POWER MANAGEMENT

Powering FPGAs
This article discusses FPGAs’ power requirements and illustrates several general and specific paths to adequate power supply solutions.

Semtech Introduces Miniaturized Feature Rich 10A Synchronous Buck Regulator with over 90% Efficiency
New SC417 buck regulator delivers excellent power efficiency, wide input voltage range, integrated power MOSFETS, bootstrap switch and adjustable LDO in an ultra-compact 5mm x 5mm package.

CIRCUIT PROTECTION

Protecting Set Top Boxes from ESD and Cable Discharge Threats
If chosen carefully and early in the design cycle, transient voltage suppression (TVS) diodes can provide compliance engineers a good system-level strategy to safeguard the key interfaces on set top boxes.

Protect Both Your USB Data Port and VBus Line with One TVS Device
The RClampxx54P family of TVS protection devices is optimized for systems that use the USB interface for battery charging. These devices protect the data port and VBus line (5.5V, 12V and 28V), and offer low capacitance (<1pF) for maximum signal integrity.

Semtech Solves Telecom's Stringent Lightning Surge Requirement With Industry's First 2.5V 100A Protection Device
TClamp™2502N leverages Semtech’s TransClamp platform technology for low clamping voltage and low capacitance to protect high-speed Ethernet connections.

Semtech’s Space Saving Filter Devices Protect High-Resolution LCD Screens on 3G Phones
EClamp™237xK family of resistor-capacitor (R-C) protection devices provide the low capacitance, high attenuation and low clamping voltage needed for high-resolution color LCD interfaces in GSM and CDMA-based 3G handsets.

WIRELESS AND SENSING

Semtech Debuts Highly Integrated ISM-Band Transmitter
Built using Semtech’s TrueRF™ technology, the SX1230 extends Semtech’s RF transmitter product platform with a part that integrates all the radio components on a CMOS die, minimizing the need for other passive components and reducing the bill of materials by up to 40%.

New Semtech RF Frequency Synthesizer Integrates VCO and Loop Filter in Very Small Package
Semtech's new PLL timing platform offers high-performance and first-cost advantage for wireless communications applications.

RF Transmitter Online Tutorial
Learn about the key characteristics that make Semtech RF transmitter products so flexible along with the many important advantages they can bring to your designs.

POWER DISCRETES

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