Innovative Silicon, developer of the Z-RAM zero-capacitor floating body memory (FB) technology, announced that Dr. Wolfgang Mueller has joined ISi as director, device engineering and process integration. Mueller, a 30-year industry veteran, has spearheaded a number of memory innovations including th...

Recom created an 20W to 50W power range DC/DC converter. PowerlinePlus converters have a case temperature operating range of -45°C to +120°C, built-in Class B EMC filters and fully protected outputs. The PowerlinePlus Converter Series consists of six module offerings:

• RPP20-S_D. This serie...

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Analog Devices has expanded its lighting management system product lineup with the ADP8860 white LED backlight driver. Featuring a parallel configuration, the single-chip can control up to seven LEDs – six at 30 milliamps (mA) maximum and one at 60 mA – offering dimming and fade-in/fade-out capabili...

Sharp is expanding its LED portfolio by eight white light “high color rendering“ SMD LEDs in the frequently used PLCC2 package. The CRI value of 80 is reached by a combination of a blue LED die covered with a special mixture of green and red phosphor. The chip LEDs of the GM5SAExxP0A series, the so ...

STMicroelectronics has introduced TRIACs with 10mA gate sensitivity to be specified for operation up to 150 degrees C without derating. The devices introduced are the T410H rated for maximum current of 4A, the 6A T610H, 8A T810H and 10A T1010H. Their gate current of 10mA allows direct logic-level sw...

In the 1st quarter 2009/2010 the distributor Premier Farnell achieved sales of 204.3 million GBP (approximately 240.7 million Euro) which is 2.5% above the figures for the first quarter 2008/2009. The profit after taxes was 6.1 m GBP (approximately: 7.2 million Euro). This was 17.8 million GBP in Q1...

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, and IAR Systems have entered into an agreement for the distribution of IAR Systems development tools for embedded systems. IAR Systems products stocked by Digi-Key include: IAR Embedded Workbench – a set of highly sophisticated and easy-to-use ...