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Kemet Electronics (KEMET), the world's leading supplier of electronic components, today announced the launch of KC-LINK surface mount capacitors at the 2018 Applied Power Electronics Conference (APC 2018) in San Antonio, Texas. KC-LINK is designed to meet the industry's growing demand for fast switching wide band gap (WBG) semiconductor devices. Wide bandgap semiconductor devices enable the power converter to operate at higher voltages, temperatures, and frequencies, resulting in higher efficiency and power density.

TI recently introduced the MSP430TM microcontroller (MCU) family with CapTIvateTM technology to bring capacitive sensing to cost-sensitive applications. Developers can take advantage of the new MSP430FR2512 and MSP430FR2522 MCUs with integrated capacitive touch to add up to 16 buttons and proximity sensing for industrial systems, home automation systems, home appliances, power tools, home entertainment, personal audio applications, and more.

InnoSwitchTM3-Pro integrated switch IC provides digital trimming of the output voltage and current of the power supply, enabling accurate battery charging control and eliminating the need for DC-DC post-regulator circuits

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Announces Power by LinearTM's LTM4662, a Dual 15A or Single 30A Step-Down μModule® Regulator in BGA Package with an Exposed Barrier Inductor Improve heat dissipation.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the release of a new family of small gate drive transformers, the MGDT, that offers significant space savings in high power defense and aerospace, industrial and medical applications. Vishay Custom Magnetics' MGDT family devices are available in a small 20.57mm x 18.42mm flat package with a height of 11.43mm, low loss, a minimum creepage and clearance of 8mm.

Silicon Labs (also known as "Core Technology") has released two new Power over Ethernet (PoE) powered device (PD) series products to provide first-class integration and efficiency for a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Silicon Labs' Si3406x and Si3404 series products include all necessary high-voltage discrete components on a single PD chip.

ICP-10100 MEMS Capacitive Barometric Pressure Sensor InvenSense, a division of TDK Group. Featuring the industry's lowest pressure noise and power consumption, and excellent temperature stability, the ICP-10100 is suitable for applications such as drones, mobile devices, Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices.

The LTC7810 operates up to 100% duty cycle when the input voltage drops as low as 4.1V, making it ideal for transportation, industrial, robotics and data communications applications.

The LRMAP5930 high-power shunt resistor from TT Electronics is a product specifically designed for power supply and motor drive in the industrial, automotive and medical industries. It is an ideal product that can be used in many specific fields such as regulating current and detecting stoppages. Turn the motor, and (especially) measure power consumption. The development of electric drives and actuators in the industrial and automotive industries has witnessed common progress in both development and monitoring, and reduction in energy consumption. For the automotive market, the LRMAP5930 has been certified by the AEC-Q200 (Active Electronic Component Certification Specification). Other uses of the product include power supply, battery monitoring, and process control.

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced the LT8603, Power by Linear ™, a high efficiency quad output monolithic switching regulator capable of accepting 42V input voltage. Its flexible design combines a step-up controller with two high voltage 2.5A and 1.5A synchronous buck channels and a lower voltage 1.8A synchronous buck channel to provide four independent outputs. The LT8603 can be configured to provide the step-down controller's input to the buck converter, enabling it to generate three precisely regulated outputs. This is true even when the input drops significantly below the steady-state output voltage (for example, when the battery voltage drops to as low as 3V and the cold car starts or stops).