Technology Articles

2012-06 Power United Chemi-Con

[6월 6 2012] U-blox and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have jointly announced: The u-blox 7 Global Positioning System/Global Navigation Satellite System on Chip (GPS/GNSS SoC), based on GLOBALFOUNDRIES 'advanced 65nm low-power Enhanced (LPe) RF process technology platform, is now available. Eric De Mey, Vice President of Integrated Circuits at u blox, said: "U-Blox is always looking for robust and reliable partners to suppo ...

2012-06 Power Molex

[6월 5 2012] Molex Corporation has announced that its Brad HarshIO PROFINET I/O module is now PNO (PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation) certified to the Industrial Ethernet (PROFINET) specification, meeting all requirements for conformance Class B. Molex's recently launched Brad HarshIO module with Fast Start-Up (FSU) technology provides a reliable solution for connecting industrial controllers to I/O devices for a v ...

2012-06 Connectors Microsemi

[6월 4 2012] Microsemi Corporation announced the expansion of its RF power product line with the introduction of the DRF1400 power MOSFETs. The product is ideal for use in RF generators in a wide range of industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) sectors, such as plasma generation for semiconductor, LCD and solar cell manufacturing, as well as CO2 lasers operating at frequencies up to 30 MHz. The DRF family fr ...

2012-06 Semiconductors NXP

[6월 3 2012] NXP Semiconductors announced a new family of auto-grade power MOSFET devices featuring NXP's Trench 6 technology with extremely low on-resistance (RDSon), extremely high switching performance, and outstanding quality and reliability. NXP's new automotive grade MOSFETs are AEC-Q101 certified and have successfully passed extended life testing at 175˚C temperatures for more than 1,600 hours (perform ...

2012-06 Connectors Renesas Electronics America

[6월 2 2012] Renesas Electronics Corporation and Taiwan Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) announced today that they have signed an agreement to expand their cooperation in microcontroller (MCU) technology to the manufacturing of 40nm embedded flash memory (eFlash) for the production of microcontrollers for next-generation consumer products such as automobiles and home appliances. Renesas has ...

2012-06 Connectors Molex

[6월 1 2012] Molex reintroduces a line of halogen-free, lead-free Micro Serial Attached SCSI (Micro SAS) connector products for 1.8-inch memory. These Micro SAS connectors are now available in an enhanced design that includes dual memory stack sockets, as well as integrated ground planes and pin protection covers for increased reliability in compact storage applications. The Micro SAS connector is a next-gene ...

2012-05 Power Xilinx

[5월 31 2012] Xilinx announced the Kintex-7 FPGA embedded suite, providing a ready-to-use development platform for system designers to quickly and easily integrate programmable systems, enabling processors to control diverse data streams for applications such as video and Ethernet switching, motor control, and medical imaging. As a Xylinx 7 series FPGA, Kintex-7 is highly flexible to different standards, paral ...

2012-05 Connectors TE Connectivity

[5월 30 2012] TE Connectivity is now available for the new compact Economy Power 2.5 (EP2.5) connector family with Terminal lock strips (TPA) and a glow-wire compliant model that complies with the IEC60335-1 (Home and Similar Appliances - Safety) standard. James Dunbar, Global Power and Signal Interconnect product Manager at TE's Home Appliances Business unit, said, "More and more customers are requiring conne ...

2012-05 Connectors SiTIME

[5월 29 2012] SiTime Corporation, an analog semiconductor company committed to fundamentally changing the $600 million clock market with silicon MEMS solutions, Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGas, Kintex-7 FPGas, and Zynq-7000 EPP evaluation kits have adopted SiTime's programmable high-performance MEMS oscillators. Xilinx uses SiTime's SiT9102 differential oscillator as the system clock, while the SiT8102 oscillator is use ...

2012-05 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[5월 28 2012] STMicroelectronics introduces the second generation Near Field Communications (NFC) controller. Together with a rich portfolio of security units, the new IC will accelerate the advent of a new era of secure contactless applications and services for smartphones. Near field communication technology can wirelessly connect mobile devices such as smart phones to various contactless smart cards and dev ...

2012-05 Sensors STMicroelectronics

[5월 27 2012] STMicroelectronics will play an important role in the European Project Distant Speech Interaction for Robust Home Applications (DIRHA). This three-year project aims to investigate and propose solutions to the problems that natural speech human-computer interaction will face in future smart home applications. DIRHA is designed to address the challenges of long-distance speech human-computer intera ...

2012-05 Power Molex

[5월 26 2012] Molex now offers the smallest Molded Interconnect Device (MID) antenna on the market, a 2.4GHz SMD on-ground antenna. This high-performance 2.4GHz SMD antenna was developed using the power and precision of Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) technology, which significantly saves PCB space and does not require PCB distance from the ground. This lightweight antenna weighs only 0.03g and is used for port ...