ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it currently expects to exceed its most recent guidance for revenue and gross margin for the second quarter ending June 28, 2002. It also expects to increase its cash position as of the end of the second quarter. Revenues for the quarter are currently expected to be in […]
Milpower Inc. (San Diego, CA), a company that designs, manufactures and tests custom power supplies, power converters and RF power amplifiers for use in military, space and commercial applications, offered its RF power amplifiers for worldwide use on US Navy ships, aircraft and submarines. The 11000 ship/submarine series and 13000 aircraft series of RF power […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Irvine, CA) announced a new eight-pin, surface-mount package for use as a power MOSFET. Developed by Toshiba Corp. (Japan), the VS-8 is suitable for power management switching and dc/dc conversion in portable computers, portable phones, personal digital assistants and other emerging applications where space is at a premium. The […]
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced its revolutionary new IC that simplifies dc/dc power conversion design. The DPA-Switch is the first...
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced that it has completed the acquisition of PowerSmart Inc. (Shelton, CT), a privately held fabless semiconductor company, in a cash transaction. Microchip paid approximately $54.0 million in cash, assumed a balance sheet with approximately $4.0 million in cash and other net assets, and assumed certain employee stock options. Approximately […]
Cree Microwave Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) introduced its new CRF-22010 SiC MESFET power transistor, which is designed to cover the entire DCS/PCS/UMTS frequency...
Shenzhen Capacitors Industrial Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new CA45 Series of chip tantalum capacitors, designed for use in military equipment, PCs...
Infineon Technologies AG (Germany) announced its new Titan 768MD interface converter IC that converts OC-192 data rates into OC-768 data rates, while preserving legacy system investments. The Titan 768MD is a 16:64 mux/demux IC that can convert 64-channel, 622Mbps, OC-192 SFI-4-compliant data into 16-channel, 2.5Gbps, OC-768/768c SFI-5-compliant data. It can also perform narrow-band SFI-5-to-SFI-4 conversion, […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) introduced the Custom Power Solutions Sample Kit, a new on-line tool for ordering multiple power product...
Hitachi Ltd. (Japan) announced the company's eighth-generation, n-channel HAT2164H power MOSFETs manufactured on a 0.35µm process and featuring reduced cell sizes by...
Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, Netherlands) announced the introduction of a new range of power MOSFETs in miniature power packages. The new QLPAK...
Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) announced that it is teaming up with Motorola Inc. (Austin, TX) and Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, PA) to speed development of specialized chips used in cell phones and DVD players. Each company will own a third of the new company named StarCore LLC (Austin, TX), which will develop and market […]
Analog Devices Inc. (Norwood, MA) introduced the ADT7xxx family of temperature-to-digital converters that offer a combination of multi-channel analog-to-digital (ADC) converters and...
Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) announced the appointment of Robert LeFort as President of Infineon Technologies North America Corp. LeFort, who joined Infineon in 2000, will be responsible for the North American headquarters business activities, serving key customers throughout the region. LeFort succeeds Jan du Preez, who left the company to pursue other career opportunities. […]
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its new LTC4412, a low-loss PowerPath controller that controls an external p-channel MOSFET to create a...