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TI unveils lowest power zero-drift instrumentation amplifier for portable, precision applications

 

Providing an unmatched combination of precision, low power and low supply voltage, Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced the industry's lowest power zero-drift instrumentation amplifier. The device features the lowest quiescent current and lowest input bias current versus the nearest competition, as well as an impressive power-to-noise ratio, very low offset voltage/drift … [Read more...]

FCC to begin Field Testing TV White Space Devices

 

The Federal Communication Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) announced that it will begin field testing the performance of prototype television white space devices (WSDs), commencing the week of July 14, 2008.The commission is conducting tests of prototype white spaces devices as part of its rule making to consider authorizing the operation of new low power … [Read more...]

Extended Aluminum Capacitor Line Provides Z as Low as 60 mΩ

 

A new CRZ device from Vishay Intertechnology is the latest edition to the 150 CRZ series of surface mount aluminum capacitors. The 150 CRZ devices are now available in five case sizes, ranging from 8 mm x 8 mm x 10 mm to the larger 12.5 mm x 12.5 mm x 16 mm. The capacitors offer impedance as low as 60 mΩ at 100 kHz, a high rated ripple current of 1007 mA at +150 degrees C. and … [Read more...]

Instrumentation Amplifier Includes Filters to Reduce RF Interference

 

The new INA333 is a is a zero-drift instrumentation amplifier from Texas Instruments with input bias current of 200 pA and quiescent current of 75 µA. Offset voltage is 25 µV, and offset drift is 0.1 µV/°C. The INA333 yields an input voltage noise of 50 nV/rt-Hz with a proprietary switched capacitor notch filter. The MSOP-8-packaged amplifier has 3 op-amp architecture and … [Read more...]

TDK Launches Thin-Film Common Mode Filter

 

TDK Corporation announced that it has developed a wide-band thin-film common mode filter for EMI suppression on DisplayPort interfaces.  The new product which carries the designation TCM1210U-500-2P will be available beginning July 2008. The new filter measures 1.25 mm (L) x 1.0 mm (W) x 0.6 mm (T) in size and is designed specifically to suppress noise on DisplayPort … [Read more...]

FCC Gets Complaint about Wireless Microphones

 

The Associated Press reports that consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices. In a complaint filed Wednesday, the groups accused manufacturers of deceptive advertising in the way … [Read more...]

Lockheed Martin Breaks Ground on $15 Million Advanced Radar Test and Measurement Facility: Includes Anechoic Chamber

 

Lockheed Martin broke ground July 11 on a $15 million, 9,600 square foot radar test facility that will provide the company with one of the world’s most advanced, large-antenna measurement systems. The new 80’ tall structure will be added on to the existing EP-6 building at Lockheed Martin’s Radar Systems facility in Syracuse, NY.  Once complete in summer 2009, the facility will … [Read more...]

Rebanding to Protect Public Service Radio from Interference Stalled Again

 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an Order granting additional waivers to public safety licensees to move their broadcasts to different frequencies and thus eliminate the interference that has plagued First Responder radio signals. The original deadline had been June 26, 2008, but some waivers were granted on June 17. In this Order, those agencies that … [Read more...]

AVX Corporation Pledges $140,000 to Earthquake Disaster Recovery

 

AVX Corporation and its employees have raised recovery funds for the earthquake victims in China’s Sichuan Province. The contributions have benefited the Chinese Embassy of Singapore for Sichuan Earthquake Relief, the China Red Cross, the Sichuan Emergency Relief Fund, the Tsinghua Emergency Relief Fund, and UNICEF. On June 27, AVX Corporate Vice President for Asia, S.M. Chan, … [Read more...]

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