Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), announced a new family of p-channel MOSFETs targeted for...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced its HX5 Series of extended-temperature, gigabit, discrete, magnetic components, which are the first discrete gigabit parts with an operating temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C available as standard products, in compliance with gigabit Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3i/u/ab. The HX5 Series is designed for long-haul gigabit Ethernet […]
STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva, Switzerland) introduced a dual operational amplifier able to drive 200 mA down to voltages as low as 2.7 V. It is designed for industrial and automotive applications, including Hall sensor compensation coils, servo amplifiers and motor drivers. The TS982 operates at supply voltages ranging from 2.5 V to 5.5 V and […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) and Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. announced the release of a new component library consisting of Murata's capacitor/inductor components for use within Ansoft Designer™. The device library contains proprietary equivalent simulation models of Murata's discrete capacitor/coil inductor products for use in general-purpose high-frequency designs. The devices are key building blocks in the […]
Tessera Technologies Inc. (San Jose, CA), a developer of semiconductor packaging technology for miniaturization of electronic products, announced that has priced its follow-on offering of 4.1 million secondary shares at $18.43 per share. The company reported that all of the shares were offered by selling stockholders and the company will not receive any proceeds from […]
Using a "Z" lead configuration to enable high power axial resistors to be surface-mountable Welwyn Components Ltd. (UK) introduced its WA80Z Series...
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its CM3018 family of 150 mA CMOS regulators in a compact chip-scale package, form factor....
Powerwave Technologies Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) introduced its next-generation 1,800 MHz/1,900 MHz MCPA solution for global network operators. The G3L-1929-120 MCPA is the latest release in the Powerwave family of high-performance, low-cost, coverage and capacity solutions for network operators. The G3L-1929-120 MCPA is the highest-performance Powerwave product to date for this market, and its multi-protocol […]
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Hillsboro, OR) signed a major deal to invest up to $200 million in Fujitsu Ltd.'s new 300 mm factory. Fujitsu has agreed to manufacture Lattice's next-generation FPGA products on its 130 nm and 90 nm CMOS process technologies, as well as a 130 nm technology with embedded flash memory being jointly developed […]
Power Distribution Inc. (Richmond, VA) announced that the first shipments of the PDI Qwikswitch have been successfully installed in the field. PDI completed the acquisition of the Qwikswitch product line from Powertrol early in 2003. PDI immediately embarked on improving the design and look of the Qwikswitch once the acquisition was completed. The single-phase product […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, reported that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, or vacated and remanded, all findings of patent infringement previously issued against IXYS by the United States District Court for Central California in the patent […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, reported that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a contempt order against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. issued by the United States District Court for Central California for a purported violation of a permanent […]
Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan) reported that it is planning a $1.5 billion facility in central Japan to mass-produce logic chips on 90 nm and 65 nm volume processes, employing large-diameter 300 mm wafers. The new facility at its Mie semiconductor plant is scheduled to become operational in April 2005, with volume shipments starting the following September. […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced its new BZX584Cxx-02 Series Zener diodes in the ultra-small SOD-523 (SC79) plastic package, which features small...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC2054 and LTC2054HV, zero-drift amplifiers for power-sensitive applications. The amplifiers are suitable for portable...