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Texas Instruments is planning a pair of precision current monitors that can measure ±50A over -4 to 110V. They are the standard INA791B (right) and the PWM residue rejecting INA790B (below). “High-precision measurements are enabled by matching the shunt resistor value and the current-sensing amplifier gain across temperature,” according to TI. “Enhanced PWM rejection reduces the effect of common-mode transients ...

Banner Engineering has created an eight-port smart hub to couple 16 discrete input-outputs to a single IO-Link serial bus cable for industrial networks. “R130C is a compact top-exit IO-Link hub that allows connections for up to 16 non-IO-Link devices into an IO-Link system for industrial automation, sensor networks, supervisory control, data acquisition and IoT applications,” according to component distributor Mouser, ...

Die-bonding at up to 60,000 flip-chips per hour, is what ITEC is claiming for its ADAT3 XF TwinRevolve. “Instead of the traditional forwards and backwards up-down linear motion, the new die bonder employs two rotating heads to pick, flip and place the die in a fast, smooth action,” according to the company. “This mechanism reduces inertia and vibration, allowing for the ...

Weebit Nano and Efabless have got together to enable fast and easy prototyping of  ICs using Weebit’s technology. Under the agreement, Efabless chipIgnite customers have access to Weebit’s ReRAM IP, an innovative non-volatile memory (NVM), which they can incorporate into their designs manufactured using SkyWater Technology Foundry’s 130nm CMOS (S130) process. chipIgnite is an  open-source chip design platform that claims ...

Hirose has announced a range of circular connectors with self-aligning elements for blind-mating – where connectors have to be mated without direct visual or hand access. “HR34P Series panel mount connector guides itself into the correct mating position,” according to the company. “The blind-mating connector is designed for applications where the electrical receptacle is recessed or hidden – commonly used ...

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has designed an asymmetrical half-bridge mosfet pair in a 3.5 x 5mm DFN package for high-current dc-dc converters. Rated at 30V, AONG36322 has a 83A <4.5mΩ high-side transistor and a 163mA <1.3mΩ low-side transistor with 10V gate drive. On-resistances rise to <8mΩ and <1.75mΩ respectively with 4.5V gate drive. “AONG36322 [is] ideal for a new generation ...

A single IC can measure pH, nitrate, phosphate and potassium levels in water, according to the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, which has developed a way to monolithically combine multiple ion-sensitive field-effect transistors (isfets) “Due to their resistance to breakage, isfets are already widely used in pH measurement technology, especially in food production,” according to the organisation. “Fraunhofer IPMS has ...

STMicroelectronics has introduced a demo board that controls two 10A 74V brushless motors with real-time field-oriented control. Called EVSPIN32G4-DUAL, it is built around the company’s STSPIN32G4 motor control system-in-package (9x9mm VFQFPN). Inside that is a 170MHz 32bit Arm Cortex-M4 MCU die (STM32G431) that includes a hardware  CORDIC accelerator for trigonometric calculations, alongside a gate driver die that can sink or ...

A French-Taiwanese collaboration has produced a primary-side IC for 65W ac-dc USB PD adapters. The companies are GaN specialist Wise-integration and mixed-signal IC maker Leadtrend Technology. Together that have created LD966L, a 650V system-in-package multi-mode PWM fly-back converter with Leadtrend’s silicon controller die and an enhancement-mode GaN transistor die from Wise. It comes in an 8x8mm QFN package and its ...

SemiQ will unveil 1,200V silicon carbide half-bridges packaged in S3 modules at PCIM next month. The industry-standard package is 62mm long and 26.3mm high. So far, only the part numbers and basic specs have been revealed: GCMX003A120S3B1-N 600A 3mΩ GCMX005A120S3B1-N 400A 4.5mΩ They will be aimed at induction heaters, welding equipment, uninterruptible power supplies photovoltaic inverters, wind inverters, energy storage, ...