A new line of Mini-HMC™ heavy-duty connectors from Molex Inc. provides up to a 65 percent space savings for applications such as...
Laird Technologies‘ Thermal Product business unit (formerly known as Thermagon) has added the T-gard™ 5000, a thermally conductive, low-cost, film-based electronic insulator for switching-mode power supply (SMPS) devices used in telecommunication and computer networking products. T-gard 5000 offers SMPS manufacturers a solution that is both superior to fiberglass insulation in dielectric strength and consistency as […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT) has entered into a license agreement for silicon carbide (SiC) technology from the Electronic Systems’ sector of Northrop Grumman Corp. This agreement forms an exclusive foundry supplier relationship whereby Northrop Grumman will license certain SiC technology to APT including relevant SiC patents and manufacturing methods to enable APT to manufacture […]
Enabling lighting system design engineers to run high brightness LEDs at full power without thermal degradation, TT electronics IRC Advanced Film Division’s...
Gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond semiconductor wafers are now available from Group4 Labs LLC. The new Xero Wafer™ sits less than 0.5 nanometers away...
If carbon nanotubes are to fulfill their commercial promise in displays, integrated circuits, sensors and other nanoelectronic components, industry must agree on uniform ways to evaluate and report their electrical properties. In a major step toward this goal, the IEEE has approved IEEE 1650, the first standard to establish a common metrics foundation for such […]
Emerson has announced it has acquired Knurr AG, whose leading enclosure systems for the telecommunication and data industries — along with its cooling technologies — will become part of Emerson Network Power’s broad technology offering. Emerson will pay approximately EUR 80 million (including all debts assumed) for Knurr. Knurr joins with Emerson Network Power’s industry-leading […]
PULS UK, a large manufacturer of DIN-Rail power supplies, has moved into new offices in Ampthill, England. With more than 2,000 square...
Cooper Industries Ltd. announced the acquisition of G&H Technology Inc., a Camarillo, California-based designer and manufacturer of advanced, high-reliability connectors and interconnect devices. Financial terms were not disclosed. G&H products address critical design, high-stress and harsh-environment conditions, and are used in aerospace, subsea, military and industrial applications. With sales of approximately $21 million in its […]
Emerson Network Power and Egenera Inc. jointly announced the “CoolFrame” solution, which integrates Emerson Network Power’s Liebert XD cooling technology with the...
INTRINSIC Semiconductor, a privately held manufacturer of wide bandgap materials and devices, has signed a license agreement for an advanced chemical mechanical polishing (ACMP) process created at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center with research funds provided by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The goal of any semiconductor polishing process is to create surface […]
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that Dr. Nazzareno Rossetti, senior director, Strategy, Analog Product Group, has authored a new book on managing power electronics published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Dr. Rossetti’s book, “Managing Power Electronics: VLSI and DSP-Driven Computer Systems,” provides a solid technical foundation and an analysis of popular electronic appliances, and covers all […]
Positronic Industries‘ new Dragonfly Series is targeted for use in applications requiring a high reliability miniature connector, which offers signal and/or power...
The LM4935 from National Semiconductor Corp. claims the title of the industry’s smallest audio subsystem with a mono Class D speaker driver....
This is Part Four of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeff Shepard, Publisher, Darnell Group Volatile. When we look...