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• Do dodgy construction methods from behind the then-Iron Curtain live on in today's Russian space program? Paul McGoldrick has to wonder...
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News

• NEW Maxim offers 300 mA auto linear regulators with voltage tracker and load dump protection.
• NEW STMicroelectronics reduces on-resistance of fast-recovery MOSFETs to 60 mΩ.
• NEW Semtech delivers low capacitance TVS array for xDSL line driver protection.

Application Note of the Week

• NEW Catalyst Semiconductor makes a precision -1.5 V to -5 V negative voltage reference.