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Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the FAN7688 advanced pulse frequency modulated (PFM) controller from Fairchild Semiconductor. Integrating an advanced two-inductor, one capacitor (LLC) resonant controller with current-mode control…

Silicon Labs has announced that its Simplicity Studio development platform has won a coveted Elektra Award in the Design Tools and Development Software category sponsored by SWINDON Silicon Systems.

Microsemi Corporation and PMC-Sierra Inc announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsemi will acquire PMC for $9.22 in cash and 0.0771 of a share of Microsemi common stock for each share of PMC common…

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) introduced the industry’s first single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) RF switch featuring its patent-pending KZ constant impedance technology. The IDT F2923 is a low insertion loss SPDT absorptive RF switch…

Pasternack adds new millimeter wave (mm-wave) waveguide frequency mixers available in six down-conversion and six up-conversion models that cover full Ka, Q, U, V, E, and W bands. Designs utilize high performance GaAs Schottky Barrier Beam…

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC6954, a family of ultralow jitter 1.8GHz clock distribution chips with three independent outputs, each with its own divider and phase delay. With less than 20fsRMS additive jitter over the…

Exar Corporation announces the VRC7016XE, a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) PCI Express (PCIe) add-in card designed for professional video surveillance applications. The VRC7016XE card features two Exar S7110 software configurable processors…

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the OSLON Black Flat LEDs, from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. These multichip white LEDs for front headlamps can generate more light from a small package than any other comparable product, giving…

Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of high-power, high-current grid resistors. Offering designers a convenient drop-in replacement for competing solutions, Vishay Milwaukee GRE2 devices, a product line of Vishay Dale Resistors,…

Silicon Labs has announced the acquisition of Telegesis, a leading supplier of wireless mesh networking modules based on Silicon Labs’ market-leading ZigBee technology. A privately held company founded in 1998 and based near London,…