Industry News (2011/09/19)

Diodes Introduced Single-Chip Solution for Smart Fan-Motor Driver Apps

Published:2011/9/19 22:33:00 Author:Amy

Diodes, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor markets, has announced the smallest fully featured single-chip fan driver. Its high-output drive can offer a cost-effective solution for fan and motor drive applications. The pr...   (View)

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KMT Series of Ultraminiature Tactile Switches

Published:2011/9/19 6:47:00 Author:Amy

C&K’s KMT series of ultraminiature tactile switches includes a double-action, double-tactile version. The KMT 6 series lasts 150,000 electrical/mechanical cycles and is sealed to IP68 certifications, which is ideal for handheld and portable electronic devices. The ROHS-compliant, halogen-free KMT 6 features a footprint of 3.8×3.1 mm and...   (View)

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ADI Developed ADE7880

Published:2011/9/19 5:39:00 Author:Amy

Analog Devices (ADI)’s ADE7880 employs its latest harmonic analysis technology for advanced power quality monitoring. The ADE7880’s harmonic analysis generates magnitude and phase information, including current RMS, voltage RMS, active, reactive and apparent powers, power factor, harmonic distortion, and Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (THD+N) calculations. The product delivers better than 1% percent a...   (View)

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Freescale Expands 32-bit Kinetic MCUs

Published:2011/9/19 3:13:00 Author:Amy

Freescale, a leading manufacturer of enclosures for OEM electronics equipment, recently has developed its 32-bit Kinetis MCUs based on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor. These ARM Cortex-M4 core K10 and K20 will be priced less than $1 each, making them well suited for cost-sensitive industrial and consumer appliances, including I/O ...   (View)

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ST-Ericsson needs more market opportunities

Published:2011/9/19 2:03:00 Author:Li xiao na

No further redundancies are planed by ST-Ericsson, when the French National Union for Autonomous Unions is fighting a redundancy plan announced last June. There are not other restructuring plan planned by ST-Ericsson so far, although this company highly concerns the second part of 2012 and 2013. It is going to take action against the new plan being deployed. ST-Ericsson firmly denies any new round of re...   (View)

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On Semiconductor Released NCS8353: Stereo 20 W/Ch Class D Audio Power Amplifier with Programmable Power Limit and Selectable Gain

Published:2011/9/19 1:18:00 Author:Amy

On Semiconductor a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, recently released NCS8353: Stereo 20 W/Ch Class D Audio Power Amplifier with Programmable Power Limit and Selectable Gain. It is a stereo Class D audio power amplifier which can deliver a continuous power of up to 20 W/ch ...   (View)

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