Microcontrollers and other programmable digital devices are becoming common in power supply design. Although not often used for the real time PWM...
Thermacore, Inc. announced the acquisition of k Technology, a business that designs and manufactures custom thermal management products for power electronics cooling. Among its primary thermal solutions, k Technology developed the patented k-Core® system, which uses encapsulated graphite to help alleviate heat in power electronics. The k-Core system is highly conductive thermally and offers advantages […]
Advanced Power Electronics Corp. (APEC) confirmed that it has products in qualification in the new GreenFET™ packages using the DirectFET™ advanced power...
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is revealing new details about its building energy labeling program, including a prototype label design. A select group of building stakeholders will begin testing the program, called Building Energy Quotient (BEQ), sometime in the fall of 2009, ahead of a public release expected sometime in […]
Yole Développement released its IGBT CoST, a tool for IGBT manufacturing cost analysis. This tool is well suited for strategic marketing executives, process managers and R&D engineers analyzing the economic feasibility of different IGBT manufacturing approaches. According to the company, IGBT is the key transistor technology for the applications requiring high frequency switching at 900V […]
Neah Power Systems, Inc. announced that it will develop methanol fuel cell battery chargers to enable the building, by EKOVEHICLES Pvt. Ltd. of India, of Hybrid Electric Renewable Micro Energy Stations (HERMES), bringing renewable, green energy to thousands of villages in India. This technology will use a combination of clean solar and wind power, fuel […]
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) released updated "Prism and Merge" analyses that show a full portfolio of electricity sector technologies could simultaneously address the challenge of growing load demand while meeting carbon constraints and limiting increases in the cost of electricity. The research shows that the sector could potentially reduce annual CO2 emissions in […]
Emerson Network Power and Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced a global sales alliance that the companies say will help provide businesses and organizations...
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the Second Annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’10) to be held...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced the new MSP430F55xx microcontroller (MCU) family with embedded full-speed USB (12 Mbps). TI claims the new F55xx family offers the world’s leading ultra-low power consumption combined with high-performance analog and other smart integrated peripherals. Helping cut the power cord, the F55xx MCUs are well-suited for cost-sensitive applications including portable measurement […]
3PEAKIC Microelectronics Inc., a provider of high-end analog and mixed-signal electronic products, and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd., a global specialty foundry, announced that...
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) announced that the development of Ethernet communication standards reached a major milestone when the IEEE 802.3 Working Group approved forwarding the draft of the IEEE P802.3az™ Energy-Efficient Ethernet standard to Working Group ballot. The standard project is now on plan to meet its target September 2010 […]
Phihong announced the development of a new 24W, two-wire, universal input wall-mount adapter. Designated PSA24A-120(P), the adapter is available in a single...
Traditionally, as OEMs curtail plans for new products, they also curtail purchasing chips. As a result, chip sales typically decline early in an economic downturn. Usually, when a recession comes to an end, chip manufacturers are among the first companies to come out of it. Six months ago, Investor’s Business Daily, in its tracking of […]
Tendril and GE Consumer & Industrial announced that they have signed a joint development agreement to further enhance the communication capabilities of GE’s demand response appliances. Tendril, the creator of Tendril Residential Energy Ecosysystem (TREE) and GE Consumer & Industrial will develop an integrated and interoperable system that will enhance GE’s demand responsive appliances capability […]