Power
N-channel MOSFET driver ICs for rapid charging applications
Toshiba Electronics has announced the launch of two new N-channel MOSFET drivers suitable for rapid-charging and other high current applications.
Installing temporary event power equipment
The events industry has become increasingly reliant on effective power distribution. Whether it is a large-scale music festival with elaborate light shows or small corporate events with sound systems and presentations, tech development has driven higher rates of energy usage from event organisers. With the festival season coming up, Matt Collins, business development manager of power distribution specialist ide Systems, explains how contrac...
Expanding the range of medical adapters with 250W unit
Delta Electronics has expanded its range of medical grade power adaptors by announcing the MEA-250A24C medical AC/DC desktop type adapter. Being suitable for many applications such as patient monitoring and mobile workstations this 24VDC/10.42A output adapter complies with the latest IEC/EN 60601-1-2 4th edition requirements. The MEA-250A24C also has both medical and ITE safety approvals.
Rugged DIN-Rail power supplies are shock and vibration proof
Powersolve's TSP Series of single output 72 to 600W DIN-rail power supplies is designed for use in a wide variety of industrial applications, particularly those involving difficult or hazardous environments. According to Powersolve, these new power supplies are ideal for powering sensitive loads in industrial process control systems, machine tools and other demanding industrial applications.
DC/DC converter has industry's lowest current consumption
ROHM's BD70522GUL is an ultra-low-power DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFETs, which meets the requirements of the IoT market for a long battery life of up to ten years with a single coin battery due to its low power consumption of only 180nA. In recent years, the number of battery-powered devices such as smartphones and wearables for IoT has risen sharply.
Power measurement tool gets global distribution platform
Qoitech has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics to distribute the Otii solution, a power measurement tool with software. The Otii solution provides developers with the means to simplify power measurement of applications and devices, especially those targeting the IoT space and aiming for optimised, long battery life.
Compact DC/DC converters cover wide range of low power applications
TRACO POWER has announced the release of their TRN 3 family of isolated and fully regulated high performance DC/DC converter modules that cover a wide range of low power applications where space is limited. The TRN 3 series feature wide 2:1 input ranges, a full load -40 to +65°C operating temperature range and are available in compact SIP or SMD packages (suffix SM).
Hyperfast recovery rectifiers come in SMPD package
16 state-of-the-art Vishay 10A to 30A FRED Pt Hyperfast and Ultrafast Recovery Rectifier options in the low-profile SMPD (TO-263AC) package have been added to the New Yorker Electronics portfolio. Named a 2017 Vishay Super 12 Featured Product, it combines extremely fast and soft recovery characteristics with low leakage current and low forward voltage drop.
DC/DC converter delivers tightly regulated 12V output
Flex Power Modules has announced a new one-sixteenth-brick 12V-output DC/DC converter module that can deliver 200W of power and has efficiency of up to 95%, making it suitable as a replacement for one-eighth brick footprint converters in many applications, thereby saving more than 40% in board real estate.
Laser diodes for 4.9G and 5G LTE base stations
Renesas Electronics has announced the RV2X6376A Series of directly modulated laser (DML) diodes. The DML diodes deliver 25 Gbps x four wavelengths as the light source in 100 Gbps optical transceivers that enable high-speed communications inside 4.9G and 5G LTE base stations, and between data center routers and servers. The RV2X6376A Series are the industry’s first DML diodes that support full 25 Gbps speed (per individual laser) and industr...