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Mosfet driver for synchronous rectification from Diodes

Diodes has announced the APR348, a secondary-side, multi-mode synchronous rectification mosfet driver. The driver is designed for AC-DC rectification circuits in general consumer applications, notebooks, and USB adapters. It’s capable of driving an external mosfet in both high-side and low-side secondary-side synchronous-rectifier configurations. This device supports secondary-side output voltages up to 20V in continuous conduction ...

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Nicomatic to show miniature industrial connectors at Embedded

Nicomatic will demonstrate connectors targeting industrial and high-rel applications at the Embedded World exhibition later this month. The company’s range of miniature, hi-rel connectors can be stacked together to minimize PCB space. The 1mm pitch AMM series connectors can carry up to 4.8A (PCB to cable, 20 pins at 25°C) or 2.5A (PCB to PCB, ...

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RS Components launches thermoplastic enclosures from Fibox

RS Components has introduced Cardmaster and Piccolo ranges of ABS and polycarbonate enclosures from Finnish manufacturer Fibox, manufacturer of thermoplastic enclosures for electronics in hostile environments. The Cardmaster range is intended for packaging measurement, monitoring and process control equipment, and comes in sizes ranging from 166x160x80mm to 390x316x167mm. It has two compartments: one for circuit ...

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CUI adds GaN desktop adapters to ac-dc PSU line

CUI has announced the addition of two GaN desktop ac-dc power supply series to its SDI product family. The SDI200G-U and SDI200G-UD offer 200W of continuous power from a 150x54x33mm desktop package. These ac-dc supplies have been designed for portable industrial and consumer products, where power is needed in a smaller package. The power supplies ...

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Marvell announces 400GbE MACsec PHY for 5G Infrastructure

Marvell has announced a dual 400GbE (gigabit Ethernet) MACsec PHY transceiver with 256-bit encryption and Class C compliant precision time protocol (PTP) timestamping. The device incorporates Marvell’s 56G pam4 serdes technology, IEEE 802.1AE 256-bit MACsec encryption and PTP timestamping. The feature set makes it suitable for for hyperscale data center, edge, enterprise and 5G infrastructure ...

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TT Electronics launches 150W medical and industrial PSU

TT Electronics has announced the PPWAM150 series designed for medical and ITE approved power supplies. The 150W power supply is 92% efficient. “The PPWAM150 is an important addition to our already extensive medical power supply portfolio,” said Susan Cervanek, director of sales at TT Electronics and responsible for TT’s power partners brand. “Our medical OEM customers ...

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ON Semiconductor LED drivers for vehicle lighting applications

ON Semiconductor has launched a family of four devices, two LED drivers and two current controllers, for use in automotive exterior and interior lighting. Aimed specifically at low power solid state lighting, the devices are designed for systems that incorporate movement and variable intensity within rear combination lamps (RCLs), turn signals, fog lamps, and other ...

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RS Components Launches DesignSpark power technology hub

RS Components has announced a technology hub for the DesignSpark website, incorporating free design tools along with product and system development information. Sponsored by Maxim, the DesignSpark power technology hub features learning material, application examples, products, reference designs and software tools for use by design engineers working on power systems for the requirements of various ...

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Rohm PMIC optimized for NXP nano applications processors

Rohm has announced the availability of the BD71850MWV PMIC, optimized for NXP Semiconductors’ i.MX 8M Nano family of application processors. With the BD71837AMWV for i.MX 8M quad and dual applications processors and the BD71847AMWV for i.MX 8M Mini family application processors, Rohm offers power solutions for the entire i.MX 8M series. NXP’s applications processors are ...

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University of Sheffield spin-out Epipix developing micro-LEDs

Epipix (stylised EpiPix) is a recently launched University of Sheffield spin-out company developing “the next generation” of micro-LED technology. The company is developing and commercialising micro-LED technology for photonics applications, such as micro-displays for portable smart devices, augmented reality, virtual reality, 3D sensing and visible light communications.  Underpinned by research from Professor Tao Wang and ...

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