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High-power IR LEDs from Vishay

Vishay has released a family of six high-power infra-red emitters in 3.4 x 3.4mm lead-less packages. They are “designed with a 42mil chip for 1.5A dc operation, with  support for pulsed currents up to 5A”, according to New Yorker Electronics, which is stocking the parts. They come in two wavelengths and three viewing angles. The parts ...

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500W ac-dc PSUs

Mornsun’s LMF500-20Bxx series of 500W ac-dc PSUs are available from Relec. The units have a universal input of 80 – 264Vac “and dual use of the same terminal enables it to also accept 110 – 370Vdc”, according to the Dorset-based distributor. There are six models, all with built-in power factor correction, offerign a choice of output ...

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High-side mosfet load switch driver is 1.2 x 0.8mm

Toshiba has introduced a mosfet load switch gate driver in a 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.35mm 6bump WCSP6G the chip-scale package, suiting it to wearables and smartphones, it said. The IC, called TCK421G, can separately drive the gates of a pair of back-to-back n-channel mosfets to make a reverse-blocking switch – useful when multiplexing power sources. If ...

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2W xenon light source spans UV to IR for analysis and measurement

Excelitas has introduced a precision-aligned 2W xenon light engine for light-based measurements. Called µPAX-3, in includes an EMI-suppressing enclosure, the xenon flash lamp light source, a trigger circuit and a power supply – all within 42mm square by 31mm deep (plus connector), which is smaller and more robust than the existing µPAX-2, according to the ...

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PCI Express 6.0 compatible Base transmitter test

Tektronix has introduced “industry’s first PCI Express 6.0 compatible Base transmitter test solution, just weeks after the PCI-SIG working group released PCIe 6.0 Base specifications and validation requirements”, according to the test equipment company. For use at 64Gtransfer/s with DPO70000SX ATI oscilloscopes of at least 50GHz bandwidth, it includes PCIe 6.0 measurement-specific software, enhanced PAM4 ...

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100W through a sugar cube

Flex Power Modules has used a two-phase topology to deliver 80A continuously (140A peak) from a 0.7cm3 (10 x 9 x 7.6mm) dc-dc module. Called BMR510, it includes necessary magnetic components and can produce outputs between 0.5 – 1.3V from inputs spanning 4.5 to 16V “which makes it compatible with 4:1 conversion ratio front-end intermediate bus converters”, said ...

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Custom PSUs from Recom

Austrian power supply maker Recom has a custom design service for ac-dc and dc-dc converters. “Our engineering teams in China, Taiwan, Austria and Italy can design new products from the ground up,” according to the company. “Alternatively, semi-custom-designs and modifications to existing products are offered. Recom’s automated production lines offer economies of scale through various ...

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UK made: Powell stocks Glenair shrink boots and sleeves

Powell Electronics is stocking Full Nelson heat shrink boots and AutoShrink cold-action shrink boots and sleeves from Glenair in Dulin for short lead times across Europe. Operation temperature is -75 to 175°C for heat shrink boots, and -65 to 300°C for cold-action shrink boots and sleeves. Both product ranges are lightweight and flexible, and neither ...

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4kW hot swap PSUs for LED lighting

Advanced Energy of Colorado has introduced single-phase hot-swappable PSUs up to 4kW for horticultural and commercial LED lighting. “Indoor growers are turning to centralised power systems that distribute dc rather than ac power directly to individual LED lamps”, said company v-p of industrial power Joe Voyles. The supplies, called the LCM4000HV series, are compliant with ...

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45kW PSU makes 385Vdc for distributed power systems

TDK-Lambda is aiming at large industrial distributed power systems with a 45kW non-isolated ac-dc PSU. Called TPF45000-385 it can operate from can operate from 360 – 528Vac three-phase (delta or Y) and produces a stable 385Vdc. Input to ground isolation is 2kVac. Efficiency is up to 98%, allowing air cooling by internal variable speed fans. Operation is across -10 ...

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