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| A bias current is the direct and/or alternating current required to operate a bolometer at a specified resistance under specified ambient conditions. |
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| 2012-05-24 | IGBTs offer high peak current, input impedance IGBTs offer high peak current, input impedance |
| 2012-04-30 | Achieve low current consumption Achieve low current consumption |
| 2012-04-24 | Linear debuts 100V constant-current, constant-voltage controller Linear debuts 100V constant-current, constant-voltage controller |
| 2012-04-18 | Linear's voltage monitor draws 850nA quiescent current Linear's voltage monitor draws 850nA quiescent current |
| 2012-04-09 | Regulator provides 3A continuous output current Regulator provides 3A continuous output current |
| 2012-04-02 | Fairchild's 650V IGBTs boost power conversion Fairchild's 650V IGBTs boast high current handling capability, positive temperature coefficient, tight parameter distribution and a wide safe operating area. |
| 2012-04-02 | ADC driver ups performance-to-power ratio by 8x TI's ADC driver, THS4531 boasts more than eight times the performance-to-power ratio of similar devices using only 250µA of quiescent current while providing 36MHz of bandwidth. |
| 2012-03-30 | Fuse offers high breaking capacity of 1500A Schurter's high-voltage equipment fuse, the SHT 6.3x32 offers a high breaking capacity of 1500A at rated voltage of 500VAC to protect personnel and electronic systems from over-current and short circuit events. |
| 2012-03-27 | DC-DC regulators boast up to 95% efficiency Maxim's MAX15058/MAX15108/MAX15112/MAX15118 current-mode, synchronous DC-DC converters are said to provide up to 95 per cent efficiency with lower external component count. |
| 2012-03-16 | Tantalum chip capacitors boast low 0.005CV DCL Vishay's TL3 series of TANTAMOUNT surface-mount tantalum moulded chip capacitors boast DC leakage current (DCL) as low as 0.005CV. |
| 2012-02-29 | Residential gateways to triple by 2015 If the current set-top box market is any indication, countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China could propel the gateway space during the latter part of the decade and beyond, IHS predicts. |
| 2012-02-21 | Meter shunt resistor features 300µΩ resistance Vishay's WSMS2906 is a Power Metal Strip meter shunt resistor that combines a 3W power capability in the 2906 size package touting very low resistance values down to 300µΩ. |
| 2012-02-22 | Eval board for LM21305 Read about LM21305 adjustable frequency synchronous buck point-of-load regulator capable of delivering up to 5A of continuous output current. |
| 2012-02-13 | MOSFETs lower conduction, switching losses AOS' 75V AON6270 and 80V AON6280 MOSFETs are said to deliver the best figure-of-merit for RDS(ON) * COSS, which is 34 per cent and 29 per cent better than the current leading competitors, respectively. |
| 2012-02-07 | Analogue switches designed for ultrasound apps Supertex's 32-channel analogue switches, HV2801 and HV2901 boast robust latch up protection and quiescent current of less than 10µA. |
| 2012-01-27 | Stacked graphene sheets can insulate Researchers found out that when two graphene sheets are stacked, the number of electrons on the layered sheet becomes close to 0 and the material resists the flow of electrical current. |
| 2012-01-31 | Address packaging issues in power electronics Know how to overcome the limits of current packaging technology: solder joints, module base plates, module layout, chip temperatures, and current densities. |
| 2012-02-02 | Using LM3492 LED driver for AR111 app Read about the LM3492 demonstration board designed for converting nominal 12VAC from electronic transformer output to drive seven series connected LEDs at 360-mA average current. |
| 2012-01-30 | Using LM3448 isolated flyback LED driver Read about a demonstration board that highlights the performance of a LM3448 based flyback LED driver solution. |
| 2012-01-24 | Voltage reference IC cuts drift Touchstone Semiconductor's TS6001A low-power, low-dropout precision SOT-23 Voltage reference IC can sink and source load currents up to 500µA and uses only 27µA of supply current at no-load. |
| 2012-01-19 | Step-down regulator boasts 150°C junction temp Linear's H-grade version of the LT3641 a dual channel, current mode step-down switching regulator with 150°C maximum junction temperature. |
| 2012-01-18 | Surge stopper designed for 100V transients Linear's LT4363 is over-voltage protection controller that uses an N-channel MOSFET for over-voltage and over-current protection thus replacing bulky protection circuitry. |
| 2012-01-11 | Rectifiers target solar cell junction boxes Vishay's 12 new 45V rectifiers offer current ratings from 10A to 40A in power TO-220AC, ITO-220AC, and TO-263AB packages and their forward voltage drops down to 0.51V typical at 20A. |
| 2011-12-20 | Optocouplers offer 5000VRMS isolation voltage Vishay's low input current optocouplers feature phototransistor output, low input drive currents of 1mA and 5mA, and a high CTR range in eco-friendly DIP-4 and mini-flat packages. |
| 2011-12-15 | Charger offers 10% charge current accuracy Charger offers 10% charge current accuracy |
| 2011-12-08 | Buck converters deliver 300mA constant current Buck converters deliver 300mA constant current |
| 2011-12-12 | Configuring the PBIST module of TMS570LS MCU Learn about TMS570LS series microcontrollers and its programmable built-in self test (PBIST) architecture. |
| 2011-12-07 | LED drivers ICs offer programmable current o/p LED drivers ICs offer programmable current o/p |
| 2011-12-07 | Voltage comparator touts fastest response time STMicro's high-speed voltage comparator touts the fastest response time at the lowest current consumption. |
| 2011-12-02 | Chokes offer low DC resistance of 0.006Ω Vishay Intertechnology unveils three new surface-mount, common-mode chokes offering low DC resistance, high current-handling capability, and high stability for DC power lines. |
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