Semiconductors


High-linearity variable-gain amplifier provides 30dB of gain

RFMW now supplies the Qorvo TQC9074, a high dynamic range analog-controlled variable-gain amplifier (VGA) operating from 0.7 to 2.8GHz. The device combines a gain block, voltage variable attenuator and 0.5W linear amplifier in a 5mm x 5m

RFMW | 12-08-2015

Reinforced isolated IGBT gate driver with high CMTI and Miller clamp

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The ISO5851 from Texas Instruments (TI) is a 5.7kVrms, reinforced isolated gate driver for IGBTs and MOSFETs with 2.5A source and 5A sink current. The input side operates from a single 3V to

Texas Instruments | 11-08-2015

Low-power microcontrollers featuring the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ processor and ISM tx

Featuring the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ processor and an integrated ultra-low power 2.4GHz ISM band transceiver, Atmel's SMART SAM R21 low-power microcontrollers re now available from Farnell element14. The devices are available in 32- and

Farnell element14 | 11-08-2015

Highest-performance most cost-effective packet network synchronizer clock

Announced as the industry’s highest-performance, most cost-effective packet network synchronizer clock, the new Si5348 clock IC has been unveiled by Silicon Labs. The device combines best-in-class jitter performance with the industry’s sma

Silicon Labs | 11-08-2015

Controller provides multi-touch coordinates and a multi-finger surface gesture suite

Providing multi-touch coordinates and a ready-made multi-finger surface gesture suite, Microchip Technology's MTCH6303 projected capacitive touch controller is now available from Mouser stock. The MTCH6303 brings modern user interface

Mouser Electronics | 11-08-2015

Smart automatic / manual 3A two-channel power ORing switches

Mouser now stocks Micrel's MIC1344 Smart 3A two-channel power ORing switches. The advanced two input, one output, hot swappable power multiplexers have both automatic and manual input selections (ENA and ENB) and four status outputs.

Mouser Electronics | 11-08-2015

Wideband 2GHz - 14GHz mixer with integrated LO frequency doubler

A new double-balanced mixer that can operate either as an up-converter or down-converter, with a very wide RF frequency range from 2GHz to 14GHz, the LTC5549 has been unveiled by linear technology. The device offers exceptionally high li

Linear | 11-08-2015

Extra high-performance MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 core

Farnell element14 now stocks the ST Microelectronics STM32F7 series of very high-performance MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 core. The series takes advantage of the ART Accelerator as well as an L1 cache to deliver the maximum theoretical performa

Farnell element14 | 10-08-2015

Analog front end with ADC driver is designed to interface directly with current-mode sensors

Designed to interface directly with current-mode sensors, Mouser now stocks the Analog Devices ADA4350 analog front end (AFE) with ADC driver. The device interfaces with sensors such as photodetectors and high output impedance voltage s

Mouser Electronics | 10-08-2015

Industry's fastest NOR Flash memory product line expanded

Cypress Semiconductor has announced the expansion of its NOR HyperFlash product line with the qualification of a new 256Mb memory. The 3V S26KL256S HyperFlash device is the latest addition to the industry’s first flash memory family that

Cypress | 10-08-2015

Latest asynchronous SRAM technology mitigates the effects of soft errors

Cypress CY62 series asynchronous SRAMs, the company's latest generation devices, are now available from Mouser stock. They integrate single-bit error correction capability and bit-interleaving techniques to mitigate the effects of soft

Mouser Electronics | 07-08-2015

Integrated modulator driver and limiting amplifier needs no reference clock

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. The Texas Instruments (TI) ONET1130EC is a 2.5V integrated modulator driver and limiting amplifier with transmit and receive clock and data recovery (CDR) designed to operate between 9.8Gbps

Texas Instruments | 06-08-2015

Dual 16-bit TxDAC+ permits multicarrier generation up to Nyquist frequency

Mouser now stocks the Analog Devices AD9152, a dual, 16-Bit TxDAC+ digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a maximum sample rate of 2.25GSPS permits a multicarrier generation up to the Nyquist frequency. The AD9152's DAC outputs are opt

Mouser Electronics | 06-08-2015

Reinforced isolated modulator with LDO regulator and LVDS interface

This post is sponsored by Texas Instruments. New from Texas Instruments, the AMC1304 is a precision, delta-sigma (?S) modulator with the output separated from the input circuitry by a capacitive double isolation barrier that is highly

Texas Instruments | 05-08-2015

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