ColdWatt Inc. today announced it has closed $16 million in new financing. The company is focused on delivering innovative power conversion solutions...
Advanced Silicon launches a power combo IC intended to simplify the system design of inkjet printers and multifunctional printers (MFP). The ASMTC6301A is a highly integrated IC comprising control functions for several motors, power management blocks, sensing and protection features as well as a communication interface. Besides integrating a wide range of functions, the ASMTC6301A […]
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech) has added a highly integrated battery charger IC designed to operate from USB port inputs. The AAT3688...
This is Part Four of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeff Shepard, Publisher, Darnell Group Volatile. When we look...
Summit Microelectronics has announced the SMB118 that integrates six precision programmable regulators and programmable battery charging to reduce system size and cost in portable consumer electronics. Like the previously announced SMB122, the SMB118 combines analog power regulation and programmable digital power management, providing design flexibility for parametric adjustment and functional configuration. Summit’s easy-to-use PC-based graphical […]
Powerstax plc of Farnborough, England has signed an agreement with American manufacturer Condor DC Power for the sale of its extensive range of medical and commercial power solutions plus RoHS compliant linear power supplies. Ratifying the collaboration for sales and promotion across Europe and exclusively in the UK and Ireland, Tim Worley, Chief Executive Officer […]
This is Part Three of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Linnea Brush, Senior Research Analyst, Darnell Group Making predictions...
This is Part Two of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Richard Ruiz, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the New...
This is Part One of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeremiah Bryant, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the new...
Primarion has launched the PX3539, the company’s latest VR11 digital multi-phase power controller for core power regulation and intelligent point-of-load (POL) power regulation in server and desktop PC applications. Based on the recently released five- and six-phase PX3538, the new four-phase PX3539 controller IC is designed to address more mainstream server and high-end desktop applications. […]
Phihong USA has developed a one-port midspan for high-power devices that are capable of powering 802.11N access points. Typical applications for the...
PowerDsine announced at Interop New York, the launch of its next generation 6500 PoE Midspan series. The new IEEE 802.3af-compliant 6500 PoE Midspan series is reportedly the first PoE midspan to offer advanced secured Network Management System and the only PoE Midspan to ship with a lifetime warranty. The PowerDsine 6500 PoE Midspans will be […]
Ericsson Power Modules has signed the PMBus adopter agreement, becoming the nineteenth member of the Power Management Bus Implementers Forum. Already a...
Power-One Inc. has expanded its current patent infringement lawsuit against Artesyn Technologies Inc. by adding two additional patent applications to the body of intellectual property being asserted in the litigation. The newly added patent applications are United States Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0123164A1 (USPTO Serial Number 10/326,222) and United States Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0093533A1 […]
Power Integrations has successfully completed an important series of tests for Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Powered Devices (PDs) incorporating the company’s DPA-Switch® family of ICs. Testing by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Consortium (UNH-IOC) showed that a PoE interface circuit designed by Power Integrations meets the IEEE802.3af standard for PDs. In interoperability testing, the Power Integrations […]