COMPONENT FOCUS Industry News in Brief Microchip Motor-Control Processor Family Comes With Free Sensorless-Control Algorithm Freescale Semiconductor Low-Power DSCs Cut the Cost of Digital Control NXP Semiconductors Versatile 125Msample/s DAC Supports Multiple Configurations Micrel Semiconductor Miniature Boost Regulators Combine High-Power Freescale Semiconductor 600Mbit/s WLAN Reference Design Cuts Time to Market for IEEE802.11N Devices Diodes Incorporated All-in-One BLDC-Motor Controller Adds Smart Features, Cuts Design Time Ramtron FBGA Package for F-RAM Enables Extra Rugged Memory On-Board Avago Technologies Sigma-Delta Modulator Simplifies Sensor-Circuit Design Freescale Semiconductor 8-Bit MCUs Target Sensing Applications with Focussed Feature Set Micrel Semiconductor Electroluminescent Driver IC Delivers Small and Silent Backlight Control Microchip Low-Cost PIC Development Tool Increases Performance, Powers the Target Directly NXP Semiconductors Schottky Barrier Rectifiers are Small on Size, Big on Power Orion Fans Blowing Away the Competition

 

DESIGN NOTES Fairchild Semiconductor Choosing the Right AC-Input Power-Supply Topology

 

APPLICATION SPOTLIGHT Fairchild Semiconductor Gate-Drive Optocoupler Delivers Best-in-Class Common-Mode Performance International Rectifier Low-Loss MOSFETs in Standard Packages Improve Cost, Size and Efficiency ON Semiconductor Latest-Generation 60V Power Transistors Deliver Low-Loss, Rugged Performance in Small Outlines Semtech Buck Converter With Integrated LDO Saves Power Vishay Combined MOSFET and Schottky Diode Increases Current Handling and Cuts Losses International Rectifier The Power is in the Package, for Super-High Current, Low On-Resistance MOSFETs ON Semiconductor Audio Power Transistors Improve Sound Quality and Reliability With On-Chip Compensation Vishay Ultra-Fast Recovery Performance Cuts Losses in 8A Diodes Fairchild Semiconductor Build Resonant Converters Faster With Fully-Integrated System-in-Package International Rectifier Lower IGBT Switching Losses Save Energy NXP Semiconductors Silicon and Package Enhancements Boost Power-MOSFET Performance Littelfuse Increase Protection and Boost Reliability With Enhanced Thyristors and Triacs Vishay IGBT Families Support Application-Optimised Design International Rectifier Lower RDS(on) Higher Performance Exar Buck Regulators Deliver Up to 12A for Best-in-Class Power Density Fairchild Semiconductor Fast-Recovery Diodes Boost PFC Performance in High-Power LED Lighting Littelfuse Fused Varistors Ease Transition to UL1449 3rd Edition Vishay Thermal Package Unlocks Rectifier Performance Gains Vishay 10A Rectifier Diodes Boost Current Density in Standard Form Factor Littelfuse SIDACs Step Up to High-Energy Applications, to Simplify Ignition Circuits Fairchild Semiconductor First Optimised Power Modules for Switched-Reluctance Motors Deliver 40% Footprint Saving NXP Semiconductors Reliable Switching With Low-Gate-Drive Triacs

 

TECHNICAL VIEW Future Electronics High-Capacity Batteries For Handheld Devices

 

ADS Fairchild Semiconductor Save More Power. Expend Less Energy.

 

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