UK-based ARCOL Resistors now offers the ADS silicone coated axial resistor family as a more competitively priced alternative to their well-established ACS...
The U.K.'s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, announced a £2 million grant for research by NXP Semiconductors UK into the...
ABB plans to start production of central inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly growing local photovoltaic (PV) market and local...
Cissoid expands its PLANET family of discrete products with the launch of CHT-AMALTHEA, a medium power, general purpose, dual diode in a...
ams AG introduced the AS3721, a power management IC (PMIC) with an innovative remote-feedback circuit that helps reduce the thermal stress of...
IXYS Corporation has executed a definitive agreement with Samsung Electronics to acquire Samsung’s 4-/8-bit microcontroller business for approximately $50 million. As part of the agreement, IXYS will receive nearly 80 products, inventories, intellectual property and other assets exclusively related to the 4-/8-bit business. The acquisition is subject to various customary closing conditions and is expected […]
American Vanadium Corp. has entered into a master sales agreement with GILDEMEISTER AG energy solutions of Germany whereby American Vanadium will market and sell GILDEMEISTER’s CellCube vanadium redox flow batteries in North America. The CellCube is a commercially available energy storage system, with over 50 systems installed globally, that is capable of scaling to multi […]
Infineon Technologies AG introduced its next generation of high-voltage IGBT gate drivers. Designed for the main inverter of hybrid and electric vehicles...
Advanced Power Components plc (APC) announced that it has agreed terms with the minority shareholders of Minimise Limited, in which APC currently has a 51% holding, to acquire the remaining 49% of the issued share capital that it does not already own. On completion of the transaction, APC will own 100% of Minimise. Minimise is […]
Soitec (Euronext) announced today the industry’s first four-junction solar cell device, which works under concentrated sunlight, putting the company on the solar-energy industry’s technology roadmap at a world-class level of 43.6 percent efficiency. This technology development, made possible through strong collaboration between solar cell device and epitaxial growth centers of expertise combined with Soitec’s decades-long […]
STMicroelectronics, Inc. has introduced its latest generation of energy-efficient power devices that reduce the environmental impact of equipment such as telecom or...
Renesas Electronics announced the development of the µPD720115 USB 2.0 hub controller chip, which supports simultaneous USB communication and charging of portable...
Dynex Power Inc. announced that for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2013 revenue was $6.9 million, 35% lower than the corresponding quarter of last year. The decrease was the result of reductions in sales of power modules and die, as well as bipolar products and power assemblies. The company experienced a significant increase in […]
Powermat Technologies, Inc. and PowerKiss Oy have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies under the Powermat Technologies umbrella. According...
Schurter, Inc. has developed a new IEC C20 appliance inlet for efficient printed circuit board mounting. The GSP4 appliance inlet can be...