TMK Power Ind. Ltd. (China) unveiled its Model 4/3A350 rechargeable NiMH battery, which features a nominal capacity of 3.5Ah and a nominal...
Pulse Engineering (San Diego, CA) introduced an expanded series of gate-drive transformers in surface-mount, toroidal packages, offering designers a compact alternative that meets basic insulation requirements. The new components minimize electromagnetic interference radiation in dc/dc brick or discrete power supplies in a broad range of distributed power systems. Applications include telecom and datacom networks, industrial […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that it has received a $75,000 purchase order to define a specification and carry out the preliminary design of a direct liquid ethanol/methanol fuel cell for a new energy pack for infantry soldiers. "We are pleased to receive this initial purchase order for this important military program," said Robert […]
Inprimis Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) and Ener1 Holdings Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) announced that they have completed a securities purchase agreement and Ener1 has acquired a controlling interest in Inprimis. Under the agreement, Ener1 has agreed to purchase 47,126,416 shares of Inprimis' common stock, at a price of $0.0254634 per share, for an aggregate purchase […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) announced that it has secured a waiver from its senior lenders through April 12, 2002, of certain covenants contained in the company's senior secured global credit facility. The company was not in compliance with certain financial covenants contained in its credit facility as of September 30, 2001, and secured a waiver […]
Yuasa Corp. (Osaka, Japan) has developed a mini fuel cell powered by renewable fuels, which the company intends to commercialize in 2003. Yuasa claims the fuel cell system is a safe, compact power source powered directly from methyl alcohol instead of extracting hydrogen from methanol, natural gas or gasoline. The system's power-generation capacity is half […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the US Patent Office with respect to its application for a patent for a new class of electro-catalysts for fuel cells. The invention relates to a new class of electro-catalysts based on highly electro-conductive polymers that have transition metal atoms […]
Energy Visions Inc. (Ottawa, ON) announced that the company's board of directors have approved the audited consolidated financial statements of the corporation for the year ended September 30, 2001, and anticipate filing the statements in the US and in Canada in mid January 2002. The corporation reported consolidated revenues of $140,951, approximately 38 percent below […]
Insight MEMEC/Alpha Ind. (Hong Kong) presented the new AS204-80 GaAs IC SP4T switch, which combines high isolation to provide increased signal path separation, reducing RF leakage with non-reflecting ports to eliminate the need for external termination while providing a 50-ohm output impedance. Operating over the dc to 3.5GHz frequency range, the device provides a low […]
Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) announced that it will take a $540.0 million charge against its fourth-quarter results to account for a patent litigation settlement and costs from the loss of a jet engine contract. Honeywell stated that excluding the charge, its fourth-quarter earnings would be in line with current expectations, and that the company […]
IEEE (Piscataway, NJ) has named Herbert Kroemer, professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at the University of California, Santa...
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) and Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced the siting of the first Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant in Asia at a Kirin brewery plant outside of Tokyo. Marubeni, FuelCell Energy's Asian partner, will supply a 250kW DFC power plant to Kirin's Toride brewery plant in the second quarter of 2002. The […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced a new switching controller for power-management applications in displays, notebooks and information infrastructure, designed to...
Advanced Energy Research Corp. (AER, St. Petersburg, FL) announced the appointment of Jack Durham as CTO. Durham developed TrueFuel for AER, which is an alternative fuel similar to synthetic gas. Durham previously worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency for 27 years as a senior research chemist and science program manager. "Under my technological leadership, […]
Philips Semiconductors (Sunnyvale, CA) announced its new low-voltage logic family for portable consumer electronics, computing, networking and telecom applications. The advanced ultra-low voltage CMOS (AUC) is a new family of logic products optimized for 1.8V operations, with an operating voltage range of 0.8V to 3.6V. It is claimed to be the only logic family that […]