Munich/Germany, September 08, 2010 – Vincotech, a supplier of module-based solutions for power electronics, today announced the successful qualification of a new IGBT series with best-fit freewheeling diodes by FUJI Electric Systems Co, LTD.

The power range for the relevant chipsets reaches from 1200V 8A to 150A, as well as from 600V 10A to 200A and will perfectly complete the Vincotech PIM (CIB), six-pack and half-bridge (duals) product roadmap in several module packages. Industry standard qualifications were performed according to the schedule shown below.

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XP Power today announced what is believed to be the world’s smallest open frame 45 W AC-DC power supply. Setting a new benchmark at this power level, measuring just 2 x 3 x 1.05 inches (50.7 x 76.2 x 26.7 mm), the ECS45 single output power supply is 25% smaller than the current industry standard of 2 x 4 inches. All models have a no load power of less than 0.3 W, helping the end equipment comply with internationally recognized energy efficiency standards. In addition, these convection cooled units are highly efficient, typically 87%, resulting in less waste heat to dissipate. The lower profile ECS25 model provides 25 W output within … Read More → "World’s smallest 45 W ‘green’ power supply has medical and industrial safety approvals"

MILPITAS, CA – September 9, 2010 – Linear Technology introduces the LTC5583, a 40MHz to 6GHz dual channel, matched RMS power detector, offering over 55dB isolation at 2.14GHz. In RF power amplifier (PA) applications, the LTC5583 provides a simple solution for accurately measuring forward power, reverse power, and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR). The device comprises a pair of 60dB dynamic range RMS detectors that are matched to 1.25dB. This provides accurate RF power measurement of high crest-factor signals such as those used in LTE, WiMAX, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000 3G or 4G basestations and … Read More → "6GHz Matched Dual RMS Detectors Enable Accurate VSWR Measurements"

September 8, 2010 – Foster City, CA – IAR Systems® today announced its participation at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, Booth 514, from Sept. 20-23, 2010. IAR Systems will demonstrate its power debugging technology within IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®/Cortex™ intended to aid the development of low power embedded applications. The demonstration of IAR Embedded Workbench will feature analysis of the software’s influence on power consumption and provide developers with the means to optimize source code to minimize power consumption.

Power measurements can be visualized in various ways in IAR Embedded Workbench. In its simplest … Read More → "IAR Systems to Showcase Power Debugging Tools for ARM at ESC Boston"

September 8, 2010 – Foster City, CA – IAR Systems® today announced its participation at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, Booth 514, from Sept. 20-23, 2010. IAR Systems will demonstrate its power debugging technology within IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®/Cortex™ intended to aid the development of low power embedded applications. The demonstration of IAR Embedded Workbench will feature analysis of the software’s influence on power consumption and provide developers with the means to optimize source code to minimize power consumption.

Power measurements can be visualized in various ways in IAR Embedded Workbench. In its simplest … Read More → "IAR Systems to Showcase Power Debugging Tools for ARM at ESC Boston"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of its SystemVue 2010.07 software. This system-level design environment now provides the ability to … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ SystemVue Now Offers Modeling, Scripting Capability Using MATLAB®"

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 7, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), the market leader in touch-sensing, today announced that both its CapSense® capacitive touch controllers and TrueTouch™ touchscreen controllers are now available in tiny Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Packages (WLCSPs). These ultra-small packages enable manufacturers of personal media players, mobile handsets, PC peripherals (printers & mice), and other consumer electronic products to offer end products that are smaller and more attractive to consumers. A photo of the devices is available at </ … Read More → "Cypress Offers CapSense® and TrueTouch™ Controllers In Industry’s Smallest Packages"

San Jose, CA, September 8, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today launched the Atmel QTouch® Studio 4.3–the industry’s first touch design software tool to support the complete touch design flow.  Another first is the Touch Validation Wizard, a feature in the Atmel QTouch Studio 4.3 to help assess design quality by reporting capacitance, noise and reference levels, as well as notifying the user of design marginalities. The software tool is so easy to use that design engineers do not need an expert level of understanding of touch technologies to quickly and … Read More → "Atmel QTouch Studio 4.3 Software Tool Eases Touch Designs"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductors and IP for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, employed DFTMAX™ compression, an integral part of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, to significantly lower manufacturing test cost and time. Silicon Image’s mixed-signal multimedia design testing requirements included a tight form factor and … Read More → "Synopsys DFTMAX Compression Cuts Pin-Limited Test Cost by 95 Percent at Silicon Image"