by Diodes Incorporated, BCR401U, BCR402U and BCR405U, are appealing to lighting designers as they enable simple driving of low-current LED strips and panels in the commercial and industrial lighting sectors. Targeted at 12 and 24V linear LED strips, these regulators increase light output efficiency as they only require a 1.4V supply, allowing more LEDs in the string.

The DGD0506 and DGD0507 high-frequency gate-driver ICs introduced by Diodes Incorporated are designed for driving two external N-channel MOSFETs in a half-bridge configuration. A 50V rating suits a wide range of motor driving requirements, especially brushless DC (BLDC) motors, which are increasingly being used in battery-powered applications such as drones, fans, e-cigarettes, and cordless power tools including drills, handheld vacuum cleaners a...

  Featuring a low on resistance to reduce power losses, the AP22811 and AP22804/AP22814 power switches introduced by Diodes Incorporated are optimised for Universal Serial Bus (USB) and other hot-swap applications.