Dusseldorf - Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a new capacitive touch evaluation kit with the touch interface certified by TÜV Rheinland (a multi-national industry-renowned testing facility) to pass the IEC/EN 61000-4-6 standard, which defines compliance to RF-based conducted noise immunity. The system has been designed to demonstrate the ability to pass up to 15V noise injection level over the full frequency range of 150kHz to 230MHz for all keys.

SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), maker of the world’s most efficient, longest-lasting off-line LED driver ICs, today announced an LED-driver reference design for high-power LED bulb replacement. The driver can deliver the power required for a 100 W incandescent bulb replacement in an A19 form factor - an industry first. DER-322 describes a non-isolated, 93% efficient, high-power-factor (PF) LED driver designed to drive a nominal LED string voltage of 78 V at 230 mA from an input voltage range of 195 VAC to 265 VAC (47 Hz – 63 Hz). The LED driver utilizes the very low-profile LNK460VG from the LinkSwitch™-PL family of ICs from Power Integrations.

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OMC, the pioneer in LED lighting, backlighting and industrial fibre optic transmission, is presenting a wealth of new products and technologies on a new website at www.omc-uk.com. Conveniently split into components – LED backlights for LCD displays, fibre optics including connectors, cable assemblies, transmitter/receivers etc and LED lamps and displays – and LED lighting covering luminaires, floodlights and conventional bulb and tube replacements, the new site also has a section highlighting the solutions relevant so specific market sectors.

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Langen, Germany - Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) today introduces a new FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) product series with an extended voltage range of 3.0V – 5.5V, offering significantly greater design flexibility for customers in the industrial and metering sectors. With this product series, Fujitsu not only supports 3V systems, but 5V systems as well.

Minneapolis - Cymbet Corporation announced today that they are teaming with Micross Components to distribute and package Cymbet’s entire family of EnerChip™ Smart Solid State Batteries and ultra low power management IC solutions in bare die form.  Cymbet’s EnerChips are constructed on silicon wafers using semiconductor processing techniques which make them perfect for co-packaging with other Integrated Circuits carried on the Micross line card.