IC UpdateMicroprocessors…Power Conversion/Control…RF/Wireless/Telephony…
Type | Features | Device | Price | Source and Contact | |||||
8-bit flash MCU | Low-power 8-bit flash microcontroller with extended peripherals operates from 1.8 to 3.6 V; has up to 24 Kbytes of flash, an 8-channel SAR A/D converter, a temperature sensor, 2 Kbytes of register RAM and 1 Kbyte of program RAM, four 16-bit timers, and an 11-MHz precision oscillator. | Z8 Encore! XP(R) F1680 series | ea/1,000 $1.90 to $2.32 | Zilog, Campbell, CA Sales 866-469-4564 msprague@zilog.com http://www.zilog.com | |||||
Quad-mode LED driver | Quad-mode LED driver drives up to 4 LEDs at 25 mA each with up to 92% efficiency; offers four modes of operation: 1x, 1.5x, 2x, and 1.33x (with only 2 flying capacitors); is 604-compatible with higher average efficiency; has PWM dimming interface and channel diagnostics; 16-pad TQFN. | CAT3604V | ea/10,000 $0.48 | Catalyst Semiconductor Santa Clara, CA Information 408-542-1000 http://www.catsemi.com | |||||
Power driver | Single-chip power MOSFET and Schottky diode device improves operational efficiency by up to 6% in dc/dc conversion applications.; features 30-V breakdown voltage, MOSFET on-resistance of 3.75 mΩ at a 10-V gate drive, and Schottky diode that reduces QRR by almost 20 % from the standard MOSFET body diode. | Si4642DY SkyFET | ea/10,000 $0.57 | Vishay Intertechnology, Malvern, PA Information 619-336-0860 info@vishay.com http://www.vishay.com | |||||
Automotive-grade LDO regulator | Low drop-out regulator combines voltage regulation, voltage monitoring, and software monitoring with a watchdog function; features 5-V 120-mA output, power SO8 package, operation up to 40 V at -40° to 125°C, and reverse-battery, short-circuit, and overthermal protection. | EM6156 | ea/1,000 $0.87 | EM Microelectronic US, Colorado Springs, CO Marketing info@emmicroelectronic.com http://www.emmicroelectronic.com | |||||
LED driver | High-precision LED driver allows dimming of multiple segments of the LCD TV backlight, enabling highest contrast ratios and best picture quality; offers control of 16-LED channels, where each channel can be controlled completely independently via built-in PWM generators while withstanding up to 50 V; has precision current control of 0.5%; controlled via SPI or I2C. | AS3693 | Call company for pricing | austriamicrosystems Unterpremstaetten, Austria Manfred Kogler 011-43-3136-500-5274 manfred.kogler@austriamicrosystems.com http://www.austriamicrosystems.com | |||||
Step-down switching regulatorr | Hysteretic high-efficiency 20-V step-down regulator in a small 3 x 3-mm TDFN8 package; provides 600 mA at 5.0 V from a 12-V input; outputs from 1.25 V to Vin or fixed 5 V; has 12-µA quiescent current, 0.8-µA shutdown, and -40° to +85°C operation. | AS1341 | Sample pricing 2.20 Euro | austriamicrosystems Unterpremstaetten, Austria Manfred Kogler 011-43-3136-500-5274 manfred.kogler@austriamicrosystems.com http://www.austriamicrosystems.com | |||||
Step-down switching regulator | Step-down switching regulator packaged in a 3 x 3-mm DFN operates from 3.6 to 25 V; has 3.1-A internal switch that can deliver 2.2 A continuous at voltages as low as 1.265 V and switching frequency that is programmable from 300 kHz to 2.8 MHz; includes 0.18 Ω switch with boost diode, oscillator, control, and logic. | LT1938 | From $2.75 | Linear Technology, Milpitas, CA Information 408-432-1900 http://www.linear.com | |||||
Flyback converter controller | Flyback converter controller integrates input/output protection, PFC interface, and adaptive UVLO; is suitable in applications such as flyback ac/dc adapters, TV and LCD monitors, small-size LCD TVs, high-end chargers, and in other consumer equipment such as DVD players and set-top boxes; has quiescent current of less than 3 mA and on-board non-dissipative startup circuit to improve overall efficiency; comes in versions supporting and not supporting front-end power factor correction. | L6566A L6566BK | ea/2,500 $0.50 | STMicroelectronics Lexington, MA Sales 781-861-2650 http://www.st.com | |||||
Step-down switching regulatorr | Multiple output buck regulator controllers have a 5-V fixed input voltage or variable input up to 25 V; a triple output controller with two 500-mA LDOs and a 1-A standard PWM regulator with integrated high-side power MOSFET, or a dual-output device with a single 500-mA LDO and a 1-A standard PWM regulator; requires no separate sequencer/supervisor; 24-lead, thermally enhanced 4 x 4 QFN packages. | ISL8501 ISL8510 | ea/1,000 $2.04 to $2.17 | Intersil, Milpitas, CA Sales 408-432-8888 http://www.intersil.com | |||||
LDO regulators | The 500-mA low-noise LDO regulators provide up to 92 dB PSRR (at 5 kHz), 16-µVrms output noise, 100-mV max dropout voltage, ±1.5% output accuracy, 1.7 to 5.5-V input-voltage range, 1.5 to 4.7- V and 0.6 to 5.3-V variable output, and -40 to 125C operation; 2 x 2-mm TDFN package. | MAX8902A/MAX8902B | ea/1,000 from $1.25 | Maxim Integrated Products Sunnyvale, CA 888-629-4642 sales-US@maxim-ic.com http://www.maxim-ic.com | |||||
MMIC LNA | GaAs MMIC LNA provides 15-dB of gain, while contributing only 2.5 dB of noise figure over the frequency range of 3.5 to 7 GHz; provides an output IP3 performance of 24 dBm as well as an output P1 dB of 14 dBm; consumes typically 43 mA of current from a single 5-V supply; 5 x 5-mm leadless SMT package. | HMC392LH5 | Call company for pricing | Hittite Microwave, Chelmsford, MA Sales 978-250-3343 sales@hittite.com http://www.hittite.com | |||||
Mixer | Versatile passive double-balanced mixer provides a LO to RF port isolation of 48 dB and an input IP3 of 22 dBm across the frequency range of 2.5 to 7 GHz; delivers a wide IF bandwidth of dc to 3 GHz while maintaining a conversion loss of 7 dB; operates over -40° to 85°C; 4 x 4-mm RoHS surface-mount device. | HMC557LC4 | Call company for pricing | Hittite Microwave, Chelmsford, MA Sales 978-250-3343 sales@hittite.com http://www.hittite.com |
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