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Load Switch from Diodes Incorporated Safeguards USB Ports

Diodes Inc introduced the AP22802, a single-channel load switch for protecting interconnects that are subject to the risk of surges and short circuits. The AP22802 quickly clamps output current to a safe level upon fault sensing. AP22802 is optimized for regular USB and other hot-swap applications

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Total touch sensor area to reach 23.3 million square meters in 2015

NPD DisplaySearch forecasts the total touch sensor area yield of projective capacitive, in-cell, on-cell, and resistive sensors, will reach 23.3 million square meters in 2015, up from 18 million square meters in 2014. Capacity for sensors for film substrates will be higher than for glass substrate,

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USB 3.0 with 100 meters cable length possible with Cypress controller chip

Cypress’s EZ-USB FX3 USB 3.0 peripheral controller and EZ-USB CX3 camera controller and EverPro’s U3C A0A0-100 USB 3.0 active optical cable (AOC) have successfully tested for interoperability. USB 3.0, which is gaining popularity in machine vision can only be used with cable length of 3 meters, h

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Analysis by TrendForce on the latest acquisitions in touch and driver IC market

Touch IC expert Synaptics decided to buy the panel driver IC supplier Renesas SP Drivers for $470 million, and FocalTech and Orise Tech agreed to merge. On these recent happenings, market analyst TrendForce has shared this below analysis report on touch IC market: The idea of (Touch with Displ

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USB PD controller based on the USB PD specs

Renesas Electronics has announced its new Universal Serial Bus (USB) Power Delivery (PD) controller (part number µPD720250) that is based on the USB PD Specification to deliver up to 100W (5 A at 20 V) power over a USB PD cable. Key features of the new USB PD controller as explained by Renesas:

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Analog-to-MHL/HDMI converter ICs for products to support analog video

Silicon Image announced analog-to-MHL/HDMI converter ICs for connecting analog sources to HDMI or MHL-enabled DTVs. With these new adapters, consumers can enjoy content from legacy VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, set-top-boxes, and console games that have analog outputs on the latest HDMI or MHL-en

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Cypress to use IDEX' fingerprint tech in its touch controllers

Cypress Semiconductor is partnering with Norway based IDEX ASA in offering fingerprint recognition in digital devices (mainly smart phones and tablets computers) designed using Cypress' TrueTouch touchscreen controllers. IDEX's fingerprint technology enables the touch controller to stay away fr

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eASIC' Nextreme-3 to support MoSys' GigaChip Interface

eASIC and MoSys have announced successful hardware interoperability at 10.3125 Gbps and 12.5 Gbps between the MGIO (Multi Gigabit I/O) serial transceivers on eASIC’s Nextreme-3 28nm family and the CEI-11 compatible interface on the MoSys Bandwidth Engine IC. GigaChip Interface by MoSys is suitabl

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2 and 4-channel LIN transceiver for automotive body control module

Melexis has launched two and four channel LIN transceiver ICs MLX80002/4 as a single IC replacement for multiple single transceiver ICs used in automotive body control module (BCM). MLX80002/4 supports BCMs to manage different LIN bus subsystems at the same time. This is more valid due to the r

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Atmel extend its maXTouch T for mini tablets

Atmel has announced production of the mXT106xT2 of its maXTouch T series of touchscreen controllers supporting 7 - 8.9 Inch displays of mini tablet computers. maXTouch T controllers support non-touch interface where the user finger to hover up to 20mm on devices larger than a smartphone so that user

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10MHz to 1.5GHz low jitter and power-efficient universal clocks

Exar has unveiled universal clocks series XR811xx with a wide range of output frequencies from 10MHz to 1.5GHz, with ultra-low phase noise jitter of less than 200fS. Exar says these clocks designed for communications, Audio/Video and industrial applications, the QFN-10 and TSSOP-8 packaged devices a

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3.12 Gbps SerDes chipsets from Maxim support both STP and coax cables

Maxim is offering new 3.12Gbps Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) SerDes chipsets for interfacing high-resolution automotive infotainment applications with either traditional STP or lighter, less expensive coax cables. Maxim says with its SerDes chipsets, OEMs can continue using STP cables i

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