Astec Power (Carlsbad, CA) announced the addition of the new HPS10 and HPS12 models to its HPS Series of bulk front-end switching-power...
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that total product revenues in the second quarter of 2001 were $307.3 million, a decrease of 14 percent from the first quarter of 2001, and a decrease of 38 percent compared to the second quarter of 2000. Excluding amortization of intangibles, restructuring and other non-recurring charges, the company had […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has expanded its family of SOIC-packaged HEXFET power MOSFETs to address the lowest power ranges found...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has released two new dc/dc controllers that convert telecommunications line voltages to logic levels. The MIC9130 and...
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the new EEG TC and XC Series of screw-terminal aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These devices are...
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) reported results for the second quarter of 2001, ended July 1, 2001. Revenues were $372.4 million, down three percent sequentially from the first quarter of 2001, and down 15 percent from the second quarter of 2000. "Fairchild executed well in the second quarter, in an electronics market plagued by weak […]
Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) reported financial results for the quarter ended July 1, 2001. Net sales for the quarter were $60.1 million. Net sales from continuing business for the quarter were $59.5 million, compared with $59.9 million in the third quarter of 2000. Third quarter pro-forma net income increased 39 percent to $4.9 million, […]
The board of Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, TX) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02125 cents per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable August 20, 2001, to stockholders of record on July 31, 2001.
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the Volta-5 Series of surface-mount power inductors. Intended for use with next-generation, low-voltage, high-performance microprocessors,...
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) announced the new 200W four-output CPD200-4530 power supply. The device provides up to 40A of 5V, or 3.3V,...
Artesyn Technologies (Boca Raton, FL) announced a new addition to its range of high-efficiency, quarter-brick, dc/dc converter modules. The new EXQ125 Series...
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2001. Revenues for the quarter were $50,260,000, in comparison with $62,778,000 for the corresponding period a year ago. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of $953,000, compared with a net income of $8,215,000 in 2000, and a diluted […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported revenues of $25.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, which is an increase of 10 percent over the $23.3 million revenue for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. Sequentially, however, revenues decreased 20 percent from the $32.0 million reported for the quarter ended March 31, […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) and its subsidiary, VLT, announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with Siemens Corp. (New York, NY). Under the license agreement between the companies, Siemens has acquired worldwide, non-exclusive rights to use power-conversion technology covered by Vicor's reset patent, US Patent Re. 36,098. The reset patent enables the […]
Cree Inc. (Durham, NC) has introduced a silicon-carbide Schottky diode chip. The initial product family will consist of two products: 1 600V, 1A device and a 600V, 4A device. The company is currently sampling devices and targeting to ramp production during the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Additional offerings are expected to be added to […]