TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
First students graduate
have graduated successfully from the University of Nottingham’s Ningbo campus in China. The course is part of a multi-million dollar programme that Sondrel, one of the world’s leading system-to-silicon IC design consultancies, instigated and set up in partnership with Mentor Graphics and the University at the beginning of the year and is believed to be a world first in the semiconductor industry. The students have all successfully completed three months of intensive training in the latest IC design methodologies and practices and will be able to utilise their expert knowledge working with many companies in China. Sondrel set up the course in conjunction with Nottingham University and Mentor Graphics to help address the severe shortage of qualified IC designers in the region. The successful graduates from the course have also been offered a four-month internship at one of Sondrel’s offices in China.
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Sondrel Ltd Tel: 0118 9838 555 Web:
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he first 21 students on a unique programme to increase the number of IC designers worldwide
dvanced Power Electronics Corp. (USA), a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of MOS power semiconductors for DC-DC power conversion applications, has launched a new step-up converter capable of efficiently driving up to eight white LEDs in series for backlighting applications. The APE1612-3 uses current mode,
New, efficient LED driver A
1.2MHz fixed frequency
architecture to regulate the LED current, which is set using an external current sense resistor. The APE1612-3 features a low 300mV feedback voltage that reduces power loss and improves efficiency. The OV pin monitors the output voltage and turns off the converter if an over-voltage condition is present due to an open circuit condition. The APE1612-3 includes under-voltage lockout, current limiting and thermal shutdown protection preventing damage from an output overload.
Advanced Power Electronics Corp. (USA), Tel: +1 408-717-4231
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New low-profile 0603 MLO™ diplexer A
VX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, announced its new low-profile 0603 diplexer today. Based on the company’s patented multilayer organic high density interconnect technology, the new 0603 MLO™ diplexer employs high dielectric constant and low loss materials to realize high Q passive printed elements, such as inductors and capacitors in a multilayer stack up. Capable of supporting multiple wireless standards, including: WCDMA, CDMA, WLAN, GSM, and BT, the 0603 diplexers are ideally suited for band switching in dual- and multiband applications, such as WiFi, WiMax, GPS, and cellular bands. Utilizing land grid array packaging technology, AVX’s new 0603 diplexers have an inherently low profile (<0.5mm) and exhibit excellent
solderability, low parasitics, and high heat dissipation. Expansion matched to PCBs, the diplexers also provide improved reliability with regards to comparable ceramic or silicon components.
AVX Tel: +1 864-967-9304
Horizontal and Coax Datamate Mix-Tek connectors H
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arwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has broadened the range of its Datamate Mix-Tek mixed-technology connector series that is available as standard off-the-shelf products. Now horizontal and coax versions of the popular 2mm pitch hi-rel family are immediately available for designers, reducing design time.
Harwin’s Datamate Mix-Tek
connector range can be customer-specified in a huge number of configurations of signal, power and coax contacts. But in order to respond to industry demands for fast turn-around, the company has made the most commonly-chosen variations available as standard items.
The new horizontal format and coax contact variants add to 41 other configurations that are also stocked as standard items, these include power only configurations from 2-10 power contacts and mixed contact configurations from 2 signal/2 power through to 12 signal/4 power.
Harwin Europe Tel: +44-2392 314 532 Web:
www.harwin.com
New Reference Design for Efficient PAR38 LED Spotlight
announced a reference design for a dimmable PAR38 spotlight, developed in collaboration with Cree,
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today Inc.
(Nasdaq: CREE), a leading LED lighting company. The new reference design, described in DER-350, uses Power Integrations’ new LYT4317E, a member of the company’s LYTSwitchTM-4 family of single-stage drivers, along with Cree’s MT-G2 EasyWhite® LEDs. DER-350 includes an isolated, high-power-factor, TRIAC-dimmable LED driver optimized to deliver an LED current of 550 mA at 36 V (nominal) from an input voltage range of 90 VAC to 132 VAC. The combined PFC and CC single-stage, isolated topology of the LYTSwitchTM-4 IC delivers excellent efficiency, power factor of 0.98, and low component count. Over- voltage, overcurrent and over-temperature protection features are built-in.
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ower Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high- efficiency,
high-reliability LED driver ICs, enter 808
Mouser Launches Maxim Control & Automation Website
Maxim Integrated in the creation of a comprehensive Control & Automation Solution repository featuring the latest product selection for four major areas of industrial system design: sensors, motor control, PLC, and HVAC. Included in Mouser’s solution site are block diagrams of common functions, recommended part lists, and videos to assist engineers with the unique challenges presented by industrial and automation designs, making this an invaluable tool for design engineers seeking to integrate Maxim products to their control & automation designs.
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Maxim has recently released MAX14571/72/73 Adjustable Overvoltage and Overcurrent Protectors that are highly integrated solutions for up to 40V and 4.2A. In stock at Mouser, these ICs are ideal for protecting systems against input voltage faults in industrial equipment. With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies.
Mouser Electronics Tel: 817 804-7764 Web:
www.mouser.com
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