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Two series of optocouplers with phototriac output in compact DIP-6 and SMD-6 packages have been released by Vishay Intertechnology. Offering high off-state voltage of 800V and static dV/dt of 1000V/μs, the Vishay Semiconductors VOT8026A and VOT8123A deliver high robustness and noise isolation for home appliances and industrial equipment.

Specialist in high-voltage integrated circuits, Power Integrations, has announced the release of a suite of offline switcher ICs incorporating 900V primary MOSFETs. The newly released devices include ICs for high-efficiency isolated flyback power supplies and for simple non-isolated buck converters.

A family of isolated analogue amplifiers, voltage sensors and delta-sigma modulator (DSM) devices have been introduced by Silicon Labs, designed to provide accurate current and voltage measurement with very low drift across temperature, the products are based on Silicon Labs’ robust, third-generation isolation technology.

The demand for standard medical open frame power supplies has increased drastically; provided the supplier can offer the right product range and modifications. More and more customers in the field of medical technology are trying to rejuvenate their products and design whole device families and on a platform basis.

Power Integrations hasannounced theSIC1182KSCALE-iDriver, a high efficiency, single-channel SiC MOSFET gate driver that delivers the highest peak output gate current available without an external boost stage. Devices can be configured to support different gate-drive voltage requirements matching the range of requirements seen in SiC MOSFETs today and include advanced safety features making them both compact and robust.

Texas Instruments has introduced several new isolated gate drivers that provide unparalleled levels of monitoring and protection for high voltage systems. The UCC21710-Q1 and UCC21732-Q1 and UCC21750 enable designers to create smaller, more efficient and higher performing designs in traction inverters, onboard chargers, solar inverters and motor drives.

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics, has introduced two plastic packaged, radiation-tolerant digital isolators that provide the highest isolation protection (2,500VRMS) from high voltage spikes in power supply stages and serial communications interfaces used in low Earth orbit (LEO) Small Satellites (SmallSats).

A series of 1MBd high speed optocouplers featuring an open collector transistor output with Schmitt-Trigger functionality for easy integration into digital systems have been released by Vishay. The VOH1016A series devices provide a low typical turn-on threshold current of 0.65 mA and maximum supply current of 1.0 mA, and are designed for programmable logic controllers, serial data communication and bus systems, and switch mode power supplies.

With tight supplies of widely used power transistors and diodes driving up prices and new optical-imaging applications moving into more systems, the diverse marketplace for optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) is on pace to grow by 11% for the second year in a row in 2018 and set a ninth consecutive record-high level in combine annual revenues worldwide.

Skyworks Solutions has announced that its optocouplers are providing vital connectivity functionality in implantable cardiac defibrillators from a medical device provider. Skyworks’ photovoltaic optocouplers establish the critical link between power supply circuits and control electronics.Skyworks’ family of custom and hermetic optocouplers operate effectively under extreme environmental conditions and serve a diverse set of markets a...