ChuangLian Electronic Component (Group) Co. Ltd. (CLEC, China) announced the availability of its CY2 mica capacitors. The new capacitors feature a capacitance...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced the release of the NC Series of thin-film, single-value chip and wire capacitors. With sizes ranging...
American Zettler Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) introduced the new AZ8222 two-pole telecom relay with the industry-standard, 16-pin DIP footprint. The relay offers dc coils from 3Vdc to 48Vdc in three sensitivities from standard (320mW) to sensitive (200mW) to ultra-sensitive (150mW). Bifurcated cross-bar contacts and a high switching capacity of 60W or 125VA makes the relay […]
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) announced its miniature ZXSDS2M832 dual Schottky combination, which presents a typical forward voltage of just 600mV for a...
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) debuted its ZXCT1020 Series current monitor IC, which ensures an accuracy of ±2% for a sense voltage of...
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) introduced complementary dual bipolar and MOSFET parts, the ZXTD4591AM832 and ZXMC3AM832, in its 3mm x 2mm x 1mm...
IBM Microelectronics announced that it has scored a multi-year foundry agreement with Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA). The companies plan to install Intersil semiconductor process technology in IBM's Burlington, VT, manufacturing facility, with IBM serving as a second source manufacturer for Intersil's Endura power management ICs. IBM plans to reserve capacity for Intersil's power management ICs […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA), a supplier of high-performance, mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poweready Inc. (San Diego, CA). The negotiated price of $15 million is comprised of stock, cash and contingent consideration if certain performance milestones are met in 2004 through 2006. Poweready, a private company, designs, […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) has filed a lawsuit in district court claiming the establishment of Renesas Technology Corp. is invalid because the procedure used by partners Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to form Renesas violated Japanese commercial law. Japanese commercial law requires that companies initiating corporate splits must gain the approval […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced that Dong Yang Instrument (Korea), a manufacturer of power supply instruments and systems for electronic products, has specified Fairchild's FSDH0165D, Fairchild Power Switch (FPS), to power its TAD137 mobile phone charger used in Samsung cellular phone applications. The FSDH0165D power switch is a voltage-mode, pulse-width modulated controller and […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new product line of non-punch-through (NPT) IGBT power modules in commonly used packages....
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA), a supplier of high-performance, mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced the X98000 family of high-speed analog front ends (AFEs) for...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced what is claimed to be the industry's first single-chip, interleaved, pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers for...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced two new triple-output charge pumps for low-temperature poly silicon (LTPS) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in...
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM, Armonk, NY) announced an innovative chip design that can improve performance four-fold, or reduce power consumption five-fold...