Cypress Semiconductor commends Future’s commitment to PSoC®

Cypress Semiconductor has presented its European PSoC Demand Creation Distributor of the Year award to Future Electronics, citing Future’s investment in dedicated engineering expertise and customer support as key factors encouraging more customers to start PSoC designs with Future than with any other distributor in Europe.

With 30 engineers now certified to the highest level of Cypress’s PSoC education supporting its programmable digital-and-analogue SoC technology, Future is able to provide valuable customer facilities such as one-on-one design support, workshops and seminars. Future’s System Design Centre also provides individual design services for customers.

 

Tyco Electronics rewards Future’s focus with extra growth opportunities

Tyco Electronics has signalled its commitment to global distributor Future Electronics by extending its franchise agreement to cover the whole of Europe including central and eastern Europe, and by naming Future its top UK & Ireland distributor. Future also now has authority to sell Tyco’s passive and filter products and its extensive line of relays.

Future’s focus on providing high-quality design-in assistance for customers has been central to this success, and special focus on the lighting market and joint customer visits with Tyco Electronics’ engineers have proved especially valuable.

 

NXP combines GreenChip strengths for greater energy savings

New GreenChip functions from NXP Semiconductors cover PFC and synchronous-rectification control, and complement the company’s 30V power MOSFETs in loss-free LFPAK packages to improve power-supply efficiency in the 75-600W range.

The GreenChip PFC includes several energy-saving features such as quasi-resonant operation, which are also available in NXP’s GreenChip III adapter chip. Also new, the GreenChip SR TEA1791 synchronousrectification controller is a robust SO-8 Silicon-On-Insulator device compatible with GreenChip and other power-supply controllers. These new devices combine well with NXP’s latest low-loss 30V power MOSFETs, which have on-resistance as low as 1.7mΩ.

 

Integrated solution to mobile-device overcharging

Fairchild Semiconductor has responded to emerging safety standards to prevent over-charging of mobile devices by introducing the FAN3989 over-voltage protection IC with integrated USB-charger detection.

The integrated detection feature simplifies design and saves up to 20% of board space by eliminating external circuitry. The FAN3989 signals the host controller if a USB device or other charger is detected. Over-voltage protection generates a warning if the main supply bus moves outside the range 3.3V to 6.0V. The FAN3989 delivers more accurate and compact protection compared to using discrete components.