COMPONENT FOCUS Industry News in Brief Cypress Semiconductor Single-Chip System Integrates Non-Volatile SRAM NXP Semiconductors Hi-Speed USB Offered by Low-Cost MCU Orion Fans Orion Fans and Future Electronics... Blowing away the competition Fairchild Semiconductor Digital Controllers Deliver Efficient Point-of-Load Power Conversion Vishay EMI Suppression Capacitors Increase Voltage Rating to 310V AC Avago Technologies 2.5A Gate-Driver Optocoupler Simplifies IGBT Fault Protection NIC Components Low-Profile Power Inductors Feature High Current Rating Freescale Semiconductor High-Performance Embedded Processor Offers Advanced Power Management NXP Semiconductors DAC Enhances Dynamic Performance with Direct IF Conversion Vishay Compact Rectifiers Feature Advanced Thermal Efficiency Tyco Electronics Emerging Photovoltaic Applications Backed by Compact Interconnection System Cypress Semiconductor CMOS Image Sensor Offers 13.2Gb/s Throughput Ramtron 1Mbit Non-Volatile RAM Lowers Voltage and Increases Performance Freescale Semiconductor Enhanced-Sensitivity Controller Simplifies Touch-Sensing Design Zilog Rapid Development of Complete Motion-Detection Systems Cypress Semiconductor High-Speed Industrial Image Sensor Can See Colours

 

DESIGN NOTES Philips Lumileds Demonstrating Power LEDs for Street-Lighting Applications

 

APPLICATION SPOTLIGHT NIC Components Passives Kit for LED Designs Freescale Semiconductor MCU Implements Low-Cost LED Control ON Semiconductor LED Drivers Support High-Brightness RGB Pixels Rohm Compact and Reliable Drivers for 35V Applications Bivar Light Pipes Offer Flexible Design NEC Electronics MCU with Four-Channel High-Current Drive for LED Arrays National Semiconductor 100mV Sense Voltage Offers Effective Regulation of LED Current Melexis Automotive-Qualified LED Driver Integrates Temperature Compensation Bivar Rigid Light Pipes Add Design Flexibility EXAR Single Chip Drives Power LEDs Up to 2A NXP Semiconductors New SMPS Controller Supports 250W LED Systems Tyco Electronics Connector Design Enables Faster LED Assembly Bivar Ultra-Violet LEDs Become Ultra Efficient NXP Semiconductors SMPS Controller Provides Efficient Solid-State Lighting from Rectified Mains Vishay Red and Yellow AlInGaP LEDs Offered with Low Power Consumption Freescale Semiconductor Backlight Driver Integrates Power Supply and Dimming Functionality Vishay Ceramic Package Delivers Low Thermal Resistance Philips Driver Provides Efficiency for 150W Solid-State Lighting Diodes Incorporated Small-Footprint Drivers for LED-Lighting Applications Vishay Converter Integrates Efficiency Features for Battery-Powered LED Driving ON Semiconductor Regulator Employs Low-Voltage Feedback for Current Control

 

TECHNICAL VIEW Future Electronics Creating Tunable White Lightwith High Colour-Rendering Index Future Electronics LEDs in a Halogen World: Adapting Solid-State Lighting Technology to Provide Reduced Downtime in Airfield Signalling

 

ADS Future Electronics Compare and Develop Using 32-Bit MCUs on a Single Platform. Easily Evaluate MCUs from Different Manufacturers with Future-Blox Boards

 

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