Power Integrations has introduced a reference design for an 18W non-isolated A19 LED driver that is 88%-efficient,writes Richard Wilson. The design is intended for a 100W incandescent bulb replacement and will support low-line(90 VAC to ...
Tags: Power Integrations, LED, bulb
SEMICON Taiwan 2012 kicked off yesterday for a three-day run at the Taipei World Trade Center's Nangang Hall,with approximately 600 manufacturers from 20 nations displaying their latest technologies at over 1,250 booths. The is expected ...
Power Integrations has launched an 18W non-isolated A19 LED driver with 88%-efficient. It's designed for a 100W incandescent bulb replacement and will support low-line(90 VAC to 135 VAC)operation. According to Andrew Smith,product ...
Power Integrations has introduced a reference design for an 18W non-isolated A19 LED driver that is 88%-efficient. The design is intended for a 100W incandescent bulb replacement and will support low-line(90 VAC to 135 VAC)operation. ...
Tags: LED driver, energy efficiency, bulb
STMicroelectronics is the third largest spender on R&D in the semiconductor industry and has the second highest ratio of R&D spend to sales revenue among the major players,reports IC Insights. ST came third after Intel and Samsung in ...
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The Vietnam government is planning to set up a fab,following the establishment of a programme called'Development of the IC industry of Ho Chi Minh City.' The programme envisions founding chip company start-up incubators,design and ...
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TSMC will lead the foundry pack by a massive 4x margin over No.2 GloFo, says IC Insights. The top ten players in 2012 will be, says IC Insights: $bn TSMC 16.7 GloFo 4.3 ...
Tags: TSMC, Samsung, Apple, IC Foundry
San Diego,CA–EnvironmentalLights.com,a leading source for high-quality,energy-efficient LED lighting,recently launched RGB ColorChase LED strip lights.As one of the newest technologies in the LED market,chasing strip light stands ...
Toumaz has completed the acquisition of Frontier Silicon. Toumaz,a developer of specialist medical sensors and low power wireless chips,announced in July it had agreed to acquire Frontier Silicon,the digital radio chipset developer for ...
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Guest writer Andy Gardner,design manager for mixed signal products at Linear Technology says that for designers of networking equipment increasing system functionality adds Asics and processors,each requiring several voltage rails,resulting ...
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Hans Camenzind,designer of the 555,has died at the age of 78. Born Swiss,he moved to the USA at the age of 24 to take an MSEE and MBA.He worked in R&D at PR Mallory and,after six years,decided he wanted to join a company which made ICs ...
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Power Integrations introduces 75W single-stage driver for LED lighting Date Announced:16 Aug 2012 San Jose,CA–Power Integrations(Nasdaq:POWI),maker of the world's most efficient,longest-lasting off-line LED driver ICs,today ...
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Internet-based electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp of Thief River Falls,MN,USA has signed a global distribution agreement with Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford,MA,which supplies MMIC-based solutions for communication and ...
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The CAGR of the semiconductor market for 2011-16 will be double that of the preceding five years, says IC Insights. Memory will drive the accelerated growth rate. NAND flash is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 16.6% until 2016 and DRAM is ...
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After the shortages of 28nm from TSMC,there is now a tightening supply at 40nm,says Taiwan's DigiTimes. Shortages of 28nm affected the financial results of customers such as Qualcomm,Nvidia and Altera.Now it is said that MediaTek,the ...
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