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M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM), a supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, has announced an IP licensing program for Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon technology. MACOM detailed recent progress in two areas critical to realising its future vision of enabling the mainstream adoption of GaN as a large-scale RF semiconductor technology across the industry and as a first step, MACOM has announced a license and epitaxial (epi) wafer supply agreement which will enable IQE, a leading supplier of compound semiconductor epi, to manufacture GaN-on-Silicon epi at 4, 6 and 8-inch diameters in high volume for RF applications.

Gresham Power Electronics, the Salisbury based MIL and Commercial power conversion specialist, is making available its latest addition to its market leading uTCA power supply series. The 1,000W PS-1142 is a high-power module designed for use in MicroTCA systems including instrumentation, scientific and research physics applications.

Anglia Components has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland with Teledyne LeCroy, a global manufacturer of bench test instruments. It is the first time that Anglia has offered test instruments, and the first time Teledyne LeCroy has appointed a component specialist to its network. Both companies said that the relationship will add value for customers, and strengthen their businesses by identifying new opportunities.

Molex Incorporated recently introduced the EXTreme OrthoPower orthogonal direct-power connector system designed for routing power to backplane line cards in networking and telecommunications applications. The new EXTreme OrthoPower system uses a dedicated power card to power each line card for 30.0A in-and-out-routing, delivering a total of 60.0A per module via split-blade technology.

Microchip has announced the PIC16(L)F170X and PIC16(L)F171X family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), which combines a rich set of intelligent analogue and core independent peripherals, with cost-effective pricing and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology.

EMISENS has announced that an enhanced version of its liquid identification system – EMILI TS – has achieved the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Performance Standard 2 industry benchmark for liquid explosive detection systems. Testing was carried out by an independent laboratory under ECAC’s common evaluation process.

L2Tek, a manufacturers’ representative and distributor of components and sub-assemblies for professional video and high-speed communications systems, has announced the availability of the new generation of Valens chipsets compliant with the HDBaseT 2.0 specification.

Following the introduction of the first monolithic isolated intelligent power driver for extreme temperatures (XTR26010), X-REL Semiconductor has announced the release of two new companion products allowing isolated communication and extended drive strength. These two new products complete the X-REL chipset allowing the implementation of highly integrated and compact isolated drivers for silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon power switches.These products will target applications such as motor drive, power conversion and high-voltage communication in highly demanding markets such as aerospace, industrial, hybrid and electric vehicles, transportation, geothermal and oil & gas.

SureCore Ltd has announced that early testing of its new innovative low power SRAM design confirms its simulations that deliver in excess of 50% power savings over other SRAM technologies. According to the company the tests prove that the patented circuit architecture developed by SureCore delivers greater than 50% power savings versus industry standard SRAMs.

International Rectifier has expanded its StrongIRFET family to include 20-30V devices for applications such as high performance computing and communications. The family is headlined by the IRL6283M 20V DirectFET featuring ultra-low on-state resistance (Rds(on)).