Summit Microelectronics has announced the first product in a family of Programmable Li-Ion Charger IC's. It was specially designed to operate with the Universal Serial Bus and other current-limited power sources for single cell Li-Ion and Li-Polymer battery charging. The SMB135 eliminates power cabl...

C&D Technologies has announced a 1U high front-end power supply. The D1U-W-1200-12-HC boasts 91% efficiency and delivers up to 1200W (220VAC), 900W (110VAC) from its 12V main output. The power supply is available with standby output voltages of either 3.3V or 5V. Key features of the unit’s specifica...

Intersil has introduced a series of industry standard pinout supervisors with watchdog timer, power-fail comparator, manual reset, and/or adjustable power-on reset for use in portable and battery-powered equipment, notebooks, desktops, communications systems, intelligent instruments and other power-...

By combining some of supervisory features together with low power consumption and high threshold accuracy, a family of voltage monitoring supervisors from Intersil addresses the needs of designers who want to ensure the reliability of their systems without compromising features, performance or cost....

Supports Either AC Adapter or USB Charging Advanced

Combining complementary NPN and PNP transistors in the SOT236 package, the ZXTC2045E6 from Zetex Semiconductors produces the drive requirement needed to switch high power MOSFETs and IGBTs in power supply designs. Supporting a peak pulsed current of up to 5A, the bipolars ensure faster charge and di...

Panasonic has developed Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) rechargeable batteries with its Solid Solution (PSS) technology. The 3.6-V models have a typical capacity of up to 2,450 mAh and are used in portable devices of all kinds. The prismatic type, for example, is dedicated for PDAs, portable POS terminals, mea...