Elcon Products International Co. (Fremont, CA) has enhanced its line of CROWN EDGE card edge-style, high-current power connectors with support for current interruption under load as defined by safety regulatory agencies and new board termination options. CROWN EDGE is a family of versatile modules that utilize high-performance Crown contact technology reconfigured to create a card […]
STMicroelectronics (STM, Geneva) has confirmed that, if approved, the $0.04 dividend to be proposed at the company's annual general meeting in Amsterdam on March 27, 2002, will be declared on Monday April 22, 2002. STMicroelectronics' announcement follows the recent announcement by Borsa Italiana of the admission of STMicroelectronics shares to the MIB 30 index effective […]
California Micro Devices (Milpitas, CA) presented the financial outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ends March 31, 2001. The company expects to report revenue between $7.5 and $8.0 million, up from $7.0 million in the prior quarter. Pro-forma net loss per share, before restructuring and other charges related to its manufacturing transition, is expected […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the 70CRU04, a 70A amp, 400V ultra-fast diode with a 175 degrees C operating...
Cooper Electronic Technologies (Boynton Beach, FL) announced that it has updated its Aerogel Capacitor Calculator located on the company's website. The updated calculator includes the addition of dc versus ac pulse discharge correction factors, and temperature and tolerance correction factors. In addition, the list of supercapacitors referenced in the pull-down menu has been extensively updated. […]
STMicroelectronics (Geneva) announced that it plans to buy back up to four million shares of its outstanding common stock. The repurchased shares will be allocated to the options granted under the current employee stock option plan. The implementation of the share purchase program, which is expected to begin immediately, has been entrusted to a financial […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced it has begun construction on a new 800,000sq-ft manufacturing and automated warehouse facility in Suzhou, China. The plant will be a state-of-the-art assembly and test facility to manufacture a broad range of logic, discrete and analog products. The new factory will produce products for both the local China […]
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the immediate availability of its new SP6213, claimed to be the industry's smallest 100mA LDO regulator for...
Murrelektronik GmbH (Germany) has developed a new bus system component that will make it easier to pinpoint any failure. The new MVK...
Tyco Electronics Power Components (Menlo Park, CA) Raychem Circuit Protection Division introduced its new TVAxxxSA Series of SiBar thyristor surge-protection devices. With...
Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced that it returned to profitability on higher revenues in its third fiscal quarter. For the quarter ended January 31, 2002, Catalyst had net income of $164,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, on revenues of $10.7 million, a 16 percent increase over the prior quarter. This compares with a net […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced the new FAN4822 PFC controller, targeted for power supplies of 500W or more. The FAN4822...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the IRU3038, a synchronous PWM controller integrated circuit (IC) for the termination voltage requirements...
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the availability of a new low-profile through-hole assembly TO-262 package option for its TOPSwitch-GX power...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced a new pulse-shaping integrated circuit (IC) for IrDA data transmission implementations that will act as a...