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Diodes Incorporated Articles
High-Side Power Switches for USB Ports and other hot-swap applications
Diodes AP22815 and AP22615 3A single-channel high-side power switches for USB ports and other hot-swap applications. These devices are designed to provide protection for any sensitive electronic equipment that is used in a hot-swap situation, such as USB peripherals or external storage devices.
Automatic connection for serial busses in hot-swap environment
Diodes Incorporated has announced the PI6ULS5V9511A I2C/SMBus buffer, which enables hot-swappable line-cards in ‘always-on’ networks, and is available in an assortment of packages. Rack-based systems enable web servers, networks, and telecommunication applications using standards such PCI/cPCI, VME, and AdvancedTCA. These critical systems need to deliver upwards of 99.999% availability, which makes prolonged maintenance and unpla...
Highly configurable DC/DC converter with integrated H-Bridge
Diodes Incorporated has announced the introduction of the AP72200, a high-current synchronous buck/boost DC/DC converter with integrated high-side and low-side H-Bridge MOSFETs. The AP72200 delivers up to 97% efficiency with 1% voltage regulation accuracy, low quiescent current, and very low output ripple. The AP72200 employs Diodes Incorporated’s proprietary buck/boost current-mode control technology to achieve excellent voltage regul...
Simplifying the driving of low power lighting
It has been announced that Diodes Incorporated, is extending its family of automotive LED drivers with the BCR4xxUQ series that simplifies the driving of low power lighting. LED technology is displacing conventional bulbs throughout the car for a number of applications.
Small outline synchronous rectification MOSFET driver
It has been announced by Diodes Incorporated, that they are launching the APR346 Secondary Side Synchronous Rectification MOSFET Driver, providing increased efficiency for off line power adapters delivering five to 20VDC from an AC supply.
Offline buck converter for IoT applications
The availability of the AL17050 universal offline buck converter, designed for low power Internet of Things (IoT) applications has been announced by Diodes. With its wide AC input voltage range and fully integrated MOSFET, it provides a compact and efficient solution to generating a constant voltage for low power applications that need to comply with strict standby power restrictions.
High speed signal switches designed for PCIe 4.0 architecture
At this year's PCI-SIG developers conference in Santa Clara, Diodes Incorporated announced a new line of signal switches, clock generators and clock buffers for PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 technology applications.
Linear regulators deliver constant LED current in compact packages
Diodes Incorporated has introduced the AL5890 linear constant-current regulator developed to provide simple and more cost-effective solutions to driving LED strings from an off-line or DC power supply. Available in a range of packages, the small form-factor of the AL5890 makes it suitable for any LED application where a lower BoM cost and sizes are important.
Audio power amplifier targets wireless media speakers
The new 10W stereo Class-D audio amplifier, the PAM8106 from Diodes Incorporated features low THD+N, low EMI and high PSRR, and integrates spread-spectrum modulation (SSM) and non-clipping power limit (NCPL) technology to deliver advanced features for a range of battery- or line-powered devices including LCD TVs, wireless speakers, portable stereos, and game machines.
Linear LED controllers deliver efficiency and accuracy
Diodes Incorporated has announced the AL5814, AL5817, AL5815 and AL5816 linear LED controllers, delivering dimmable and adjustable drive current for LED strings with more than 80% efficiency. The AL58xx series provides a low BOM-cost solution for a range of applications in the commercial and industrial areas including signage, instrumentation illumination, lighting of appliance interiors, architectural details and general smart-lighting installat...
Buck LED driver adds dimming for commercial lighting
The new AL8862 buck LED driver is made up of a wide input voltage range and integrated power MOSFET, and is a solutions well-suited for developers of LED lighting drive circuits looking to minimise board space and reduce BoM cost with excellent analogue and PWM dimming functions.
Synchronous rectifier controller delivers higher efficiency
Continuing its strategy to meet the industry-wide demand for increased power density and improved efficiency, Diodes Incorporated has introduced the ZXGD3113 synchronous rectifier controller. When coupled with a MOSFET, the pairing can be used to replace lossy Schottky rectifiers in power supplies based on a flyback or resonant converter topology.
Microprocessor circuit monitors voltage with programmable delay
The PT7M3808 family of microprocessor supervisory circuits introduced by Diodes Incorporated monitors system voltages from 0.4-5.0V. With threshold accuracy from 0.5% and an adjustable delay time from 1.25-10ms, these small form-factor devices enable power-on reset functionality for microprocessor and other digital systems while consuming minimal power.
TVS protects USB 3.1/3.2 and Thunderbolt 3 interfaces
An advanced dataline transient voltage suppressor (TVS) has been introduced by Diodes Incorporated, the DESD3V3Z1BCSF-7. Designed to provide what the company claims to be exceptional TVS/ESD protection to the high-speed input/output ports of advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs) featuring differential signal line running at 5GHz and beyond, the DESD3V3Z1BCSF-7 is useful for high-speed interfaces like USB 3.1/3.2, Thunderbolt 3, PCI Express 3.0/4.0, HD...
Constant-current LED drivers suitable for edge lighting
As a result of growing demand for smaller LED lighting installations that also provide high efficiency and ultra-low EMI, Diodes Incorporated has extended its BCR420U and BCR421U families of linear LED drivers to include the BCR420UFD and BCR421UFD devices in the ultra-low profile DFN2020 package, making them suitable for 12 and 24V LED edge-lighting applications.
Automotive grade regulators allow 60V battery transients
The ZXTR2105FQ, ZXTR2108FQ and ZXTR2112FQ regulator transistors announced by Diodes Incorporated are qualified to AEC-Q101 standards for high reliability and are product part approval process (PPAP)-capable. Designed to deliver 5, 8, or 12V regulated outputs from nominal battery supplies of 12 or 24V, these regulator transistors are well-suited for powering vehicle electronics.
Three-phase half-bridge gate driver simplifies motor drive design
Diodes claims to simplify BLDC and PMSM motor drive design with the DGD2136 three-phase gate driver IC.
Reference design supports Qualcomm quick charging
Global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor markets, Diodes Incorporated, and Weltrend Semiconductor, provider of USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) controllers, have announced a joint reference design for a 27W, Class A charger that is one of the industry’s first chargers to support Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 specification for the...
Schottky Diodes series delivers superior performance
The SDT series of Schottky diodes introduced by Diodes Incorporated delivers superior performance at similar or lower cost to planar-type Schottky diodes, using an advanced deep-trench process.
Micro-power voltage detector monitors power supplies
Designed to support the supervisory circuits of microprocessors and microcontrollers, the APX803L micro-power voltage detector introduced by Diodes Incorporated allows accurate monitoring of voltage levels and will generate a reset signal whenever a supply rail falls below a defined threshold.