Ka Shing Ent. Ltd. (Hong Kong) announced a new series of ceramic capacitors exhibiting 0.3pF to 0.22uF capacitance. The capacitors have tolerances...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) introduced a new series of low-profile, 1.8mm-high, surface-mount power inductors. Intended for use in micro-power and...
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), an 80.4-percent-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), announced a new buck converter IC that features...
Supertex Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the HV300LG hot-swap controller, a negative-supply IC. The HV300LG provides control of the power supply connection for systems that are always powered-on, but that require insertion or removal of cards or modules without power disturbance. Applications include server, telecommunications, and emerging VOIP systems constructed in large racks. The design topology […]
Aerovox Inc. (New Bedford, MA) announced its new online power-factor-correction capacitor catalog. The online catalog provides information on the company's line of low-voltage, power-factor-correction capacitors for reactive power compensation in both normal and high-harmonic situations.
Power-One (Camarillo, CA) announced a new 200W, four-output power supply. The CPD200-4530 provides up to 40A of 5V or 3.3V in a CompactPCI-compatible package. Two additional outputs provide 12V at 5.5A and -12V at 1.5A. The CPD200-4530 operates over an input range of 36Vdc to 75Vdc. It is over 80 percent efficient and has several […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) has released a new series of low-profile, solid, tantalum chip capacitors that it claims offers the industry's...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced a new process technology for IGBTs and FREDs that is claimed to deliver 70...
Taiyo Yuden USA Inc. (Schaumberg, IL) announced its new CF Series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). Designed for high-frequency filtering applications,...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new LTC1871, a wide-input-range, current-mode, boost, flyback and SEPIC controller that drives an n-channel power MOSFET and requires very few external components. Intended for low- to medium-power applications, it eliminates the need for a current-sense resistor by utilizing the power MOSFET's on-resistance. The IC's operating frequency can be […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has launched a new series of n- and p-channel devices, the company's first to utilize ChipFET packaging technology....
Ault Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) introduced its new 15W to 48W universal power supply, the PW160. This external, universal power supply is currently available in 3V, 5V, 7V, 9V, 12V, 15V, 16V, 18V, 24V and 48V models with an input voltage of 100Vac to 250Vac, making it suitable for a variety of applications in the data […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. announced the MIC4684, a high-efficiency 200kHz stepdown (buck) switching regulator. Micrel reports that the new regulator achieves a power-conversion efficiency of above 85 percent for a wide variety of applications. The MIC4684 achieves 2A of continuous current in an eight-lead small-outline package at 60 degrees C ambient temperature. The MIC4684 utilizes a […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 29, 2001. Revenue for the quarter totaled $127.7 million, down from $164.3 million a year ago. The company incurred a cash loss for the quarter of $0.17 per diluted share, compared to cash earnings of $0.32 per diluted share in […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced an extension to its line of 20V HEXFET power MOSFETs. The new 20V IRL3714 and IRL3715 MOSFETs are designed to replace more expensive 30V devices with similar or better performance. The 10 devices are designed for 12V-input single- and multi-phase buck converters for motherboards using next-generation, GHz-class microprocessors. […]