Linear Technology announces the LTC6433-15, a wideband 15dB gain block amplifier offering outstanding linearity of 47dBm OIP3 (output third order intercept) and 3.22dB noise figure at 150MHz. The amplifier has excellent OP1dB (output 1dB compression point) of 19.2dBm. The LTC6433-15 is uniquely different from other gain block amplifiers that are typically built using GaAs or pHEMT […]
Class I ceramic SMD capacitors feature high stability, extended temperature range
KEMET Corporation, a leading global supplier of electronic components, introduced its advanced U2J Class-I ceramic dielectric capacitors. This U2J surface mount platform offers more than twice the capacitance available in C0G/NP0. It also provides superior temperature performance over X7R, X8R and X5R, rendering it an ideal capacitor solution for many applications including telecom, data acquisition […]
Circuit board material targets high-performance PCB antennas for 4G, 5G, and IoT
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) introduces RO4730G3™ UL 94 V-0 antenna-grade laminates to meet present and future performance requirements in active antenna arrays and small cells, notably in 4G base transceiver stations (BTS) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications as well as emerging 5G wireless systems. These flame-retardant (per UL 94V-0), thermoset laminate materials are an extension […]
Clock Tree 101
By Linda Lua, Silicon Labs What is a clock tree? A clock tree is a clock distribution network within a system or hardware design. It includes the clocking circuitry and devices from clock source to destination. The complexity of the clock tree and the number of clocking components used depends on the hardware design. Since […]
PCB/IC design software gets passive component libraries
Würth Elektronik eisos, a manufacturer of electronic and electromechanical components and Zuken, a leader in PCB and IC package design, announce the launch of new component libraries for CADSTAR. Würth Elektronik eiSos will now provide free-of-charge component libraries of its passive components for Zuken’s CADSTAR design software. The libraries allow users to simply download the […]
MEMS revolutionizes sensor landscape
by Bill Schweber Until fairly recently — roughly 15 to 20 years ago — sensors for ubiquitous physical parameters such as pressure, motion, and magnetic fields were relatively large, costly, power hungry, and electrically incompatible with standard circuitry. All that changed dramatically with the development of MEMS-based sensors (microelectromechanical systems) which etch a sensor into […]
GaN power amplifiers handle 7.5 GHz
Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, releases a brand new line of solid state GaN (Gallium Nitride) amplifiers. These new GaN power amplifiers offer designers a unique solution of off-the-shelf components, typically requiring months of lead time to acquire. The rugged connectorized amplifier designs from Fairview have the advantage of […]
Rad-tolerant 36-V instrumentation amplifier hosts differential ADC driver
Intersil today introduced the industry’s first radiation tolerant 36V instrumentation amplifier (in-amp) featuring an integrated differential analog-to-digital converter (ADC) driver. The high-performance ISL70617SEH differential input, rail-to-rail output in-amp delivers the industry’s highest signal processing performance for low-level sensor telemetry data critical to communication satellites. Its high integration and best-in-class performance reduces system size, weight, and […]
RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 single-chip serial transceiver features ±-RS-232 driver output
Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), a leading supplier of analog mixed-signal products serving the industrial, high-end consumer and infrastructure markets, expanded its family of single-chip RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 serial transceivers by adding the XR34350. The XR34350 features a wide ±10V RS-232 driver output that supports a wider range of RS-232 peripherals. Similar to the industry leading SP339, the XR34350 […]
Tiny single-chip motor drivers supply up to 1.3 A
With the expansion of portable technology in everyday life, new tiny, low-power electric-motor drivers from STMicroelectronics are enabling sophisticated battery-powered equipment to become smaller and more mobile with extended runtime. Controlling the motors at the heart of devices like portable medical pumps and drivers, personal wellness devices, portable point-of-sale devices, miniature robots, surveillance equipment, precision […]