Advanced Power and Controls LLC (APC, Santa Ana, CA) announced the availability of the APC3006, a new modular design redundant ac/dc power supply in a PS/2 envelope. This new supply is a hot-swappable, dual-redundant 300W ATX supply. As an added bonus, it offers high output current capability on 5V, 12V and 3V, in addition to […]
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has introduced a new series of hyperfast-recovery diodes with soft-recovery waveshape. The new diodes were designed to...
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has released a 200V, integrated, switch-mode power supply IC. The IR4007 is a dc/dc converter control IC...
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced three new switching controllers for general-purpose power supplies, which are intended to address the need for greater flexibility in high-efficiency switching power-supply design. The LM3477, LM3478 and LM3488 are claimed to be small, versatile solutions with a wide range of input voltages as well as high operating frequencies. […]
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced the Pulsar Esprit SLR, which the company claims to be the smallest server-grade UPS in...
Sola/Hevi-Duty (Skokie, IL) introduced a complete product line of three-phase power conditioners ranging from 10KVA to 150KVA, which are available in most...
Power Measurement Ltd. (BC, Canada) debuted a new 7600 ION three-phase digital power meter, which combines power quality reporting functions with analysis...
Micrel Inc. (San Jose, CA) has developed the MIC4681, a surface-mount dc/dc switching converter. The newest member of Micrel's SO-8 SuperSwitcher family, the MIC4681 uses four external components. It features a 2A pulsed-output current limit that can handle the maximum currents of GSM power supplies. At the same time, the device's fused-copper lead-frame design allows […]
IDEC Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the addition of a 240W model, the PS5R-G24, to its PS5R Series of switching power supplies. This new unit features a built-in harmonic filter designed to make the device fully compliant with the EN61000-3-2 harmonic directive. Units can be paralleled together for a total output of 1,200W. The output rating […]
Toshiba Battery Co. (Tokyo) has developed a compact UPS small enough to fit inside a typical PC. Called the Smart Nonstop Power Supply System, it was developed in cooperation with Nihon Protector Co. (Hyogo, Japan) and utilizes small, thin nickel-hydrogen batteries in place of the conventional lead-storage batteries and only one, rather than three, voltage […]
International Resistive Co. Inc. (Boone, NC), a subsidiary of the TT Group PLC, introduced the new LOB Series of low-ohm resistors, which provide current sensing down to 0.005ohms. Intended to provide current designers with a device suited for a wide range of applications, IRC claims that the molded axial-leaded resistors exhibit almost no inductance in […]
MCG Surge Protection's (Deer Park, NY) new SurgeFree 400XTs are building entry/main service-panel surge protectors specifically designed for ANSI/IEEE C62.41-1991 Category C...
Autotest Co. (San Antonio, TX) introduced the Sirius Source, a new power source for the testing of standard and uninterruptible power supplies. This power source is being integrated into Autotest's line of power-supply testers and will be sold separately as an all-in-one source for power-supply builders and purchasers. The new Sirius Source is capable of […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) has extended its MPU150 ac/dc power series by introducing the single-output MPU150-S261, a 48V power solution with single-wire current share. Designed to meet 1U height constraints, this model provides 3.75A of networking, distributed power and industrial systems. The active PFC of the MPU150-S261 complies with the requirements of European line-harmonics standard […]
Moltech Power Systems Inc. (Gainesville, FL) launched the new Millennium Rechargeable Power Systems (MRPS), its line of premium rechargeable power cells, packs...