XAL7050 Series High Current Shielded Power Inductors At just 7.2 x 7.5 x 5.0 mm, the XAL7050 Series of high-temperature power inductors is available with inductance values from 22 to 47 µH and current ratings as high as 5.5 Amps, with low DCR for greater efficiency. High current and very low DCR Soft saturation makes...
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Multiprotocol student and senior smartcard delivers dual Alipay payment and access control solution Telepower’s Handy Elf smart card employs Nordic’s multiprotocol nRF52810 SoC to provide concurrent Bluetooth LE and 2.4GHz wireless connectivity Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Guangdong, China-based point-of-sale (POS) hardware developer, Telepower, has selected Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC)...
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Bluetooth LE passive infrared sensor relays control commands in industrial lighting applications McWong’s Dimming PIR Occupancy Sensors employ Silvair Mesh on Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to dim lights via mesh network Nordic Semiconductor today announces that McWong International, a Sacramento, CA-based developer of lighting control equipment, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip...
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Note on GaN HEMT Amplifier Soft Compression Class III-V semiconductors, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) have become commonplace solid state technologies for low noise amplifiers and high power amplifiers from frequencies ranging from several hundred megahertz to over 100 GHz. For high power applications, GaN high electron mobility devices (HEMTs) are...
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Marki Microwave ADM3-0022PA Broadband Power Amplifier The ADM3-0022PA has the gain and output power to produce 1W of output power from a +0 dBm input power up to 22 GHz. It contains 3 broadband amplifier stages in series in a single package with built-in equalization to provide a flat gain and output power curve. This...
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Marki Microwave MT3-0113SCQG MMIC High Dynamic Range Mixer The MT3-0113SCQG is a triple balanced passive diode GaAs MMIC mixer offering high dynamic range, low conversion loss, and excellent repeatability. As with all T3 mixers, this mixer offers unparalleled nonlinear performance in terms of IIP3, P1dB, and spurious performance with a flexible LO drive requirement from +22...
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CMD297 Analog Phase Shifter by Custom MMIC The CMD297 from Custom MMIC is an analog phase shifter die that operates from 5 to 18 GHz. The phase shifter has a single positive control voltage from 0V to +10V for controlling the relative phase shift over a 550 degree range at 7 GHz and a 240...
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Bluetooth Low Energy-powered wearable smart button dynamically displays custom images and animations Pin One employs Nordic Semiconductor’s ultra low power nRF52832 SoC to ensure extended battery life and low latency operation Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Stockholm, Sweden-based smart wearables developer, Pins Collective, has selected Nordic’s Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to...
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Bluetooth LE beacon turns low voltage track lighting into indoor navigation and proximity marketing solution for commercial applications iGuzzini has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide the wireless connectivity for its BLE BeCon Low Voltage Track beacon Nordic Semiconductor today announces that iGuzzini illuminazione S.p.A, a Recanati, Italy-based lighting systems developer, has selected Nordic’s award-winning...
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RF Transformer Tidbits RF Transformers are two, or more, port passive devices with a wide range of uses for many RF applications. One of the most common uses of an RF transformer is the Balun, which provides efficient coupling between unbalanced transmission circuits and balanced circuits. Other common uses are for impedance matching between circuits...
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