Intertech Corp. (Portland, ME) will be offering two new workshops in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to the transition to 42V power supply systems for road vehicles. The first workshop will be held from June 11 through 12, 2001, and is entitled "The Transition from 14V to 42V Systems". The second, from June 13 through 14, 2001, […]
Hangzhou Powerland Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. (China) announced the new ZVT-PR1800B Series of soft-switching PWM-type ac/dc power modules. Designed as the battery-charger...
Power-One (Camarillo, CA) announced its new IMX35 Series of quad-output dc/dc converters. These converters are designed to provide high-power density and are...
Unipower Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) introduced the Magellan (RMX) Series of front-ends. Supplying 25A at 48Vdc, or 1,200W, the Magellan Series is...
Elcon Products International (Fremont, CA) has expanded its Crown Edge family of modular card edge connectors by adding signal contacts to the original power modules. These connectors now offer power and signal. According to Elcon, by adding modules with signal contacts to the Crown Edge family, there is a significant boost to the design versatility […]
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the appointment of John M. Cobb as the company's chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration. Cobb joins the company with more than 20 years of financial management experience, including 10 years in senior management positions at Quantum Corporation. "We are very pleased to add […]
Tyco Electronics (Harrisburg, PA) announced that its Power Systems unit has launched a new series of compact dc/dc converters that address the need for power products able to support the rapidly changing load and voltage requirements for semiconductors. The design allows it to address real-time changes in power requirements, making it applicable for the rapidly […]
STMicroelectronics (ST, Lexington, MA) introduced new LCD driver ICs that complete the company's range of semiconductor products for cellular phones. Called STE2000 and STE2001, the new chips integrate a controller/driver for 65 x 128 column black and white graphic LCDs. ST reports that the drivers feature low power consumption and a high level of integration. […]
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced it has introduced a new low-barrier Schottky rectifier, the BAT750. This new surface-mount Schottky device is suitable for use in LCD modules, PCMCIA cards, portable applications, and hand-held devices. Diodes reports that it is the result of a successful development between itself and its recently-acquired FabTech subsidiary. Designed for […]
Ericsson Microelectronics (Sweden) introduced new high-current dc/dc power modules that extend the PKL 4000 family. The 1.8V, 60A PKL4118 PIT and 1.8V, 50A PKL4918 PIT models offer efficiency of up to 87 percent at 60A. At 37.2W per cubic inch, Ericsson claims that these converters offer double the power density of other half-brick modules. The […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) has expanded its offering of chip capacitors to include smaller case sizes in the CF Series of surface-mount chip film capacitors. This extended range of film capacitors now includes case sizes 1206 and 1210, supplementing the existing range of CF products already available. The film capacitors are available in standard […]
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced a new, coated version of its 90V radial-leaded PolySwitch resettable fuses, the BBR550 and BBR750 devices. These devices are designed to facilitate the provisioning of cable telephony and protect against potentially damaging power faults to cable power passing tap ports and set-top boxes. In addition, they help limit […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the GBL and GBU Series bridge rectifiers for general use in industrial and consumer electronics equipment, such as power supplies and portable electronics. The GBL and GBU bridge rectifiers are rated for 50 to 1,200V. The GBL Series devices are rated at 4A, while the GBU Series […]
Motorola (Austin, TX) and Elmos Semiconductor AG (Germany) announced a long-term partnership to jointly drive innovative architectures for the automotive market. The two companies are joining forces to provide automotive customers more advanced microcontroller choices with an emphasis on broader peripheral sets, price-competitive solutions and fast time-to-market. The alliance is expected of offer car manufacturers […]
BI Technologies (Fullerton, CA) has unveiled the Model 7700 Series of low-profile power modules with power-handling capabilities of up to 4,000W. These hybrid modules contain all the power components needed to perform boost-type power factor protection in a switching power supply. They include a bridge rectifier with SCRs, an ultrafast boost diode, a power MOSFET […]