Bus switches from Diodes rereleased in smaller packaging

Diodes has announced its family of quad- and dual-channel 4:1 and 2:1 bus switches are now available in a 3x3x0.65mm package. The package is designed to enable increased PCB density and reduce product dimensions when developing PC notebooks and tablets as well as networking and telecommunications equipment. Discrete logic devices, such as bus multiplexers and ...

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Mouser adds GigaDevice’s non-volatile memories for embedded applications

Mouser has signed a distribution deal with GigaDevice. The Chinese company supplies SPI NOR, SPI NAND and parallel NAND flash memory products for embedded applications in the automotive, industrial, mobile computing, networking and infrastructure and consumer markets. Included in the portfolio available from Mouser is the GD25 SPI NOR flash memory family. It is available ...

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Creating eye-catching signage?

Aiming at digital signage, vending and retail, Display Technology has introduced Litemax’ Circle LCD, a round 23.6inch diameter display. Called SCD2365-Y, it has an MTBF of 100,000 hours and is sunlight-viewable at 1,000cd/m2. Claimed contrast is 600:1, and the resolution is 1,920 x 1,920 – presumably only across certain diameters (=596.16mm). Viewing is across 178° horizontally and ...

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ACF controllers for designing AC/DC power adapters

Silanna Semiconductor says that its SZ1101 and SZ1105 fully integrated active clamp flyback (ACF) controllers for designing high-power-density AC/DC power adapters are now fully qualified and in production. The SZ1101 33W version is suited for designing mobile phone travel adapters, while the SZ1105 65W version is suited for designing compact adapters for powering notebooks, video ...

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Apple buys Xnor

Apple has bought Xnor.ai – a Seattle startup pursuing tools for edge AI, according to geekwire.con. Apple is said to have paid around $200 million for Xnor  which has raised $14.6 million. Xni was incubated at Paul Allen’s Institute for AI calked A12 m. it specialises in image recognition tools for mobile devices. Xnor was ...

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Driver handles 750V IGBT gates for automotive

Power Integrations has AEC-Q100 automotive-qualified an isolated gate driver for 750V-rated IGBTs. Called SID1181KQ, the device used the firm’s high-speed FluxLink isolation technology, which is based on bond wires and chip-packaging polymer. It “dramatically improves the reliability and isolation capability of gate drivers, replacing optocouplers and capacitive or silicon-based inductively coupled solutions,” claimed the firm. De-saturation monitoring ...

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Current clamp with slim-line jaw

Voltcraft VC-337 is a slim-jawed current clamp optimised for measurements in control cabinets with terminal blocks and narrow cable spacing. “While the wire to be measured has to be pulled out of the cable duct when using other current clamps, the VC-337 simply grips between adjacent wires. This is possible because the measuring gap of ...

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UK made: potting boxes

Yorkshire enclosure firm BCL Enclosures has introduced a range of potting boxes in which to permanently encapsulate small electronic circuits – from consumer products to automotive harsh environment applications. Called GPL, the range is manufactured in ABS ans features fixing lugs for secure attachment to surfaces. Three models are available: GPL05 is 36 x 24 x ...

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Double digit semi growth in 2020 guaranteed, says Penn

This year double digit growth for the semiconductor industry is guaranteed, said Malcolm Penn (pictured), CEO of Future Horizons, at the company’s Industry Forecast Seminar 2020 (IFS2020) in London this morning. Penn forecasts a market topping $450 billion this year. Q1 is forecast at minus 1% Q2 at plus 3.5% Q3 at 9.7% and Q4 ...

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ST signs SiC wafer supply deal with ROHM

ST has signed a multi-year SiC wafer supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company. The agreement governs the supply of over $120 million dollars of advanced 150mm silicon carbide wafers by SiCrystal to STMicroelectronics during this period of demand ramp-up for silicon carbide power devices. “This additional long-term SiC substrate supply agreement comes on ...

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