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Infineon Introduces CoolMOS C7
Infineon Technologies expands its High Voltage portfolio with CoolMOS C7, introducing a new 650V Superjunction MOSFET technology. The new C7 product family provides Best-in-Class R DS(on) for all standard packages and - thanks to its low switching losses - efficiency improvements over the full load range.
Mouser First to Stock Fairchild FOD8160 Logic Gate Optocoupler
Mouser Electronics, Inc. now stocks the new Fairchild FOD8160 logic gate Optocoupler that is ideal for energy generation and distribution, industrial motor, and uninterruptible power supply applications. The FOD8160 high-speed optocoupler supports isolated communications to allow digital signals to communicate between systems without conducting ground loops or hazardous voltages.
Microsemi Selects Intel Corporation Foundry Services for the Development of Digital Integrated Circuits
Microsemi today announced it is leveraging Intel’s industry-leading, onshore foundry technology for the development of advanced high-performance digital integrated circuits and system-on-chip solutions using Intel’s revolutionary 22 nanometer 3-D Tri-Gate transistor technology.
The Limiting Factor
An article from ES Design magazine providing a simple but innovative solution to adding current limiting to a voltage converter. By Matthias Ulmann, Reference Design Engineer worked in the EMEA Design Services Group at Texas Instruments.
Preying On The Vulnerable
Why Simple and Differential Power Analysis (SPA and DPA) pose a serious security threat for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and System-on-Chips (SoCs) that employ cryptography. Read this article from ES Design magazine by Richard Newell, Senior Principal Product Architect, SoC Products Group, with Microsemi Corporation & Dr. Pankaj Rohatgi, Technical Director, Hardware Security Solutions, at Cryptography Research.
PCIM Europe: SiC Hybrid Power Module Rated at 1700V, 1200A
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced a hybrid N-channel IEGT (Injection-Enhanced Gate Transistor) module that features an embedded silicon carbide (SiC) fast recovery diode (FRD). The high-efficiency PMI (Plastic case Module IEGT) will help designers to save energy, space and weight in high-power switching, inverter and motor control applications.
The Threat Of Instability
Addressing one of the most difficult reliability challenges facing the semiconductor manufacturing community today. By Christopher L. Henderson, President of Semitracks Inc,. This ES Design magazine article is based on a white paper, with editorial contributions by Peter J. Hulbert and David W. Rose of Keithley Instruments.
ROHM Semiconductor To Present Brand New Designs At PCIM 2013
ROHM Semiconductor will present its latest products and technologies at PCIM, the leading trade fair for power electronics in Nuremberg, from May 14 to 16 (Hall 9, Booth 211). The novelties offer beneficial characteristics resulting from latest material research, packaging and process know-how. They address the ever increasing demand for ultra-low energy consumption, miniaturization, reliability, reduced component count and costs while providing ...
Silicon Labs Digital Isolation Solution Enhances Long-Term Reliability Of Motor Controls
Silicon Labs today introduced the industry’s first digital CMOS-based drop-in replacement solution for optocoupler-isolated gate drivers (opto-drivers). Supporting up to 5 kV isolation ratings and up to 10 kV surge protection, the new Si826x isolated gate drivers provide an ideal configuration, package and footprint fit for a wide range of opto-drivers used in high-power motor control, industrial drives, solar power and EV/HEV inverters, and sw...
Power Transistor Sales Resume Climb After 2012 Setback
After strong gains in 2010 and 2011, power transistor sales fell more than 8% in 2012 to $12.3 billion primarily due to weak economic growth and high levels of uncertainty, which caused equipment makers to rein in semiconductor purchases, according to IC Insights’ new 2013 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes.