Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced the release of the A3946, a new power MOSFET, pre-driver IC designed to drive brush dc...
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (Hillsboro, OR) reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Revenue in the quarter was $72.8 million, up 19% compared to the second quarter of 2002 and up 1.6% compared to the first quarter of 2003. The revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, included $8.7 million from […]
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2004 ended June 30, 2003. The company reported revenues of $5.1 million, compared to $5.1 million in the previous quarter and $4.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2003. The non-memory business units represented 32% of the company's total […]
Central Semiconductor Corp. (Hauppauge, NY) announced the addition of the new CZT2680 250V, 1.5A, high-speed, switching NPN transistor to the POWER223™ family...
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) announced the appointment of Ralph Steedman as President and CEO of the company. Steedman was most recently president of the drug discovery business unit of Thermo Electron Corp., and prior to that, president and CEO of CRS Robotics Ltd., a publicly traded company involved in advanced automation systems. Rob […]
Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) announced it has acquired Teccor Electronics Inc. (Irving, TX), a subsidiary of Invensys plc, for $44 million in cash plus a future payment of $5 million contingent on sales of Teccor products reaching $107 million for calendar year 2005. Teccor has annual global sales of approximately $75 million. Teccor manufactures […]
Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) reported sales and earnings for the second quarter of 2003. Sales for the second quarter of 2003 were $72.8 million, a 2% decrease from sales of $73.9 million in the second quarter of 2002. Diluted earnings per share were $0.18 in the second quarter of 2003, compared with $0.18 in […]
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced the release of two new lines of precision Zener diodes. The new Zener lines are the second and third product releases utilizing Diodes-FabTech's precision, high-velocity, ion-implantation process. The DDZ9600 Series is suitable for use in portable end products requiring a minimum of power consumption for extended battery life, such […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) introduced its new NCP1501 voltage regulator, the second device in a series of dual-mode, pulse-width modulation (PWM), buck converters that feature a low dropout (LDO) mode. The new device is suitable for the power management of portable applications, including cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and supplies for digital signal processor […]
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Camarillo, CA) reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003 ended June 30, 2003. Revenues on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis in the third quarter of fiscal 2003 were $39.7 million, excluding $3.4 million from discontinued operations, compared to $38.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2002, excluding […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC1603, a 250ksps, 16-bit, analog-to-digital converter (ADC). It combines ac and dc performance (90dB...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced that net sales for its fiscal year ended June 29, 2003, were $606,573,000, an increase of 18% from net sales of $512,282,000 for the previous year. The company also reported net income for the year of $236,591,000, or $0.74 diluted earnings per share, an increase of 20% from […]
Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit between Therma-Wave and Boxer-Cross Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Materials. Under the settlement, Therma-Wave will dismiss its pending patent infringement claims against Boxer Cross with prejudice. Boxer Cross will dismiss its pending patent infringement claims against Therma-Wave without […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) is adding the new FX5545G008 synchronous buck converter to its FunctionPAK® family of single-package, fully integrated, dc/dc...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC3733, a PolyPhase® dc/dc synchronous, step-down controller with integrated MOSFET drivers for powering single...