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Toshiba Launches Hall Sensorless Sine-wave Drive Three-phase Brushless DC Motor Control Pre-driver IC that Helps to Reduce Vibration and Noise

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched a three-phase brushless DC motor control pre-driver IC, “TC78B011FTG,” and started volume shipments today. The product is for high-speed motors, including those used in server fans and blowers, and in the suction …

Dual Gate Drivers from STMicroelectronics Optimize and Simplify SiC and IGBT Switching Circuits

“Two new dual-channel galvanically-isolated gate drivers for IGBTs and silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs from STMicroelectronics save space and ease circuit design in high-voltage power-conversion and industrial applications. The STGAP2HD for IGBTs and STGAP2SICD for SiC MOSFETs leverage ST’s latest galvanic-isolation …

Panasonic Commercializes a Small Power Inductor of 4 mm by 4 mm Square for Automotive Use

“Panasonic Corporation announced today that its Industry Company has commercialized a small power inductor[1] (4 mm by 4 mm square) for automotive use that enables higher performance and downsizing of electronic control units (ECU) for advanced drive assistance systems …

Industry’s Only Family of Standard Non-Hybrid Space-Grade Power Converters Now Includes 28 Volt (V)-Input Radiation-Tolerant Options

“Microchip’s alternatives to inflexible hybrid-style converters improve design flexibility while reducing system size, cost and development time Space system designers cannot easily support non-standard voltages or add functions with traditional hybrid-style power converters. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) has …

Morello research program hits major milestone with hardware now available for testing

“Securing the world’s data will be one of the greatest technology challenges over the next decade of compute. This is why Arm has been collaborating with the University of Cambridge for several years on its CHERI architecture, which defines …

New Family of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Ethernet Switches Provides Industry’s First Turnkey Solution for Industrial Automation Networks

“Microchip’s LAN9668x family of Ethernet switches enables single network architecture and, combined with its new LAN8814 PHYs, reduces system cost and risk for designers while speeding time to market Factory automation is increasing efficiencies, from reducing handling and storage …

Nexperia’s 50 µA Zener diodes portfolio extends battery-time and saves PCB space

“Nijmegen — The comprehensive product range covers every application from 1.8 V to 75 V Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, today announced a comprehensive range of low current voltage regulator diodes. The 50 µA Zener diode range is available …

Panasonic develops mass production technology for Far-Infrared Aspherical Lens with the *world’s first integrated frame

“Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a technology for the mass production of far-infrared aspherical lenses suitable for improving the performance of cameras and sensors. These lenses are made of chalcogenide glass having excellent transmission characteristics in the …

Rambus Delivers PCIe 6.0 Controller for Next-Generation Data Centers

“Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced the availability of its PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 Controller. The PCIe specification is the interconnect of choice across a broad landscape …

Samsung Introduces Smart All-in-One Fingerprint Security IC for Biometric Payment Cards

“The new security IC solution combines a fingerprint sensor, Secure Element and Secure Processor in one chip, with enhanced security features enabled by Samsung’s proprietary fingerprint authentication algorithm and anti-spoofing technology Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor …