Epcos has developed a new series of SAW filters for digital satellite radio systems and receivers for home, vehicle and portable use. The B170 series of IF bandpass filters in a ceramic SMD package ar...

Cadence Design Systems announced the Cadence RF (Radio Frequency) Design Methodology Kit, targeted to address key challenges in wireless design. The Kit leverages the technologies from Cadence for int...

AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has expanded its family of single-chip stepper motor driver and controller ICs with two new devices that incorporate sensorless stall detection. The ICs will improve reliabili...

Epcos has sold its Tantalum Capacitor Business Unit to the US capacitor manufacturer Kemet. The selling price is EUR 86.5 million. EUR 78.5 million will be paid at closing and the remaining EUR 8 mill...

According to the ZVEI – Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie in Germany, the turnover of semiconductors in November was substantially above that of the previous month and achieved, a...

Maxim introduces the MAX16008/MAX16009, 1.5% accurate, quad, window voltage monitors in a thin QFN package. These devices are monitoring multiple supply voltages and activating a fault signal when any...

STMicroelectronics has announced a current-mode primary controller IC designed to build single-ended switching power converters. The L6668 has an interface with the PFC controller that enables pr...