International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced five new recovery diodes specifically developed to increase power and improve reliability and efficiency in high-frequency inverter welder-output stages. Four of the new welding diodes, the 80EBU02, 150EBU02, 80EBU04 and 150EBU04, are available in IR's powIRtab package and are rated at 80A. The fifth device, 60EPU02, is rated […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) announced that its UK subsidiary, Dynex Semiconductor Ltd., has received an order worth over a million dollars from the European Centre for Nuclear Research for a supply of "cold diodes" to protect superconducting magnets in the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project, the latest particle accelerator being constructed in the […]
Dynex Power (Boston, MA) will be exhibiting their eCycle hybrid motorcycle at the PCIM 2000 conference in Boston, MA. The company claims that their eCycle is the world's first commercially viable diesel-electric hybrid motorcycle.The eCycle features a computer control system and, according to Dan Sodomsky, director of engineering for the eCycle, "Dynex Power IGBT parts […]
International Power Sources Inc. (Holliston, MA) announced a line of ac/dc power supplies. These compact converters supply 150W in an industry-standard U-bracket...
Lucent Technologies (Dallas, TX) unveiled the Young Stability Curve at Wescon 2000. The Young Stability Curve is a new graphical design tool that quickly verifies product quality and reduces the time it takes to get a product out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. It works with all products and processes that contain a […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) is releasing the FXC/FXP Series of stand-alone or rack-mounted power systems, which provide ac front-end capability to telecom, data communications and other distributed-power designs. Both the FXC and FXP systems may be paralleled up to 180kW of output power. However, the FXC family is intended for chassis-mounted installations with bolted connections […]
Vishay Intertechnology (Malvern, PA) and DaimlerChrysler (Auburn Hills, MI) have signed a licensing agreement that will enable Vishay to undertake the high-volume manufacture of semiconductor products using DaimlerChrysler's silicon carbide (SiC) technology.Under development at DaimlerChrysler AG since 1993, SiC technology enables the creation of semiconductor devices for compact power-conversion systems in electric cars, railways systems […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) is now offering design and application engineers a free IR 2000 Short Form Catalog (SFC) that contains condensed specifications for all current IR products and includes mechanical drawings. The information is arranged by power-conversion function and includes navigators and product selection guides for various product families and applications. Also […]
Magna-Power Electronics Inc. (Boonton, NJ), manufacturer of ac/dc power supplies in the 3,300 to 750,000W range, announced that it will double its present size in October 2000. According to the president of the company, Ira Pitel, "The worldwide demand for our products required us to make this move two years earlier than we had projected."
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the extension of its line of low-voltage HEXFET power MOSFETs targeted at automotive applications. The...
DTMagnetics (Dover, NH) introduced a new catalog-standard FET/IGBT gate drive transformer. The new device, called a Mini Gate Drive Transformer (MGDT), is...
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA) recently released its VRM 8.4 regulator module. The new CVRM 8.4 represents the most recent addition to the company's line of catalog dc/dc products. Cherokee's CVRM 8.4 regulator modules are designed to meet the power-condition requirements of the Intel Pentium II Xeon and Pentium III Xeon processor-based systems. The CVRM […]
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) reported that revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 ended December 31, 2000, were $5.6 million compared with $5.0 million recorded in the same period last year. Revenues for the third quarter ended December 31, 2000, included $3.5 million in sales of the company's Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage products, […]
Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) named Henry Schacht as the company's new chairman and CEO, replacing Richard McGinn. In a formal statement over the weekend, Lucent's board of directors thanked McGinn for his term as CEO, but was adamant that "an immediate change in leadership was necessary." Representing the board, Franklin Thomas, Lucent's senior director, […]
Condor Inc. (Oxnard, CA) introduced the new GLD140 and GLD150 medical power supplies. Both series offer power-factor correction for use in systems for worldwide applications. Condor claims that the new models were designed with conservative derating and design margins in order to ensure reliable operation in all medical systems. The GLD150 is a single-output power-supply […]