Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced the acquisition of Impala Linear Corp. (San Jose, CA). Impala will be integrated into Fairchild's Analog and Mixed Signal Group. Impala Linear was acquired for approximately $6.0 million in stock and cash. Its 2000 revenues were approximately $12.0 million. This acquisition brings power analog design skills; products that […]
Broadband TelCom Power (BTCPower, Santa Ana, CA) introduced the new BTC1036 rectifier power module, an 800W front-end ac/dc power supply for distributed-power...
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced that Daido Metal Ltd., (Nagoya, Japan) DCH's joint venture partner for the manufacture and sale of fuel cells in the Asian markets, has sold its first 12W/12V portable fuel cells to targeted customers in the Japanese automotive, electronics manufacturing and highway sign industries. The fuel cells were sold through […]
Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY) announced it has received an award of more than $4.6 million from the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The award is to carry out a two-and-one-half year, $9.3 million cost-shared program to research and develop a micro fuel cell for use in […]
IdaTech (Bend, OR), a subsidiary of IDACORP Inc. (Boise, ID), has received its fifth fuel cell system patent, US Patent No. 6,242,120, which covers the mechanism that synchronizes the purging of the fuel cell stack with the rate at which water is produced. It protects IdaTech's system from unauthorized use or manufacture. "Our optimized purge […]
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (CFCL, Australia) has opened a new 35,000sqft engineering facility, bringing the company another step closer to market. The new building will be used to assemble prototypes and to carry out tests on the company's market-entry product, a 40kW fuel-cell-based electricity generator. The first prototype should be completed by June next year. […]
Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) announces the addition of 0603 case size parts to its line of ultra-compact, high-reliability ferrite chip...
Pulizzi Engineering announced its new TPC4100 Series of three-phase power distribution systems, which are designed for either 0U or 1U rack mounting. The units provide 20A or 30A three-phase WYE power input, with distribution to 12 single-phase outlets, rated at 15A or 20A at either 120V or 240V (or a combination of the two). The […]
Coilcraft Inc. (Cary, IL) announced its new 0603HC chip inductors, which provide high current ratings and ultra-small size, making them suitable for...
Amkor Technology and Philips Semiconductors have entered into a multi-level exchange of technology, a joint development of technology and business-expansion agreements. The agreement is expected to enable both companies to offer enhanced capabilities to the industry segments that they each serve. Both companies will share IP, process knowledge and patent-pending technologies that are already commercially […]
Changzhou Changjie Electronic Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its new metallized polypropylene-film capacitors, which feature a non-inductive construction in a lightweight, compact form-factor....
Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) announced that Motorola Labs scientists are the first to successfully combine the best properties of workhorse silicon technology...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced its results for the second quarter and for the six months ended June 30, 2001. For the three months ended June 30, 2001, the company reported revenues of $1,034,000, compared with revenues of $632,000 reported for the same period in 2000. The company reported a net loss of $4.6 […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) announced that, pursuant to the stock purchase agreement between ECD and Texaco Inc. (Detroit, MI), Texaco has exercised its right to maintain its 20-percent interest in ECD. This share purchase follows an increase in ECD's outstanding common stock due to the exercise of warrants on July 31, 2001. […]
Digital Power Corp. (Fremont, CA) released the new UPF300 Series of switching power supplies. The new power supply incorporates active power-factor correction...