Diodes Incorporated has extended its line of ultra-small discrete products for space-critical product design. The company has announced a trio of small-signal MOSFETs in the tiny DFN0606 package: 20V and 30V rated N-channel transistors and a 30V rated P-channel part. With a footprint measuring only 0.6mm x 0.6mm, each device takes 40% less board space […]
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Exar to use Dahua HDCVI technology
Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits and system solutions, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Dahua to license High Definition Composite Video Interface (HDCVI) technology. Under the terms of the new agreement, Exar is licensed to design, manufacture and sell analog high-definition video solutions utilizing HDCVI technology. High Definition […]
Connectorized RF Amps hit 40 GHz
Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has significantly expanded their portfolio of connectorized RF amplifiers including high power amplifiers, high-rel amplifiers, broadband amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers (LNAs), log amplifiers and gain blocks. Pasternack’s broad lines of coaxial amplifiers are employed across the entire […]
Dual-band Wi-Fi audio IC for IoT
News Highlights: Enables multi-room experience on same network with advanced timing synchronization Includes support for Apple AirPlay™ Reduces cost for OEMs with fully integrated SoC and expands opportunities in home audio market Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation company in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, introduced the industry’s first dual-band Wi-Fi audio […]
IDT releases IEEE 1588 time and frequency generators
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®) (NASDAQ: IDTI) introduced a family of IEEE 1588 time and frequency generator chips to reduce costs while meeting the synchronization needs of LTE-Advanced, wireless backhaul and heterogeneous networks. The unique architecture and capabilities of these devices are fully documented and accessible to allow IEEE 1588 software designers to implement their […]
Low-jitter 1.25-GSPS clock optimizes JESD204B serial interface functionality in GSPS data converter applications
New clock IC enables the unique functionality of the JESD204B SERDES high-speed interface Norwood, MA (12/02/2014) – AD9528 provides a low-power, multi-output, clock distribution function with low-jitter performance, along with an on-chip, two-stage PLL and VCO. The on-chip VCO tunes from 3.6 GHz to 4.0 GHz, with the input receivers and oscillator providing both single-ended […]
One chip, any temperature sensor — IC digitizes all temp. sensors
A chip called the LTC2983 directly digitizes RTDs, thermocouples, thermistors and external diodes with 0.1°C accuracy and 0.001°C resolution. The device combines low-noise and low-offset-buffered ADCs with excitation and control circuits for each type of sensor. The chip precisely measures absolute microvolt-level signals from thermocouples and ratiometric resistance measurements from RTDs and thermistors, linearizes the results […]
FDAs handle 7 GHz signals
Texas Instruments announced two new fully differential amplifiers (FDAs) that provide DC-coupled applications with best-in-class AC performance to improve system capabilities and performance. The LMH3401 and LMH5401 FDAs provide higher bandwidth and slew rate, and lower distortion than existing ADC drivers. The performance of the LMH3401 and LMH5401 can enable radar systems that help keep […]
Quiz Day Friday: Common Engineering Abbreviations
Welcome back to Friday and Quiz V2.0: Common Engineering Abbreviations. If you missed our kickoff last Friday, then catch up by taking Quiz V1.0: General Electronic and Electrical. No, it’s not a prerequisite but some of us like order. This is the second of 10 quizzes each with 10 questions from top members of the Electro-Tech-Online community […]
High-speed a/d converters hit 200 msps
Microchip announced two families of new high-speed A/D converters in the MCP37DX1-200 and MCP372X1-200 families. These families feature 12-, 14- and 16-bit pipelined A/D converters with a maximum sampling rate of 200 Mega samples per second (Msps). The 14- and 16-bit devices feature high accuracy of over 74 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and over 90 […]
