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180W GaN buck dc-dc evaluation board for USB PD

Steve Bush — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:14:36 +0000

With USB Power Delivery in mind, EPC has designed a 180W GaN dc-dc converter evaluation board. Its two-phase power section occupies only 24 x 24mm, using both sides of the ...

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22V stereo Class-D audio amplifier quiescent at 6mW

Steve Bush — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:42:56 +0000

Analog Devices has created a pair of 22V stereo Class-D audio amplifier that idle at 6mA and shut-down to microamps. MAX98415A and MAX98425A are similar, and both including envelope tracking ...

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Silanna signs Astute for Europe and India

Caroline Hayes — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:59:08 +0000

Astute Group has signed a distribution agreement with Silanna Semiconductor to distribute its Plural ADCs in Europe and India. According to Astute, Plural ADCs offer a more affordable and versatile ...

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1% current sense amplifier ICs for high or low-side measurement

Steve Bush — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:37:40 +0000

Rohm has created a set of six current sense amplifiers with AEC-Q100 qualification for automotive use. They work with external shunt resistors, and there are two basic types: one (BD1423xFVJ-C) ...

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Octal 12V 260mA low-side driver protected to ASIL-B

Steve Bush — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:28:40 +0000

STMicroelectronics has made an eight-channel low-side driver for vehicles with extra functional safety hardware that “eases system-level ISO 26262 certification up to ASIL-B”, said the company. The nominal ratings of ...

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64Gtransfer/s PAM4 signal booster for extending PCIe 6.0 range

Steve Bush — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:08:10 +0000

Diodes has introduced a 64Gtransfer/s PAM-4 intra-equipment range extender for PCIe 6.0 data busses, that is backwards-compatible with PCIe 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0. PI3EQX64904 is a four-differential-channel linear device with ...

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Tiny inductor-inclusive nano-power dc-dc IC

Steve Bush — Fri, 30 May 2025 10:54:40 +0000

Torex Semiconductor has created a nano-power dc-dc converter that can occupy only 7.7 x 3.1mm with all external capacitors – the necessary inductor is inside the device package. Called XCL108 ...

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Lidar laser driver charges and fires up to 1kW

Steve Bush — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:27:38 +0000

Silanna Semiconductor has created a laser driver IC that can squeeze a 400W quad EEL (edge-emitting laser) module into 80mm2. SL2001 comes in a 14ball 1 x 3.5mm WLCSP (wafer-level ...

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110V 1A power op-amp has digital control

Steve Bush — Tue, 20 May 2025 15:52:39 +0000

Analog Devices has created a fast power op-amp that can handle ±55V rails and ±1A outputs, with a digital control bus for setting internal parameters. Called ADHV4710, the output can ...

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PCIM: Automotive LLC controller

Steve Bush — Thu, 08 May 2025 14:15:43 +0000

At PCIM in Nuremberg this week, Texas Instruments announced an automotive-qualified LLC controller for light electric vehicle charging, and demonstrated it in a three-stage ac-dc battery charger for electric two-wheelers. ...

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