The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) has launched a HFR (halogenated flame retardant)-Free Leadership Program. [Read more…]

The Green Manufacturing Expo will be held on September 22-24 in Rosemont, Ill. The expo was created to provide a wide spectrum of economically sound solutions for the manufacturing enterprise interested in improving process efficiency, reducing costs, and conserving energy and resources. [Read more…]

According to an article in Electronics Weekly, a UK-based sister publication of Design News, a researcher at the UK’s University of Leicester has discovered detrimental voids in lead-free solder joints. [Read more…]

The workgroup edition was created to offer a complete compliance data management system for RoHS, REACH and REACH SVHC (substances of very high concern). The workgroup product was designed for multiple users nad tailored to medium-to-large enterprises. [Read more…]

Here’s a pretty good argument for leaded solder. In a blog on ServerWatch, technology writer, Drew Robb, argues the merits of using leaded solder. Much of the electronics industry agrees, but the reality is lead-free has become the forced norm for most electronic products. [Read more…]

As of June 1, 2009, all European Union suppliers are required to comply with a raft of substance restrictions under the REACH regulation. [Read more…]

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a RoHS-like bill that would become part of the Toxic Substances Control Act. The Environmental Design of Electrical Equipment is more limited than RoHS, according to Gary Nevison of Farnell, a London-based components distributor. [Read more…]

  With more than two years into the lead-free conversion, it’s become clear lead-free components are reliable. According to Dr. Ronald Lasky, senior technologist with Indium and a professor at Dartmouth University says the surprise of RoHS is that reliability has not been an issue. [Read more…]

According to an article by Mitch Holtzer of Cookson Electronics that appeared in SMT Online, tin/silver/copper (SAC) alloys have become the industry standard lead-free solders since RoHS went into effect. [Read more…]

New RoHS changes will impact medical devices. Many of the exemptions that kept RoHS from restricting medical devices will be lifted. Fred Loneker, a senior manager with Environ International Corp. [Read more…]

The European Commission is about to drop six exemptions from the RoHS directive. While a move of this order was expected, it still shows that design engineers need to be cognizant of changes in environmental regulations.  the components they chose yesterday may not be compliant today. [Read more…]

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The PTQA4300xx series of power modules are single-output isolated DC/DC converters, housed in an industry standard quarter-brick package. These modules are rated up to 100W with a maximum load current of 30 amps. The PTQA4300xx series operates from a standard 48-V telecom central office (CO) supply and occupies only 3.3 in2... [Read more…]

The TPS799xx family of low-dropout (LDO) low-power linear regulators offer excellent AC performance with very low ground current. High power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR), low noise, fast start-up, and excellent line and load transient response are provided while consuming a very low 40µA (typical) ground current. The... [Read more…]

The TPS28225 is a high-speed driver for N-channel complimentary driven power MOSFETs with adaptive dead-time control. This driver is optimized for use in variety of high-current one and multi-phase dc-to-dc converters. The TPS28225 is a solution that provides highly efficient, small size low EMI emmissions.The performance is... [Read more…]

The TPS6510x series offers a compact and small power supply solution that provides all three voltages required by thin film transistor (TFT) LCD displays. The auxiliary linear regulator controller can be used to generate a 3.3-V logic power rail for systems powered by a 5-V supply rail only. The main output, VO1, is a 1.6-MHz,... [Read more…]

International Rectifier today announced that its manufacturing facility located in Tijuana Mexico, Rectificadores Internacionales S.A. de C.V., was recently awarded Joint Army Navy (JAN) JANTX and JANTXV certification by Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC). [Read more…]

Dedicated Voice Processor with Dual Channel Codec [Read more…]

24-port FE + 4-port GE Embedded Layer-2 Fail-Over Ethernet Switch with L2-L7 Flow Classifier [Read more…]

Managed 24-port FE + 4-port GE Layer-2 Ethernet Switch [Read more…]

SONET/SDH Low Jitter Line Card Synchronizer [Read more…]

SONET/SDH/Ethernet Multi-Rate Line Card Synchronizer [Read more…]

24-port FE + 4-port GE Embedded Layer-2 Fail-Over Ethernet Switch with L2-L7 Flow Classifier and Expandable Frame Buffer [Read more…]

SONET/SDH Low Jitter Line Card Synchronizer [Read more…]

SONET/SDH Low Jitter System Synchronizer [Read more…]