Alpha Industries (Haverhill, MA) announced its new AA026P2-A4 and AA032P1-A4 broadband mm wave, medium-power amplifiers that incorporate the patent-pending Alpha-2 surface-mount package....
Dynex Power Inc. (Lincoln, UK) announced that it has been awarded a research and development grant in a new European program, Establish Silicon Carbide Applications for Power Electronics in Europe (ESCAPEE), to develop 3.3kV power MOSFET and schottky diode technology from silicon carbide. The ESCAPEE project is a 36-month collaboration that commenced in April this […]
Infineon Technologies AG (Nuremberg, Germany) announced new additions to its CoolSET F2 family. The new products in the TO220 package are designed for output-power ratings up to 240W, and conform to the new EU minimum heat-generation guidelines. The CoolSET F2 family is suitable for adapter power supplies, integrated power supply solutions, set-top boxes, or general-purpose […]
Infineon Technologies AG (Nuremberg, Germany) announced a new generation of its IGBT product family for the 1,200V voltage range that combines TrenchStop and FieldStop technology. The new IGBTs reduce conduction losses by up to 40 percent while exhibiting low switching losses. Optimized for switching frequencies up to 10kHz in hard-switching topologies, or up to 30kHz […]
Elantec Semiconductor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) introduced the new EL7457CL quad-MOSFET driver in the low-profile LPP package. The high-output power, high-voltage operation and level shifting features make the EL7457CL suitable for pin driving in test equipment, as well as for clock driving in many general-purpose applications. The EL7457CL features a low voltage, a 3V to 5V […]
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) announced its new MIC4685 high-current, high-efficiency, buck regulator, the newest member of the SuperSwitcher family. The MIC4685...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) has successfully qualified its line of new medium-voltage (60V to 150V) UltraFET Trench MOSFET technology for...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduce a new series of smart power module (SPM) products in compact, dual in-line packages (DIP)...
Schaffner EMC Inc. (Edison, NJ) reached an agreement to acquire WEE Electrotest (Wertheim, Germany). With the acquisition, Schaffner will continue to provide a complete range of EMC components, EMC instrumentation and test systems for radiated and conducted interference, and advanced power-supply test systems. The consolidation of the two companies was effective as of January 1, […]
Cornell Dubilier Electronics Inc. (Liberty, SC) announced the company's new AEB aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which offer a leakage current of 10µA and...
Conexant Systems Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) has begun production shipments of its 4mm x 4mm CDMA power amplifier modules for use in two new handsets manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Seoul, Korea). "Production ramp of our industry-leading 4mm x 4mm InGaP-based solution demonstrates Conexant's position in the CDMA power amplifier market," said Moiz Beguwala, […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced its four new p-channel MOSFET BGAs, the FDZ202P, FDZ204P, FDZ206P and FDZ208P, which combine small...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the industry's first Q101-qualified, dual-HEXFET MOSFETs in the SO-8 package rated for repetitive avalanche...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced its IR2166 ballast control IC with integral power-factor correction (PFC) for linear fluorescent lighting...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) launched the iNTERO family of intelligent power modules for industrial motor and servo drives, which...