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FET-Plus-Driver Module delives over 92% peak efficiency.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:39:14 -0500

Housed in thermally enhanced 6 x 6 mm MLP package, XS(TM) DrMOS FDMF6704 replaces 1 driver IC, 1 high-side MOSFET, 2 low-side MOSFETs, and 1 bootstrap Schottky diode. Device is compatible with both Tri-State and Non-Tri-State PWM controllers and is suited for synchronous DC-DC buck regulators used in computing, game consoles, and consumer Point-of-Load applications. With 92% peak efficiency, applications meet stringent energy-efficiency specifications.

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Single-Channel High-Side Drivers are automotive-qualified.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:40:53 -0500

Offered in 8-lead SOIC package, high-speed power MOSFET and IGBT drivers AUIRS2123S/AUIRS2124S are qualified to AEC-Q100 standards and offer 10-20 V gate drive supply. High-pulse current buffer stage is designed for minimum driver cross-conduction, while floating channel can drive N-channel power MOSFETs or IGBTs in high-side configuration operating up to 600 V. AUIRS2123S output signals are in phase with input signal, while AUIRS2124S output signals are out of phase with input signal.

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AC/DC Converter ICs simplify driving of LEDs under 5.5 W.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:33:42 -0500

Suited for power supplies and ballasts driving high-brightness LEDs, LinkSwitch®-II ICs offer constant-current performance and minimal external component count. DI-184 illustrates circuit for driving 700 mA of current through strings of 2 series-connected WLEDs; DC side circuit is electrically isolated from AC side. DI-185 and DI-186 both drive 350 mA current through strings of 3 WLEDs. Former utilizes isolated flyback topology, and latter has non-isolated, tapped buck topology.

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MOSFET Driver delivers 5 A for buck/boost DC/DC converters.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:33:41 -0500

Operating from supplies up to 38 V, LTC4447 drives upper and lower power N-Channel MOSFET gates from rail-to-rail over 4-6.5 V range in synchronous rectified converter topology. It sinks up to 5 A, sources up to 3.2 A, and can also drive multiple MOSFETs in parallel for higher-current applications. Along with integrated bootstrap Schottky diode, features include adaptive shoot-through protection, 3-state PWM input, and separate input logic supply.

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WLED Flash Drivers offer alternative to xenon lamps.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:34:59 -0500

Supporting 2 WLEDs up to 750 mA each or one WLED up to 1.5 A, AAT1271 and AAT1272 dual-channel boost converters respectively feature single-wire AS²Cwire and 2-wire I²C interface. Addressing capability offers flexibility to modify drive current and WLED brightness. Operating from 2.7-5.5 V, devices use 2 MHz switching frequency and achieve up to 85% efficiency with 1 µH inductors. Both offer separate flash enable and movie-mode enable inputs, and AAT1271 adds flash inhibit input.

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LED Driver offers 1 A current sink.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:35:38 -0500

Available in 5-lead, TO-263 package, Model CAT4101 constant-current, low dropout LED driver is linear-based and does not require an inductor. LED current is set via external resistor connected to RSET pin, which is compatible with voltages up to 25 V, enabling unit to drive strings of up to 10 LEDs, adjustable to 1 A. Device offers high-resolution PWM dimming, instant-on PWM control mode, and thermal shutdown protection in the event of any over-temperature fault condition.

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Thin Film Transistor Chip targets smart phones.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:42:14 -0500

Designed for HVGA LCD displays, Model TA7601 provides 262,144 colors and 2.76 Mbit SRAM for frame memory. Single-chip driver IC supports serial peripheral, parallel, and RGB interfaces, and is designed with power saving features, such as partial display and Smart Mobile Luminance Control. For optimal image quality, IC includes separate gamma and Vcom tuning function.

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TFT LCD Driver integrates MIPI and DSI on one chip.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:39:36 -0500

Suited for use in mobile phone displays, TA8560 combines MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) and DSI (Display Serial Interface) onto one driver chip. DSI, based on scalable serial interconnect, provides lower power modes and allows bi-directional communications. It supports 16-, 18-, and 24-bit pixels, buffered and un-buffered display panels, and QVGA (240 x 320) resolution. Chip can drive up to 4 panels from 1 interface and displays up to 16 million colors.

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LED Driver features integrated MOSFET.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:46:40 -0500

Based on 40 V Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS technology, Model PAM2842 supports boost, buck, buck-boost, and SEPIC topology. Unit drives up to 30 W in configurations of 10 x 3 W or 30 x 1 W LEDs using integrated MOSFET. Maintaining 95% efficiency, PAM2842 maintains operation in spite of input voltage degradation or high temperature environments. Operating from 5.5-40 V input voltage, device includes over current, over voltage, and over temperature protection, as well as under voltage lock out.

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High-Current LED Driver employs MCU for intelligent operation.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:07:44 -0500

Combining 8-bit All Flash(TM) MCU with 4-channel HCD, µPD78F8024 HCD/LED MCU can be used in lighting applications that employ multiple LEDs as well as industrial control applications such as stepping motors, solenoid drives, and switch-mode power supplies. Supporting wide input voltage range of 9-38 V, flexible 4-channel architecture also enables designs using both buck and boost regulator topologies. Unit is available in 64-pin LQFP.

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MOSFET Pre-Driver IC targets motor system designers.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:44:53 -0500

Available in 48L eLQFP package, Model A4935KJP-T is suited for systems that use sinusoidal control of motor phase currents. Automotive grade 3-phase MOSFET pre-driver IC integrates regulating charge pump that provides full gate drive capability for battery voltages down to 7 V and reduced gate drive for battery voltages as low as 5.5 V. It features fault diagnostics and reporting to decode and identify faults as well as top-off charge pump and boot strap charge management.

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FP/DFB Laser Diode Driver delivers up to 4.25 Gbps.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:52:00 -0500

Model SY88422L is single 3.3 V supply laser diode driver that can deliver up to 90 mA modulation and 100 mA bias current. Offered in 16-pin, 3 x 3 mm MLF® package, IC offers high drive current, integrated bias, bias monitoring output to allow designers to track bias current output and monitor laser aging over time, and low core power consumption. Device also accepts wide range of input signals ranging from 100-2,400 mVpp, and has internal 50 <font face='Symbol'>W</font> terminations.

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MOSFET Gate Drivers are optimized for switching efficiency.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:46:54 -0500

Available in 8-lead SOIC and 10-lead DFN packages, ISL6615 and ISL6615A have 4 A source and sink gate drive currents for UGATE and 4 A source with 6 A sink on LGATE to reduce gate voltage rise and fall times. This minimizes switching losses and promotes efficiency. Both models also support 9.6 and 12 V input rails, and designers can choose versions which support 3.3 V PWM signals (ISL6615) or 5 V PWM signals (ISL6615A). Each device has input range of 5-12 V.

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MOSFET Drivers are rated for peak output current of 1.5 A.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:45:12 -0500

Inverting MCP1415 and non-inverting MCP1416 MOSFET drivers are rated for peak output current of 1.5 A over operating voltage range of 4.5- 18 V. Both devices exhibit latch-up immunity and are available in miniature 5-pin SOT-23 package. Small package size allows designers to position gate driver close to MOSFET's physical gate connection, minimizing gate bounce, rise-and-fall times, propagation-delay times, and shoot-through current, all contributing to system efficiency.

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LED Driver suits landscape and path lighting applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:59:10 -0500

LED light engine is 3.8 W, 100 lumen forward-fit solution that delivers 5,100K light evenly over 120° area. Exhibiting 26 lumen/W efficacy and low thermal resistance of 40°C/W, product provides appropriate amount of energy-efficient light at proper viewing angle for landscape and walkway lighting applications. Product manages heat to maintain longevity of LED lights and can be designed to meet design requirements such as specific color and brightness levels.

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TFT-LCD Driver IC supports resolutions up to WSVGA.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:53:03 -0500

Optimized for Web browsers, mid-sized TFT-LCD driver chip can reproduce 1.6 million colors and supports VGA (640 x 480), WVGA (800 x 480), and WSVGA (1,024 x 600) resolution levels. It also supports the LVDS interface. Combined features make this product suited for various mid-sized applications, such as ultra mobile PCs, personal mobile players, personal navigation devices, car navigation systems, and digital video cameras.

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Integrated RGB LED Driver powers 8 pixels from one chip.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:38:00 -0500

Supplied in 7 x 7 mm package, STP24DP05 provides 24 constant-current outputs, each capable of driving RGB LEDs at up to 80 mA. This serial-in, parallel-out FIFO supports operation at 25 MHz to enable responsive image rendition. Allowing closer spacing of pixels and constituent LEDs, driver also promotes display resolution. Driving current of 5-80 mA per LED channel is adjustable via one external resistor per color group of 8 outputs. SPI port permits accurate control and diagnostics.

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Isolated Gate Drivers feature programmable dead time.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:44:00 -0500

Occupying 200 mm², Si823x ISOdriver Series integrates 2-channel isolator and dual driver into single chip. High-side, low-side, 4 A units feature propagation delay of 50 ns, optimizing timing margins and control response. Because devices are designed in CMOS, they do not suffer from performance drift over time and temperature. Integrated under-voltage lock-out circuitry prevents erroneous FET driver switching when input voltages are low during system start up/shut down.

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Capacitive Touch Controller ICs consume minimal power.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:59:34 -0500

Optimized for operation down to 1.8 V, LDS6000 and LDS6020 consume less than 200 µW in full power mode. Former features 15 touch sensor inputs, while latter offers up to 13 and integrated keypad LED driver functionality. Both support various touch input types - buttons, sliders, scroll wheels - and provide update rates of 2 ms per sensor input with on-chip automatic calibration logic. SPI-compatible and I²C-compatible interfaces are supported via GPIO and interrupt output.

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Single-Phase High-Voltage ICs suit motor drive applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:41:23 -0500

Available in 8-lead SOIC, IRS260xD Series power MOSFET and IGBT drivers are designed for sinusoidal and trapezoidal motor control. Model IRS2607D high- and low-side driver features outputs in phase with inputs. With 540 nsec internal dead-time, IRS2608D half-bridge driver offers high-side output in phase with HIN input and low-side output out of phase with LIN input, while IRS2609D features high-side output in phase with IN input and shut down input to turn off both channels.

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