Power
Lithium battery contract to supply the French army
Following the signing of a multi-million Euro contract with Ineo Support Global (a subsidiary of GDF Suez), Saft will supply lithium cells and batteries for France’s land army forces. This agreement will play a key role in Ineo Support Global’s strategy to become the leading logistics operator in France’s military outsourcing sector.
Buck regulator is suited for single cell Li-Ion applications
Now available in high reliability H grade and military MP grade versions, the LTC3612 is a 4MHz synchronous buck regulator from Linear Technology. Incorporating a constant frequency, current mode architecture, the high efficiency step-down regulator is suited for applications including POL supplies, distributed power supplies, portable computer systems, DDR memory termination, handheld devices.
B&K Precision updates 'pwrApp’ iOS application
Now featuring support for 9170/9180 series power supplies with LAN interface cards, B&K Precision has relaunched its iOS application, ‘pwrApp’, for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
coupled flatwire inductors deliver 62A saturation currents
Answering the demand for powerful inductors with stable inductance and soft saturation, Würth Elektronik have launched the WE-CFWI range of coupled flatwire inductors.
IC enables power monitoring with minimal firmware
Enabling the addition of power monitoring with minimal firmware development, Microchip's MCP39F501 is a power-monitoring IC designed for the real-time measurement of AC power. The single-phase power-monitoring IC features two 24-bit delta-sigma ADCs, a 16-bit calculation engine, EEPROM and a flexible two-wire interface.
LDO suited for automotive and avionic power supplies
Featuring a 1.8-45V input voltage range and an adjustable 0.6-40V output voltage range, the LT3065 has been introduced by Linear Technology. This LDO linear regulator is suitable for avionic power supplies, automotive power supplies, industrial power supplies, battery-powered systems and instruments requiring optimum run time, and high reliability power supplies requiring more extensive protection.
Rectifiers deliver low forward voltage drop in a low-profile
Seven 45V and 50V devices have been introduced by Vishay, expanding their exisiting portfolio of TMBS Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers. With current ratings from 3A to 8A, the rectifiers provide low forward voltage drop in a low-profile, surface-mount DO-221BC (SMPA) package.
Hub charges & syncs up to 20 USB devices at once
Charging and syncing up to 20 USB devices simultaneously is now possible with two USB charging hubs from Powersolve. The PSUSB-10CH 10 port hub and PSUSB-20CH 20 port hub are both designed for automated duplication tasks such as programming USB memory sticks.
MOSFETs save space & reduce synchronous rectification losses
32 devices, designed to save space and reduce losses in synchronous rectification, have been announced by TEE. The 32 devices will be added to the company's existing UMOS VIII-H ultra-efficient MOSFET family and reduce space and losses in not just synchronous rectification, but in primary and secondary side switching applications and other high-speed designs requiring device ratings from 60V to 250V.
Single output power supplies available from stock
In its easy to use online shop, Stadium Power has made available single output models from the high performance SA series of open frame power supplies. The SA60 and SA100 power supplies feature an input voltage range of 100-230V AC, a frequency range of 50-60Hz, and 12, 24 or 48V DC outputs.