Central Semiconductor Corp. (Hauppauge, NY) announced the new CZTA44HC 400V, high-current transistor. Through the development of the new CP319 chip, this new...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced its first slew-rate control IC, the FDG901D, capable of reducing current inrush spike voltage and...
National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced the LM2698, the latest innovation in switching regulators for boost applications that combines boost switching technology...
Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it plans to donate $250,000 to the ongoing relief efforts following Tuesday's tragic events in the US, and match company employee donations up to an additional $750,000. "All citizens of the world were affected by these tragic events and we are committed to assisting those who are […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has introduced a new voltage-mode pulse-width modulator controller designed to minimize external components for regulating power. Designated the LX1684 controller, the new switching regulator has a high-efficiency synchronous driver and is optimized to provide 12V to 3.3V or 12V to 2.5V regulation. It also can convert 5V or […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (Rosemont, IL) announced the introduction of a new optically isolated error amplifier. The FOD2712 optically isolated error amplifier combines...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) has acquired Graychip (Palo Alto, CA), a company known primarily for reconfigurable digital converters used in communications systems. Graychip employs 14 people. Terms of the company's deal with TI were not released. "This adds another link in the total signal-processing chain that TI offers to customers," stated Gregg Lowe, […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the UFB200FA20 and the UFB200FA40 200A, ultrafast, ultrasoft general-purpose output rectifiers in the SOT-227 package. The new devices are made for output rectification circuits in high-current applications, such as welding, power supplies and battery chargers. The 200A rectifiers have up to 11 percent faster recovery time than […]
Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) announced the PUCC3801 current-mode PWM controller IC, which is suitable for a range of low-cost applications such as mains adapters for laptop computers, printer power supplies, low-power off-line power supplies, STB power supply units and PDA chargers. The IC incorporates all control and protection functions required for implementing an off-line […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Puyallup, WA) announced its new TC2117 fixed-LDO positive regulator, which offers a high-performance solution in a space-saving package for designs requiring lower supply current, lower dropout voltage and smaller output capacitor. Applications include battery-powered equipment; consumer electronics, such as cellular phones, PDAs, pagers and laptops; networking equipment; instrumentation; linear post-regulation for SMPS; […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the MAX1809, a reversible energy flow, constant-off-time, PWM step-down converter. It is suitable for use in notebook and sub-notebook computers that require 1.1V to 5V active termination supplies. The device accurately tracks an external reference voltage, produces an adjustable output from 1.1V to Vin, and achieves efficiencies up to […]
Apex Microtechnology Corp. announced the PB51 "power booster" amplifier, which is designed to work in tandem with small-signal, general-purpose op amps to...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) has completed its acquisition of Compensated Devices Inc. (CDI, Melrose, MA) and New England Semiconductor (NES, Lawrence, MA). The acquisitions are expected to strengthen Microsemi's position in the growing military, space and medical markets with space- and military-qualified Schottky diodes and high-reliability bipolar transistors. Both companies are JAN-S certified and MIL-S-19500 […]
Channel-e (Germany), the German/Russian online-publication for electronics, will be hosting a free, worldwide, online event, channel-eXPERTS Power, that focuses on batteries, charging concepts, battery test systems, fuel cells, circuit protection, photovoltaics, ultracaps, etc., until December 31, 2001. During this time period, a panel of more than 20 experts will answer questions online regarding these technologies. […]
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the availability of its SP6641 PFM boost converter in a five-pin SOT-23 package, the latest product in...