STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva, Switzerland) announced four new industry-standard microprocessor reset chips, the STM809, STM810, STM811 and STM812, intended for high-volume, cost-sensitive, micro-processor-based applications, including computers, servers, printers, fax machines, cellular and GSM phones, and consumer products. The reset circuits are supervisory devices that are commonly used to monitor the microprocessor supply voltage, and to […]
Sipex Corp. (Milpitas, CA), a provider of high-performance, analog integrated circuits, announced its latest photo detector integrated circuit (PDIC), the SP8052. Optimized for 8x and 12x writeable DVD drives, the SP8052 features slew rates of 500V/µsec, fast 12ns saturation recovery times, and 150MHz bandwidth. Along with the four high-speed data detection channels, four tracking channels, […]
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) announced its new fast infrared (FIR) transceiver for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and digital cameras, the HSDL-3220, which offers a height of only 2.5mm, the lowest profile of any medium infrared (MIR) or FIR transceiver on the market, and greater flexibility when designing clamshell and ultra-slim handsets. The […]
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) announced the receipt from its strategic partners of the fifth and final Fab 2 milestone payment in the amount of $25.1 million. In addition, Tower announced that it has closed the previously announced amendment to its credit facility agreement for the continued financing of Fab 2. According to the […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced its new TFBS4711 serial infrared (SIR) transceiver for short-distance, wireless communication. The TFBS4711 transceiver measures 1.9mm...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced four new pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers (the UCC2891, UCC2892, UCC2893 and UCC2894) that significantly simplify...
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (Hillsboro, OR) previously forecast its revenue for the quarter ending December 31, 2003, to be in the range of $80 million to $83 million, its gross margin to be in the range of 30% to 32%, and a loss per share of between $0.02 and $0.04. Based on the company's current shipments […]
Productwell Precision Elect Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new R097 9.5mm wide resistor that is designed for use in volume, tone and...
Powerex Inc. (Youngwood, PA) introduced its new NFH Series IGBTs, which utilize a fifth-generation carrier stored trench gate bipolar transistor (CSTBT) chip....
Arques Technology (Austin, TX) introduced its AQ9220 highly integrated, three-output voltage controller. The AQ9220 provides a dual-phase, synchronous buck switcher plus two...
Schaffner EMC Inc. (Edison, NJ) has released its new EMC Components Shortform Catalog that details its line of feed-through capacitors and filters; PCB, IEC-inlet, single-phase and three-phase filters; output components; RFI suppression chokes and pulse transformers. In addition to an easy-to-use product selection chart, the new catalog provides an overview chart of general applications for […]
Royal Philips Electronics (the Netherlands) announced its new ESD Series of electro-static discharge (ESD) protection diodes designed to protect consumer and communications applications from ESD and other voltage-induced transient pulses. With low diode capacitance, low leakage current and reverse stand voltages of 3.3V and 5V, the new ESD protection diodes provide protection of electrical equipment […]
Gowanda Electronics (Gowanda, NY) announced that it has successfully completed the transition to the requirements of ISO9001:2000 Quality Management System Standard. Preparation for the transition at Gowanda began earlier this year. The audit was performed by NSF International Strategic Registrations Ltd. (NSF-ISR). Gowanda Electronics President David Schaack stated, "This higher level of certification is yet […]
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the new PowerJack™ Series of dedicated integrated connector modules (ICMs) for end-span, Power-over-Ethernet applications. The modules are the first dedicated one row by one column, one row by two column, and one row by four column ICM solutions compliant with IEEE 802.3af. They maintain system HiPOT integrity and […]
UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that it delivered a UQM® electronic controller that manages the operation of an integrated air and hydrogen compression unit for use in an automotive OEM's fuel-cell-powered automobile. The electromagnetic-interference-compliant UQM® controller manages the operation of a compression unit developed by Barber Nichols, which […]