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Termination regulator chips cut cost and space

Philips has developed an advanced double-datarate termination regulator semiconductor family designed to reduce the overall cost of the DDR termination system by as much as 50%.

News from Philips Semiconductors, Sep 26, 2002

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Drivers gain intelligence for LIN systems

The MC33689 and MC33895 intelligent distributed control drivers are ideal for LIN systems that use DC motors, stepper motors and lamps.

News from Freescale Semiconductor, Sep 25, 2002

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Inductorless convertor cuts power system parts

A new inductorless 100mA DC/DC convertor from Fairchild features greater than 90% efficiency, making it ideally suitable for portable and system voltage conversions.

News from Fairchild Semiconductor, Sep 24, 2002

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Sales surge sees expansion for Torex

Buoyed by increasing sales activity, Torex Semiconductor Europe has relocated its European headquarters.

News from Torex Semiconductor, Sep 24, 2002

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Torex appoints Silver Birch Marketing

Torex Semiconductor Europe has finalised an agreement with Silver Birch Marketing (SBM), appointing SBM as its new representative for the UK and Ireland.

News from Torex Semiconductor, Sep 24, 2002

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Motor controller IC with built-in drivers

The new A3936 from Allegro MicroSystems is an advanced three-phase brushless DC motor controller/driver IC featuring 3A DMOS outputs and on-chip commutation logic.

News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe, Sep 23, 2002

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Complete power electronic component solutions

Europower Components is a new company directed by three entrepreneurs previously from the Semikron (UK) management and technical team.

News from Europower Components, Sep 23, 2002

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Low noise and small size for step-down regulators

The MAX1973 and MAX1974 are reckoned to be the smallest 1A step-down regulators for network, telecomms, cellular basestation, fibre modules, wireless modems and xDSL equipment.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Sep 20, 2002

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Compact chip creates simple chargers

The MAX1925 and MAX1926 are low-cost single-cell lithium-ion (Li+) switch-mode battery chargers for use in digital still cameras and PDAs.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Sep 17, 2002

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Compact convertors power sub-1V microprocessors

The MAX1927/MAX1928 step-down DC/DC convertors are the first such devices in a 10-pin microMAX package to provide over 800mA at output voltages down to 0.75V.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Sep 16, 2002

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30V BiCMOS process has designs on smart power

PolarFab's PBC4 0.5-micron BiCMOS process has been qualified for volume production.

News from PolarFab, Sep 16, 2002

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DC/DC convertor chipset meets latest Intel specs

The ADP3205 multiphase core controller and the ADP3415 dual MOSFET driver form the first three-phase controller/driver chipset that is fully compliant with IMVP-IV specifications.

News from Analog Devices, Sep 13, 2002

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Power chip takes on high- and low-side gate drive

Agile Systems has developed a new digital power IC targeted to power conversion and power management applications.

News from Agile Systems, Sep 12, 2002

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USB switch shrinks but still protects

The MAX1946 is a 500mA single current-limited switch in a 3 x 3mm QFN package with autoreset and fault blanking for universal serial bus (USB) applications.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Sep 9, 2002

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Inverter modules show displays in a better light

LCD backlights and TFT and STN panels up to 18.1in will benefit from the new LXM range of DirectDrive CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) inverter modules from Solid State Supplies.

News from Solid State Supplies, Sep 3, 2002

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Reference upgrade includes a shrink in size

Analog Devices has a new family of precision bandgap voltage references in compact, industry-leading SOT-23-5 and SC-70-5 packages.

News from Analog Devices, Sep 2, 2002

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Switcher cuts heat and saves board space

The MIC4685 is a buck switching regulator which achieves 3A of continuous current with a power conversion efficiency of more than 85%.

News from Solid State Supplies, Sep 2, 2002

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Low-noise supply protects expensive diodes

The MAX1932 is a high-accuracy, low-noise avalanche photodiode bias supply that uses accurate high-side current sensing to protect expensive diodes during avalanche breakdown.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Aug 29, 2002

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PWM controller provides budget core voltages

The MAX1938 is a dual-phase pulsewidth modulation step-down DC/DC controller for lowest cost designs of CPU core supplies in desktops, notebooks, and blade servers.

News from Maxim Integrated Products, Aug 28, 2002

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Multiple-voltage supervisors save space

New ranges of dual and triple low-voltage supervisors with and without embedded memory provide designers with complete flexibility to implement system management functions.

News from Xicor, Aug 27, 2002

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Website wins e-business award

Fairchild Semiconductor has won the esteemed CIO-100 award from IDG's CIO magazine.

News from Fairchild Semiconductor, Aug 21, 2002

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Switching regulators supply low-voltage cores

National Semiconductor has two new high-performance, synchronous switching regulator controllers with extremely low output voltage capability to power the latest FPGA, MCU and DSP cores.

News from National Semiconductor, Aug 20, 2002

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Motor driver IC is single-chip inverter solution

The latest intelligent, high-voltage PWM motor driver IC from Toshiba is the industry's first system-on-chip inverter solution for driving DC brushless motors.

News from Toshiba Electronics Europe, Aug 20, 2002

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Fujisaka steps up at Torex

Torex Semiconductor has appointed Tom Fujisaka as its new company President.

News from Torex Semiconductor, Aug 7, 2002

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Second-quarter sales boost for Torex

Torex Semiconductor has posted a significant boost in second-quarter sales - up 60% over the same period in 2001.

News from Torex Semiconductor, Aug 7, 2002

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Power-supply ICs and controllers:

Power-supply integrated circuits take unregulated input voltages and regulate them to provide a steady output voltage. Examples of power-supply ICs are linear regulators and switching regulators.

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