500-mA LDOs Double Power Rejection to Improve Performance 

Jan 28, 2011, MD&D News Staff

Analog Devices' ADP124 and ADP125 high-performance low-dropout regulators provide low noise and high 60-dB power-supply-rejection ratio at 100 kHz...

Power Managers Prolong Battery Life 

Jan 27, 2011, MD&D News Staff

The ST-Ericsson PM3533 and PM3110 power managers promise to extend talk or Internet-connection time in mobile devices by as much as 30%...

Touchmonitor Debuts With Support For Windows 7 

Jan 26, 2011, MD&D News Staff

The Elo TouchSystems 2242L touchmonitor employs Tyco’s IntelliTouch Plus SAW product technology and is compatible with the Windows 7 operating system additional qualifications for multi-touch functionality...

SoC Improves Voice Capture In Portable Devices 

Jan 25, 2011, MD&D News Staff

The BelaSigna R261 SoC from ON Semiconductor incorporates a highly optimized DSP with an advanced dual-microphone noise reduction algorithm to improve speech intelligibility in noise environments while preserving voice naturalness, according to the company...

DACs Extend Battery Life 

Jan 24, 2011, MD&D News Staff

The single-channel 14-bit MAX5214 and 16-bit MAX5216 DACs from Maxim Integrated Products consume less than 80 μA, which can be reduced further by writing the power-down sequence into the device registers...

MEMS Mic First With I²S Interface 

Jan 19, 2011, MD&D News Staff

Reliably handling 24-bit data, the ADMP441 iMEMS microphone from Analog Devices may be the first kid on the block with a standard I²S digital interface...

Power Platforms Set 4G Benchmarks 

Jan 14, 2011, MD&D News Staff

RF Micro Devices’ PowerSmart power platforms achieve HSPA+ 4G data upload speeds while drawing approximately 15% less current than comparable topologies...

Dual-Mode Chip Provides ANT+/Bluetooth Connectivity 

Jan 6, 2011, MD&D News Staff

The Texas Instruments CC2567 is the first wireless, dual-mode single chip enabling direct short-range communication between ANT+ and Bluetooth enabled devices...

Android Platform Enables Mass Market Smart Phones 

Dec 15, 2010, MD&D News Staff

The BCM2157 dual-core baseband processor from Broadcom provides simultaneous HSDPA modem connectivity and Android-based applications processing...

Digital Attenuators Offer 6/7-Bit Performance 

Dec 14, 2010, MD&D News Staff

For basic attenuation chores, Skyworks Solutions offers the SKY12347-362LF and SKY12343-364LF digital attenuators, which provide 6- and 7-bit performance, respectively...

DirectFET MOSFET Chipset Suits Low-Cost Notebook Applications 

Dec 9, 2010, MD&D News Staff

The IRF6708S2 and IRF6728M 30-V DirectFET MOSFET chipset from International Rectifier targets cost-sensitive 19-V input synchronous buck applications such as notebooks while reducing component count by 30%...

Switcher Cuts No-Load Power Consumption To 0.0 W 

Dec 8, 2010, MD&D News Staff

The LinkZero-LP offline switcher IC from Power Integrations automatically enters a zero-input-power mode when the load is disconnected, cutting no-load power consumption to 0.00 W...

Regulators Integrate MOSFETs, Achieve 96% Efficiency 

Dec 3, 2010, MD&D News Staff

The MAX15050 and MAX15051 2.9- to 5.5-V, 4-A, synchronous dc-dc step-down regulators from Maxim Integrated Products integrate MOSFETs, operate from a fixed 1-MHz switching frequency, and specify peak efficiencies up to 96%...

New Modules Will Expand LTE’s Playing Field 

Dec 2, 2010, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

As carriers begin rolling out LTE service, new modules from Sierra Wireless are making the speedy technology—which provides download peak rates of at least 100 Mbits/s and uplink rates of at least 50 Mbits/s—more accessible throughout the cellular world...

Packet Processor Exploits Octeon II 

Nov 30, 2010, MD&D News Staff

Kontron’s second-generation AM4211 AdvancedMC packet processor module employs the Cavium Networks Octeon II CN6335 MIPS64 six-core processor...

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | Next