Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) announced that its board of directors has authorized an additional $50.0 million to the current buyback program. The company is now authorized to purchase $100.0 million of common stock and registered convertible subordinated notes periodically through open-market transactions. Since January 2001, the company has bought back $24.0 million in stock […]
EOS Corp. (Camarillo, CA) introduced a new ac/dc switching power supply, the MVLT110 Series of open-frame switching power supplies. The EOS units are designed to power a wide range of medical electronic equipment. Packing over 6.8W per cubic inch in a 3in x 5in x 1.07in footprint, the power supply delivers 110W of output power […]
Linear Technology (Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC1983-3, the first 100mA regulated charge-pump inverter in a SOT-23 package. The 900kHz operating frequency and low-profile (1mm) SOT-23 package provides the smallest solution size for generating a regulated -3V supply from a single-cell lithium-ion battery. The extremely small circuit requires only two external ceramic capacitors and makes this […]
Linear Technology (Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC1644 CompactPCI hot-swap controller that controls all four supply voltages as well as pre-charging the data bus pins and generating the local reset signal. Internal switches control the ±12V supplies while external n-channel transistors control the 3.3V and 5V supplies. Circuit breakers on all supplies feature foldback current limiting […]
RO Associates Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the release of a new high-efficiency half brick with 48V input and 3.3V at 45A. The...
RO Associates Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the release of a new dual-output, high-efficiency half brick with 48V input and 3.3V at 15A...
Schurter Inc. (Petaluma, CA) announced the new IEC outlets for the hot-swap of power supplies. The IEC outlets eliminate the need for a detachable line cord by providing for easy power connection and disconnection of power supplies to a backplane. Designed for the quick change of power supplies in server equipment, the connector provides for […]
Cooper Electronic Technologies (Boynton Beach, FL) announced its new Coiltronics brand of UNI-PAC inductors, which are well suited for a variety of...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Lexington, MA) introduced its latest generation of chip-scale packaging for power-integrated circuits as well as six n-channel MOSFETs that take advantage of the new package to slash size and weight while boosting thermal and electrical performance. The PowerFLAT case, available in 6mm x 5mm and 5mm x 5mm outlines, adopts a micro-lead-frame design […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced its new low-profile E Core Series ferrite planar cores specifically designed for use in switch-mode power...
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced its new Pulsar Source Transfer Switch (STS). The switch will automatically and instantaneously transfer up...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its new TPS310x family of supervisory ICs, which monitor supply voltages from 0.55V to 3.3V...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced two new p-channel FETKY devices in an SO-8 package. The IRF5803D2 and IRF7342D2 are...
China Zhenhua (Group) Xinyun Electronic Components and Devices Co. Ltd. (China) announced the CA44, CA43 and CA41 plastic-encapsulated, axial-leaded solid tantalum capacitors,...
Kingnichi Technology Guangzhou Co. Ltd. (China) announced the EG Series of aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which feature low impedance and high ripple current,...