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Looking for power systems components?  Alpha & Omega Semiconductor is an emerging force in the discrete power industry with recent introduction of low capacitance diode arrays and synchronous buck regulators along with new additions to their EZ-Buck DC/DC converters.

Nichicon has introduced a new line of Solid Conductive Polymer Aluminum Electroytic Capacitors which allow for very low ESR-values and very high allowable ripple current.  Samples are available.

Having a problem fitting everything into the allotted space?  Ever think about designing unusual form factor ceramic caps .  AMC specializes is the unusual whether it be form factor, very high temp, or capacitance.  Check out their website

Lineage Power is now offering the third generation of the highly successful Austin Lynx non-isolated dc/dc converters.  The PicoTLynx  offers impressive power density and high power conversion efficiency as well as Tunable-Loop so designers can optimize transient response to meet specific application needs.  Samples are available.

Atmel Corp. has introduced series of 'PICO Power' AVR microcontrollers with extremely low power consumption. Also recently added to the AVR product line are 32 bit micros for high end processing.

              Want to reduce your discrete part count?  FPGA's use an enormous number of capacitors for filtering and decoupling. Johanson Dielectrics line of X2Y capacitors can reduce your filter and decoupling needs by a least 50%.  Part count goes down, board layout becomes easier, and your costs are lower.  Samples are available.  Worried about circuit board fires due to shorting ceramic caps?  Johanson's new line of 'PolyTerm' cermamic caps greatly reduces the chance for a fire.  Here's some info  http://www.johansondielectrics.com/products/surfacemount/foc/

  Compass is pleased to join forces with e2v corporation.  e2v products include Aerospace qualified microprocessors, Thermal Imaging cameras, Astronomy image sensors, and Automotive radar.  Visit their website or give us a call for more information.