Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., worldwide leader and manufacturer of semiconductors and materials, has announced its expansions of its “VOW Widebody family of high-isolation optocouplers with a new series of high-speed devices capable of 1 MBd and 10 MBd data rates. Designed to increase reliability in high-voltage alternative energy and industrial applications, the VOW135, … [Read more...]

Linear Technology Corporation has introduced its new energy monitor called the LTC2946. This monitor has “an integrated ±0.4% accurate, 12-bit ADC and external precision time base (crystal or clock) enables measurement accuracy better than ±0.6% for current and charge, and ±1% for power and energy. A ±5% accurate internal time base substitutes in the absence of an external … [Read more...]

TDK Corporation has announced its new EPCOS leaded RF chokes with high current capability. “The series with designation LBC+ offers components for rated currents of up to 4450 mA at saturation currents of up to 7700 mA. This corresponds to an increase of up to 80 percent compared to previous versions. The range of inductance values of the E12 series extends from 1.0 µH to 470 … [Read more...]

Sierra-Olympic Technologies, Inc. has just announced its new Vinden CZ 640 – the “second continuous-zoom, thermal, chassis camera in the new Vinden CZ series. It is specially designed for OEMs and integrators for security and surveillance applications.” “The high-performing thermal camera delivers H.264/MJPEG IP-video for Ethernet connectivity and simultaneous Camera Link … [Read more...]

Linear Technology Corporation, industry leader in manufacturing analog integrated circuits, has just announced its LT3999 - “a monolithic push-pull isolated DC/DC transformer driver with two 1A current limited power switches and Programmable Duty Cycle Control.” “The LT3999 operates over an input voltage range of 2.7V to 36V, is targeted for power levels up to 15W and can … [Read more...]

ProTek Devices has just announced a “new family of high-powered surface mount transient voltage suppressors (TVS) for high-voltage spike circuit protection applications that include relay drives, motors (start/stop), module lightning protection and for secondary lightning protection. The SM10KW33A and SM10KW36A TVS components provide 8,500 watts of peak pulse power dissipation … [Read more...]

Würth Elektronik eiSos, a manufacturing company of electronic components based in Europe, has just expanded its WE-GDT series by adding a transformer with an EP7 design. The new WE-GDT can withstand voltages up to 2500 V. This transformer was developed because in order to “enable secondary-sided MOSFETs to be activated, synchronously aligned flyback converters must be fitted … [Read more...]