IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) is offering an expanded range of 1,200V MOSFETs, which can provide greater safety margin and improved reliability in high-voltage power conversion applications. The family includes a number of small, economical sizes, as well as the industry's highest current, rugged HiPerFET™ versions in the high-power SOT-227 package. The family of high-voltage […]
DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (Detroit, MI) and Menag Holding AG announced the signing of a joint distribution agreement, unifying the two companies' product lines under the energy|now™ brand. The agreement's vision is for each company to utilize the products, services and distribution networks developed by the other. DTE Energy will gain access to an experienced […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA), a supplier of high-performance, mixed-signal integrated circuits, introduced the X90100 digitally programmable capacitor, which is designed to replace variable capacitors used to tune the frequency response of electronic systems up to 400MHz. The X90100 can be set to 1 of 32 discrete capacitor steps ranging from 7.5pF to 14.5pF in 0.20pF […]
Intertech Corp. (Portland, ME) announced the date for its automotive component design seminar, "Designing Actuators, Motors and Generators for Automotive Applications," which will be held June 18-19, 2003. The seminar will take place at the Messe Berlin in Berlin, Germany, and is aimed at professionals involved in any way with automotive component design – or […]
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) introduced a new development kit for motor OEMs and application specialists working with sensorless motors, which operates with motor voltages from 10Vdc to 190Vdc, peak current ratings up to 45A, and full application software for current (torque) or velocity (rpm) mode operations. The motor controller is mounted in a […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), a leading power semiconductor company, announced results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002. Revenues of $38.4 million for the year ending December 31, 2002, were down 12.7 percent from revenues of $43.9 million in fiscal year 2001. Earnings before tax for the year were $455,291, or $0.02 per […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the new IRF8010 Series of HEXFET power MOSFETs with as much as 10 percent...
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced a new three-phase power MOSFET controller with high-current gate drive capability that drives a wide range...
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) announced the successful completion of no-load factory testing for the world's first high-temperature superconductor (HTS) electric ship propulsion motor. The company's HTS motors are claimed to be as much as half the weight, one-third the size, operate with higher fuel efficiency and have lower maintenance costs than equivalently priced […]
Sun Motor Technology Group (Hong Kong) announced the new SR8812SM dc micro motor, which measures 48(ø)mm x 103mm and is designed to...
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced its new MAX4023 to MAX4026 2:1 mux amplifiers (video switches plus video amplifier), which feature...
DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (Detroit, MI) and Tezman Holding announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement wherein DTE Energy will provide its broad portfolio of energy|now™ on-site energy systems and energy|now Systems Operation Center (SOC) expertise. The energy|now product portfolio includes electric-only and cogeneration packaged systems from 75kW to over 1MW, using internal combustion […]
Turck Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) introduced three new additions to its line of line of high temperature sensors, which range up to 160°C...
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. announced its new MAX1565 power supply IC, which integrates high-efficiency, step-up, and step-down dc/dc converters with three step-up controllers into a 5mm x 5mm thin QFN package, enabling it to be used as a power supply solution for digital still and video cameras. The converter's switching frequency is adjustable up to […]
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Geneva, Switzerland) announced its new STSR2 smart driver IC, which is designed for synchronous rectifiers that include specialized control circuitry...