Vishay has introduced a surface mount proximity sensor that can pick up objects 200mm away. Called VCNL30204, the 4.85x2.35x0.83mm devices includes lenses, an IR emitter, PIN photodiode, a 16bit ADC and a signal processing IC. ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that its new RFCA1008 is a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifier designed with indium gallium arsenide (InGaP) process technology ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA says that its new high-linearity WiFi front-end modules(FEMs)provide complete integrated solution in a single FEM for WiFi systems. Each of the devices integrates a power amplifier(2.4-2.5GHz for ...
ProTek Devices™ today announced a new business line currently targeted at LED lighting manufacturers. The product line consists of individual unpackaged die available in wafer form. The die in wafer form are available as ...
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Avago Technologies has announced the latest product enhancements to its Versatile Link plastic optical fiber(POF)product family. This product platform has become a widely adopted solution for industrial communications and control links for ...
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Short-range radio specilaist LPRS has introduced a stacked module that allows Arduino boards to communicate wirelessly with other Arduino boards or PC hosts. The system uses the suppliera's easyRadio technology operating in the 868-915MHz ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has launched 5V high-linearity driver amplifiers (in lead-free/green/RoHS-compliant, industry-standard packages) with output powers ...
Researchers in Switzerland and the USA have reported the first large-signal performance for a gallium nitride on silicon(GaN-on-Si)high-electron-mobility transistors with output power density of 2W/mm and associated peak power-added ...
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M/A-COM Tech launches MMIC doubler with integrated gain,self-biased doubler and driver stages M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell,MA,USA(which makes analog semiconductors,components and subassemblies for RF,microwave and ...
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For small petrol engines,Freescale has introduced an analogue mop-up chip to fire the ignition,pump the fuel injection,and read sensors in engine management systems. "Small engine makers are increasingly deploying electronic engine ...
Dialog Semiconductor says its system power management ICs (PMICs) are being used to optimise the power requirements of tablets and other devices based on Freescale multicore i.MX 6 series applications processors. The Dialog device powers ...
NXP is using a DSP and measurement of both output current and voltage to push 2.6Wrms through phone speakers. The product,called TFA9887,is a single chip intended to replace standard audio amplifier ICs in phones. Loudspeakers inside ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched a new single-stage indium gallium phosphide heterojunction bipolar transistor(InGaP HBT)power amplifier(PA)operating at frequencies of 50-2700MHz,designed specifically for wireless ...
Tags: RFMD, InGaP HBT, power amplifier, wireless infrastructure
NXP has introduced a LIN bus interface chip for simple identical control nodes in cars that take their identity from their position in a daisy-chain-so called'node position detection'. Intended for non-critical multi-colour LED modules ...
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University of Notre Dame (UND) and IQE RF LLC of Somerset, NJ, USA have achieved record cut-off frequencies of 370GHz for InAlN/AlN/GaN/SiC high-electron-mobility transistors. The use of indium aluminum nitride (InAlN) barrier layers ...
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