Archive : January 2008 год

STMicroelectronics announced a 24-bit audio DAC (digital to analog converter) that is intended for the mobile music market and provides 103dB signal-to-noise ratio through the whole audio path, while also embedding the company's PTETM Playback Time Extender processing scheme to minimize power consumption. The single-chip STw5210 audio solution...

Keithley Instruments announces the release of its 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide. This handy product guide offers details and specifications on Keithley's general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching, RF switching and measurement, data acquisition solutions, semiconductor test systems, and optoelectronics t...

Vishay launched a Schottky Diode Gen 5.0 silicon platform with 8 new devices. Featuring submicron trench technology, the family offers a maximum junction temperature of +175°C, making them suitable for automotive and other high-temperature applications. The devices are offered in small RoHS-compliant packages, with a reverse biased safe opera...

Xilinx announced availability of the XtremeDSP tools package along with the availability of a XtremeDSP development kit based on the Virtex-5 SXT FPGA platform. The new bundle and kit offerings include new package pricing that makes it easier for algorithm and system developers who use MATLAB to create high-performance DSP systems using Xilinx FPGA...

STMicroelectronics announced a series of digital-output temperature sensors, operating over the -55 to +125 degrees C temperature range. The STxx75 devices are software-compatible drop-in replacements for industry-standard LM75, DS75 and TCN75A parts, and also complement ST’s STLM20 analog temperature sensor, now being used in several mobile...

Kyocera introduced the KVA16 quad EMI filter array, LC distributed constant type component featuring both electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in a single package. The unit, the so-called 1608 type since it measures 1.6 x 0.8 x 0.5 mm (typ.), is a LC filter, approximately half the size compared t...

  In the business year 2007 Cypress had a turnover of 1.6 bn US$ and thus exceeded the results of the previous year by 46,2%. The net profit was 399.2 m US$ compared with of 39.5 m US$ in 2006. The fourth quarter ended with a turnover of 431.2 million US$ and a net profit of 8.0 million US$. In comparison with Q4/2006 this ccorres...

In the business year 2007 LSI Logic achieved a turnover of 2.6 bn US$. The net loss was 2.5 bn US$.  In 2006 a turnover of 1.98 bn US$ was reached with a net profit of 169.6 m US$. The fourth quarter with a turnover of 740.9 million US$ showed a net loss of 140.6 m US$.Source: www.channel-e.biz

With its standard ERU25 series, Epcos offers high-power inductors (HPI) in surface-mount technology with current capabilities of up to 71 A. Despite its high performance, the component has a footprint of  23.5 x 25.3 mm2. Its insertion heights vary between 8.95 and 12.85 mm, depending on the type. Its inductance values cover the range from 0.4...

Linear Technology announces the LT1912, a 2A, 36V step-down switching regulator packaged in a 3mm x 3mm DFN (or MSOP-10E). The LT1912’s 3.6V to 36V input voltage range makes it usefull for load dump and cold-crank conditions found in automotive applications. Its 3.2A internal switch can deliver up to 2A of continuous output current to voltage...