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Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the industry’s newest products, has been honoured with Bourns European “Catalogue Distributor of the Year Award” for 2010.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s fastest growing component distributors today revealed that it will announce the company’s latest 2010 sales growth figures at this year’s Electronica trade show in Munich, Germany.

Mouser Electronics, Inc. – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. – today announced the international expansion of its distribution agreement with Avago Technologies, a leading global supplier of an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal, and optoelectronic components and subsystems.

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX16975* automotive-grade, 1.2A step-down converter optimized for operation over a 3.5V to 28V range. To accommodate extreme battery voltage variations in automotive applications, the device tolerates load-dump transients up to 42V and cold-crank excursions down to 3.5V. It can operate in dropout by turning on the integrated 300mΩ high-side FET for the duration of cold-crank or start/...

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX9632/MAX9633 36V, low-noise, precision operational amplifiers with low distortion. The first devices in Maxim’s new line of high-voltage, precision op amps, the MAX9632/MAX9633 are designed using a proprietary high-speed complementary BiCMOS process (CB5HV). This high-voltage analog process is optimized for excellent AC dynamic performance, ultra-low noise, wide operating voltage range,...

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ - Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announced that it will demonstrate medical, LED, energy-measurement, powerline communications, and automotive solutions at electronica 2010. Medical demos will include infusion pumps, blood glucose meters, and ultrasound imaging. LED demos include high-brightness (HB) LED lamp solutions incorporating Maxim’s LED drivers that are based on proprietary active-PFC architec...

Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) today announced a high-density Axcell™ NOR flash memory device for automotive applications, strengthening its already broad portfolio of leading products and technologies for the automotive market. Thanks to the most advanced NOR flash process technology in the device, makers of infotainment, in-car computing and other automotive electronics are provided with higher capacity storage solutions.

U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of ferroelectric-based low-power semiconductor products and austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, today announced the availability of the MaxArias Wireless Memory kit for evaluating third-generation, data-rich automatic identification applications. Ramtron’s MaxArias Wir...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of the industry’s brightest, highest-performance lighting-class LEDs. With breakthrough light output and efficacy, Cree XLamp® XM-L LEDs are designed for very-high-lumen applications, such as high-bay or roadway lighting.

Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has announced that its 2mm Datamate hi-rel connector family is now available with single-piece, machined metal backshells that provide electrical screening against RFI and EMI interference. Datamate S-Tek is industry’s lowest cost, shielded hi-rel connector, and its launch means that Datamate, well-proven in harsh environments, can now be considered for I/O applications a...