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pulse 12 Multichip LED for high-contrast, outdoor displays www.edn-info.com For a free subscription, go to 18 Agilent scopes acquire capacitive touch screens and touch triggering 8 Freescale adds advanced quad-core powertrain microcontroller 10 Gesture controller enables human interface with a wave of the hand 11 Capacitors developed for today’s power switching circuits 12 Low-cost 50-A current transducers replace shunt measurement techniques 13 LED-driver ICs improve commercial lighting performance 13 High-efficiency heat sink/transfer medium uses copper foam EDN Europe is published monthly by Reed Business Information SAS, Forum 52 - 52, Rue Camille Desmoulins - 92448 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France. Tel +33(0)1.46.29.46.29. Capital: 4.099.168 euros. RC Nanterre 339.611.956. CEO and Publishing director: Antoine Duarte. Circulation records/subscription/address changes: EDN Europe, Reed Business Information - REG - 52, Rue Camille Desmoulins - 92448, Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France. EDN Europe © 2012 by Reed Elsevier Inc. EDN is a registered trade mark of UBM Electronics, used under license. Web exclusive ams has revealed that it is supplying an ultralow noise mixed-signal chip to Siemens, enabling significant performance gains in an X-ray computed-tomography scanner. In a CT scanner, X-rays are converted to light by a scintillator, and that light is detected, typically by a photo-diode array. By providing a very low noise signal path, and therefore higher sensitivity, the ams analogue front-end permits a higher-resolution scanner to operate with much-reduced patient X-ray dose. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5915 Vishay Technology has announced a series of new power FETs across its voltage ranges. A new AEC-Q101-qualified, 40-V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET for heavy duty automotive applications, the SQM200N041m1L is Vishay’s first power MOSFET in the 7-pin D2PAK package. The E Series of 600-V power MOSFETs gains 17 new devices in eight packages that extend the on-resistance range of the family from 39 mΩ to 600 mΩ at 10V, and broaden its maximum current ratings from 7A to 73A. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5916 Advanced Power Electronics has announced the APU3037-3 controller IC, designed to be a low cost synchronous buck regulator for on-board dc to dc converter applications. It operates with single 5 or 15V supply in fixed frequency voltage mode and has a 500mA peak output drive capability. From the same source there is also an efficient linear voltage regulator with better than 2% initial voltage accuracy. The APU1205-3 family features a very low drop-out voltage and very low ground current. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5917 Vicor has announced the VI BRICK AC Front End module for high, density, high efficiency AC to DC power conversion, a complete AC–DC converter which operates over 85-264V to deliver a fully isolated and PFC regulated 48V output. In a low profile package measuring 3.75 x1.91 in. (95.3mm x 48.6mm) and 0.38 in. (9.55 mm) in height, the AC Front End module provides a power conversion density of 121 W/in3 (7.5W/ cm3) or 54 W/in3 for a complete supply. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5918 In next month’s EDN Europe In its February 2013 issue, EDN Europe will look at the topic of Embedded systems design, and will highlight some significant emerging technologies. In March 2013, the focus topics will include System ICs, and Medical system design. Further ahead, planned topics include Wireless and Power systems. Marketers, please forward appropriate special-issue content, and proposals for contributed articles, to the editor: gprophet@reedbusiness.fr www.edn-europe.com http://www.microchip.com/get/eumplabx http://www.edn-info.com http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5915 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5917 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5918 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5916 http://www.edn-europe.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EDNE January 2013

Digi-Key
Cover
Contents
Agilent Technologies
Microchip
Embedded World 2013
Masthead
EDN.comment
Digi-Key
Pulse
Analog Devices
Use S-parameters to describe crosstalk
Rohde & Schwarz
IAN
Designing low-energy embedded systems from silicon to software
Baker’s Best
Analog Devices
Analog Devices
Conditioning techniques for real-world sensors
Design Ideas
Mechatronics in Design
Product roundup
Tales from the Cube

EDNE January 2013