
‘Passive Component’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release Dates announced for National Electronics Week from National Electronics Week, which we summarised at the time by saying "NEW Events has announced that National Electronics Week 2011 is taking place from 12-13 April at the NEC Pavilion in Birmingham. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release International Rectifier offers automotive MOSFETs from International Rectifier: "International Rectifier has expanded its offering of 40 to 100V automotive-qualified MOSFETs, including a range of logic level devices. ".
In December 2010, we covered the news from Texas Instruments - take a look at Power-management controller for standard MOSFETs which says: "Texas Instruments has introduced a power-management controller and driver for standard and logic-level N-channel MOSFETs used for low-voltage, secondary-side synchronous rectification. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Maxim Integrated Products, VGA for wireless infrastructure transceivers, as well as Two-channel ADC for energy-harvesting sensors from Maxim Integrated Products, and TPS54618 for DSP- and FPGA-based communications from Texas Instruments.
Latest stories...
Offline switcher IC eliminates no-load waste (December 2010)
Power Integrations has introduced the Linkzero-LP, a highly integrated offline switcher IC targeting chargers and adapters up to 3.2W for portable devices such as mobile phones and toothbrushes.
Lord introduces SC-305 silicone encapsulant (December 2010)
Lord has announced the availability of Lord SC-305, a thermally conductive silicone encapsulant designed for encapsulation applications where high heat dissipation is required.
High-temperature data-transmission system unveiled (December 2010)
Cissoid has unveiled RHEA, a high-temperature data-transmission solution with galvanic isolation of 2.5kV and operating reliably from -55 to 225C.
Chip filters optimise performance of mobile phones (December 2010)
Taiyo Yuden's latest lines of chip filters are designed to optimise the performance, while minimising the size, of mobile phones.
Flat-sealed front panel PC for industrial use (December 2010)
Advantech's Industrial Automation Group has introduced the IPPC-6192A, a PC with a strong NEMA4/ IP65 front panel capable of resisting the harsh conditions of almost any industrial environment.
SHB105 computer for network-intensive applications (December 2010)
Axiomtek has launched the SHB105 PICMG 1.3 single-board computer for security applications and network-intensive applications such as NVR, DVR and visual inspection instruments.
A/V jack SMT for consumer/industrial applications (November 2010)
Tyco Electronics has introduced the circular 3.5mm A/V jack SMT (surface-mount technology) for application in consumer/mobile devices as well as industrial and automotive industries.
Control system enables smooth motor movements (November 2010)
ST Microelectronics has developed a complete motor-control system on a chip for equipment such as security cameras, cash dispensers, ticketing machines, stage lighting, printers and vending machines.
Further reading
- RS expands Essentials passive components range
RS Components has extended its portfolio of high-quality, value-priced RS Essentials passive components with the addition of hundreds of SMD resistors, carbon film resistors and aluminium capacitors. - Shortform brings passive components together
New Tyco Passive Components Shortform is available as a 15-page A4 full colour guide or in electronic format.

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