Statronics Power Supplies (Sydney, Australia) introduced the "i3 Series" of high-isolation converters, which offer a wide input range of 9-72Vdc. Designed for...
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) introduced the new APC PowerShield power supply with battery backup, which is designed to provide power protection for cable telephony and fixed wireless communications applications. The PowerShield provides 8-10 hours of battery back-up runtime for communication services during a power outage, and also serves as the primary […]
Neuron Electronics Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) introduced the new SR-500 and SR-700 step-up dc/dc voltage converters, which are designed for employment in A/V equipment requiring voltage regulation. The switch-mode units accept input voltages from 10Vdc to 14Vdc and deliver 13.8Vdc. They operate at a 25kHz switching frequency. The converters exhibit 0.5-percent line regulation and one-percent […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced its new MIC918 and MIC919 op amps that operate at high speeds while consuming low...
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced it has developed new technologies for IGBTs and complementary FRDs claimed to offer the most...
Motorola Semiconductor Components Group (SCG, Phoenix, AZ) has introduced a new FETKY device that combines a p-channel MOSFET and a 3A Schottky rectifier in one space-saving SO-08 package. Designed using Motorola's high cell-density HDTMOS' process, the MMDFS3P303 FETKY incorporates a p-channel 30V, ultra-low Rds(on) MOSFET with a low forward drop, low leakage Schottky Barrier Rectifier […]
Caddock Electronics (Roseburg, OR) has announced the MP9100, a TO-247 style heatsink mountable power resistor. The power dissipation of the resistor is...
Unitrode Corp. (Merrimack, NH) has introduced a new Primary Side PWM controller that is designed for cost-sensitive and space-contained dc/dc applications. The...
Schaefer Inc. (Ashland, MA) has introduced the C5600 Series of 6kW, 6U/9U high, 19" rack compatible dc/dc and ac/dc converters. The C6500...
SynQor (Hudson, MA) announced the expansion of their PowerQor Series of high-efficiency, no-heatsink-required isolated dc/dc converters to include five half-brick sized units...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Lexington, MA) has extended its range of power MOSFETs with the introduction of very high voltage devices rated at 800V and 900V. Housed in TO-247 packages, the 800V STW11NB80 and the 900V STW9NB90 are claimed to provide state-of-the-art switching performance with low maximum on-resistances of only 0.8 and 1, respectively, and maximum continuous […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced a new family of integrated smart power products that provide active filtration with sharp attenuation of low frequencies (less than 200 Hz) in switching power conversion circuits used for telecommunications and test and measurement applications. The IXYS filters are based on proprietary and patented technology and are the first […]
WTS Inc. (Ashland, MA) announced the availability of the new Autronic AVP-3/KEP Series of triple-output dc/dc converters for 19" sub-racks. The new AVP-3/KEP model now has more power on the bipolar output voltage, according to WTS. The 87W converter is offered in a compact Euro cassette size 3HE x 8TE x 190mm which can be […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) introduced its new UCC37323/4/5 industry-standard footprint, dual-MOSFET, gate driver ICs, which feature higher current, improved noise...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) introduced the new MIC5245, a CMOS low-noise low-dropout (LDO) regulator. The new device is a 150mA regulator in the IttyBitty SOT-23-5 package. The MIC5245 is claimed to combine exceptional low noise performance (30uVrms) with excellent dropout voltage (150mV at 150mA). The MIC5245's output contains a p-channel and n-channel MOSFET totem […]