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The MAX17577 and MAX17578 from Maxim Integrated Products are the industry’s smallest, highest-efficiency synchronous inverting DC-DC step-down converters. As Maxim’s first 60 V inverting DC-DC converters with integrated level shifters, these devices save up to 72 percent of board space...

LEDs are increasingly being used as energy saving light sources as a response to new energy regulations. They have decisive advantages over conventional lights: they consume less energy, have longer lifetimes, and are available in various colors...

Vishay Intertechnology introduced nine new 70 A, 80 A, and 100 A VRPower smart power stages with integrated current and temperature monitoring in the thermally enhanced 5 mm × 6 mm PowerPAK® MLP56-39 package...

In dc/dc-converter applications in which the input voltage may be lower or higher than the output voltage, you can use either a flyback converter or a SEPIC. SEPICs offer lower input-current ripple and higher efficiency than do flyback designs...

Würth Elektronik has developed a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor only 2 × 2 × 0.9 mm in size. Thanks to its low energy requirement and its calibrated and temperature-compensated digital output, the sensor measures humidity and temperature with long-term stability...

Dialog Semiconductor announced the expansion of their popular GreenPAK solution suite with the SLG46811, the market’s smallest GreenPAK device to include an I2C communication interface...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has underlined its strength in power management by announcing the introduction of its new TCR5RG series. These low drop-out voltage regulators cover an output voltage range of 0.9 V to 5.0 V...

The 4- to 20-mA current loop is ubiquitous in the world of controls in manufacturing plants. Discrete logic, microprocessors, and microcontrollers easily cover the digital portions of control schemes, such as limit switches, pushbuttons, and signal lights...

IQD is pleased to launch its newest LVDS/LVPECL clock oscillators, the IQXO-406 & IQXO-439, housed in a ultra-miniature 2.0 × 1.6 mm package. Available in a frequency range from 50 MHz to 250 MHz the new clock oscillators provide both miniaturisation and higher speed operation in one complete device...

It is always desirable to use a low-battery indicator that consumes as little power as possible. For a 9 V, 450-mAhr alkaline battery, a 50-µA low-battery indicator can by itself run the battery down in a little more than a year...