Infineon Technologies AG (Germany) has begun shipment of its TenGiPHY single-chip transceivers for use in 10GbE WAN or LAN PHY devices. Primarily intended for use in XPAK form-factor, fiber-optical modules and on-host boards with XFP modules, the TenGiPHY-W and TenGiPHY-L are manufactured using the company's 0.13µm CMOS process and are claimed to be the industry's […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), a leading power semiconductor company, announced results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002. Revenues of $38.4 million for the year ending December 31, 2002, were down 12.7 percent from revenues of $43.9 million in fiscal year 2001. Earnings before tax for the year were $455,291, or $0.02 per […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced that the Federal District Court, Boston, MA, has issued orders concerning litigation over infringement of Vicor's Reset Patent (US Patent Re. 36,098). As previously disclosed, Vicor filed lawsuits against a number of parties seeking damages to compensate Vicor for the unauthorized use of its Reset Patent technology. At a status […]
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) announced that Stanley Piekos has resigned his position as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately, to pursue other interests. Piekos will provide the company with consulting services for approximately two months. Piekos joined American Superconductor as CFO in 1998. "We appreciate Stan's hard […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) launched two new switching regulators tailored for high-voltage power supply designs for communications, industrial and automotive...
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), a leading power semiconductor technology company, announced completion of a sale and 25-year leaseback transaction of its Doddington Road property in Lincoln, England, with the investment arm of the Lincoln Co-Operative Society Ltd., Lincoln Corn Exchange and Markets (1991) Ltd. (LCE). The $8.9 million proceeds are being used by Dynex […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new line of 200V rugged Schottky diodes in hermetic packages, which offer several improvements over existing epitaxial diodes, including lower forward voltage drop to minimize conduction losses, softer reverse recovery characteristics, avalanche energy rated for improved reliability, and built-in hermetic TO-257 and TO-254 packages for hi-rel […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced a new three-phase power MOSFET controller with high-current gate drive capability that drives a wide range...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the new IRF8010 Series of HEXFET power MOSFETs with as much as 10 percent...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Seoul, Korea) announced mass production of a four-chip, multi-chip package (MCP) for mobile handsets. The company also announced a new integrated software system that greatly reduces the development time of MCP, system-in-package (SiP) and system-on-chip (SoC) designs by enabling simultaneous design of semiconductor circuits and packages. Samsung's MCP stacks four chips […]
AMI Semiconductor Inc. (AMIS, Pocatello, ID), a leading designer and manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), introduced an ISO 11898-2-compliant, high-speed controller area network (CAN) transceiver, the AMIS-X660, which is primarily intended for use in automotive applications where it provides the interface between a CAN protocol controller and the physical bus. The device is also […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced several new corporate promotions and the creation of a new position to enable the company to expand its worldwide industry leadership. Fairchild has named Hans Wildenberg to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Reporting directly to Fairchild President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Kirk Pond, […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (Tucson, AZ) announced a new family of miniature bobbin-wound, surface-mount inductors, which are suitable for applications requiring high saturation...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC3403, a high-efficiency, 1.5MHz, synchronous buck regulator with an integrated bypass MOSFET that can...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced a new 600V HEXFET power MOSFET family with fast body diode characteristics tailored for...