Designed for automotive audio applications, Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced a 49W-per-channel power amplifier IC. The four-channel TCB501HQ provides high output power and low distortion and detects output offset voltage.

Toshiba and Western Digital have just celebrated the opening of the New Fab 2 semiconductor fabrication facility located in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan which is designed to support the conversion of the companies’ 2D NAND capacity to 3D flash memory, allowing realisation of solutions offering higher densities and better device performance.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced three ICs that support BLE version 4.1 communications, the TC35678FSG, TC35678FXG and TC35679FSG. Achieving class-leading low current consumption, the ICs are suited for use in Bluetooth Smart devices including wearable technology, medical equipment, smartphone accessories, remote controls and a wide variety of emerging IoT solutions.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced two digital output isolation amplifiers for current and voltage sensing in power converters. The TLP7830 and TLP7930 achieve high accuracy through the inclusion of a delta sigma ADC. A choice of two package types are available: TLP7930 is supplied in an industry-standard DIP8 package and the TLP7830 is available in a compact SO8L package, which takes up 30% less board space and features a 40% lower profile...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a range of entry-level USB 3.0 flash memory drives to address the growing need to transfer and backup data easily, reliably and cost-effectively. Launched under the established TransMemory brand, the stylish U303 ‘it’s mini!’ range transfer content twice as fast as USB 2.0 alternatives and are available with capacities of 16, 32 and 64GB.

Featuring on-resistance ratings down to just 63mΩ, three single-chip load switch ICs have been introduced by Toshiba Electronics Europe. The TCK106AF, TCK107AF and TCK108AF integrate high performance chips in an industry-standard SOT-25 package and offer low typical quiescent currents of 110nA with low loss, low standby current and high performance switching characteristics.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the immediate availability of PCI Express and DDR3 SDRAM IP subsystems developed in conjunction with Northwest Logic, a leading provider of high-performance, easy-to-use, silicon-proven PCI Express and Memory Interface IP cores. These subsystems are available on custom LSI platforms, including ASIC and FFSA.

Toshiba has developed a fast, cable-free contactless charger for EV, and will field test it on a medium-sized EV bus designed to handle the power demands of regular high-speed journeys on expressways. Field tests will start from June 1st and continue until December. The 45-seat bus is powered by a long-life, high-output SCiB, Toshiba's advanced lithium-ion rechargeable battery, and will make regular trips between All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. ...

Expanding its range of H-bridge driver ICs for brushed DC and stepper motors, Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the TC78H620FNG, which is suited to battery-powered mobile devices - such as fans and small printers - and home appliances. The IC adopts a four-port interface control technique using the PHASE and ENABLE signals.

Toshiba Electronics Europe is set to announce the development of its next generation of superjunction (SJ) deep trench semiconductor technology for high-efficient power MOSFETs.  Devices based on the DTMOS V process operate with lower EMI noise and reduced on resistance (RDS(ON)) compared to previous DTMOS IV MOSFETs. 

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a new generation of highly efficient transistor arrays, hailed as the industry’s first with a 1.5A sink-output driver. The TBD62064A and TBD62308A series DMOS FET transistor arrays are available in the same package and pin configurations and provide the same functionality as the older TD62xxxA series, while cutting power losses by about 38%.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its High-Voltage Intelligent Power Device (HV-IPD) line-up with a 600V, 5.0A part for PWM control of BLDC motors. The TPD4207F is designed to simplify the implementation of high-efficiency BLDC applications ranging from home appliances to industrial pumps and fans.

  Based on the company’s 2nd gen SiC semiconductor technology, Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) which deliver current densities up to 50% higher than previous-gen devices and can handle significantly higher forward surge currents.

Featuring excellent heat dissipation and low drain-source ON-resistance (typical RDS(ON) of 25mΩ at N-ch VGS=4.5V), two 2-in-1 MOSFETs have been unveiled by Toshiba Electronics Europe. The SSM6L61NU and SSM6N61NU, housed in compact SOT-1118 (UDFN6) packages, are suitable for use as power management switches and DC/DC converters in a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced an opto-isolated IGBT gate pre-driver IC with enhanced protection functions for the in-vehicle inverters of EVs and HEVs. Inverter control is used to drive the motors of electric and hybrid vehicles efficiently. As the control and drive functions have different operating voltages, they must be isolated from each other with a device such as a photocoupler.

Helping save space, reduce power consumption, lower heat dissipation and minimise vibration and acoustic noise in high-speed motion control designs, a bipolar, 2-channel stepping motor driver has been announced by Toshiba Electronics Europe. The TC78S122FNG is rated for a high voltage of 40V and currents of up to 2.0A. Target applications include surveillance cameras, ATMs, office automation equipment, factory automation and home appliances.

  Featuring a power consumption of just 6.78mW (54% lower than a conventional product, such as the TLP2355), Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched two photocouplers for 5Mb/s communication applications.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a range of MCUs based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core. The M3H MCUs are the first Toshiba MCUs to be fabricated with an embedded flash memory process based on the 65nm logic process. Products in this group are well suited for use in a variety of consumer and industrial applications, such as motor control, consumer AV devices and office automation equipment.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a dual picture video processor designed for high resolution automotive displays. The TC90195XBG supports 1920x720 panels at 60fps and 1920x1080 panels at 30fps for navigation, entertainment and driver support systems that are increasingly found in cars.

The line-up of automotive power MOSFETs from Toshiba Electronics has been expanded with the release of the new 40V N-ch housed in the low on-resistance TO-220SM(W) package. The TKR74F04PB is well suited for a variety of high power automotive applications, including DC-DC converters, EPS (Electric Power Steering) and load switches.