Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its family of miniature photocouplers with a new device. The TLP2066 photocoupler is dedicated for applications requiring a combination of isolation, high speed data transfer and low power operation. Target applications will include logic systems in plasma pan...

Linear Technology introduces the LTC4443/-1, a synchronous MOSFET driver designed to drive upper and lower power N-Channel MOSFETs in synchronous rectified converter topologies. This driver, combined with power MOSFETs and one of Linear Technology’s many DC/DC controllers, forms a complete synchrono...

STMicroelectronics announced a serial EEPROM portfolio from 2 Kbit to 128 Kbit in both I2C and SPI versions, with all family devices benefiting from space-saving Micro Leadframe (MLP) package technology. Three new devices are in the 2 x 3 x 0.6mm MLP8 package. The M95128 is the first 128-Kbit SPI de...

In February, the British Distributor Premier Farnel closed off its business year 2007/2008 with a turnover of 744.7 m GBP (approximately 954 m Euro). This is an increase over the previous year of 3%. The profit before taxes is 71.2 million GBP (approximately 91 million Euro). Compared to 2006/2007 t...

Actel has named Eric van der Heijden as its new senior sales director for Europe. Van der Heijden comes from Semtech, where he served as sales director for Europe. Before joining Semtech, he held various sales management positions within OEMs and distribution companies, including Cypress, Motorola, ...

The German X-FAB Silicon Foundries Group announced its financial results for 2007, recording a sales increase of approximately 66 percent year over year. Sales revenue for 2007 was USD 409.9 million (EUR 299.3 million) compared to USD 246.7 million (EUR 196.6 million) the previous year. X-FAB Dresde...

Maxim introduces the MAX2117 zero-IF (ZIF) tuner for UHF-band MMDS applications. This device receives QPSK signals in the 470MHz to 1000MHz range and downconverts them to baseband for demodulation. Specifically designed for China's UHF-band MMDS systems, the MAX2117 is compatible with most DVB-S dem...