Technology Articles

2017-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 8 2017] Cypress Semiconductor has announced that samples of its new family of single-power powered Traveo automotive microcontrollers (MCUS), the S6J342xxx, are now available. The new S6J342xxx series provides safe and high-speed networking services for automotive body electronic system applications; It supports the Controller Area Network Flexible data-rate (CAN FD) standard for in-car high-speed networ ...

2017-01 Semiconductors Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

[Jan 7 2017] Lattice Semiconductor, Inc., a leading provider of customized intelligent interconnect solutions to the market, announced the arrival of new members to the company's automotion-grade product line-ECP5 and CrossLink programmable devices tailored for interface bridging applications. This is further evidence of Lattice's continued commitment to the automotive-grade market, providing optimized interc ...

2017-01 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Jan 6 2017] Silicon Labs has introduced the Si828x isolated gate Driver family, a new member of the ISOdriver product family, designed to protect sensitive insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) in power inverters and motor drive applications. The new Si828x ISOdriver family offers an industrial-grade isolation rating (5kVrms) and best-in-class feature integration, including an optional DC-DC converter, ...

2017-01 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[Jan 5 2017] Renesas Electronics, Inc., a leading global supplier of semiconductor solutions, has announced the launch of a new microcontroller (MCU) for the electricity meter market, particularly the smart meter market. The new RL78/I1C series MCU is designed to meet the requirements of the international standard DLMS with enhanced safety features and improved arithmetic speed. In addition, the RL78/I1C seri ...

2017-01 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[Jan 4 2017] Renesas Electronics announced the release of EtherCAT Dedicated Communications SoCEC-1. This industrial Ethernet solution is designed for use on slave devices such as sensors or actuators, as well as I/O modules equipped with communication capabilities, to significantly increase plant productivity. The new EC-1 is designed to control EtherCAT slave controllers. EtherCAT as an industrial networkin ...

2017-01 Semiconductors Dialog Semiconductor GmbH

[Jan 3 2017] Through TSMC's six-inch fab technology, Dialog launched the DA8801, Dialog's senior vice president of enterprise development and strategy Mark Tyndall said in an interview with CTIMES after the meeting that this component is currently the industry's first product to integrate logic components and GaN FETs into a single chip. TSMC's approach at the six-inch fab is to stack GaN layers on a silicon ...

2017-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Jan 2 2017] Cypress Semiconductor announced the introduction of the new S6J32xE family of its Traveo automotive MCU(microcontroller) products, which provides greater storage for program code and graphical display Settings to support hybrid dashboard applications. The new highly integrated S6J32xE family of devices provides a single-chip solution to drive head-up display systems and traditional dashboard grap ...

2017-01 Connectors Vishay

[Jan 1 2017] Vishay Intertechnology has expanded its optoelectronics portfolio with the launch of two new families of micro infrared (IR) receiver modules -TSOP33xxx and TSOP53xxx - for mid-infrared remote control applications in consumer products. The Vishay Semiconductors TSOP33xxx and TSOP53xxx series devices are in the new Minimold package, with the same RF noise suppression as the Minicast receiver and s ...

2016-12 Power Microchip Technology

[Dec 31 2016] Microchip Technology, the world's leading provider of integrated microcontroller, mixed-signal, emulator and flash memory patented solutions, announced the industry's first dedicated connection to Amazon Web Services IoT(AWS) An end-to-end security solution designed for Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the IoT cloud platform. Microchip and Amazon's AWS division worked together to develop this ...

2016-12 Connectors United Chemi-Con

[Dec 30 2016] U-blox, a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced the introduction of the EVA-M8Q GNSS receiver, completing its portfolio of micro and low-cost EVA receivers in 7x7mm packages. Based on TCXO and optimized for optimal location capture and tracking sensitivity, the EVA-M8Q is ideal for covert tracking applications with small antennas, such as asset tracking, stolen ve ...

2016-12 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Dec 29 2016] STMicroelectronics introduces a very small LDBL20 200mA Low Voltage Drop (LDO) regulator. The new product is available in a 0.47mm x 0.47mm x 0.2mm chipscale package and is ideal for flexible product devices such as wearables, portable devices and multi-functional connected smart cards. The LDBL20's STSTAMP non-bump package breaks through the minimum I/O area and height limits of the traditional ...

2016-12 Passive Components Littelfuse

[Dec 28 2016] Littelfuse, Inc., a leading global provider of circuit protection solutions, announced the introduction of low-capacitance transient suppression diode arrays optimized for the protection of electronic devices that may experience damaging electrostatic discharge (ESD). The SP814x series Transient Suppression Diode Array (SPA diode) integrates four or six ultra-low capacitance rail-to-rail diode ch ...