Artesyn Technologies (Boca Raton, FL) launched a new series of dual-output dc/dc converters that provide up to 60W from an industry-standard quarter-brick...
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) announced the commercial release of its 125kW PowerModule (PM-125). The PM-125 is a modular power electronic switch that is designed to replace conventional power converters, inverters and related auxiliary components with a single, integrated electronic device. It is programmable for power switching, modulation and control in a wide array of […]
Power-One (Camarillo, CA) introduced its new W Series of DIN-rail mount ac/dc and dc/dc converters. This new generation of products is available...
Calex Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Concord, CA) announced its new 5W single-output HW Series of dc/dc converters. The HW Series offers 21 models with output voltages of 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V, 5V, 12V and 15V. All models offer a 2:1 input-voltage range. Nominal input voltages are 12Vdc, 24Vdc and 48Vdc. The input ranges are 9V to […]
Chroma Systems Solutions (Irvine, CA) announced the availability of its new 61500 ac source series for worldwide-compliant and precompliance power standards testing....
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX1864/MAX1865 power-supply controllers. Operating off an unregulated dc supply, the MAX1864 generates three positive...
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced that it has named Dr. Keh-Shew Lu to its board of directors. Lu has been senior vice president of Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) and manager of its worldwide mixed-signals products group since June 1998. His areas of expertise include the mixed-signal portion of TI's digital signal processing solutions, […]
Astec (Carlsbad, CA) announced the opening of its new design center located in Austin, TX. The new design center, which is nearly 14,000sqft, joins Astec's three other North American design centers and seven design centers worldwide. It was built to address the rapid growth in the dc/dc power supply markets, especially in the areas of […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it won its patent-infringement case against International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA), which it filed in Mannheim, Germany. IXYS had filed a patent-infringement lawsuit charging IR with infringing on at least two of IXYS's German power-module patents. The claim has been upheld and the court ruled that […]
National Semiconductor Corp. has named Lewis Chew as its new CFO. Chew has been acting CFO since April 2001, when Donald Macleod,...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) has entered into agreements in principle to acquire Compensated Devices Inc. (CDI, Melrose, MA) and New England Semiconductor Corp. (NES, Lawrence, MA). Microsemi believes that the acquisitions will strengthen its product offering with space- and military-qualified Schottky diodes and high-reliability bipolar transistors. Microsemi will pay $11.5 million and $9.1 million, respectively, […]
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has announced the FAN5066, a synchronous-mode monolithic dc/dc controller capable of providing an output voltage as low...
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX1838, a dual current-limited USB switch with auxiliary input supply. Each switch meets all IEC specifications for USB ports and is guaranteed to supply 500mA from either of two input supplies. A control pin selects the power source from either the main or auxiliary supply. The MAX1838 […]
Payton America Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) announced a new series of SMT planar inductors designed for use in the output filter of low-profile power modules. The inductors measure 20mm x 20mm x 8.2mm and are available up to 40A. They have resistance as low as 0.6mohms. One to eight turns are available for inductances up […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) has introduced three new voltage supervisory circuits in its LM37xx family with factory-programmability. The devices are suitable for use in space-constrained portable and battery-powered applications such as PDAs, cellular phones and information appliances. The circuits are available in both the extended temperature range (from -40 to 125 degrees C) […]