Alcatel Converters (Lannion, France) introduced its new range of surface-mountable dc/dc converters, an addition to the AM 10 SI Series of high-performance...
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (Tustin, CA) announced the appointment of Isao Nakagawa, chairman of NOAH International Group, as a consultant to the company. Nakagawa recently purchased Pacific Fuel Cell common stock in a private placement. Pacific Fuel reported that it is excited about Nakagawa's involvement and expects that he will provide invaluable advice and contacts […]
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001. Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001 totaled $4.5 million, including $1.0 million in development funding, up 69 percent from the same period the previous year. For fiscal 2001, revenues totaled $22.6 million, up $17.7 million or 363 percent […]
Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has developed a new compact fuel cell for use in mobile devices. The invention of new materials for electrodes of the cell has paved the way for improvement of the output power density and the voltage. The new material lowers the loss of voltage that is caused on the […]
Intertech Corp. (Portland, ME) announced a series of three independent sessions on "The Fundamentals of Power Electronics," which will be presented March 26-27, May 1-2 and June 4-5, 2002, at the Crystal City Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. The three-part power electronics seminar series is filled with information – participants can attend any one, or […]
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA) announced the Apollo Series of single-output, 30A, quarter-brick, dc/dc converters, which are suitable for telecom, datacom, automatic-test and semiconductor-fabrication equipment requiring high current, low voltage and fast transient-response times. The Apollo product family is available in base-plate and open-frame versions with 1.2V, 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V outputs. The Apollo […]
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced a new highly efficient power management solution for future Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processors used in notebooks, hand-held data terminals and point-of-sale terminals. The solution includes Intersil's new ISL6215 multiphase PWM controller and ISL6205 MOSFET driver ICs. The ISL6215 is optimized to provide power-saving modes for Mobile Pentium 4 processor […]
Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) reported financial results for its second quarter ended December 29, 2001. Net revenues for the quarter ended December 29, 2001, were $14.4 million, a decrease of 48.5 percent from net revenues of $28.0 million for the quarter ended December 30, 2000. Gross margin for the quarter was 36.4 percent […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Sales for the fourth quarter of 2001 were $11.8 million compared to $15.2 million in the third quarter of 2001. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, sales were $70.1 million. This represents a decline from the […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) announced the appointment of Ewald Braith as president of its Communications Infrastructure Group. The appointment follows...
TDI Transistor Devices (Hackettstown, NJ) announced its new Remote Power Plant (RPP), which provides up to 120A of +24Vdc power or up...
Iowa Thin Film Technologies (Ames, IA) launched its full line of Soltronix solar-powered consumer electronics. Soltronix combines electronics with the PowerFilm portable power system, a patented thin-film solar module developed from NASA spin-off technology. Soltronix is ultra-light, flexible, durable and avoids the need for battery changes. PowerFilm modules are based on amorphous silicon technology applied […]
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported revenues for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2001, of $6.3 million, a decrease of $57.5 million, or 90 percent, from the same quarter last year, and an increase of $1.2 million, or 24 percent, from the prior-quarter's revenues of $5.1 million. The net loss for the […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has been awarded a $4.1 million contract from General Atomics to continue the development of its integrated power system (IPS). The contract phase, when added to the initial IPS phase that began last February, brings the total value of the program to $7.0 million. Under the new […]
Tyco Electronics Power Components Raychem Circuit Protection Division (Menlo Park, CA) announced the publication of the 2002 edition of its popular Circuit...