Danfoss Drives (Rockford, IL) redesigned its VLT 5000 FLUX Series of drives. The new 90 kW to 200 kW, 125 HP to...
Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will produce motors for hybrid-electric petrol vehicles, with annual sales projected at some $470 million within three years. Toshiba subsidiary, Toshiba Industrial Products Manufacturing Corp., will start producing 2,000 motors a month in April 2004 for auto parts supplier Aisin AW, an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp. The […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, reported that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, or vacated and remanded, all findings of patent infringement previously issued against IXYS by the United States District Court for Central California in the patent […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, reported that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a contempt order against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. issued by the United States District Court for Central California for a purported violation of a permanent […]
The Wirewound and Film Technologies Division of IRC Inc. (Boone, NC) announced its OAR Series of open-air, through-hole, current-sense resistors with a...
The Wirewound and Film Technologies Division of IRC Inc. (Boone, NC) introduced its OARS Series of precision surface-mount, current-sense resistors for automakers...
Shenzhen Power Motor Industrial Co. Ltd. (China) released a series of dc motors with different speeds and outputs. The WFF-M20VA, 8Z103 model...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the IR3101, a high-performance, integrated half-bridge inverter for appliance motor drive applications. The IR3101 simplifies half-bridge inverter designs for one-phase, two-phase or three-phase motor drives for refrigerator compressors, fans and pumps up to 400 W (up to 250 W with no heat-sink cooling). The IR3101 is a […]
austriamicrosystems AG (Graz, Austria) announced a fully programmable IC designed for high-current, electric motor (automotive) applications to implement programmable pulse-width modulated (PWM)...
Lambda Electronics Inc. (San Diego, CA) introduced two power supply series that can deliver 200 percent of the nominal current rating for...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) narrowed its first-quarter guidance to the top part of the previously forecast range. The company said revenues will be between $2.835 billion and $2.950 billion. The previous forecast was between $2.720 billion and $2.950 billion. TI said it expects earnings per share of between $0.19 and $0.22. The previous […]
Sipex Corp. (Milpitas, CA), a provider of high-performance, analog integrated circuits, introduced the SP26LV431 and SP26LV432. The SP26LV431 is a quad-channel RS422 line driver. Its companion device, the SP26LV431 is a quad-channel receiver. Both devices are EIA/TIA-422-B compliant and provide pin-out compatible with the industry-standard 26C31 and 26C32 footprint. The devices are suitable for point-to-point […]
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) introduced its next generation of low-saturation voltage bipolar transistors. The new Generation 5 products offer a 30-percent improvement in VCE(sat) compared to previous generations. The Generation 5 devices meet the demands of a wide range of applications, including battery charging, motor control, MOSFET gate driving, dc-dc conversion and resonant converters. The […]
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) introduced its BSP75G fully self-protected MOSFET device from its IntelliFET™ low-side-array-based platform integrating a configurable component array with a vertical power transistor on the same die. The 60 V, 550 milliOhm, n-channel BSP75G is protected against over-temperature, over-current, over-voltage and ESD. The BSP75G suits general-purpose switching duties and is rated for […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new product line of silicon carbide (SiC) Zero Recovery™ Schottky diodes in plastic...