Murata Manufacturing has announced the commercialization of world smallest class PTC thermistor for heater. The new PTC thermistor is named “Micro Heater” has the dimension of 1.6×0.8×0.68mm. Mass production was started on Nov 2016. The PTC thermistor “Micro Heater” is packaged in insulating resin with 1608 chip size. The small size is designed to facilitate […]
Kyocera Crystal Device has announced the commercialization of world smallest crystal resonant “CX1008” with dimension of 1.0×0.8mm. Sample will be available on May 2017 and mass production will be started within 2017 fiscal year. Normally, series resistance (CI value) will be 30% higher if crystal unit is switched from 1.2×1.0mm to 1.0×0.8mm, therefore circuit design […]
New Japan Radio Co., Ltd has announced it has started selling the operating amplifier “MUSES03”, the new flagship model of the high-end “MUSES” series. According to the company, MUSES03 is a high sound quality op-amp with J-FET input stage designed for premium audio equipment. It is built with circuit, material and assembling technology specifically designed […]
Ricoh Electronic Devices has announced the “RP118 series” low-current voltage regulator IC designed for IoT/wearable devices. The RP118 series contributes to low battery life with low current comsumption at 0.2uA when no load and 0.002uA in standby mode. It can also automatically switch from high-speed and low-power operation modes. The output current is 100mA and […]
Mitsubishi Electric has released their first discrete SiC-SBD (Silicon Carbide Schottky Barrier Diode) devices on 1 March. SiC-SBD and SiC-MOSFET has been used in Mitsubishi Electric’s power modules before, but this is their first discrete parts. They are available in two packages: TO-220 with model number BD20060T and TO-247 with model number BD20060S. Both models […]
Torex Semicondutor has launched the XC9273 series of DC/DC converter featuring its unique Hi-SAT COT (Constant On-Time) fast transient response control. The XC9273 series is designed as point-of-load (POL) regulator for high load fluctuation FPGA and ASIC devices, providing fast transient response, low ripple and high efficiency. It supports input voltage from 2.7V to 5.5V […]
ROHM Semiconductor has announced the development of Hi-Res compatible audio SoC “BM94803AEKU”, which integrates microcontroller, memory, decoder for various audio format with interfaces to CD, USB, SD, Bluetooth and PC (as an USB DAC). Existing solutions usually require external CD-DSP (for decoding CD) and SDRAM, this new audio SoC combines everything from I/O interface, audio […]
Toshiba has started sampling “BG series with BiCS FLASH” with maximum capacity of 512GB to PC OEM. The SSD utilises latest 3-bit-per-cell (TLC) 3D NAND flash memory and the product lineup includes 128GB, 256GB and 512GB with M.2 1620 mounting type and M.2 2230 socket type. To fulfill power requirement of 2-in-1 slim mobile PC […]
SII Semiconductor, an associated company of Seiko Instruments, has released automotive serial EEPROM “S-93CxxCD0H series(105℃)” and “S-93AxxBD0A series (125℃)」”. Both series feature top-of-class writing speed at 4ms while “S-93CxxCD0H series” also supports minimum opeating voltage at 1.6V. The IC is available in HSNT-8(2030)（2.0×3.0×t0.5 mm） package, which is ultra small in size while easy to mount. […]
Fujitsu Semiconductor has announced a miniature and low-power 64Kbit FRAM (Ferroelectric random-access memory) “MB85RC64T”, with average operating current 170μA at maximum operating frequency 3.4MHz, aiming at battery-powered wearable devices, smart meter and other IoT devices. (Source: Fujitsu Semiconductor) It runs on wide-range voltage supply from 1.8V to 3.6V. With average operating current 80μA at 1MHz, […]