Texas Instruments makes hi-rel products available online
Thousands of space-grade and military-grade products are now available for aerospace and defence electronics companies to purchase online from Texas Instruments.
Engineers and purchasing managers can now access TI’s inventory of thousands of hi-rel products, including radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant products in the qualified manufacturers list (QML) plastic, ceramic or metallic packages used in space, avionics and defence system designs. There are also multiple options to select date and lot codes before placing an order.
According to Gary Reichmuth, general manager for aerospace and defence systems at Texas Instruments, and increasing number of customers are developing “highly sophisticated satellites and other advanced electronics that must operate in harsh conditions, and our customers expect shorter supplier lead times to meet mission-critical project timelines”. He added that customers will be able to obtain the hi-rel products and get to production faster than with other semiconductor suppliers.
TI has a long history in aerospace and defence electronics, producing ICs used in many spacecraft and defence electronics in the United States, Europe and other regions. It has a long track record of manufacturing hi-rel products, helping assure a steady supply of parts to customers who develop space, commercial and military applications. More than half of TI’s manufacturing sites are QML-certified, enabling the company to quickly qualify, manufacture and ship high-quality, reliable analogue and embedded processing products.
Two of its newest space products include DC/DC buck converters intended to help customers meet key power management challenges of different satellite mission profiles. The TPS7H4001-SP (pictured) provides what is claimed to be industry-leading power density for full QML-V, radiation-hardness-assured satellite applications. There is also the TPS7H4010-SEP, claimed to offer the widest voltage range for the shorter missions of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
Aerospace companies can also purchase devices such as the LMX2615-SP, 40MHz to 15GHz wideband radio frequency synthesiser with phase synchronisation, and the LMK04832-SP low noise clock jitter cleaner. Both of these clock and timing devices support the JEDEC JESD204B standard and help to reduce design complexity and weight, while increasing system stability in satellite systems, TI reports.
Traditionally, one of the biggest barriers to obtaining QML-V and QML-Q products has been access to material content information for ceramic packaging before purchasing those products. To help solve this challenge, TI has added a quality, reliability and packaging data download feature to obtain detailed ceramic package material information for up to 100 parts at once, as well as details about restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS); registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and green status.
