Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced that all of the company's products are available in lead-free versions as an ordering option. This is part of the company's commitment to meeting the European Community's Reduction of Hazardous Substances guidelines. In addition to offering lead-free plating, Linear Technology will also provide by mid-2005 an improved plastic […]
Senior manufacturing executives, from nine global semiconductor companies, representing over $7 billion in annual revenue, announced the formation of an international, not-for-profit, semiconductor manufacturing association, the Fab Owners Association (FOA), will facilitate and provide solutions on issues that are more effectively undertaken as an industry association. The current announcing member companies are AMI Semiconductor, Cypress […]
Jazz Semiconductor Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) announced that Alereon Inc. has selected it as its foundry partner for its highly integrated, ultra-wideband transceiver for wireless universal serial bus (USB) applications. Alereon used Jazz Semi's high-volume, silicon germanium BiCMOS (SiGe BiCMOS) process to enable a cost-effective solution in a 7 mm x 7 mm package. "Jazz […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced its TSSOP Advance, a new smaller packaging technology that extends the company's packaging options for power MOSFETs. Developed by Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba), the TSSOP Advance package is approximately 53% thinner, at 0.75 mm (typical), and requires approximately 45% smaller mounting area than industry-standard SOP-8 […]
Schaffner Ltd. (Wokingham, UK), a supplier of EMC components and test equipment, announces new models in its FN3258 range and improvements to...
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL), a leader in power conversion solutions for the communications, launched two series of ultra-compact, 30 A,...
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) released an enhanced version of Maxwell® SV, adding to its existing line of student version (SV) software. Maxwell SV is a free, downloadable, subset of Maxwell 2D, Ansoft's commercial electromagnetic-field simulation software for the design of electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. The software is suitable for engineering students studying topics such as […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced that it will lay off 33 employees from its Tucson area plant. Affected workers will receive severance packages with at least 60 days' pay and benefits, career transition services, and profit-sharing for 2004. The company will continue to manufacture and test analog products at its Tucson facility. Company […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced it has expanded its family of SOP Advance power MOSFETs with a new 60 V device. The SOP Advance Series of MOSFETs are suitable for a number of industrial and mobile computing applications, including dc-dc converters, switching regulators, motor drives and notebook PCs. The […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced it has expanded its family of SOP Advance power MOSFETs with two new 100 V devices. The SOP Advance Series of MOSFETs are suitable for a number of industrial and mobile computing applications, including dc-dc converters, switching regulators, motor drives and notebook PCs. Developed […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced it has expanded its family of SOP Advance power MOSFETs with new 150 V, 200 V and 250 V devices. The SOP Advance Series of MOSFETs are suitable for a number of industrial and mobile computing applications, including dc-dc converters, switching regulators, motor drives […]
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, announced the opening of a new product design center in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region. Staffed with experienced semiconductor designer engineers, the facility will augment ongoing product development efforts at AnalogicTech headquarters in Sunnyvale. "To meet our customers' growing demands for innovative […]
Stackpole Electronics Inc. (SEI, Raleigh, NC) introduced a new short-form product selector and cross reference, featuring the company's complete line of resistive...
austriamicrosystems AG (Graz, Austria) announced that its full-service foundry business unit is on track to complete 10,000 device designs manufactured with its Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) shuttle service in the first quarter of 2005. To celebrate, the company is offering one MPW shuttle participation to that 10,000th device design, at no charge. The shuttle service is […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced it has expanded its family of SOP Advance power MOSFETs with two new 40 V devices. The SOP Advance Series of MOSFETs are suitable for a number of industrial and mobile computing applications, including dc-dc converters, switching regulators, motor drives and notebook PCs. The […]