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Happy Halloween! Ready to Trick-or-Treat? Spooktacular Lights with our CL15MD
Did you know? Taking candy from strangers on one night a year isn't a new tradition. In mediaeval times, it was known as "guising" in Scotland and Ireland. Adolescents went dressed up from door to door, and - in exchange for songs, poems or some kind of "tricks" they performed - they hoped for food or money.
Nowadays, an eerily decorated house creates the perfect Halloween atmosphere. And nice lighting is a must, of course.
Light up your house with LED lanterns showing a spooky Halloween scene or with funny LED pumpkins.
SMD Current Limiting diodes like Diotec's CL15MD that provide a power dissipation of 1 W and constant current rating of 25 mA are ideal for driving LEDs in Halloween pumpkins, but also for any other signal lights. More types in this family offer 20, 30 and 40 mA.
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Diotec Semiconductor AG Opens New Branch Office and Logistic Hub in Taiwan
Heitersheim, October 19, 2022 - Diotec Semiconductor AG, specialist for discrete
semiconductor solutions from Germany, announces the opening of a new branch office in
Taipei, Taiwan which will be fully operational on 1 November 2022.
In line with Diotec's growth strategy, the new branch office in Taiwan deepens Diotec's
global footprint and enables the company to have a physical presence in another key APAC market.
Together with Diotec's offices in Singapore and China, the office in Taiwan will cover the APAC region for Diotec.
Saverio Barboni, General Manager Marketing and Sales of Diotec Semiconductor, states: "We are extremely pleased to be opening an office and logistic hub in Taiwan. Diotec continues to focus on providing liquidity for an ever-growing number of products. We now have one warehouse for all product categories, and support our customers with better logistics with more flexible delivery times and lead times. The number of counterparties we trade with is constantly increasing. Proximity to these counterparties is therefore becoming increasingly important, and the opening of our Taiwan office is another step towards achieving this goal."
To learn more about Diotec's new branch office in Taiwan feel free to contact Eric Chan
(Senior Sales Engineer) or Rita Liao (Field Application Engineer):
Contact Details:
Eric Chan / Senior Sales Engineer
Taiwan Office: +886 2 23913893
Mobile Taiwan: +886 965239655
Email: sales1@diotec.tw
http://www.diotec.com
Rita Liao / Field Application Engineer
Taiwan Office: +886 2 23913893
Mobile Taiwan: +886 975565695
Email: fae@diotec.tw
http://www.diotec.com
Renewable Energy Aboard - With Diotec's UGB16JCD2
Modern boats and yachts are equipped with solar panels, which charge the on-board battery system whenever there is a bright day across the sea. Instead of starting the combustion engine from time to time in order to keep that battery charged, this concept of using renewable energy is clean, quiet, energy saving and thus a good contribution to preserve the natural life of our oceans.
The typical output voltage of solar panels of about 40 V stays within the range of safety extra-low voltage (SELV); push-pull converter topologies can set it down to the battery level of 12 or 24 V. Especially the higher battery level of 24 V requires output rectifiers with a reverse voltage of 400, better 600 V. The reason is the high switching frequency of the input stage, which can cause voltage spikes of several times the 24 V_DC output. High switching frequencies further call for superfast recovery diodes, and the push-pull topology for dual rectifiers with common cathode.
This is fully fulfilled by Diotec's UGB16JCD2, a 2 x 8 A superfast recovery rectifier in common cathode configuration. Its reverse recovery time of less than 35 ns reduces switching losses significantly, while the reverse voltage of 600 V offers a comfortable safety margin. These positive features are rounded off by the D²PAK case outline, allowing for automatic PCB assembly and good thermal dissipation.
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Calm Sea? No Problem for Full Electric Motor Sailboats
Sailing boats are not only for fun, sports and leisure: New concepts try to use wind energy even for cargo ships. It might still take some time until these environment-friendly vessels are ready, but good to see that such concepts are considered and tried out. No matter if it is a small yacht or a still to be developed cargo ship: An auxiliary engine is mandatory for sailing boats, not only when the sea is calm, but also to leave and enter the port. Full electric motor drives are already available for smaller ships. Advantages over the traditional combustion engines are as follows: They are quiet, emission-free and easy to start.
Diotec's new Dual Power MOSFET DI028N10PQ2-AQ offers a space saving solution for electric auxiliary motor drives. It contains two N channel types in a single PowerQFN5x6 package. Both with 100 V of Drain-Source voltage, 28 A of continuous Drain current and logic level Gate drive capability.
Two such parts in a H-bridge configuration are already enough to drive a brushed DC motor with adjustable speed and reversal of propulsion. Just three parts are enough to form a three-phase bridge capable for driving brushless DC motors (BLDC). The on-state resistance of typical 15 mOhm at 10 V Gate-Source voltage or maximum 26 mOhm at 4.5 V helps to save energy and therefore prolongs the runtime of the drive.
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Safe Communication Offshore
A long time ago, a ship offshore was totally disconnected from the rest of the world. Short distances could be spanned by optical signals like flags, mirrored sunlight or flare, but required clear view. The world's first radio transmission at all (and from an island!) was done by Guglielmo Marconi 1897, using a spark-gap transmitter. The principle of that set-up was detected just few years ago, 1887 by Heinrich Hertz: An electric spark creates radio waves which spread into the air.
The still used German term "Funkübertragung" for radio transmission stems from that spark-gap effect. In 1901, Marconi managed already to send a message across the Atlantic ocean - this was the start for successful marine communications.
Even small boats use nowadays maritime radio systems, supplied by the onboard 12 or 24 V battery system. Like in a car supply, the disconnection of the battery (also called load dump) can cause voltage spikes exceeding easily 100 V. At sea there is further the risk of lightning strikes hitting the radio antenna.
Transient Voltage Suppressor diodes (TVS) are therefore used to protect the sensitive onboard electronics. The P4SMAJ30CA-AQ is a typical TVS used in the second level of protection, that means at the interfaces of an electronic circuit, in addition to centralized load dump protectors and lightning arresters. It offers 30 V of working voltage, well above the 28 Volt of a fully charged 24 V battery, and 400 W of peak pulse power at the typical lightning pulse 10/1000 µs.
Energy-Saving Fast Efficient Rectifier Diodes
Low forward voltage drop saves energy. Our FT2000 series is ideally suited for various applications.
Polarity Protection for Safe Driving
Head-up Displays - Comfortable Driving with our SKL14-AQ
Diotec Semiconductor AG partners up with Weisbauer Elektronik-Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Diotec Semiconductor AG, specialist for discrete semiconductor solutions from Germany, announces distribution agreement with Weisbauer Elektronik-Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.. Weisbauer is a German distributor located in Dortmund. From the beginning in 1977, the company specialised in the distribution of electronic components. "Distribution with heart" is Weisbauer's motto. Great reliability, honesty and adherence to deadlines are particularly important to the company. They are offering the entire range of Diotec's components including diodes, rectifiers, MOSFETs, regulators, transistors and protection elements like TVS and ESD diodes.
Diotec's product range at Weisbauer includes industry standard discrete semiconductors, suitable for a wide range of circuits in the field of industrial, energy, mobility, lighting and consumer applications.
Click here to find all contact details of Weisbauer Elektronik.
TVS Diodes for Motor Vehicle Supply Systems - Our LDP02-26AYD2-AQ
