Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced a family of active diodes which can reduce the 1.2V forward drop of 600V bridge rectifiers. Branded AlphaZBL, the first two parts are: AOZ7200 in SOT-23 for external mosfets (right) AOZ7270 in DFN 5×7 with internal 600V 190mΩ super-junction mosfet (below) “Both products are self-powered from the AC line and do not require external ...
Infineon has used a silicon-on-insulator process to create a pair of fast 650V half-bridge drivers on small-outline packages for its EiceDriver portfolio. 2ED2110 (images below) is a ±2.5A driver in 16pin DSO-16W packaging 2ED2101 (and ..03, ..04, image above) are +290mA -700mA drivers in 8pin DSO-8 packaging The company emphasises transient immunity for all devices: They have “as excellent ruggedness ...
Diodes has entered the precision low-voltage low-power op-amp fray with a dual-channel 8μV(typ) input offset voltage device consuming 12μA quiescent per amplifier. AS2333, as it will be known, uses chopper stabilisation which reduces drift over time and temperature. Update: Diodes automotive-qualified this part in 2022 Operation is across 1.8V to 5.5V and -40°C to +125°C, and it has rail-to-rail inputs (100mV ...
The latest report from DMASS shows a downturn in the European semiconductor business across Europe in Q2 and directly links the fall of over 20% to the effects of the global pandemic and ensuing lockdown. The report records a fall in sales of 20.7% to €1.82bn in Q2 compared to the first three months of 2020. The fall was feared ...
STMicroelectronics has introduced fast-starting intelligent power switches for safety-instrumented systems. They are designed to meet IEC 61131-2. “With power-on delay time of less than 60µs, the IPS160HF and IPS161HF satisfy standardised requirements for interface types C and D in Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Class 3 applications,” according to the company. They will drive complex resistive, capacitive and inductive loads with one side ...
A veteran of 31 years in the Analogue Integrated Circuit industry, Ash Madni takes a personal look at how rapidly the electronics have evolved over his career from 1985 with 3GHz Bipolar technology to 300GHz FDSOI...
ULVAC is shipping PZT piezoelectric thin-film sputtering equipment which advances the development of MEMS devices.
At Hifideluxe in Munich next month, Rohm will be pre-viewing an audio DAC claimed to have a 131.6dB signal-to-noise ratio. Called BD34301EKV it is a 32bit, two channel ΣΔ converter with -115dB THD+N, taking inputs as 2.8 / 5.6 / 11.2 / 22.4MHz DSD or 32kHz to 768kHz PCM (pulse-code modulation) – DSD is direct stream digital, a Sony-Philips pulse-density ...
Microchip is aiming at factory automation with a ‘zero-drift’ operational amplifier that will run from 45V and includes on-chip EMI (electromagnetic interference) filters. Called MCP6V51, it has a gain-bandwidth product of 2MHz and a self-correcting architecture that provides a maximum offset of ±15µV and ±36nV/°C maximum offset drift. Operating range is 4.5V to 45V, with a maximum quiescent current of ...
Analogue capability and security functions in the Renesas Synergy S1JA microcontroller, target sensor signal acquisition and conditioning to simplify industrial instrumentation, multi-sensory systems and single-phase electrical meters, says RS Components. The low power microcontroller is based on a 48MHz Arm Cortex-M23 processor core with 256kb code flash and 32kb SRAM. There is also an integrated 16-bit ADC, 24-bit sigma-delta ADC, 12-bit DAC, op amps, ...
