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Microsemi Expands SiC Power Module Product Family in Industrial and Extended Temperature Ranges
Microsemi Corporation announced a new generation of industrial temperature, silicon carbide (SiC) standard power modules. They are suited for use in high-power switch-mode power supplies, motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, solar inverters, oil exploration and other high-power, high-voltage industrial applications requiring high performance and reliability. The power module family is also offered with extended temperature […]
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1.2KAutomotive ElectronicsJohnson Controls’ Batteries Power Ford’s Fusion Auto Start-Stop Vehicle
Johnson Controls, Inc. is providing its advanced Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery technology to power Ford Motor Company’s 2013 Fusion Auto Start-Stop...
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798Automotive ElectronicsToshiba Launches Low RDS(on) Power MOSFET for Automotive Applications
Toshiba Corporation has launched a low on-resistance power MOSFET as the latest addition to its TO-220SIS package series for automotive applications. The...
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Automotive Electronics
Protean Partners with SKF to Develop Advanced Drives for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Protean Electric, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with SKF Group to provide critical components for Protean’s in-wheel electric drive system. The two companies also will look at additional new areas of collaboration for the hybrid and electric vehicle market. The Protean-SKF five-year strategic partnership agreement will initially focus on the unique wheel bearing system […]
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810Automotive ElectronicsNew Extended-Range EVs Have the Potential to Transform how Utilities Manage Electric Outages
One year after introducing the first extended-range electric pickup truck for utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and VIA Motors, Inc....
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1.1KAutomotive ElectronicsSTMicro Introduces Next-Gen High-Side Switches for Smaller, Smarter Automotive Electronics
STMicroelectronics has revealed the latest generation of its switch ICs for vehicle electronics such as lights and body modules. The new devices...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Concept Opens Design Center in Ense to Develop High-Performance Custom IGBT Driver Solutions
IGBT driver manufacturer CT-Concept Technologie AG, a Power Integrations company, has opened a design center in Ense, Germany. The facility will develop semi-custom gate-drive designs based on its driver cores and produce full-custom drivers using CONCEPT’s SCALE-2® platform for large projects. SCALE-2 chipsets provide high levels of integration, resulting in low component count and consequent […]
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Automotive Electronics
Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M4 based Flash Microcontroller Family with Advanced Connectivity Peripherals and FPU
Atmel® Corporation has expanded its ARM® Cortex™-M4 based Flash family to include the SAM4E series, which features advanced connectivity peripherals, a floating point unit (FPU), advanced analog capabilities, and higher processing power. This rich mix of features make the SAM4E devices designed for the industrial automation, home and building control, machine-to-machine communications, automotive aftermarket and […]
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Automotive Electronics
Touchstone Adds the TSM921/TSM931/TSM971/TSM982 Series of Second-Source Maxim Comparators
Touchstone Semiconductor announced the TSM921-TSM924, TSM931-TSM934, TSM971-TSM973 and the TSM982/TSM984 series of low-voltage, low-power analog comparators. According to Touchstone, all 13 analog comparators are lower cost, electrically and form-factor identical to their Maxim’s analog comparator equivalents. Eleven of the 13 analog comparators feature an integrated 1.182V voltage reference with either ±1% (TSM92x/TSM97x) or ±2% (TSM93x/TSM98x) […]
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Automotive Electronics
Energy-Harvesting-Powered Systems to Reach Tipping Point in 2013
The announcement last month by the ZigBee Alliance of “Green Power” as an optional feature for ZigBee PRO is one of the most-striking indications that battery-less, wireless systems are poised for a surge in growth. Until the ZigBee announcement, the options for deploying energy harvesting (EH) powered controls and sensors were limited, and so was […]
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Communications Power
Former 3Com, Thales, QinetiQ and C-MAC Executive Joins Amantys as CEO
Amantys Ltd. today announced the appointment of Karen Oddey as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company through the next stage of its development. With over 20 years of leadership experience at senior levels in many diverse electronic companies including 3Com, Thales and QinetiQ, Oddey brings to the company a broad range of experience growing […]
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764Automotive ElectronicsVishay Adds 19 Automotive-Grade FRED Pt and HEXFRED Hyperfast and Ultrafast Rectifiers and Soft-Recovery Diodes
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has added 19 new automotive-grade FRED Pt® and HEXFRED® Hyperfast and Ultrafast rectifiers and soft recovery diodes in DPAK,...
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1.6KBatteries and Portable PowerFairchild’s Dual Cool™ Package Improves Power Density and Performance in DC-DCs
Designers of dc-dc conversion applications are challenged with improving power density while saving board space and reducing thermal resistance. Fairchild Semiconductor‘s new...
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Automotive Electronics
Power Electronics Companies to Watch in 2013
The editorial staff at PowerPulse has been scouring the global power electronics industry, looking for up-and-coming companies. We have assembled a group of ten “companies to watch in 2013.” At least a couple of these companies are still in ‘stealth’ mode and this will be one of the first public discussions of their activities. In […]
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538ComponentsToshiba IGBT/MOSFET Gate Drive Photocoupler Features 500ns Propagation Delay
Toshiba Corporation has launched a DIP8-package IC coupler that can directly drive a middle-capacity IGBT or power MOSFET. The new TLP250H offers...
