General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) and its fuel cell development partners unveiled a demonstration stationary power unit designed to provide backup power to cellular towers during power outages. The backup power generator, known as the HyUPS system, is about the size of a refrigerator and can generate up to 25kW for up to two […]
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for the third quarter of 2001 were $1,177,000, compared with $1,457,000 reported for the same period of the prior year. Third-quarter revenue for 2001 was lower due to an increase in program efforts associated with the […]
Astrodyne Corp. (Taunton, MA ) announced its new MK Series of switching power supplies for telecom, industrial-control and embedded-system applications, which provide single outputs of 5V to 24V at 40W to 300W in 16 versions. Features include universal input, over-voltage and short-circuit protection; integral input-line filtering; an output-adjust potentiometer; and a power-good LED indicator. The […]
Pulse Engineering (San Diego, CA) introduced its new series of low-profile, highly efficient 30W planar transformers, which are a size and weight reduction of up to 60 percent in dc power supplies or in discrete power supply systems, according to the company. Primary applications for the new transformer series include telecom power systems, industrial control […]
Ault Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) announced the introduction of high-efficiency half-brick and quarter-brick dc/dc converters. Ault is private-labeling the products through an agreement...
BI Technologies' (Fullerton, CA) Magnetic Components Division introduced a high-performance, low-profile, surface-mount inductor with a closed magnetic circuit design for high-density PC...
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) introduced a ultra-small leadless package that has been designed to meet the space and performance requirements for tomorrow's new electronic products. The initial version is a six-pin leadless package that meets the power-handling capability of an industry-standard SOT-23 with the footprint (1.6mm x 1.6mm) of a SC-75, which takes up […]
Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA) reported third-quarter 2001 consolidated revenues of $1.40 billion and a loss for the quarter of $32.9 million, or...
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) reported product development accomplishments and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. Revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001, was $920,000 as compared to $1.5 million for the third quarter of 2000. Year-to-date revenue was $3.2 million as compared to $6.9 million in 2000. Net […]
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON) reported that it has filed a CDN$5.0 million counterclaim in the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) against E. Roy Birkett, a former officer and director of the company. According to Gordon Emerson, CFO and director of Astris, the counterclaim is the company's response to a claim filed in the same […]
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary, Canada) announced operational and financial results for the quarter ended September 30th, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, revenue from continuing operations was $12.2 million, compared to $21.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2000. The company's contract with the Gas Authority of India accounted for […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced its Mark 902 advanced fuel cell platform. Building on the Mark 900 Series announced in January 2000, the Mark 902 optimizes lower cost, design for volume manufacture, reliability, power density and compatibility with customer system requirements. The Mark 902 Series represents Ballard's 4th generation of transportation fuel cell […]
Anpec Electronics Corp. (Taiwan) announced the new APA4835 power amplifiers, which are capable of delivering 2.8W output into a 3-ohm load with less than 10 percent THD+N. These devices are targeted at notebook and desktop computers, multimedia monitors, and portable devices. The amplifiers feature a dc volume control and selectable gain, and are capable of […]
Xiamen Jimson Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its new metallized polyester film capacitors, which have a non-inductive construction, exhibit good self-healing properties and offer high resistance to moisture. They offer high capacitance values in a compact size. The capacitors can be employed in coupling, decoupling, bypassing and timing circuits; automatic control systems; communications equipment; noise […]
Nanjing Micro One Electronics Inc. (China) announced its new ME7661 dc/dc converter IC, which features high operational performance with low power dissipation. It can be powered off externally and has an on-chip RC oscillator. The device is housed in a 14-pin DIP or 14-pin SOP. The chip is suitable for the power supplies of LCD […]