Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA), a supplier of mixed-signal power semiconductors and hall-effect sensors, has developed a high-frequency boost converter with constant...
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC), a manufacturer and supplier of passive electronic components and related products, has developed an 0402 surface-mount thermistor...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced its new VSMP1206 high-precision, surface-mount, bulk metal Z-foil resistor, which combines a high power rating of...
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) introduced its small footprint, complementary MOSFET solution, the new FDC6020C, which is capable of delivering...
An apparent explosion and fire at a Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) wafer fab occurred December 17, 2004, when a tanker truck was unloading hydrogen gas at Fairchild's fab in South Portland. There were no word of any injuries, but parts of the plant were evacuated and police urged people to avoid the […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its new LT3483, a 40 V, 200 mA, inverting dc-dc converter with an on-chip schottky...
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA), a manufacturer and supplier of discrete semiconductors, announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsemi Corp. allowing Microsemi to license Diodes' newly released, patent-pending PowerDI™5 package. "We are very excited about this reciprocal licensing agreement with Microsemi," said Diodes President and CEO C.H. Chen. "Our collaboration in the past […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) launched a new package for its rectifier and transient voltage suppressor (TVS) products that delivers the same...
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA), a developer, marketer and manufacturer of photovoltaic products, announced a major advance in the development of its String Ribbon™ manufacturing process that has the potential to produce silicon wafers thinner than 150 microns. The company has filed a patent application for its thin wafer technology. "With the latest enhancement to […]
Lin Engineering Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a designer and specialist of step motors, released its 3509V, 0.9 degree, size 14 step motor,...
ADDA Corp. (Taiwan) released its latest series of CPU coolers suited to Intel LGA-775 microprocessors. Rated at 115 W, the E63 Series...
Amkor Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) reported that in regard to its patent infringement suit filed against Carsem in the International Trade Commission, the judge has determined initially that Carsem did infringe some of Amkor's patent claims, that some of the 21 asserted patent claims are valid, and all of Amkor's asserted patent claims are enforceable. […]
Fulltech Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) released its UF180B0CA Series of axial cooling fans that provide airflow of 335 cfm to 388 cfm,...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) reported a $3 billion, 1,000,000 ft² semiconductor chip fab that will add thousands of jobs to the city's workforce. Initially, the new jobs will come during the year-plus construction phase and later grow as the staffing of the plant gears up to 1,000 workers at full capacity production. However, […]
Tessera Technologies Inc. (San Jose, CA), a developer of semiconductor packaging technology for miniaturization of electronic products, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Electronics. This memorandum of understanding contemplates that Tessera and Samsung will execute a definitive agreement providing for settlement of the ongoing lawsuit between the two companies.