The Crolles2 Alliance (France), consisting of STMicroelectronics Inc. (Geneva, Switzerland), Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) and Motorola Inc. (Austin, TX), has opened its research and development center near Grenoble, France. The collaboration is dedicated to designing the next wave of nanoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing on 300mm silicon wafers. The joint research and development center […]
Evox Rifa Group Oyj (Finland) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) have agreed to jointly develop film chip capacitors. The companies signed an agreement that will enable Evox Rifa to market the stacked film chip capacitor technology that Matsushita has developed. Evox Rifa will take a license for the stacked chip capacitor technology […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) has announced that its 800,000ft² assembly, test and warehouse facility in Suzhou, China, is scheduled to be completed next quarter. The facility is located within the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. Qualification testing is ongoing, and about 250 employees are being trained to immediately begin production. With the new factory, […]
Amkor Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) and Sharp Corp. agreed to unify the design for a 3D system-in-package assembly that enables the stacking of very thin packages. Targeting ASICs, DSPs and memories for the cell phone, PDA and digital still camera markets, the two companies will develop and enhance an industry-standard stacked package format utilizing Amkor's […]
The Distributed Energy Solutions Division (DES) of Stewart and Stevenson Services Inc. (Houston, TX) introduced a new family of EnGen-Therm™ power modules. The EnGen-Therm power module is a natural-gas-reciprocating engine generator that is designed for easy integration of a heat recovery unit (HRU) or absorption chiller system. The engine generator provides enough heat from its […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) released its new SIwave™ v1.1 software at the Design Automation and Test in Europe conference in Munich, Germany....
RF Micro Devices Inc. (Greensboro, NC), a provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, announced achievement of a major milestone toward the commercialization of gallium nitride (GaN) RF power technology. The company has successfully grown, fabricated and packaged GaN power transistors achieving 28W performance with continuous wave (CW) operation at […]
UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) announced that it has been awarded a second US patent for its popular PowerCassette® switching power supply...
Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that Yield Engineering Systems Inc. (YES, San Jose, CA) has selected Adept to develop a new 300mm process tool platform that will fully automate its vacuum cure oven process. The YES-450PBX4-300 platform will utilize the Adept SmartController CS™ controller, AdeptSix™ six-axis robot and the Adept SmartModule™ linear modules […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced a new PIN diode series for high-power RF switching applications found in medical MRI systems, antenna and band switching, power supplies, and RF heating. Designated the HUM3002/3003/3004 Series, the new diodes are designed for applications where high isolation, low loss and low distortion are critical, as well as the ability […]
Xanoptix Inc. (Merrimack, NH) introduced an "inside-out" heatsink that features a multitude of intersecting passageways that allows air or fluid to flow...
Konarka Technologies Inc. (KTI, Lowell, MA), a developer of flexible, polymer and nano-particle-based photovoltaic (PV) technology, announced that it has acquired Quantum...
The European Union (EU, Brussels, Belgium) Commission has approved a joint venture between Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, MO) and auto parts maker Dana Corp. (Toledo, OH) to develop vehicle components. The deal was approved under the commission's simplified antitrust procedure, which clears mergers or acquisitions after one month if no objections are raised. The […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (UK) and test and measurement specialist Acterna Corp. have developed a custom dc/dc converter design and mounting solution that...
ETA Power Europe Ltd. (Switzerland) introduced its new 600W, ac/dc input, front-end module, the EPX-600SX, which is designed to satisfy the combined...