According to the ZVEI-Association of Electronic Components and Systems, the sales of semiconductors in October on a Dollar basis were 5 percent below that of the previous month. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the sales in October sank by 7 percent. Cumulated over the first...

Siemens Division Industry Automation has added a PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) nose cone as an option to the non-contacting ST-H ultrasonic level transducer for liquids. This new material type improves the chemical compatibility of the ST-H transducer, offering more options for wet well, chemical s...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 2.4 percent in October to $22.5 billion compared to sales of $23.0 billion in October 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported. October sales were 2.1 percent lower than the $23.0 billion in September 2008. Sales for the first ten mont...

Maxim introduces the DS2710, a stand-alone, NiMH charger IC with alkaline-cell detection. The charger IC to incorporate fast-charge control and alkaline-cell detection. Eliminating the need for circuit design or microcontroller programming, this device offers a single-chip charger solution that prot...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT3672, an integrated, single-cell Lithium-ion (Li-on)/polymer battery charger and system management IC. Using a three-switch architecture, the dual path device enables simultaneous battery charging and system load management. It automatically reroutes power from the...

CML Microcircuits unveils an evaluation kit (EvKit), for their CMX993 RF quadrature modulator IC. The CMX993 is an integrated, general purpose, RF quadrature modulator, offering 100MHz to 1GHz operation. The EV9930 EvKit provides a platform for the evaluation of this device. The design engineer can ...

Avnet Electronics Marketing, Texas Instruments and Xilinx have launched an eight-part, weekly video series emphasizing power supply design techniques for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The Analog eLab video series features engineering subject matter experts from Avnet, TI and Xilinx, discus...