Surface Mount LVDS
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: C&K Components PlusM-tron has announced surface mount LVDS output oscillators and voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXOs). These devices offer low noise performance in hot swap applications, fibre channel, gigabit ethernet, and other IEEE 1394-based high-speed data systems.
Charger MOSFETs
11 December, 2001 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty LtdFour PowerPAK 1212-8 MOSFET devices designed for battery charger switching and protection applications have been announced by Siliconix.
Chip prices rise
11 December, 2001With a general chip drought, and higher than expected demand, chip prices are rising in the PC processor sector, leading to hopes of a recovery.
Intel transistor raises speed limit
29 November, 2001Intel has unveiled a design for transistors which it says will operate at speeds hundreds of times faster than today's production devices.
Crystal growth yields more precise semiconductors
28 November, 2001Traditionally, scientists grow quantities of single-crystalline semiconducting materials by immersing the tip of a pencil-shaped starter crystal in a melt of the same composition.
Chip sector begins to grow
22 November, 2001Orders for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment rose in October 2001, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
Bipolar Power Transistor
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: Braemac Pty LtdSTMicroelectronics has introduced the first in a family of high-gain bipolar power transistors that feature low saturation voltage, making it suitable for low-voltage switching applications.
Embedded Controllers
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty LtdNational Instruments has announced what it claims is the fastest, highest-performance 3U embedded controllers available for PXI/CompactPCI - the NI 8171 series.
ADSL/SHDSL Chip
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: Soanar LimitedEricsson Microelectronics has announced what it claims is the world's first single-chip low-power analogue front-end for ADSL/SHDSL transceiver solutions.
Line Transformer
13 November, 2001 | Supplied by: IRH ComponentsIRH Components has released the ESMIT 100 double insulated encapsulated telecom line isolating transformer for surface mount.
Move toward plastic chips
12 October, 2001Teams of researchers are working to find a way to use organic polymers as material for microelectronic production.
Redfern Polymer Optics launches
25 September, 2001Redfern Polymer Optics, a developer and manufacturer of polymer planar and fibre components and polymer optical fibers, has just announced its formal launch. The company has raised $7.5 million in seed funding, mainly from Redfern Photonics.
Semiconductor sales now down
20 September, 2001Worldwide semiconductor sales may decrease 34% in 2001 after terrorist attacks stalled shipments last week and may hurt consumer purchases, market researcher IC Insights, said. This follows last weeks report that sales would increase in 2001.
Monolithic ICs
11 September, 2001 | Supplied by: Soanar LimitedA series of MOS monolithic integrated circuits (MOSMICs) that will allow designers to upgrade the performance of UHF and VHF tuners at no additional cost has been announced by Vishay Intertechnology. Serving as a low-noise RF input stage, the 'X' devices provide improved automatic gain control and cross modulation behaviour compared with previous-generation MOSMICs.
Vertical Mount Inductors
11 September, 2001 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn ElectronicsGowanda Electronics has introduced a series of vertical surface mount toroidal inductors - SMRF 2007 - that optimises board space in RF applications.
