Industry News (2012/01/30)

Toshiba TLP700H and TLP701H Miniature Photocouplers Drive IGBTs, MOSFETs

Published:2012/1/30 21:11:00 Author:Amy

The TLP700H and TLP701H can directly drive IGBTs and power MOSFETs and no requirement for external components. The devices can widely be used in digital consumer products, test-and-measurement equipment, industrial-control systems, and induction heating. The TLP700H and TLP701H feature maximum peak output currents of ±2 and ±0.6A, respectively, and a minimum withstand voltage of 5000V rms. They also feature buffer-...   (View)

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IMEC＇s Technology Makes Hyperspectral Imagers Small and Efficient

Published:2012/1/30 21:07:00 Author:Li xiao na

Imec is a micro- and nanoelectronics research center. A micromachining has been used by Imec to show a hyperspectral camera. Every pixel of this sensor is a spectrometer. Different objects, which can not be di...   (View)

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Sharp Mega Zeni LED Modules Are Equal to 50W HID Lamps

Published:2012/1/30 20:10:00 Author:Amy

Intended to replacing 50W HID lamps, the 50W Mega Zeni LED modules have a luminous efficiency of 3590 and 4770 lm, a light output as high as 100 lm/W in standard operating mode, and a service life of 40,000 hours at an operating temperature as high as 90°C. The devices have a forward voltage of 50V and a forward current of 950 mA but can also...   (View)

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ON Semiconductor Introduced a New Family of LVFR

Published:2012/1/30 0:38:00 Author:Phyllis

ON Semiconductor has introduced a new family of 100 volt trench-based low forward voltage Schottky rectifiers (LVFR) for applications like switching power supplies for notebook adapters or flat panel displays, reverse battery protection circuits, and high frequency DC-DC converters. Consists of NTST30100CTG, NTST20100CTG and NTSB2...   (View)

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PLC Protocol is Expected to Open the Smart Grid Market

Published:2012/1/30 0:08:00 Author:Li xiao na

Maxim Integrated Products has developed a powerline communications protocol with French electricity utility ERDF and broadband terminal firm Sagemcom. The PLC has been approved as a low frequency, OFDM-based narrowband PLC standard. The G3-PLC specification is used for connecting smart meters to the power grid, and it supports the IPv6...   (View)

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