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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced the industry's first 2A red, green and blue (RGB) LED driver for portable projectors that drives three common anode RGB high-brightness LEDs sequentially with a single inductor. The highly-integrated LM3435 includes an I2C control interface for LED current control. A basic portable or pocket projector LED design today includes a separate driver for each red, green and blue LED and...
GENEVA, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of power chips, has extended its family of high-efficiency power transistors featuring sixth-generation STripFET(TM) technology, adding more choices for designers to deliver energy-saving advantages for a wider variety of applications. The latest STripFET VI DeepGATE power MOSFETs can withstand maximum...
SANTA Clara, Calif., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced the LM3466, a highly integrated linear LED driver that simplifies the design of high power, wide area lighting fixtures such as streetlights. The LM3466, with just a few passive components, provides a complete system that drives each LED string from any off-the-shelf AC/DC constant-current power supply. LED drivers today often require multiple components to accurately drive a string...
GENEVA, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid growing world demand for satellite-based communications, television, weather forecasting and geographical data, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has introduced the first member of a family of power transistors that are fully qualified for use in electronic subsystems on board satellites and launchers. According to the Satellite Industry Association, the...
GENEVA, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leader in semiconductors for automotive systems, has extended its range of STripFET(TM) VI DeepGATE(TM) power MOSFETs with the introduction of nine new automotive-grade devices that will deliver energy efficiency, size and cost benefits to cars in the near future. Energy-efficient electrical systems are increasingly important to car...
GENEVA, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- High-power radio-frequency devices such as medical scanners and plasma generators will offer improved uptime for owners, as well as increased performance and lower costs, by using the latest generation of high-frequency power transistors introduced today by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a world leader in power semiconductors. Upgrades to ST's production process allow...
GENEVA, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a next-generation variation of its world-leading smart power technology. The new technology is expected to enable significant reductions in the power consumption of a wide range of electronic systems - from new medical equipment to battery chargers in hybrid electric...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced ten new SolarMagic(TM) integrated circuits (ICs), the first in a series developed to reduce cost, improve reliability and simplify design of photovoltaic (PV) systems. Ranging from the industry's first full-bridge gate driver to a micropower voltage regulator, the new ICs are well-suited for a variety of photovoltaic electronic applications, including those found in microinverters,...
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 2011 Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the industry's smallest, most efficient step-down regulators with integrated FETs to support up to 25 A for telecommunications, networking and other applications. Come by TI's booth (#608) to see a live demonstration. For product details visit: www.ti.com/tps56221-pr. The easy-to-use, 25-A, 14-V, TPS56221 synchronous...
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced the industry's first full-bridge pulse width modulation (PWM) controllers to integrate all four primary-side bridge MOSFET gate drivers. The LM5045 and LM5046 are well-suited for delivering higher efficiency and higher power density in quarter-brick and eighth-brick power modules used in a variety of high input voltage communications...
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A transistor, made of a solid piece of semiconductor material, is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals. It has at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of transistor's terminals changes the current flowing through another pair of terminals. The transistor amplifies the signal since the controlled power can be much more than the controlling power. The transistor is a fundamental building block of...
