LEM SA announced its appointment of Alan Denny as the new Business Development Manager for its Battery Monitoring Division. Denny joins LEM with extensive experience in the power electronics market, a result of his professional career in various technical and operational management positions. More recently, he worked for PK Electronics as Managing Director in Europe, […]
Telkoor Power Supplies Ltd. announced a new [email protected] ac-dc power supply module – the PS1548. Three plug-in cassettes enable 1:1 or N+1...
Ceravision Ltd. is introducing its new Continuum™ 2.4 lighting technology, which is now available for evaluation by lamp and electronics manufacturers. The...
XP Power announced the availability of a new series of isolated dc-dc converters. The MQP120 range has been specifically designed for systems...
Active Power, Inc. announced a multimillion dollar order from a blue-chip European based customer for containerized mobile power systems delivering a total of 7.6MW of power. Each Diesel uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system contains Active Power’s 1500iC flywheel based UPS systems, switchgear and 1.9MW diesel generators. All of these components will be housed in acoustic […]
Sarnoff Europe and Tower Semiconductor announced that Tower Semiconductor has licensed Sarnoff Europe’s TakeCharge® electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection IP portfolio. Tower Semiconductor will use TakeCharge for its customer’s analog and mixed-signal applications requiring high-performance low-capacitance ESD protection of up to 20kV HBM. "Sarnoff’s TakeCharge architecture enables pushing technology to its physical limits. It is aimed […]
IXYS Corp. announced that its UK-base wholly owned subsidiary, Westcode Semiconductors Ltd., has launched a new 1300A, 5.5kV extra fast recovery diode. The new diode is the first in a planned introduction of high power, higher voltage diodes using an advanced PIN structure. It is claimed that the new device combines the low forward voltage […]
Eltek Valere announced the Compact 130V DC Power System, claimed to be a breakthrough dc power system that is said to bring small size and high efficiency to utility and industrial back-up power applications. The power system is only 2RU (rack units) high, but provides up to 50A of output current, up to triple the […]
austriamicrosystems announced that it has expanded its dc-dc converter portfolio with the AS1326: a synchronous, high efficiency, step-up dc-dc converter in a...
Active Power announced that The Carbon Trust has listed the company’s CleanSource® UPS (uninterruptible power supply) on its Energy Technology Product List (ETPL), part of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme. Active Power has also earned the privilege of now using the Energy Technology List (ETL) symbol. The ECA scheme is managed by The Carbon […]
Atmel® Corp. announced the availability of its new ATA6836 half-bridge driver IC. As a result of the device’s high voltage capability (up to 40V), the ATA6836 can be used in both passenger car applications (e.g., flap control of air condition systems) and in 24V truck applications. The ATA6836 is manufactured using Atmel’s high-voltage 0.8um BCD-on-SOI […]
The OPERA 2 Consortium announced that the European Commission has endorsed Opera 2 activities to develop a new generation PLC access standard....
TRACOPOWER introduced its TEN-40WI series, a new range of dc-dc converter modules with 40W output power in a compact 2"x 2"x 0.4"...
SoloPower Inc., a California-based developer of thin-film solar photovoltaic cells and modules, announced the completion of its Series B financing which raised $30 million. The deal was led by new investor, Convexa Capital and supported by Scatec AS and Spencer Energy AS. The new funds will support the company’s efforts to further develop, manufacture and […]
ZBB Energy Corp. announced that its subsidiary company, ZBB Technologies, Ltd., has entered into contract with the Australian federal government through the Department of the Environment and Water Resources for $2.6 million (A$3.1 million) over two years in project funding under the Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies (AEST) program. For the first year of the project, […]