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Blue Pillar Enables Digital Energy Network
Blue Pillar announced the introduction of the world’s first Digital Energy Network based on the company’s next-generation packaged solution. As a turnkey “system of subsystems,” a Blue Pillar Digital Energy Network securely consolidates and centralizes the monitoring and management of an organization’s disparate energy assets. This best practices approach enables any organization to lower its […]
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1.4KAutomotive ElectronicsGE Purchases 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energi Plug-in Hybrids
Ford Motor Company announces a collaboration with GE, in which the company will purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids for its...
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1.4KAutomotive ElectronicsToshiba’s 6th-Generation 600V IGBTs Improve Hard-Switching Efficiency
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced a sixth generation IGBT technology that offers improved switching loss/conduction loss trade off for increased efficiency...
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Automotive Electronics
Vicor Corporation Commences Dutch Auction Tender Offer to Repurchase up to $20 Million of Common Shares
Vicor Corporation announced it intends to commence a “Dutch Auction” tender offer to repurchase shares of its Common Stock valued up to $20 million. The tender offer is expected to commence on Monday, November 26, 2012, and to expire, unless extended by the Company, at 5:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, December 28, 2012. […]
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1.1KAutomotive ElectronicsSilicon Labs’ Lowest 32-Bit System Power with Architecture Breakthrough
Silicon Laboratories Inc. introduced the industry’s lowest power ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor-based microcontroller (MCU) family and first-of-a-kind “power-aware” development tools. The Precision32 SiM3L1xx...
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779Automotive ElectronicsVishay Releases New AEC-Q101-Qualified 600 V Standard Rectifiers
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. introduced new AEC-Q101-qualified, ESD-protected 600 V standard rectifiers. For space-constrained applications, the new SE20AFJ and SE30AFJ offer high current...
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1.3KAutomotive ElectronicsEight-Channel Configurable 1A Buck DC-DCs for Multi-Rail Systems
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3375, a highly-integrated general-purpose power management solution for systems requiring multiple low voltage power supplies. The device...
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1.5KBatteries and Portable PowerPrinted Thermoelectric Generators Demonstrated by Fraunhofer at Electronica
At last week’s Electronica 2012 trade fair, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Bremen presented...
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757ComponentsHoneywell Makes Major Push in Europe with Extensive Product Launches at Electronica
Honeywell Sensing and Control (S&C) launched a wide range of industrial sensors and switches at Electronica 2012. This includes Honeywell HumidIcon™ sensors...
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985ComponentsON Semiconductor Expands Its Portfolio of High Performance Industrial IC Offerings
As part of its participation at Electronica 2012, ON Semiconductor continues to advance power management in high performance industrial integrated circuit solutions....
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700Communications PowerIR’s Gen8 1200V IGBT Technology Platform Delivers Benchmark Efficiency and Ruggedness
International Rectifier (IR) introduced a new generation Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) technology platform during Electronica. The Generation 8 (Gen8) 1200V IGBT...
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966Automotive ElectronicsAdvanced Heat Transfer Material Unveiled by Versarien
On the opening day of Electronica 2012, Versarien Ltd. announced the release of a ground-breaking, micro-porous metallic material that it has perfected,...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Microsemi Reports Record Sales in Q4
Microsemi Corporation reported unaudited results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2012. Net sales for Microsemi’s fourth quarter of 2012 were a record $263.1 million, up 15.7 percent over the prior year and up 1.5 percent sequentially. Net sales for fiscal year 2012 were a record $1.0 billion, up 21.1 percent […]
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489Automotive ElectronicsToshiba Launches Li-ion Battery Monitor Chipset for Automotive Applications
Toshiba America Electronic Component Inc. (TAEC) announced its Li-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications. The chipset includes the claimed industry first...
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749Digital PowerQuieter, Smaller Precision Automation Equipment Possible with Single-Chip Motor Controller from STMicro
Precision movement and positioning systems used in industries such as automated manufacturing and pharmaceutical production can be quieter, smaller, lighter, simpler and...
