Maxim Integrated Products has introduced low-power (less than 1.2microamps), microprocessor supervisory circuits that feature precision power-supply monitoring and battery-control functions.

In 1958 the integrated circuit was developed by a young engineer at Texas Instruments named Jack St. Clair Kilby. He put together a few transistors and capacitors, linking them with a thin layer of ...

Most integrated circuits are implemented on flat, rigid substrates. Sealed, rigid enclosures ranging from plastics to ceramics typically protect these ICs. As a result, system design becomes even more ...

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