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300VA, Rugged Railway Quality Sine Wave Inverter
Absopulse Electronics’ RSI 300 Series railway quality, DC/AC inverter uses field proven topology to generate a 300VA pure sign wave output voltage. It meets all relevant railway standards including EN 50155, EN50121-3-2 conducted and radiated EMI, EN 55022 Class B, and EN 61000 immunity.
IR Expands Family of Robust, Reliable Automotive DirectFET®2 Power MOSFETs with System Scalability
International Rectifier has announced the expansion of its family of automotive DirectFET 2 power MOSFETs that deliver exceptional power density, dual-sided cooling and minimal parasitic inductance and resistance for heavy load applications, including Electric Power Steering (EPS), power supplies, battery switches on hybrid electric vehicles and Integrated Starter Alternators (ISA) on micro hybrid vehicles.
TI expands power protection circuitry portfolio, combines analog protection with digital monitoring
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a new, highly integrated protection device that integrates hot-swap control and precise digital current monitoring. The TPS2480 controller provides the most accurate measurement of power usage, within one percent accuracy over temperature, allowing system designers to generate a detailed history of system performance, anticipate failures and implement advanced system power health monitoring.
Sub 1µA IQ Battery Charger Also Provides Pack Protection
Linear Technology introduced the LTC4071, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery system for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries that integrates a charger and battery pack protection in one IC. The LTC4071, with its 550nA operating current, charges and protects batteries from previously unusable very low current, intermittent or continuous charging sources.
Toshiba driver ICs simplify design of high-power stepper motor applications
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced two new high-voltage, high-current motor driver ICs that will simplify stepper motor-based designs in a variety of office automation and industrial applications. Based around a PWM constant current drive scheme, the TB62213FNG and TB62215FNG are single-chip two-phase bipolar stepper motor drivers capable of delivering maximum motor output voltages of 40V and maximum motor output currents of 3.0A per...
Plessey Semiconductors introduces ultra-low noise, high current linear regulators with input voltages as low as 1.7V
Plessey Semiconductors today announced the release of the PS2292X family of low dropout linear regulators for point of load applications. The devices are part of a high current, single supply LDO family that operates from an input voltage as low as 1.7V. Targeted for industrial, medical, communication, computing and consumer markets, the regulators are an ideal choice for low voltage post regulation applications. The new line of regulators off...
Wide range of SiC Power Schottky Diodes from SemiSouth includes Industry’s Highest Current part
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., the leading manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) products for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications, today announced a wide range of SiC power Schottky diodes including the 30A rated SDP30S120 - industry’s highest current 1200V part to be commercially available in a TO-247 package.
Power Integrations Releases PI Expert Suite Version 8
Power Integrations today introduced PI Expert Suite Version 8, the latest upgrade to its immensely popular power supply design software. The newly released update further improves the productivity of power supply design teams by greatly reducing the time to first prototype and by slashing the number of prototype iterations required to reach a finished product.
Avago Technologies Extends Talk Time in GSM/EDGE Handsets with New Linear Power Amplifier Modules
Avago Technologies announced new power amplifier modules (PAMs) that extend handset talk time for GSM/EDGE communication. The new ACPM-7868 PAMs are fully compatible with Qualcomm’s newest generation of chipsets that support linear quad-band GSM/EDGE operation, enabling improved power efficiency for the world’s most widely-used cellular standard.
Excelsys LED Power Supplies are 92% Efficient and Waterproof
Excelsys Technologies, technology leaders in high efficiency power supply design, announce the introduction of further models in their market leading range of products for industrial and architectural LED lighting applications. With industry leading efficiencies up to 92%, an extensive protection feature set and capable of delivering up to 100W of output power in an extremely compact package size these new power supplies will be very popular with...