Circuits

Boost Converter supports high-brightness LED lighting.

Optimized for driving multiple white LEDs connected in series, Model ZSLS7025 has application input voltage range of 6-100 V, which supports lighting products using multi-cell batteries or regulated 12, 24, and 48 V power rails. Low-voltage feedback mechanism enables efficiency up to 95%, while open-circuit detection protects application circuit. Housed in RoHS-compliant SOP-8 package, driver...

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Power Management Chip supports lithium batteries.

Housed in 14-pin 5 x 6 mm TSSOP, Model bq34z100 supports wide range of lithium-ion and lithium iron phosphate chemistries in 2- to 16-cell battery packs, extending battery run-time in medical instruments, power tools, and UPS systems. Battery management gas gauge circuit leverages Impedance Track(TM) technology, which uses charge voltage measurements, battery characteristics, and properties to...

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Low-Frequency RFID Transponder promotes design flexibility.

Supplied in 12 x 5.9 x 3 mm brick package, ATA5577M1330C-PP includes antenna coil trimmed to 125 kHz operating frequency and provides data rates from RF/2 to RF/128 (64-1 kbps). Stand-alone tag also provides modulation and various coding schemes, including ASK, FSK, PSK, Manchester, Bi-phase, and NRZ. While analog behavior can be tuned in closed and sealed transponder, on-chip memory contains...

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TAKUMI Graphics IP Cores Reference Designs Available on S2C Prototyping Platform

Prototype-Ready IP jump starts complex SoC Integration with 3D Graphics San Jose, CA - S2C announces that TAKUMI Corporation, a Japan-based advanced Graphics Intellectual Properties (IP) provider, has implemented a series of Graphics IP cores on S2C's rapid FPGA-based prototyping systems including GS3000 and GSV3000 cores. These TAKUMI IP cores have been fully validated in FPGAs and can be easily...

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MediaTek Provides First and Only Smartphone Platform in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint(TM) Program Test Bed

MediaTek drives interoperability testing with dual-SIM Android smartphone platform for secure, easy-to-use mobile Wi-Fi HSINCHU, Taiwan - MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that its dual-SIM Android smartphone platform has been included in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint(TM) test bed as the first and...

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MCUs (32-bit) serve projects needing digital signal control.

MCUs (32-bit) serve projects needing digital signal control.

Based on ARM-® Cortex(TM)-M4 core, STM32 F3 series is optimized for handling and processing of mixed signals in circuits. SoC devices feature analog circuitry and augment Cortex-M3 CPU with additional DSP capability, optimized single-cycle and saturating arithmetic instructions, and Floating-Point Unit (FPU) to boost performance. Differentiated according to on-chip memory density (64, 128, 256...

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Vishay Intertechnology to Showcase Latest Leading Semiconductors and Passive Electronic Components at Techno-Frontier 2012 in Japan

MALVERN, Pa. - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that it will be exhibiting its latest semiconductors and passive electronic components in booth 6D-210 at Power System Japan, a focused exhibition on power systems at Techno-Frontier 2012, being held at the Tokyo Big Sight from July 11 to 13. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding by Dr. Felix Zandman at the event,...

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Nordic Semiconductor nRF51 Series ULP 2.4GHz Wireless SoCs Slash Power Consumption, up RF performance, and Ease Programming

OSLO, Norway - Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces its new nRF51 Series of ULP 2.4GHz RF integrated circuits (ICs). The first two ICs to debut in the nRF51 Series are the nRF51822, a multi-protocol Bluetooth-® low energy / 2.4GHz proprietary RF System-on-Chip (SoC), and the nRF51422, the world's first ANT(TM) / ANT+(TM) SoC. These Flash-based...

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Class-D Audio Amplifiers increase performance, lower power draw.

Supplied in 10 x 6 mm, 32-pin HTSSOP, TPA3116D2/TPA3118D2/TPA3130D2 analog-input class-D stereo amplifiers are intended for use in soundbars, after-market automotive solutions, portable audio docks, and LCD TVs. Programmable switching rates of 400 KHz to 1.2 MHz and supply range of 4.5-26 V lend to audio output optimized for quality and efficiency. Each model has closed-loop design, and FETs...

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