Taixing Yinjun Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced that its power supply transformer has received CCEE certification, and has met the SJ3207-90 and SJ1759-81 standards. The device is equipped with an over-temperature protection feature. The transformer accepts input voltages ranging from 110V to 240V, and delivers output voltages of 3V, 5V, 9V, 12V, 15V, 18V and […]
Ningbo Shenle Vanstar Electric Co. Ltd. (China) introduced the new MK-36-23 rocker switches for automotive applications, which feature rubber insulation and a...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new LT1765 step-down switching regulator that has a 3A peak-rated switch and delivers up to...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced plans to acquire GHz Technology Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) for approximately $29.1 million. APT said the merger is part of its strategy to expand its RF technology and product portfolio. The deal would give APT access to GHz's RF power transistors, which are capable of switching at […]
Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View) and Avant! Corp. (Fremont, CA) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Synopsys to acquire...
Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) announced the addition of the SC1104 highly-integrated synchronous voltage-mode PWM controller to its line of single-phase switching regulators. The SC1104 minimizes the number of components needed to build an efficient low-voltage power supply. The SC1104 is used in the design of single-ended, dc/dc power supplies where small circuit-board space and […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced plans to construct a new manufacturing and warehouse facility in China. The 800,000sqft factory located in the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, will be a state-of-the-art assembly and test facility for a broad range of logic, discrete and analog products. "This is a landmark […]
Microtel International Inc. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) announced that its subsidiary, XCEL Power Systems Ltd. (UK), won three contracts from Thales Corp. to supply specialized military power supply units. The combined value of the contracts is approximately $419,000. The power supply units will support the LITE, Optronics Mast and Phalanx programs. Deliveries are expected to begin […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced the FAN5250, a dc/dc controller designed in conjunction with Transmeta Systems to meet the requirements...
BCComponents International BV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) extended its axial-aluminum electrolytic capacitor product range to include those with sizes up to 30mm x 50mm and voltages up to 500V. These include the 026/027 ACR axial 105 degrees C elcaps that enable long life and high ripple current capability, the 024/025 AMR axial miniaturized elcaps with high […]
Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, MA) announced the AD8353 and AD8354 broadband, fixed-gain, linear amplifiers that operate at frequencies from 100MHz to 2.7GHz....
Central Semiconductor Corp. (Hauppauge, NY) announced the release of the new MMPQ Series of quad transistors in the SOIC-16 surface-mount package, which...
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, FL) introduced the Z Chip, a discrete impedance-matching series resistor/capacitor chip. The Z Chip is ideal for line...
IBM Microelectronics (East Fishkill, NY) announced advances in the development of an alternate type of transistor that could lead to performance, function...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has been awarded Patent No. US6285571 for constructing an efficient multi-phase switching regulator and Patent No. US6292378 for programmable current sharing. Both patents claim an efficient multi-phase switching regulator architecture that Microsemi calls LoadSHARE, which uses sensed voltages to achieve accurate forced current sharing and programmable current sharing. […]