Measuring chip temperature without additional sensors
16 June, 2010 by Dr Uwe Scheuermann, manager product reliability, SemikronStress induced by thermal cycles causes power electronic systems to have a finite service life. To estimate this service lifetime, accurate information on the thermal profile in the chips under the given operating conditions is required.
Texas Instruments coin cell demo for Bluetooth low-energy standard
10 February, 2010 byTexas Instruments has released the claimed world’s first coin cell demo for the Bluetooth low-energy open standard based on the company’s upcoming CC2540 singlemode system-on-chip.
Access I/O PCI-DIO-96C3 digital input/output card
16 November, 2009 byInterworld Electronics has released the PCI-DIO-96C3 from Access I/O, a 96-line digital input/output card with counter/timer capabilities for use in high I/O density applications.
microETXexpress-DC computer-on-module
13 November, 2009 byKontron’s microETXexpress-DC computer-on-module is equipped with the Atom processor N270 (1.6 GHz) with hyperthreading, Intel 945GSE and Intel ICH7M chipset and Kontron’s S5 Eco State.
Vehicle driver IC
11 November, 2009 byInternational Rectifier has introduced the AUIRS2016S for motor vehicle gate drive applications, including common injection rails, diesel and petrol direct injection applications and solenoid drivers.
Magnetic rotary IC
10 November, 2009 byaustriamicrosystems has introduced the AS5215 dual die, high-precision analog sine and cosine output magnetic encoder IC which targets redundant motion sensing solutions for motor vehicle microcontroller-based systems.
Data gateway
20 October, 2009 byTelit has introduced the GG863-SR, an all-in-one gateway focusing on data transmission in smart metering systems, home and industrial automation, security, healthcare, urban and landscape applications.
Energy gateway
20 October, 2009 byDigi International has introduced a smart energy product family, including what is claimed to be the industry’s first ZigBee smart energy-ready modules and certified energy service portal gateways built on these modules.
Advantech PCM-3761I digital input card
16 October, 2009Advantech has introduced the PCM-3761I, a form C type, 8-channel relay and 8-channel isolated digital input PCI-104 card for machine and production automation.
Navigation system
17 September, 2009 byRenesas has announced the SH77722 (SH-NaviJ2) as the second-phase product in the SH-NaviJ series, which are system on chip (SoC) products for compact portable navigation systems and low-end to middle-range dashboard-mounted car navigation systems.
Dual MOSFET combo
17 September, 2009 byDiodes has released a complementary pair of 100 V enhancement mode MOSFETs into an SO8 package, claiming to achieve the same performance of much larger individually packaged parts.
Green laser chips
17 September, 2009 byCrystal Technology has launched PPLN (periodically poled lithium niobate) chips for the generation of green laser light from a conventional semiconductor laser source.
Integrated IGBT driver
17 August, 2009 byMornsun has launched the hybrid integrated IGBT driver QP12W05S-37 for high-precision and high-frequency applications.
Pre-amp chip
17 August, 2009 byDiodes has introduced an eight-channel DAC and pre-amplifier chip for designers of audio video receivers and add-on sound cards.
Amplifier driver
28 July, 2009International Rectifier has introduced the IRS2093 driver IC for Class D audio applications from 50-150 W including home theatre systems and car audio amplifiers.
