Semtech today announced the SX864x platform of capacitive sensing ICs that come in 8- and 12-channel models and feature integrated LED drivers. This platform supports a wide range of button, slider and touch wheel capacitive sensor designs that are increasingly found in white goods, mobile phones, media players, notebooks/netbooks and other consumer electronics.

Semtech Corp today announced the SX8650, an ultra-low power 4-wire resistive touchscreen controller with enhanced ±15kV electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. The SX8650 is the first in a new platform of touchscreen controllers and is optimized for power (23uA), size (1.46mm x 1.96mm), and ESD protection. These features make it the most application-specific resistive touchscreen controller on the market for such applications as mobile phone...

Semtech Corp today announced the SX8650, an ultra-low power 4-wire resistive touchscreen controller with enhanced ±15kV electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. The SX8650 is the first in a new platform of touchscreen controllers and is optimized for power (23uA), size (1.46mm x 1.96mm), and ESD protection. These features make it the most application-specific resistive touchscreen controller on the market for such applications as mobile phone...

Semtech Corp has announced the uClamp2501T and uClamp2511T, 2.5V single-line MicroClamp transient voltage suppression (TVS) devices. These TVS devices are targeted at the one of the fastest growing mobile phone markets - multimedia smart phones with touchscreens, docking ports, memory slots and other interfaces that open the possibility of potential damage from ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD).

Semtech has announced the SC654, SC657 and SC658 LED backlight charge pump drivers for 6, 5, and 4 LEDs, respectively. Optimized for single-cell Li-ion battery applications, each part in this new platform is packaged in ultra-thin (0.6mm max.) 14-pin 2x2mm MLPQ package to provide the industry’s smallest solution in reliable and easy-to-handle plastic packaging.

Semtech has announced three new small form-factor buck DC-DC regulators that provide a compact, high-efficiency solution to demanding point of load applications in a wide range of printer, networking, medical and other systems. The SC4626, SC189 and SC183 are small form factor products that deliver 1 A, 1.5 A and 2 A of load current, respectively, with excellent transient response.

Semtech has announced the SX1212 UHF transceiver and SX1213 UHF receiver, two new devices in the company’s RF solutions platform that boast the industry’s lowest receive current consumption. The SX1212 is a single-chip transceiver that operates in the 300MHz to 510MHz frequency range with a receive current of only 2.5 mA (typ). The SX1213 is a single-chip receiver for the same frequency range and with the same low receive current level. Bot...

Semtech has announced the SX1212 UHF transceiver and SX1213 UHF receiver, two new devices in the company’s RF solutions platform that boast the industry’s lowest receive current consumption. The SX1212 is a single-chip transceiver that operates in the 300MHz to 510MHz frequency range with a receive current of only 2.5 mA (typ). The SX1213 is a single-chip receiver for the same frequency range and with the same low receive current level. Bot...

Semtech has announced the SC414 and SC424, two of the industry’s smallest 6A, 28V point of load voltage regulators, capable of efficiencies up to 96%. The new devices, which are packaged in a 4mm x 4mm QFN package, expand Semtech’s platform of high current point-of-load voltage regulators first introduced with the SC417 and SC427 10A synchronous buck regulators. Benchmark power density for the SC414 and SC424 is achieved through advanced pac...

Semtech has announced two additions to its MICROClamp family of protection devices, the uClamp 0511T and the uClamp 1211T – both of which feature the ultra low profile, low leakage and low capacitance needed for mobile phone and portable designs. Both parts are designed to replace multilayer varistors (MLVs) in portable applications, offering the same small size with improved clamping voltage and protection. The bidirectional uClampxx11T parts...

Semtech has announced the SC824, a linear, triple mode, single-cell lithium-ion battery charger in a ten-lead 2x2mm MLPD package for handheld devices. The SC824 is the newest member of Semtech's platform of miniaturized battery chargers. It has unique 30V input voltage protection with 9.6V maximum input over-voltage protection (OVP) threshold.

Semtech has announced the RClamp0524S, the first circuit protection device with an advanced split-pad transient voltage suppression architecture designed to protect Power Over Ethernet (POE) interfaces from electrical surges and transients.

Semtech Corp has announced the SX1211, a UHF radio frequency transceiver with the industry’s lowest receiver (RX) current consumption (<3mA), significantly increasing battery life in wireless sensor network applications. The SX1211 is optimized for asynchronous sensor network designs in the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) frequency bands (868-870 MHz and 902-928 MHz) where low RX power consumption is critical to batte...

Semtech Corp has announced the SC4509, the newest product addition to its handheld power management portfolio. The SC4509 is a step-up converter for white LED backlight applications with an integrated Schottky diode in a 2 x 2 x 0.8mm package. The SC4509 can drive up to five white LEDs in series to provide a tiny solution for small LCD displays. The device’s built-in Schottky diode saves board space and reduces costs while still providing eff...

Semtech, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for communications, portable devices, computers, and industrial equipment, today announced the SC560, a family of ultra small, dual-output low dropout (LDO) linear regulators for Lithium-ion battery-powered designs such as mobile phones. The SC560 devices measure 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.6mm (MLPQ-UT-8) and feature a dropout of only 200mV maximum at a current of 200mA per output. The SC56...

Semtech has announced the SC416, a dual-output, synchronous step-down controller with comprehensive features to track start-up and shutdown voltages in notebook computers, portable devices, tablet PCs, and embedded applications. The SC416 requires battery input in the 5V-25V range. The highly accurate outputs are regulated to within 1% of specified levels and are adjustable from 0.75V to 5V, or can be configured with pre-set voltages consisting ...

Semtech has announced the SC196 and SC196A, two new 1.5A DC-DC step-down (buck) regulators. Both devices feature high efficiency due to low quiescent current and power save modes to target the lower voltage levels needed for next-generation portable device designs. The SC196 uses external feedback to allow the output voltage to be set anywhere between 1.0V and the input voltage for ultimate design flexibility. The SC196A uses two programming pins...

Semtech Corp has announced the EClamp239xP, the newest addition to Semtech’s EMIClampTM protection portfolio. The EClamp239xP is a series of inductor-capacitor (L-C) protection devices featuring greater attenuation, steeper amplitude roll-off, and lower clamping voltage needed for high-performance color LCD interfaces in GSM and CDMA-based 3G handsets. The EClamp239xP series includes the four-line EClamp2394P, the six-line EClamp2396P and the ...

Semtech has announced two new additions to its RailClamp family of low capacitance protection devices that provide system designers a new option for adding critical power protection to high-speed lines without the high clamping voltage and high capacitance limitations of competing solutions. RClamp1502B and RClamp2402B are designed with an ultra-low capacitance of 0.6pF to protect high-speed data lines without signal attenuation. The devices al...

Semtech has announced it will work with prominent frequency control products vendor Rakon Limited (Auckland, New Zealand, NZX:RAK) to develop IEEE 1588 Version 2 (V2)-based timing solutions. Employing Semtech’s advanced timing platform and Rakon’s oscillator technology, these solutions will deliver consistent, cost-effective, timing synchronization for next-generation packet switched network equipment.