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Power Management IC aids in design of portable electronics.

Housed in 4 x 5 mm package, LTC3555 USB Power Manager and Triple Step-Down DC/DC Converter incorporates range of power management functions, including switching PowerPath(TM) manager, stand-alone battery charger, 3 monolithic buck regulators, and always-on LDO, controlled via I2C interface. PowerPath control manages power flow between AC/DC wall adapter, USB port, Li-Ion/Polymer battery, and...

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Chipsets provide full functionality of dc-dc converters.

Including 28 Vdc input PRM(TM) regulator and VTM(TM) current multipliers with 1-50 Vdc output voltages, MIL-COTS 28 V dc-dc VoI Chip modules are compatible with standard pick-and-place SMT machinery and assembly processes. Weighing 0.5 oz and measuring 1.28 x 0.87 x 0.26 in., each chipset can provide up to 100 A for system density of 172 A/inÂ-³. Rugged units are suited for designing power...

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Converter Chipset suits multiphase applications.

Converter Chipset suits multiphase applications.

Featuring 6-bit voltage programming, XPhaseÂ-® IR3500 Control IC and IR3505 Phase IC Chipset provides flexible way to implement complete IntelÂ-® or AMDÂ-® CPU power solution. It incorporates IRF6622 and IRF6628 DirectFETÂ-® power MOSFETs for optimal efficiency. Additional features include programmable dynamic voltage identification slew rate, programmable VID offset and load line...

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NP3775 Bipolar Stepper Motor Drive IC & NP7380 Phase Distribution IC

Nippon Pulse America, Inc., Radford, VA - (May 16, 2007) Nippon Pulse America introduces a bipolar chopper driver chip, NP3775, and a state logic chip (phase distribution chip), NP7380, for use with their tin-can rotary and linear stepper motors. Nippon Pulse America provides motors, electronics, and engineering support for a complete stepper motor drive system. Features: o Dual Bipolar chopper...

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austriamicrosystems and NemeriX Celebrate Shipment of Five Millionth GPS RF IC

Milestone for NemeriX's best-selling NJ1006A GPS Receiver RF Front-End MANNO, Switzerland and UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria, 14 May 2007 - austriamicrosystems (SWX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog integrated circuits (ICs), and NemeriX, a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra low power semiconductors and solutions for GPS and...

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RF Front-End Chip Set targets DOCSIS-® 3.0 cable modems.

Designed to meet DOCSISÂ-® 3.0 standard, chip set combines ARA2017 programmable gain upstream amplifier and AIT1061 wideband data tuner to enable systems that support high-speed, interactive data and IP video. Amplifier delivers output power levels of +64 dBmV with -55 dBc harmonic distortion and output noise as low as -53.8 dBmV. Operating from single +5 V source, tuner chip integrates...

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Samsung Developing New Low-Power, Low-Priced Chipset for HD Radio(TM) Receivers

Chips will Power Portable HD Radio Products and Support Advanced Features COLUMBIA, Md., May 9 -- Samsung Electro Mechanics, a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today that it plans to introduce a new chipset for use in portable and home HD Radio receivers. Samsung, which had previously become an iBiquity Digital IC...

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K-micro Runs Digital TV Devices on TSMC 90nm Embedded RAM

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9 // -- K-micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc.) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) (TSMC), today revealed that K-micro has successfully launched its digital television (DTV) semiconductor product line using TSMC's 90nm embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology. The new ASIC line addresses increased market demand for a high performance single chip,...

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IC supports motion and power-management applications.

With configurable analog functions, Structured Architecture of Bridges and Regulators (S.A.B.Re(TM)) suits printer, fax, and embedded-control applications. Customizable unit consists of 4 configurable bridges that can also function as switching regulators or power charge, variable-voltage buck switching regulator, switching regulator controller, linear regulator, multi-channel configurable 9-bit...

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