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New Product Announcements
Page last modified: August 30, 2010
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| ON Semiconductor Extends Its PureEdge(TM) Clock and Timing Portfolio with a Family of Low Noise Silicon-Based VCXO Solutions |
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New NBVSBAxxx Devices Offer Performance and Cost Benefits Versus SAW- or Quartz-Based Voltage Controlled Clock Oscillators
 ul 12, 2010 -- ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, today introduced a new PureEdgeTM family of silicon-based voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs). Offering reduced costs, and ultra-low jitter and phase noise versus alternative solutions available on the market, the new NBVSBAxxx series is ideal for providing low jitter, stable reference clock in designs such as networking, SONET, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, base stations and broadcasting equipment.
The NBVSBAxxx devices are designed to meet the requirements of 2.5 V and 3.3 V low voltage positive emitter coupled logic (LVPECL) clock generation applications offering a low jitter (0.5 ps) reference clock. The ability to power the devices with either a 2.5 V or 3.3 V supply enables design flexibility and simplifies product bill of materials, driving further system cost reduction. A High Q fundamental mode pullable crystal and phase locked loop (PLL) multiplier is used to provide industry standard frequencies across a wide range of 60 MHz to 700 MHz with a guaranteed pullable range of ±100 ppm and frequency stability of ±50 ppm. NBVSBAxxx oscillators offer a tri-state enable/disable feature, allowing the user to turn the output on and off across the entire industrial temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C.
"Long established SAW- or quartz-based voltage controlled clock oscillator technology has reached its performance and cost limits," said Prescott Sakai, director of Clock and Data products at ON Semiconductor. "ON Semiconductor's silicon-based PureEdge(TM) devices have emerged as a logical and superior choice for current and future designs. The new family of devices offer equal or better overall performance and improve design flexibility compared to existing solutions, combined with lower cost and reduced lead times."
The NBVSBAxxx devices are packaged in a hermetically sealed 5.0 mm x 7.0 mm x 1.9 mm ceramic CLCC-6 SMD package.
Output Frequency (MHz)
Application
NBVSBA015LN1TAG 200.00 Networking Base Stations
NBVSBA017LN1TAG 156.25 Networking, 10GE, 10G LAN
NBVSBA018LN1TAG 155.52 SONET, SDH, Networking
NBVSBA024LN1TAG 622.08 SONET, SDH, Networking
NBVSBA026LN1TAG 644.53 Networking Base Stations
NBVSBA027LN1TAG 148.50 Broadcasting Equipment
NBVSBA011LN1TAG 122.88 Base Stations
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| PI Introduces LED Driver IC Product Families |
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New ICs deliver flicker-free TRIAC dimming in solid-state lighting applications
Power Integrations new LinkSwitch-PH (optimized for isolated systems) and LinkSwitch-PL (optimized for non-isolated systems) ICs are ideal for a wide range of applications including space-constrained LED driver designs, replacement lamps, and external LED ballasts (e.g., downlighting, architectural lighting, signage, and outdoor lighting).
Key features and benefits include:
* Flicker-free TRIAC dimming
o Compatible with installed dimmers
* Single-stage power factor correction with constant current output
o Reduces system BOM and improves system reliability
* Integrated controller and high-voltage MOSFET
o Eliminates electrolytic bulk capacitor and optocoupler
For more information, please visit www.powerint.com.
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| ON Semiconductor's New Integrated LED Driver Improves System Efficiency for Low Bay, Street and Architectural Lighting Applications |
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NCL30001 Features Power Factor Correction and Step-Down Power Conversion in a Single Stage Which Helps Reduce Overall Part Count and System Costs
ul 07, 2010 - ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, today announced the further expansion of its solutions for LED lighting with the introduction of an offline LED driver that integrates power factor correction (PFC) and isolated step-down AC-DC power conversion in a single stage. By eliminating the need for a dedicated PFC boost stage, the NCL30001 offers a reduced component count, lower cost solution that supports higher overall system efficiency in LED power supplies for applications such as LED-based street, low bay, wall packs and architectural lighting.
Ideal for designs with power requirements of between 40 W and 150 W, the NCL30001 is designed to operate in continuous conduction mode (CCM), and can be configured as either a constant current or fixed output voltage driver. With an adjustable operating frequency of 20 kHz to 250 kHz and a multi-function latch-off pin able to implement an overtemperature shutdown circuit, the SOIC-16 packaged controller offers circuit designers a high degree of flexibility.
Further features of the NCL30001 controller's specification include a high voltage start-up circuit, voltage feedforward to improve loop response, a brownout detector, internal overload timer, latch input and a high accuracy multiplier to reduce input line harmonics. An isolated single stage power factor corrected LED Driver evaluation board is available for this device that is intended for applications ranging from 40 W - 100 W that require a direct constant current output, The current is adjustable from 0.7 A to 1.5 A to support a wider range of high power high brightness LEDs.
"With growth in the popularity and the rapidly increasing number of LED-based lighting designs on the market, the need for highly efficient, cost effective, integrated system management devices is greater than ever," said Christophe Warin, AC-DC Business Unit Manager, ON Semiconductor. "The NCL30001 meets these requirements in full, and provides engineers with a flexible single-stage topology LED driver ideal for use in their new LED lighting products. This device is a strong example of the targeted lighting solutions ON Semiconductor is developing to meet our customers' needs."
The NCL30001 is available in a 16-lead SOIC package.
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| ON Semiconductor Introduces High Efficiency Synchronous Regulators in Compact SOIC-8 Packages |
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New Regulators Optimized Specifically to Meet the Demands of High Efficiency Power System Designs in Consumer Electronics
un 23, 2010 --ON Semiconductor , a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions, today introduced a new family of high efficiency 2 ampere (A) to 4 A integrated synchronous regulators for consumer electronics applications such as set top boxes, DVD/hard disk drives, LCD monitors/TVs, speakerphones, cable modems, and telecom/datacom equipment.
The NCP3125, NCP3126 and NCP3127 are synchronous pulse width modulation (PWM) switching buck regulators with integrated high side and low side MOSFETs capable of delivering continuous output currents of 2 A, 3 A and 4 A, respectively. The new devices offer extremely low on-state resistance values [RDS(on)] for integrated switchers resulting in high efficiency system solutions. The NCP3125 has a 60 mâ" high-side MOSFET and 36 mâ" low-side MOSFET and provides system level efficiencies greater than 90 percent. All three new devices can produce output voltages as low as 0.8 V from an input supply of +5 V to +12 V. All three devices are pin-to-pin compatible, allowing the flexibility to scale the output current up or down during the product development process or speed up the product development process by allowing quick re-use on new designs. The devices feature an operating junction temperature range of --40 °C to +125 °C.
"These new devices allow the implementation of higher density power designs than could be achieved by using a discrete component solution consisting of a controller IC and separate MOSFETs," said John Blake, director of the Power Switching products at ON Semiconductor. "They offer greater levels of efficiency than competing integrated regulator alternatives already on the market. As a result, engineering teams will be able to create power designs that attain higher performance benchmarks in a smaller more compact integrated solution. We see this as a key capability as customers improve their designs to meet new energy efficiency standards in various consumer electronic products."
The NCP3125, NCP3126, NCP3127 devices are offered in SOIC-8 packages.
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| ON Semiconductor Introduces Integrated Linear Current Regulator and Controller for Automotive Lighting |
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New Device Allows Engineers to Develop More Sophisticated Lighting Control Systems Through Simple Programming of Discrete LED Brightness Levels
un 02, 2010 - ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, has announced the release of a linear regulator and controller product. The NCV7680 consists of eight linear programmable constant current sources. It is designed for use in the regulation and control of solid state rear combination lamps of vehicles, and is capable of supporting an LED driving current of up to 75 mA per channel.
Due to its high degree of integrated functionality, the NCV7680 allows support for two brightness levels - one for stop and one for tail illumination. Optional pulse width modulation (PWM) control can also be implemented if required. System designers can set the output current (global set point) with the use of just one external resistor. An optional external ballast FET allows for power distribution on designs requiring high currents.
Qualified to the AEC Q100 automotive standard, the NCV7680 has an MSL 1 moisture resistance rating, and an operating temperature range of --40 â°C to +150 â°C. Typical applications for this device include rear combination lamps, daytime running lights, fog lights, center high-mounted stop lamp arrays, turn signal lamps and LCD backlighting.
"Automotive lighting systems are now expected to be more feature rich, and this requires the employment of highly integrated solutions which provide superior current regulation," said Andy Williams, senior vice president, Automotive Power Group, ON Semiconductor. "The release of the NCV7680 takes care of powering rear combination lamps in a single chip, delivering enhanced performance and higher levels of efficiency, in a smaller footprint than existing solutions on the market. It also allows better matching of LED outputs than would be possible with a discrete solution, as well as enabling fault identification."
The NCV7680 is offered in a SOIC-16 Pb--free package.
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| ON Semiconductor Launches IPD2 Process Technology that Combines HighQ(TM) Performance and Small Size for Portable Electronics Applications |
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Advanced Copper on Silicon Process Supported by Design Tools and Rapid Prototyping Allows Fast Development of Cost-Effective RF Front-End Products
 ay 25, 2010 - ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, introduced a new integrated passive device (IPD) process technology. An enhancement of the company's existing HighQ(TM) copper (Cu) on silicon (Si) IPD technology, the new IPD2 process features a second 5um copper layer that increases inductor performance, allows greater flexibility, and supports the design of highly precise, cost-effective IPDs for RF system in package applications in portable electronics equipment.
One of a number of innovative manufacturing services offered by ON Semiconductor's custom Foundry Division, the HighQ(TM) IPD2 process utilizes advanced 8-inch wafer technology. Typical designs include baluns, low pass filters, band pass filters and diplexers used in the latest portable and wireless applications. Here, IPD2-based designs provide important benefits for circuit designers including reduced cost, reduced thickness, small footprint, and higher performance that equates to longer battery life.
ON Semiconductor offers fully featured design tools and design support plus rapid prototyping capabilities for its IPD2 process technology. These enable potential users to quickly and cost-effectively assess whether their less sophisticated discrete or integrated PCB solutions, thicker, more costly ceramic solutions, or more expensive Gold (Au) on Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) based IPDs are suitable for conversion.
"Integrating passive devices on a cost-effective, small-size platform with low insertion losses can provide a valuable solution for designers of battery powered portable electronics," said Rick Whitcomb, senior director, Custom Foundry Division, ON Semiconductor. "By supporting the new process with a comprehensive set of design tools and technical assistance, we can help customers make the transition from less effective technologies to our IPD2 process in the minimum time and with maximum confidence."
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| Positronic Expands Circular Connector Offering |
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ay 4 - Positronic offers a variety of rugged composite circular connector products. These circular connectors are suitable for high reliability applications. Many accessories and options are available and include straight and right angle PCB mount, environmental sealing, EMI shielding, and signal, power, coax, and thermocouple contacts.
Positronic announces the release of a new circular connector, the “Baby King Cobra”. This new product is a miniature version of the King Cobra circular connector line.
The Baby King Cobra is available with three size 20 or six size 20 contacts. Contacts are rated at 7.5 amperes nominal. Working voltages to 250V r.m.s are available. The major diameter of the connector is only 20 mm.
The Baby King Cobra has an environmental rating of IP65. The connector can be supplied with a discrete hood or an overmolded hood. A screw-on dust cover option is offered. Cable-to-panel mount or in-line cable-to-cable configurations are standard options.
For information on Positronic’s complete line of King Cobra circular connector, including the “Baby King Cobra”, please visit www.connectpositronic.com/products/49/KingCobra.
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| ON Semiconductor Introduces Energy Efficient Synchronous Rectification Drivers for Computing and Consumer Applications |
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Highly Integrated, Feature-Rich Devices Raise Power Efficiency Levels in SMPS Designs
ay 03, 2010 - ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, has expanded its portfolio of products to support next generation power system design. The NCP4303A and NCP4303B are full featured synchronous rectification controller and driver integrated circuits (ICs) targeted at use in Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) for applications such as ATX power supplies, flat screen televisions, high power AC-DC adapters, and gaming consoles. Their unique features provide an efficient and flexible solution for secondary side rectification in SMPS.
"The pressure being placed on engineers to improve power supply efficiency is greater than ever," said Christophe Warin, ON Semiconductor business unit manager for AC-DC Power Conversion Products. "The NCP4303 product family provides unique features such as our patented MOSFET parasitic inductance compensation. This feature provides a new method for optimizing the efficiency of a synchronous rectification system."
Capable of a maximum operating frequency of 500kHz, these new ICs feature high current gate drivers along with high-speed logic circuitry to provide appropriately timed drive signals to the synchronous rectification MOSFET. The extremely low turn-off delay time of 40ns typical, combined with the high sink current capability of the drivers and the automatic package parasitic inductance compensation system allow synchronous rectification MOSFET conduction time to be maximized - thus increasing the efficiency of the SMPS.
Externally adjustable minimum on and off times (which are independent of the Vcc level) help to deal with the ringing induced by PCB layouts and other parasitic elements. This results in reliable, noiseless operation. The NCP4303 also features a trigger input that can be used to interface with the primary side of the power supply, allowing use in constant current applications.
The NCP4303 is available with two different gate drive clamp voltages to tailor to the characteristics of different synchronous MOSFETs available on the market. The NCP4303A has a gate drive clamp of 12V, while the NCP4303B has a 6V gate drive clamp. These versatile devices can be used in various power topologies, such as flyback, forward and half bridge resonant LLC.
Both the NCP4303A and NCP4303B are offered in Pb--free, 8-pin SOIC packages.
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| Cree Revolutionizes High-Efficiency Switching with New Z-Rec(TM) 1700-V Junction Barrier Schottky Diode Series |
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 pril 28, 2010 -- Cree, Inc., a market leader in silicon carbide power devices, announces the industry's first commercially available Z-Rec(TM) 1700-V Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) diode products. Leveraging silicon carbide's unique advantages over silicon to virtually eliminate diode switching losses, these diodes are targeted at high-voltage power-conversion applications in motor-drive, wind-energy and traction systems.
Initial products in the 1700-V series include 10-A and 25-A JBS diodes in die form, ready for integration into 1700-V power modules ranging from 50 to 600-A. The new 1700-V JBS series can increase the efficiency, reliability and longevity of power systems while also reducing the overall system size,weight and cost.
"The 1700-V diodes extend our leadership in energy-efficient power systems for data-center and solar-power markets to new markets such as wind-energy,train, tram and electric-vehicle power converters," said Cengiz Balkas, Cree, vice president and general manager, Power and RF. "Cree has the diodes of choice when high-efficiency power systems are a must. The advantages of silicon carbide are clear, and for high-voltage, high-frequency systems, you can't afford not to use SiC."
"ABB has been closely involved with the development of SiC technology for many years," said Francisco Canales, senior principal scientist, ABB Corporate Research. "SiC diodes and switches provide an important step forward in technology that allows the increase of operation frequency,
reduced size and weight while providing state-of-the-art efficiency in applications such as motor drives and solar inverters. The 1700-V devices now being launched by Cree are an important step in the development of this technology."
For more information about Cree's family of Z-Rec SiC diodes, including 600 V, 1200 V and the new 1700 V families, please visit www.cree.com/power.
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| ON Semiconductor Launches New Synchronous PWM Controllers for Consumer and Industrial Applications |
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New Solutions Provide Flexibility, Choice of Functionality and Specifications, and a Wide Selection of Input Voltage Ranges
pr 22, 2010 -ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, today introduced three new flexible synchronous pulse width modulation (PWM) controller devices - the NCP3020A, NCP3020B and NCP3011. Offering a wide input voltage range, from 4.7V to 28V, these devices enable the flexibility to be used with a variety of input sources in consumer electronic equipment such as set-top-boxes and LCD televisions, as well as industrial and computing applications including printers, scanners and telecom systems.
"ON Semiconductor's expanding portfolio of synchronous PWM controllers and MOSFETs provide designers with a full system solution to meet their power management challenges," said John Blake, ON Semiconductor director for Power Switching products. "The new family of wide input voltage range controllers extends our high efficiency solutions to more applications and products while the enhanced features and performance will make it easier for our customers to design advanced power supplies."
The newest PWM controller devices provide a 1A integrated gate drive and are capable of producing output voltages as low as 0.6V (NCP3020A and NCP3020B) and 0.8V (NCP3011). The NCP3011 also provides a buffered +1.25V reference voltage which can be used as a low dropout (LDO) controller for one or two additional outputs. An internal oscillator sets the operating frequencies of 300kHz (NCP3020A), 600kHz (NCP3020B), and 400kHz (NCP3011). A regulated digital soft-start limits in-rush current.
All three of ON Semiconductor's new synchronous PWM controllers feature an externally compensated transconductance error amplifier capable of being used with all ceramic output capacitors or electrolytic capacitors. Also included are an integrated boost diode that helps to reduce overall system size and cost, and an integrated boost drive clamp to regulate the driver supply voltage to 7.6V to allow the use of lower voltage/higher efficiency MOSFETs. An enhanced suite of protection features includes lossless current limit, short circuit protection, output overvoltage protection, output undervoltage protection and input undervoltage lockout. The NCP3011 includes a number of additional features such as dual level power good, an enable/disable pin and external synchronization. The external synchronization allows two controllers to operation 180° out-of-phase for reduced input capacitance and system cost savings as well as offering the ability to synchronize to a higher switching frequency.
The NCP3020A and NCP3020B are available in a small footprint SOIC 8-pin package. The NCP3011 is offered in a 14-pin TSSOP package.
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| ON Semiconductor Introduces New Clock and Data Multiplexer Devices Optimized for High Speed, Low Power Designs |
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New Devices Respond to the Need for Faster Data Rates and Higher Clock Frequencies without Compromising Signal Integrity
pr 20, 2010 -ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for greener electronics, has announced further expansion of its family of multiplexer products, with the introduction of the NB6VQ572M, NB6LQ572, NB7L572, NB6L572M, NB7LQ572, NB6LQ572M, NB7VQ58M and NB7V58M mux/fanout devices, designed to function at high input rates/clock frequencies. These new devices are all highly suited to SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, backplane and other clock/data distribution applications.
The NB6VQ572M and NB6LQ572M high performance differential 4:1 clock/data input multiplexers with 1:2 current mode logic (CML) clock/data fanout buffers operate at up to 6 GHz/8 Gbps from a 1.8 V, 2.5 V or 3.3 V power supply. The new devices have a data dependent jitter of <10 ps and random clock jitter of less than 0.8 ps RMS.
The NB7L572 and NB6LQ572 high performance differential 4:1 clock/data input multiplexers have a 1:2 low voltage positive emitter coupled logic (LVPECL) clock/data fanout buffer. The device's differential INx/INxb inputs include internal 50 â" (ohm) termination resistors and will accept differential LVPECL, low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) or CML logic levels. These devices also incorporate a pair of select pins that will choose one of four differential inputs and produce two identical LVPECL output copies of clock or data operating up to 7 GHz/10 Gbps. This is complemented by the NB6L572M, which has a 1:2 CML clock/data fanout buffer that operates up to 6 GHz/8 Gbps and the NB6LQ572M, which supports the same speeds but incorporates a fixed equalizer receiver on each input pair to enhance the degraded signal transmitted across an FR4 PCB backplane or cable interconnect.
The NB7VQ58M high performance differential 2:1 clock/data multiplexer also has a selectable equalizer receiver. When placed in series with a data path operating up to 10.7 Gbps, it compensates the degraded signal creating a more open eye diagram allowing for higher data rates on standard FR4. The differential inputs of the NB7V58M 2:1 clock/data multiplexer incorporate internal 50 â" termination resistors that are accessed through the VT pin. This feature allows the device to accept LVPECL, CML and LVDS logic level standards. The NB7V58M produces minimal clock /data jitter and also operates up to 7 GHz/10.7 Gbps. The devices each have a -40 °C to +85 °C operating temperature range.
"Engineers are looking to achieve higher clock speed and data rates, but cannot do this at the expense of signal integrity," said Prescott Sakai, ON Semiconductor director of the Clock and Data Management products. "These new timing devices support the high-speed data rates needed for modern system designs while keeping jitter low and compensating for signal loss."
The NB6VQ572M, NB6LQ572, NB7L572, NB6L572M, NB7LQ572 and NB6LQ572M are offered in 5mm x 5mm QFN-32 packages. The NB7VQ58M and NB7V58M are offered in a low-profile 3mm x 3mm QFN-16 packages.
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| ON Semiconductor's New High Efficiency Quad-Voltage Supervisor Saves Board Space and Power in Computing and Consumer Applications |
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pr 16, 2010 -ON Semiconductor a leading global supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, has broadened its portfolio of voltage supervisors with the introduction of the CAT8710, a much smaller and space-efficient alternative to many existing solutions. Applications for this device include computing, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, communications and industrial control equipment.
Ideal for simultaneously monitoring multiple voltages in microprocessor or ASIC-based systems, the CAT8710 can be operated from a supply voltage of 1.5 to 5.5 Volts and draws just 3 micro-amperes (uA); typically consuming 10 percent of the power required for similar competing products. By integrating four voltage-level monitors into a single, six-pin, SOT-23 package, the CAT8710 provides an extremely space-efficient solution that occupies approximately 25 percent of the board space compared to four individually packaged devices. ON Semiconductor has ensured maximum flexibility for design engineers by incorporating two factory preset thresholds for monitoring 3.3V, 3.0V, 2.5V and 1.8V supplies within ±5 percent, and two that are customer programmable using external resistors and adjustable down to 0.62V.
"Space and power efficiency are the two most important considerations in the latest-generation product designs," said Thruston Awalt, product marketing manager, Configurable Analog Products, ON Semiconductor. "The CAT8710 quad-voltage supervisor excels in these two areas while also giving design engineers a high degree of flexibility with both preset and programmable monitors."
The CAT8710 is available in a Pb-free, RoHS-compliant six-pin SOT-23 package. Samples are available now. Projected lead-time for production quantities is currently eight to 12 weeks after receipt of order (ARO).
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| ON Semiconductor Extends High-Voltage Power Solutions Offerings with 30 Volt N-Channel Power MOSFETs with Integrated Schottky Diodes |
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Innovative Monolithic Design Brings Improved System Efficiency and Reduces EMI Noise
pr 06, 2010-ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, today broadened its portfolio of N-channel power MOSFET devices with the introduction of new 30 V products with integrated Schottky diodes.
The NTMFS4897NF, NTMFS4898NF and NTMFS4899NFhave maximum RDS(on) values of 2 mâ", 3 mâ" and 5 mâ" respectively at 10 V, optimized for synchronous side in buck converter applications to achieve higher power efficiency. Typical gate charge specifications of 39.6 nC, 25.6 nC and 12.2 nC respectively (at Vgs of 4.5 V) ensure that switching losses are also kept to a minimum.
Typical applications for ON Semiconductor's new power MOSFETs include dc-dc conversion, point-of-load conversion and low side switching tasks for servers, telecom network infrastructure, PCs, notebook computers and games consoles.
"The integrated Schottky improves efficiency and waveforms by reducing dead time conduction losses facilitated by the integration into the same die as the primary FET structure," said Paul Leonard, vice president and general manager of the Power MOSFET business unit at ON Semiconductor. "The new devices provide our customers with a broader array of products and solutions to solve unique design challenges."
The NTMFS4897NF, NTMFS4898NF and NTMFS4899NFare all offered in compact SO-8FL, 5 mm x 6 mm, RoHS-compliant package with low thermal resistance.
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| PSMA Publishes Power Supply in Package/Power Supply on a Chip Tech Report |
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New report benchmarks six leading-edge commercial developments in Power Supply in Package / Power Supply on a Chip technology; supplements first phase report issued in 2008
endham, New Jersey — April 16, 2009 — The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) announced today that it has issued a new publication entitled “Technology Report – Review of Commercial Developments in Power-Supply in Package and Power Supply on a Chip.” This report documents the final phase of a two-phase special project whose objective is to provide insight to both PSMA members and the broader electronics industry on the impact that power supply miniaturization and integration is having and the opportunities for new business that it enables.
The technology report builds on the work of the first phase of the effort – an in depth survey of this emerging market – documented in the PSMA publication, “Market and Technology Report – Power Supply in Package - Power Supply on a Chip” issued in February 2008. The second phase focused on benchmarking six leading-edge commercial products, evaluating their performance, identifying the technologies and materials used to fabricate them and determining the progress and likely future direction of the technology based on these findings. The work was carried out by Tyndall National Institute (Cork, Ireland) with significant inputs from both the Power Electronics Research Laboratory (PERL) at University College Cork (Ireland) and Anagenesis Inc. (El Segundo, CA, USA).
Commenting on the importance of the work, Dr. Cian Ó Mathuna, co-chair of the Steering Committee for the project, said “the report provides a very intense and comprehensive insight into the current trends and state-of-the-art in packaging, components and technologies required for this evolution and highlights the associated challenges that lie ahead.”
A copy of the printed and CDROM versions of “Market and Technology Report on Power Supply in a Package – Power Supply on a Chip” have been sent to PSMA Regular and Associate member companies as a benefit of their membership. PSMA affiliate members can purchase the report for $150. The report is also available to non-members for the price of $4,990.
Click to view the list of currently available PSMA publications
About PSMA
PSMA is an active organization consisting of power supply manufacturers, users, power component suppliers, academics and consultants interested in furthering the cause of the power supply industry. It is a non-profit, democratic and participative organization whose main and common goal is to enhance the stature of the power supply industry and provide education and information about this unique industry through published reports, educational seminars, technical workshops and conference exhibits. PSMA provides leadership to the industry through its membership which includes most major power supply companies.
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| PSMA Announces Availability of On-Line Energy Efficiency Standards Database |
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Database offered as a free service to the industry; provides “one-click” access to details of standards by world region, agency and application.
endham, New Jersey — April 9, 2009 — The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) announces availability of its On-line Energy Efficiency Database (EEDB) as a service to the industry. The number of energy efficiency standards and the world wide agencies that generate them continue to grow daily. It is time consuming for an individual or company to keep track of the many actions and activities by government and industry groups. The PSMA on-line energy efficiency standards database provides “one click” access to the very latest global standards and initiatives.
As a result of user feedback on an earlier version of the database, PSMA has incorporated a number of improvements. Some of the useful features:
•Quick access to world region, agency, or standards application
•Expanded data includes list of specific standards generated by an agency and parametric specifications for each regulation
•Expanded description of regulations and agencies
•Enhanced descriptions that include html code for quick linking to agency site or database location
•Latest schedule of standards meetings
Dusty Becker, PSMA Board Chairman and chair of the PSMA Energy Efficiency Committee, states that "The PSMA On-line Energy Efficiency Data Base, which incorporates a number of improvements suggested by product planners to keep current, is a valuable resource for engineers. We are pleased to offer this resource free of charge to our membership and to the industry."
Though access to the PSMA EEBD is free, users are required to register on www.psma.com/green/ so PSMA can provide notice of special database announcements and associated PSMA activities.
About PSMA
PSMA is an active organization consisting of power supply manufacturers, users, power component suppliers, academics and consultants interested in furthering the cause of the power supply industry. It is a non-profit, democratic and participative organization whose main and common goal is to enhance the stature of the power supply industry and provide education and information about this unique industry through published reports, educational seminars, technical workshops and conference exhibits. PSMA provides leadership to the industry through its membership which includes most major power supply companies.
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| PSMA Announces the Availability of its 2009 Power Technology Roadmap |
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Latest in series of reports presents expanded view of trends in power management, control and power delivery technologies
ENDHAM, N.J. — February 10, 2009 — The Power Sources Manufacturers Association announces the publication of the 2009 PSMA Power Technology Roadmap. This report is the sixth in a series done every three years to look at the technology trends in power technology over the next four to five years. In 2008, leaders from the key groups – end users, power supply manufacturers and component suppliers – got together to present, compare and discuss their views on the trends in power technology. This year a new method of gathering the data was implemented in order to assure inputs from a wider range of participants. The end result is this report which offers a consolidated view of the latest trends in power management, control and power delivery technologies.
The roadmap was based on many inputs from the industry. Two major users of power supplies discussed their roadmap for computing trends. Six component suppliers provided trends on semiconductor ICs, power semiconductors, magnetic materials, inductive wiring, and capacitor technologies. The report also includes technology presentations on expected influence of digital power control and management technologies, advanced packaging trends on dc-dc converters, and an extensive review of university research now in progress around the world for dc-dc power conversion. Finally there were three market perspective presentations on communication infrastructure, power component market trends and the very important review of world-wide energy-efficiency standards. The heart of the report is a set of tables for each of four selected product segments with detail trends on general requirements, circuit design, components, and packaging/assembly techniques.
Carl Blake, co-chair of the organizing committee, noted that, “It was a challenge to choose the set of products for the roadmap that would best represent the interests of PSMA members and we decided to use the same four product sets used in the 2006 roadmap as the most representative: ac-dc front end power supplies, external ac-dc adapter supplies, dc-dc bus converters, and nonisolated dc-dc converters.”
Aung Thet Tu, co-chair of the organizing committee also commented, “This report presents a big picture look at the industry’s needs, the gaps that exist in filling those needs and the opportunities for success that filling those gaps offer.”
A copy of the printed and CDROM versions of 2009 PSMA Power Technology Roadmap has been sent to PSMA regular and associate member companies as a benefit of their membership. PSMA affiliate members can purchase the report for $150. The report is also available to non-members for purchase on the PSMA website (www.psma.com) for the price of $2,490.
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| PSMA announces availability of Market and Technology Report: Power Supply in a Package - Power Supply on a Chip |
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Valuable report has been distributed free of charge to Regular and Associate PSMA member companies; deep discount off $2,490 cover price offered to Affiliate members
 ebruary 14, 2008 — The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) announced today that it has issued a report entitled “Market and Technology Report on Power Supply in a Package – Power Supply on a Chip”. This report documents the first phase of a two-phase special project whose objective is to provide insight to both PSMA members and the broader electronics industry as to the potential impact of this paradigm shift within the power supply industry.
Cian Ó Mathuna, co-chair of the Steering Committee for this project, commented, “At this early stage in the Power Supply in Package and Power Supply on a Chip evolution, this report presents a valuable opportunity for the industry to take stock and obtain an overview of the technology and product trends that are evolving, what the technology and market drivers are and what the market opportunities will be over the coming years. The study will also provide valuable insights into future technology roadmaps and R&D challenges that need to be addressed.”
The Market and Technology Report is the result of a comprehensive survey undertaken by Anagenesis, Inc. that involved in-depth interviews with major players, as well as reviews of industry and academic reports and literature — all of which have been subject to detailed analysis and assessments by the consultants.
Brian Narveson, Steering Committee co-chair, stated, “The proliferation of functionally integrated hardware solutions is a move away from the traditional power supply manufacturing route of using discrete components to an increasing emphasis on power supply products employing functionally integrated devices directly from the semiconductor and microelectronics industries. Advances in semiconductor, magnetic, capacitor and packaging materials and technologies that will deliver products operating at multi-MHz frequencies are augmenting this trend.”
A copy of the printed and CD-ROM versions of Market and Technology Report on Power Supply in a Package – Power Supply on a Chip has been sent to PSMA Regular and Associate member companies as a benefit of their membership. PSMA Affiliate members can purchase the report for US$490. The report is also available to non-members for purchase on the PSMA website (www.psma.com) for US$2490.
PSiP2PwrSoC Market and Technology Report On Power Supply-in-a-Package and Power Supply-on-a-Chip
©2008 PSMA All Rights Reserved.
• 252 Pages
• 90 Pages of Appendices
• 105 Figures
• 31 Tables
• 24 Companies’ Products Analysed
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
PSiP Terminology, Definitions, Origins and Development
Recent PSiP Products Summary
Market Survey.Interview Results
Future – PSiP Trend Analysis
Technologies Enabling PSiP o Technology-Influencing and Application-Enabling Map – PSiP
o PSiP Influencing Technologies
o PSiP Application Enablers PwrSoC Terminology
PwrSoC Definitions
PwrSoC Origins and Development
o Fully Integrated Power ICs
o Integrating the Inductor
o Integrating the Capacitor
Recent PwrSoC Products
Comments on Present PwrSoC product
Future PwrSoC
o Technologies Enabling PwrSoC
o Technology-Influencing and Application-Enabling Map – PwrSoC
o PwrSoC Influencing Technologies
o Power Passives – Developing Integrated Devices
Appendix I PSiP Datasheets
Appendix II PwrSoC Datasheets
Appendix III: Glossary of Terms
Appendix IV: Bibliography
Appendix V: HTML Links
Appendix VI Market Players
To order directly from PSMA please complete the "members order form" or the "non-members order form".
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| PSMA Announces Availability of On-Line Energy Efficiency Database |
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Limited-time open access to database is now available; future access will be limited to PSMA members
ENDHAM, N.J. ─ February 8, 2008 ─ The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA ) announces availability of an online database containing the evolving standards and regulations for energy efficiency. This online database, available through the Energy Efficiency Forum on the PSMA web site, includes the various organizations – state, national and worldwide – that are active in establishing energy efficiency standards and regulations for power supplies used in commercial applications. For each organization, the database includes the specific application(s), the most recent status of the standard(s), identifies critical documents, meetings and milestones, and provides a link(s) to the appropriate web sites of the controlling organization. The information in the database is being updated on a regular basis and is believed to be the most complete and current source available in the industry. The information in the database is critical for organizations designing power systems for applications in the global marketplace that are required to satisfy the present and evolving energy efficiency standards in their target markets.
PSMA has contracted with Anagenesis, Inc . to update and maintain the database. This valuable information resource is currently available for a limited time to the industry through the PSMA web site. Access to the database is from the Efficiency Database tab in the Energy Efficiency Forum that is accessed from the home page of the PSMA web site. In the future, the database will only be available from the Members Only portion of the PSMA web site.
Dusty Becker, co-chair of the PSMA Energy Efficiency Committee, stated, "The ongoing activities world- wide in establishing new and sometimes conflicting energy efficiency standards and regulations are affecting all companies as they design their new products for global markets. This database is a valuable resource for engineers and product planners to keep abreast of ongoing activities and to access the latest version of the standards. We are pleased to make this resource available to our membership and to the industry."
Tim Cassidy, co-chair of the PSMA Energy Efficiency Committee, noted, "the PSMA Energy Efficiency Committee is acting in an advisory role and industry resource for a number of state and federal organizations involved in developing new energy efficiency standards and regulations for a variety of applications. The committee is also closely monitoring similar activities in major industrial nations and encouraging the harmonization of standards on a global basis."
About PSMA
PSMA is an active organization consisting of power supply manufacturers, users, power component suppliers, academics and consultants, interested in furthering the cause of the power supply industry. It is a non-profit, democratic and participative organization, whose main and common goal is to enhance the stature of the power supply industry and provide education and information about this unique industry through published reports, educational seminars, technical workshops and conference exhibits. PSMA provides leadership to the industry through its members, which include most major power supply companies.
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| PSMA Announces Reprint Availability of J. K. Watson's "Applications of Magnetism" |
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New reprint is the fourth title in PSMA's out-of-print Classic Book Series
ENDHAM, N.J. - February 4, 2008 ─ The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is pleased to announce availability of a reprint of the classic book
"Applications Of Magnetism" authored by the late J. K. Watson and originally published by John Wiley and Sons in 1980.
According to Ed Bloom "This classic book, written by one of the most respected teachers in the field of magnetics, makes the principles of applied magnetics accessible to the practicing electronics engineer. With emphasis on practical design, the text presents the relevant principles of physics, circuit analysis, simple models and the calculations involved in designing a circuit or a magnetic device. No prior knowledge of the physics of magnetism is assumed ─ material properties are explained in a step-by-step manner, with special attention to their effects on the volt-ampere characteristics of a magnetic device, and to the physics of magnetic domain processes. Applications of magnetics, including those associated with power electronics circuits, are covered as well as reluctance modeling methods for transformers and inductors."
Copies of this practical design treatment of magnetics will be available for sale at this year's Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2008) to be held in Austin, Texas, February 24-28, 2008 and through the PSMA web site - www.psma.com. Copies will sell for US$100, but members of PSMA companies can obtain a copy for US$50.
To order directly from PSMA please complete the "members order form" or the "non-members order form".
In the past three years, PSMA has reprinted three other classic books on magnetics including Transformers for Electronic Circuits by the late Nathan R. Grossman, Soft Ferrites - Properties and Applications by E.C. Snelling and Electronic Transformers and Circuits by the late Reuben Lee and associates. A limited number of the Snelling and Lee books are still available through www.psma.com.
About PSMA
PSMA is an active organization consisting of power supply manufacturers, users, power component suppliers, academics and consultants, interested in furthering the cause of the power supply industry. It is a non-profit, democratic and participative organization, whose main and common goal is to enhance the stature of the power supply industry and provide education and information about this unique industry through published reports, educational seminars, technical workshops and conference exhibits. PSMA provides leadership to the industry through its members, which include most major power supply companies.
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| PSMA ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF WORKSHOP REPORT |
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EPRI / PSMA Publishes Report Based on Energy Efficiency Workshop
ENDHAM, NJ — November 30, 2007 — The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) announces the publication of “Follow the Power: A Report on an Energy Efficiency Workshop.” Based on a Feb. 2007 workshop co-sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and PSMA, the 200-page benchmark report offers key findings on possible energy efficiency improvements spanning the entire power network from generation to load.
“The PSMA / EPRI energy efficiency report promises to influence industry efforts for the next decade,” said Arnold Alderman, PSMA Director and workshop co-chair. “The workshop was remarkable for assembling so many knowledgeable contributors under one roof to share their expertise and perspectives on the full realm of power. Anyone involved in increasing energy efficiency, which is of particular concern today, will find this report extremely helpful.”
The report captures thought-provoking solutions to today’s energy efficiency challenges that were discussed during the workshop’s breakout sessions. Designed to facilitate a better understanding of the industry, it covers essential elements of the electric power chain, including:
Power generation (traditional and alternative)
Power transmission and distribution
Customer-side utilization
Power delivery at the facility and rack level
Power delivery to the IC level (the load)
“Follow the Power: A Report on an Energy Efficiency Workshop” is available through both PSMA and EPRI. Copies are available for purchase on the PSMA website (www.psma.com) for the price of $US 2,490.00.
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| PSMA Announces Latest Edition of Standardized Terminology Handbook |
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Third edition includes print and CD versions; provides comprehensive resource of power sources industry terminology
ENDHAM, N.J.,—October 5, 2007—The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is pleased to announce publication of The Handbook of Standardized Terminology for the Power Sources Industry–3rd Edition. Revised and expanded, this unique handbook contains hundreds of added terms, especially selected for the power electronics professional. The third edition also contains illustrations and four new appendices, including a listing of EMI specifications, excerpts from international standards of units and symbols, along with guides for authors of technical papers. These added resources provide concise, easy-to-use references for engineers involved in technical writing and presentations.
Many new magnetic terms are described in this new 126-page third edition that are of particular interest to the practicing designer and marketer of power supplies and related products. Valuable information regarding worldwide power sources, standards agencies, and military specifications has been retained, updated and expanded from the previous edition.
Titles of the appendices are:
• Testing and Standards Agencies; Designer's Reference;
• World Voltages and Frequencies;
• Military Specifications;
• EMI Specifications;
• Writing Technical Papers for Archival Publications; Units, Symbols and Style Guide; A Brief Writing Guide.
The book comes in hard copy along with a CD containing a PDF version that can easily be searched for terms and words within the definitions, making it a valuable tool for posting on your internal network.
The book price is $25 to PSMA members and $50 to nonmembers.
To order directly from PSMA please complete the "members order form" or the "non-members order form".
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| PSMA Releases 2006 Technology Roadmap Workshop Report |
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endham, New Jersey − January 15, 2007 − The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is pleased to announce the release of the latest Power Technology Roadmap Workshop Report. This Fifth Edition Workshop Report includes presentations and discussions from the workshop as seen by the participants that included many of the industry’s most influential members representing end-users, power supply manufacturers, component suppliers, consultants and academia.
This report provides detailed projections for the next three to four years of various technologies in a quantitative form. There was special emphasis on how the increasing use of digital technologies will affect the industry in the next four years.
The technology trend analysis and the roadmap is provided for the following specific product families expected to be the areas of largest market growth:
Ac-dc front end power supplies – 1 kW from a single phase ac source
External ac-dc power supplies
Dc-dc bus converters
Non-isolated dc-dc converters
Bruce Miller, Chairman of PSMA, stated that “the Power Technology Roadmap Workshop Report is an extensive document that analyzes and provides projections for most major technical parameters for a specific power supply. It is a unique document as it contains technology/parametric trends in a roadmap fashion from a variety of diverse sources, giving significant depth to its content. No such information is available from any other source.”
The Power Technology Roadmap Workshop Report is available at no cost as to PSMA Regular and Associate members and at a reduced price to Affiliate members as a benefit of membership. The report will be offered to non-members at a price of $2490.
For further information or to buy a copy of the report, please visit the publications page or the PSMA website or contact the Association Office.
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| Power Sources Manufacturers Association Announces Publication of Second Out-of-Print Classic Magnetics Text |
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anuary 9, 2006—The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) has announced the new availability of SOFT FERRITES – Properties and Applications - Second Edition, authored by Eric Snelling. The book was initially published in 1969 and was extensively revised by Snelling in 1988 to bring all eleven chapters in line with current design practices and applications of ferrite cores used in modern-day inductors and transformers. The aim of this unique 366-page reprint is to provide all the information on ferrite properties and wound-component design necessary for efficient applications of these materials. Data in the book are represented by means of extensive use of graphs and tables, and design procedures are supported by many working examples of inductors and transformers.
 | Ed Bloom (Right) of the PSMA
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The book has been out of print for several years but is now being reprinted by the Power Sources Manufacturers Association. It is the second in a series of classic magnetics texts offered to designers and students in the power electronics industry. The first classic text reprint, the late Nathan Grossner's Transformers and Electronic Circuits – Second Edition, has been very well received.
According to Stephen Carlsen, PSMA Magnetics Committee Chair, "Snelling’s book is considered by many working design engineers as the 'ferrite user's bible' and PSMA is pleased to make this wonderful text available once again."
Copies of Snelling's classic treatise on magnetics, SOFT FERRITES – Properties and Applications - Second Edition, are now available for sale at www.psma.com and through e/j Bloom Associates Inc. ( www.ejbloom.com/bookproducts.asp?product=859&category=96 ). Price is $100 for PSMA members and $150 for non-members.
To order directly from PSMA please complete the "members order form" or the "non-members order form".
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