Supply Chain
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Mouser Now Stocking Maxim’s MAX17222 nanoPower Boost Converter
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MAX17222 nanoPower DC-DC step-up (boost) converter from Maxim Integrated. The MAX17222 offers a high 95-percent efficiency that minimizes heat dissipation plus an ultra-low quiescent current that helps extend battery life in highly integrated wearables, health monitors, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected designs.
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New Battery Coating Could Improve Lithium Battery Life
A team of researchers have made big developments towards creating a coating for lithium batteries that could improve their lifespan. If the batteries are covered by an organic compound coating called methyl viologen, it eliminates dendrite growth and increases the battery lifetime three times.
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RoHS-Compliant Snap-In Power Aluminum Capacitors Offer 5,000 Hours of Lifetime Usage
Vishay Intertechnology extends its 159 PUL-SI series.
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Small CMOS Low Dropout Regulator Reduces Ripple Noise from Power Processors
Toshiba America has introduced a device for stable output voltage at high output currents with low power.
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A Career in Cybersecurity: What To Know
A position in the cybersecurity field can mean job security, limitless career advancement, and a salary approaching six figures (making, on average, nine percent more than other IT workers).
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Electrodes in Batteries Turn Glassy to the Handle Volume Changes During the Recharging and Charging Process
Researchers have discovered why battery materials don’t crack when they expand and contract
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Graphene-based Transparent Electrodes for OLED Panels
The development could result in future fully-foldable panels for use in the next-generation of smart devices
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Power Supply Control ICs Offer Better Light-Load Energy Efficiency
Fuji Electric rolls out two new circuits that automatically detect output and reduce switching frequency
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Peregrine Semiconductor Introduces the World's Highest Efficiency, Lowest Profile LED Driver ICs
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., a Murata company, has announced the ARC3C family of LED driver ICs. The ARC3C product line is designed to meet the demands of the ultra-high-definition (UHD) LCD displays market for notebooks and ultrabooks.
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Nanotechnology in Sports: From Wimbledon to (Ski) Wax
Nanotechnology has expanded to innovation in the world of sports technology. Professional athletes perform at such a high level that improvements in their apparel and equipment—like those brought about through nanotechnology—can mean the difference between a win, loss, personal best performance or world record.
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Choke Suits Automotive Power over Coax Apps
TDK’s ADL3225V choke for automotive power over coax (PoC) applications provides high impedance over frequencies from 1 MHz up to 1?GHz.
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RF Transistor Enables More Rugged Devices in a Shorter Time
The first component from NXP’s new LDMOS technology has been introduced.
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Paper-based Energy Harvester Inspired by Chinese Art of Paper-cutting
The device could be used to power small electronics such as watches, hearing aids or heart monitors
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Logarithmic Amplifier Chip Design and Application Considerations
Able to compress a signal of wide dynamic range to its decibel equivalent, logarithmic amplifier chips produce an output voltage that is directly proportional to the logarithm of an input voltage or current.
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Video: Headphones Listen for Tinnitus Symptoms
A set of headphones paired with a smartphone app may alert consumers to this hearing condition.
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30 V MOSFET Achieves 8.4 mO On-Resistance
N-channel MOSFET reportedly offers lowest on-resistance and highest drain current for 30 V devices.
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Flexible VNA Test Cables Operate At Up to 110 GHz
Pasternack has unveiled four 1.0 millimeter flexible cables for Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), radar, automotive and semiconductor probe testing.
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LeEco Drops Bid to Acquire TV Maker Vizio
Citing regulatory concerns, the $2 billion merger is called off
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Nanoscale Fusilli: Building Helical Semiconductors
Using proteins and DNA, researchers at the University of Michigan (U of M) can coax semiconductor materials into spiral configurations.
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Mouser Electronics Announces Global Distribution Agreement with ReFLEX CES
Mouser Electronics has recently announced a global distribution agreement with ReFLEX CES. Mouser will now stock Attila, Alaric and Achilles Arria® Instant Development Kits (IDKs). ReFLEX CDS IDKs are complete out-of-the-box compact hardware platforms with an efficient and intuitive software environment.
