Category: IC

Cypress Semiconductor's F-RAM is ideal for portable medical, wearable, IoT sensor, industrial, and automotive applications Cypress Semiconductor’s Excelon is next-generation Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) which delivers the industry’s lowest-power mission-critical nonvolatile memory by...

ST Microelectronics' ST730 is a 300 mA LDO regulator designed to be used in several medium voltage applications. Ultra-low quiescent current of 5 µA makes it suitable for applications permanently connected to power supply and battery. This feature is also useful when electronic...

Dialog Semiconductor has announced both the DA14531, Bluetooth 5.1 SoC, and the DA14531 module, to simplify Bluetooth product development and enable wider adoption.  The chip, also known as SmartBond Tiny, is specifically designed to lower the costs of incorporating BLE...

Diodes Incorporated has announced the introduction of the AP22913, a 2A single-channel, slew-rate-controlled load switch with true reverse current blocking for high-side load-switching applications. Single-channel high-side load switches provide an effective way of applying or removing...

The operational amplifier – or “op amp” for short – is a common building block in analog electronics. Whether you’re a professional electronics designer or just getting started, it is likely you’ve used an op amp in your designs. Invented in 1941 by Karl D. Swartzel Jr. of...

iNand IX EM132 - Industrial Embedded Flash Device. The Industrial iNAND IX EM132 Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) is Western Digital’s most advanced e.MMC flash storage solution for industrial applications, with high reliability and endurance across a wide range of operational...

If you’re looking to reduce quiescent current and extend the lifetime of your system’s battery, then the TPS62840 is the device for you. At an astonishing 60nA of operating IQ, TPS62840 is the world’s lowest quiescent current DC/DC switching regulator. From IoT to smart meters,...

Low quiescent current, also called supply current, might be an important spec for your power-supply design.. by Paul Rako @ electronicdesign.com Quiescent current is the current that a chip needs to operate even if it’s not delivering power. It’s the bare minimum supply current the...