Linear Technology announces the LT3798, an isolated flyback controller with single stage active power factor correction (PFC). A power factor of greater than 0.97 is accomplished by actively modulating the input current, eliminating the need for an extra switching power stage and associated componen...

Cypress Semiconductor announced the CY8CKIT-025 Development Kit for its PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architectures. The kit highlights PSoC’s 8- to 20-Bit Delta-Sigma ADC with an internal voltage reference of +- 0.1%, a sampling rate of up to 384 ksps, and up to 18-bit effective num...

Altera announced it has started shipping its 28-nm Arria V FPGAs. The devices are available with 10.3125-Gbps transceiver technology. The Arria V devices are the second family to ship from the company’s 28-nm product portfolio following the shipment of its Stratix V family in early 2011. The family...

Infineon Technologies introduced automotive qualified 100 percent lead-free power MOSFETs for TO package types. The 40V OptiMOS T2 power MOSFETs are based on Infineon’s thin wafer process technology. The company uses a diffusion soldering die attach approach to produce the lead-free packages that in...

Avago Technologies reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011. The fourth quarter net revenue (GAAP) was a record $623 million, an increase of 3 percent compared with the previous quarter, and up 9 percent from the same quarter last year. Net income was $154 million. Thi...

This year the German semiconductor market will grow by 8 % to more than 11 Billion Euro. In 2010 the German semiconductor market grew by 47.6% to more than 10.3 Billion Euro. The European market will show no growth in 2011. Worldwide, the turnover will rise by approximately 1.3 % to more than 300 Bi...

Analog Devices announced that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD, Inc. As one of the distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI’s RF ICs along with the company’s full range of analog, mixed-signal and ...