Plasmonic research boosts nano ICs
03 July, 2009
IMEC, Europe’s independent nanoelectronics research institute has developed a method of integrating high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects.
Tuneable-barrier electron pump
25 June, 2009
Electron pumps are made from one or more nanoscale conducting islands, isolated from the rest of the circuit by tunnel barriers.
Display LED
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty Ltd
Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed a small member of the RGB Multi ChipLED family.
High-speed op amps
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Microchip Technology Australia
Microchip has announced what it claims is the world’s first and only op amp to include mCal, an on-chip calibration circuit that calibrates offset voltage at power-up using an internal power on-reset detector or based on the state of an external pin.
Boost regulator
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: element14
Linear Technology has announced the LTC3529, a 1.5 MHz, current mode synchronous boost DC/DC converter with automatic overload fault detection.
Verified regulators
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: element14
Linear Technology has announced that four of its low-noise DC/DC µModule regulators have been verified by Xilinx to power multigigabit RocketIO SERDES (serialiser deserialiser) systems.
Polymer tantalum cops
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Ampec Technologies Pty Ltd
Kemet has introduced what it claims are the first 35 V rated surface-mount polymer tantalum chip capacitors.
Differential amplifier
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd
The AS1713 op-amp is suitable for applications such as headphone drivers, where the operating environment demands built-in rejection of ground interference. Other applications include infotainment high drive audio line receivers and buffers.
45 nm Duo processor
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Kontron Australia Pty Ltd
Kontron has introduced the CP308, a 3U CompactPCI CPU board equipped with the 45 nm Core2 Duo processor, GS45 graphics and memory controller hub and I/O controller hub ICH9M.
Input power monitor
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Avnet Electronics Marketing
International Rectifier has introduced the IR3725 input power monitor IC with digital I2C interface for low-voltage DC/DC converters used in CPU, server and storage applications.
FPGA interface
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
National Instruments has announced a programming interface from its NI Lab virtual research lab that makes it easier for C/C++ developers to take advantage of the LabVIEW FPGA module and FPGA-based hardware for embedded control and acquisition applications.
Front-end modules
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Wireless Components
Microsemi has released the LX5551 and LX5552 front-end modules for IEEE 802.11b/g/n applications in the 2.4–2.5 GHz frequency range.
Ethernet modules
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Interworld Electronics and Computer Industries
Interworld has released Quatech’s Airborne enterprise class wireless ethernet modules.
ESD suppressors
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd
A range of Würth ESD suppressors is available for applications including devices for portable electronics such as PDAs, MP3s, mobile phones, antennas, VGAs, USB and IEEE ports, and LANs.
Digital sensor display
17 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Bestech Australia Pty Ltd
Bestech Australia has released the DD214NE display device for digital sensors.
