Isolated TO-220 style plastic package increases power density 21 November 2001 IXYS introduced a new plastic encapsulated package in the 'hole-less' TO-220 outline with an electrically isolated mounting tab. Existing packages with internal isolation involve bonding an insulator ...
New concept embedded modules 21 November 2001 When selecting CPU boards for industrial, PC-based applications, the usual problems include wrong size, unusable connector locations and missing special functions.
The classic way of solving such problems ...
16 bit digital signal controller PIC micro 21 November 2001, Tempe Technologies Microchip revealed its new 16 bit dsPIC digital signal controllers which have a 16 bit (data) nonpipelined modified Harvard RISC core that combines the advantages of a high performance 16 bit microcontroller ...
One-gate logic devices win award 21 November 2001 Wireless Design & Development named ON Semiconductor's MC74VHC1Gxxx one-gate logic devices as one of the top 20 products for 2000 at the Wireless Symposium in San Jose this year.
ON Semiconductor's ...
Silicon RF IC performs I&Q modulation up to 2,5 GHZ 21 November 2001 Direct modulation omits an entire IF stage in a transmitter circuit, saving an engineer's design time, cost and board area. The Analog Devices' AD8346 has superior phase accuracy and amplitude balance ...
Super-rugged RF power MOSFETs operate up to 65 V 21 November 2001, EBV Electrolink Advanced Power Technology has added the ARF462 and ARF464 to its family of super-rugged high voltage RF power MOSFETs. Both devices operate to DC voltages up to 65 V. The ARF462 delivers 150 W of CW output ...
ATE probes set new performance standards 21 November 2001 One of the most celebrated, award-winning probe designs ever introduced, the ICT Probe series from Interconnect Devices, has been upgraded two years later with a modified version: the Titanium Pro ICT ...
Quickon fast connection system with metric thread 21 November 2001, Phoenix Contact Phoenix Contact now also offers the Quickon wall feedthroughs with metric thread, in addition to the PG products. The reason is the new DIN EN 50626 standard covering metric screw connections for cables ...
Single arm benchtop fume extractor 21 November 2001, Test & Rework Solutions To meet the demands of flexible manufacturing and to create a more comfortable and safer environment in which repair and rework operators can work, Metcal introduced an innovative high performance benchtop ...
Universal docking station highly functional 21 November 2001 Bopla's desktop or wall-mounted unit can be used as a holding, locking and contact-making device. It offers high functionality in terms of data, power transmission and attractive appearance.
The ...
Compact PCB terminal in 3,50 mm spacing 21 November 2001 Wieland's 8813 PCB terminal series in 3,81 mm metric spacing can be supplied in two different versions: as indirect pluggable PCB terminal 8513 B together with pinstrip 8513 S or as pluggable PCB connection ...
Mini connector with high current ratings 21 November 2001 Molex's Mini-Fit, Jr. Series is designed for high current/high density applications which require the design flexibility of wire-to-wire and wire-to-board configurations in the interconnection system. ...
Retrofitting ATMs to accept smartcards 23 May 2001 Due to the forecasted increases in the volume of smartcards, and the announcement of Visa, Mastercard and Europay (EMV) to adopt smartcard technology, there is sufficient justification for manufacturers ...
Range of smallest low voltage logic devices, reduce size by 30% 28 February 2001, Altron Arrow Philips Semiconductors has announced what it says is the industry's smallest range of low voltage PicoGate logic devices, the 74LVC1GXX GW range, which are 30% smaller than any other IC logic package. ...
Solution for handsfree car cellphones 8 November 2000, Altron Arrow, Communica Leading semiconductor company, STMicroelectronics, in cooperation with Lernout & Hauspie, a recognised world leader in the voice recognition and text-to-speech software, Altec Lansing, a specialist in ...
Automotive angle sensor 8 November 2000, Altron Arrow RF Micro Devices' RD0300 is a new 915 MHz transceiver reference design based on the company's RF2905 monolithic FM transceiver chip. Designed to provide an easy-to-use, on/off keyed radio that directly ...
Tiny plastic computer screens made 25 October 2000 Researchers at Philips Electronics NV have created a soft plastic computer display that they say could be used to make floppy electronic newspapers. According to the researchers, a plastic-based semiconductor ...
First Fast Cycle RAM with SDRAM interface 16 Feb 2000 Fujitsu and Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) have introduced samples of the company's new 64 Mb fast cycle RAM (FCRAM) with double data rate (DDR) SDRAM interface. Designed for graphics, multimedia ...
Mr Chip and Century 21 26 Jan 2000 Mr Chip is driving to his office in London in his new car. His car is packed with electronics which now account for about a quarter of the car's cost and a whole system of distributed processors is making ...
