Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) a manufacturer and supplier of discrete semiconductors, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. Total revenues for the year 2002 increased 24.3 percent to $115.8 million from $93.2 million for the year 2001. Net income for year 2002 was $5.8 million, or $0.65 per […]
O2Micro International Ltd. (Santa Clara, CA), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, was granted 24 claims under US patent number 6,515,881 for inverter operability controlled to reduce electromagnetic interference in personal digital assistant (PDA) applications. The patented architecture minimizes electromagnetic interference that can affect the read/write process […]
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (San Diego, CA) announced a family of RF IC products targeted at military and aerospace applications. The devices, which range from RF switches to mixers to phase-locked-loops, are targeted at operation over the extended temperature range of -55°C to +125°C. In addition, the devices undergo the special assembly and quality conformance requirements […]
STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva, Switzerland) announced the inauguration of its new IC Design and Software Development Center in Rabat, Morocco. The decision to set up the new design center enlarges the scope of ST's presence in the country from the original back-end and test operations to include the design of highly complex silicon chips, known […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA), a manufacturer of power management integrated circuits, announced a highly integrated VRM power supply controller that reduces components to cut costs for applications using AMD Mobile Athlon™ processors. Designated the LX1676™, the new integrated circuit features Microsemi's patented LoadSHARE and transient correction loop technologies that minimize costly capacitors and eliminate current […]
TDK Semiconductor Corp. (Tustin, CA), a leader in mixed-signal communication semiconductors, has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification after passing an extensive audit by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. TDK Semiconductor began the ISO 9001:2000 system implementation in 2001. Following UL's multiple site examination of documented procedures and operations, TDK Semiconductor was awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification on January 11, […]
Shenzhen Shengxin Capacitor Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) announced the new MPC Series of polypropylene film capacitors, which can withstand 1.4 times their...
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced its new QuietPower™ QPO-1 output ripple attenuation module, which uses active filtering in a SIP package to...
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA), a global supplier of superconductor products and power electronic converters to the electric power industry, and GE Industrial Systems, a business of the General Electric Co., announced the sale of two of AMSC's D-VAR™ dynamic voltage compensation systems to Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative (Rockwall, TX). The utility will use […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh) released the SIMPLORER® Power Suite, an integrated software package that addresses the rapidly increasing demand for smaller, more reliable...
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has reorganized its wholly owned subsidiary, Directed Energy Inc. (DEI), resulting in two divisions, creating a newly formed division called IXYS RF. DEI remains as a wholly owned subsidiary and a division of IXYS. The new division is chartered with developing a new generation of devices, including […]
Directed Energy Inc. (DEI, Fort Collins, CO), a wholly owned subsidiary of IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced the PCO-7810 pulsed laser diode driver, which is designed to provide fast, high-current pulses to drive laser diodes in range finder, LIDAR, atmospheric communications and other applications requiring high-current, nanosecond pulses. The PCO-7810 uses the switching technology […]
Intersil Corp. (Palm Bay, FL) announced new additions to its MightyMUX™ high-performance analog switch line. The new single-supply ISL43110 and ISL43111 ICs,...
O2Micro International Ltd. (Santa Clara, CA), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, was granted nine claims under US patent number 6,504,735 for its regulated, voltage-reducing, high-voltage, isolated, dc/dc converter system. The patented invention describes a new topology for a high-voltage, isolated input, step-down dc/dc converter that delivers […]
National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced an integrated, high-voltage, cascaded dc-dc controller suitable for power conversion in computer and communications systems. National...