Toshiba announces new photovoltaic-output photocoupler

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/toshiba-announces-new-photovoltaic-output-photocoupler/

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (“Toshiba”) has launched a new photovoltaic-output photocoupler (“photovoltaic coupler”) housed in a thin SO6L package measuring just 3.84mm × 10mm × 2.1mm, suitable for driving the gates of high-voltage power MOSFETs used to develop a galvanically-isolated solid-state relay (SSR) function. SSRs are semiconductor relay devices that incorporate a photo-TRIAC, a photo-transistor […]

Renesas Electronics Announces World’s Smallest Photocouplers for Industrial Automation

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/renesas-electronics-announces-worlds-smallest-photocouplers-industrial-automation/

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced five new 8.2mm creepage photocouplers that are the world’s smallest isolation devices for industrial automation equipment and solar inverters. With a package width of 2.5mm, the RV1S92xxA and RV1S22xxA photocouplers reduce PCB mounting area by 35 percent compared to competitive couplers. They help designers […]