XPiQ Inc. (Holliston, MA) announced two new lines of low-cost, low-power, high-density ac/dc power supplies, the ACS40 and ACS60 Series, which are...
NetPower Technologies (Plano, TX) announced its new ERS/ESS Series of eighth-brick dc/dc converters, which can be used as a low-profile, open-frame device...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the LT3430, a constant-frequency, step-down switching regulator that includes a 3A internal switch. The LTC3430...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced three new 60V, n-channel, trench MOSFETs designed for high-current automotive applications such as motor/body load control, ABS, power train management and injection systems. The FDB035AN06A0, FDP038AN06A0 and the FDD10AN06A0 are the first 60V devices from Fairchild's new line of medium-voltage (60V to 150V) PowerTrench® products. The new MOSFETs […]
NMB Minebea GmbH (UK) announced its new dc blower, the BG1203, which delivers an airflow of up to 58,2m³/h and can operate...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) introduced its new PG0063 Series of unshielded drum-core inductors designed for portable hand-held devices and disk drive applications. Typical applications include hard disk drives, notebook computers and portable hand-held devices such as personal data assistants, digital cameras, hand-held web devices, mobile phones and remote controls. The small 6.2mm x […]
NMB Minebea GmbH (UK) announced a new fan tray, which includes six fan units, each maintaining 150 CFM of airflow. The fan...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC3251, an inductor-less, spread-spectrum, step-down, dc/dc converter that can deliver up to 500mA of continuous...
Tyco Electronics Power Systems (Dallas, TX) expanded its NP Series of 48V power systems with the launch of the NP2500 rectifier. The...
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Vancouver, BC) launched its Xantrex Datacom Inverter (XDI), which provides uninterruptible ac power to equipment connected to 48Vdc battery...
Celestica Inc. (Toronto, ON) announced the launch of its new voltage regulator module (VRM), VRM 9.1 family of dc/dc converters designed for the computing sector. The VRM 9.1 power converters are targeted at computing OEMs. The new VRM components exceed the compatibility requirements defined for Intel® Xeon™ processors and Intel® Xeon™ processor-based platforms. Available in […]
Celestica Inc. (Toronto, ON) announced the launch of its Power Pod dc/dc converters, designed for Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. The new Power Pod converters offer global access to a high-performance and cost-effective solution for Intel® Itanium® 2 processor power needs. Targeted at computing OEMs, the 12Vin Power Pod is an open-frame design that allows for […]
UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) announced its new 1,600W, hot-swap, front-end, power system, which features full frontal access to all input and...
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) introduced its MCP614X family of operational amplifiers that feature a gain bandwidth product of 100kHz, an ultra-low typical quiescent current of 600nA and a maximum quiescent current of 1µA. With a typical power consumption of less than 1µW at quiescent state with a 1.4V supply, the op amps improve performance […]
Yageo Corp. (Taiwan) announced that it will be introducing its new 500-layer, high-capacitance, multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) targeted to replace aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The MLCCs will feature capacitance values ranging from 10µF to 20µF and will be available in 1206 packages. Currently, the company is sampling 300-layer MLCCs.