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Texas Instruments Introduces 3D Hall Effect Sensor with Faster, More Accurate Real-Time Control

Texas Instruments Introduces 3D Hall Effect Sensor with Faster, More Accurate Real-Time Control

TI sensor provides ultra-high precision at speeds as fast as 20 kSPS while using at least 70% less power.


Silicon Designs Announces Immediate Availability of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Chips

Silicon Designs Announces Immediate Availability of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Chips

Silicon Designs, Inc., today announced that three of its industry best-selling industrial-grade surface mount MEMS capacitive accelerometer chip…


The Progression to Low Cost Current Sensing

The Progression to Low Cost Current Sensing

This article highlights Pewatron on cost reduction opportunities in measuring the traction current in universally used three phase motors.


Customized Current Sensors Enable High Power Density Electric Vehicle Inverters

Customized Current Sensors Enable High Power Density Electric Vehicle Inverters

The demand for high power density converters in EVs requires further integration of sensors within power electronics.


Nowi and Murata Partner on LoRa Energy Platforms

Nowi and Murata Partner on LoRa Energy Platforms

Electronic manufacturer Murata and semiconductor firm Nowi have partnered on the development of long-range (LoRa) energy-autonomous platforms.


Bourns Precision Current Sense Resistor Line Offers New Smaller Package Sizes that Match Mobile Device Requirements

Bourns Precision Current Sense Resistor Line Offers New Smaller Package Sizes that Match Mobile Device Requirements

This article highlights Bourns Model CFN Metal Foil Current Sense Resistor Series.


new products Jun 23, 2021 by Bourns
“Ultra-sensitive” Magnetic Detecting Device Research Could Open the Door for New Application Areas

“Ultra-sensitive” Magnetic Detecting Device Research Could Open the Door for New Application Areas

Researchers from Brown University have developed a cheap, accurate, and highly sensitive magnetic sensing device.


News Jun 18, 2021 by Ahmad Ezzeddine
 Toshiba Unveils Photovoltaic-Output Optocoupler For Solid State Relays

Toshiba Unveils Photovoltaic-Output Optocoupler For Solid State Relays

The new electrically isolated device features the high open voltage needed to drive power MOSFETS


TDK Announces the ASIL-B Upgrade of its 3D HAL Direct-angle Sensor Family

TDK Announces the ASIL-B Upgrade of its 3D HAL Direct-angle Sensor Family

This article highlights TDK Corporation Micronas 3D HAL® direct-angle Hall-effect sensor family, HAL 37xy (HAL 37xy, HAR 37xy and HAC 37xy)*, for…


Allegro’s 3DMAG Magnetic Position Sensor Enables Next-Generation ADAS Applications

Allegro’s 3DMAG Magnetic Position Sensor Enables Next-Generation ADAS Applications

This article highlights Allegro MicroSystems Incorporated A31315 sensor, the newest member of the 3DMAG™ family of rotary and linear magnetic…


STMicroelectronics Begins Volume Production of Digital Isolator Featuring Galvanic Isolation

STMicroelectronics Begins Volume Production of Digital Isolator Featuring Galvanic Isolation

The STIS0621 provides 6kV of galvanic isolation and features two independent unidirectional channels


Kemet Introduces a Piezoelectric Film Haptic Actuator for User Interfaces

Kemet Introduces a Piezoelectric Film Haptic Actuator for User Interfaces

The thin-film actuators serve to add a haptic skin to product surfaces to create a wide range of tactile effects


Infineon Introduces 650V High-Side And Low-Side Gate Drivers

Infineon Introduces 650V High-Side And Low-Side Gate Drivers

The monolithic level-shift drivers include integrated bootstrap diodes to save space and reduce overall BOM.


How the Piezoelectric Effect is Used in Sensors

How the Piezoelectric Effect is Used in Sensors

This series provides a look at how different physical phenomena can be converted into an electrical signal. In this article, the third in our…


E-Peas is Helping Enable Epishine’s New, Novel and Thin Indoor Energy Harvesting Solution

E-Peas is Helping Enable Epishine’s New, Novel and Thin Indoor Energy Harvesting Solution

The world is getting smarter, and the devices that enable that intelligence are getting smaller. For this to continue, especially in indoor…


Allegro’s Latest Hall Effect Current Sensor Requires no Shield or Core

Allegro’s Latest Hall Effect Current Sensor Requires no Shield or Core

Designed for tough EV and industrial environments, the ACS37610 measures currents ranging from 100A to 4000A flowing through busbars or PCB traces.


Paragraf Introduces Graphene-Based Battery Sensor for Battery Mapping

Paragraf Introduces Graphene-Based Battery Sensor for Battery Mapping

Based on the Hall Effect, the new device is well suited for evaluating electric vehicle battery cell chemistries


ON Semiconductor launches World’s First Automotive Qualified SiPM  Array Product for LiDAR Applications

ON Semiconductor launches World’s First Automotive Qualified SiPM Array Product for LiDAR Applications

This article highlights ON Semiconductor ArrayRDM0112A20-QFN as the first automotive qualified SiPM product in the market.


II-VI Incorporated Introduces Ceramic YAG Optical Materials for Solid-State Lasers in Automotive LiDAR

II-VI Incorporated Introduces Ceramic YAG Optical Materials for Solid-State Lasers in Automotive LiDAR

This article highlights ceramic YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) platform for solid-state lasers and optical components.


Power Companies Close Out 2020 with Growth and New Opportunities

Power Companies Close Out 2020 with Growth and New Opportunities

A look into the latest quarterly and full-year earnings results from the power electronics companies.


News Mar 10, 2021 by Shannon Cuthrell