Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) has released a new series of low-profile, solid, tantalum chip capacitors that it claims offers the industry's...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced a new process technology for IGBTs and FREDs that is claimed to deliver 70...
Taiyo Yuden USA Inc. (Schaumberg, IL) announced its new CF Series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). Designed for high-frequency filtering applications,...
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new LTC1871, a wide-input-range, current-mode, boost, flyback and SEPIC controller that drives an n-channel power MOSFET and requires very few external components. Intended for low- to medium-power applications, it eliminates the need for a current-sense resistor by utilizing the power MOSFET's on-resistance. The IC's operating frequency can be […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced an extension to its line of 20V HEXFET power MOSFETs. The new 20V IRL3714 and IRL3715 MOSFETs are designed to replace more expensive 30V devices with similar or better performance. The 10 devices are designed for 12V-input single- and multi-phase buck converters for motherboards using next-generation, GHz-class microprocessors. […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has launched a new series of n- and p-channel devices, the company's first to utilize ChipFET packaging technology....
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. announced the MIC4684, a high-efficiency 200kHz stepdown (buck) switching regulator. Micrel reports that the new regulator achieves a power-conversion efficiency of above 85 percent for a wide variety of applications. The MIC4684 achieves 2A of continuous current in an eight-lead small-outline package at 60 degrees C ambient temperature. The MIC4684 utilizes a […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 29, 2001. Revenue for the quarter totaled $127.7 million, down from $164.3 million a year ago. The company incurred a cash loss for the quarter of $0.17 per diluted share, compared to cash earnings of $0.32 per diluted share in […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that total product revenues in the second quarter of 2001 were $307.3 million, a decrease of 14 percent from the first quarter of 2001, and a decrease of 38 percent compared to the second quarter of 2000. Excluding amortization of intangibles, restructuring and other non-recurring charges, the company had […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has expanded its family of SOIC-packaged HEXFET power MOSFETs to address the lowest power ranges found...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has released two new dc/dc controllers that convert telecommunications line voltages to logic levels. The MIC9130 and...
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the new EEG TC and XC Series of screw-terminal aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These devices are...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the Volta-5 Series of surface-mount power inductors. Intended for use with next-generation, low-voltage, high-performance microprocessors,...
National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced that Thaler Corp. (Tuscon, AZ) has delivered a high-precision bandgap voltage reference as a result of...
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) reported results for the second quarter of 2001, ended July 1, 2001. Revenues were $372.4 million, down three percent sequentially from the first quarter of 2001, and down 15 percent from the second quarter of 2000. "Fairchild executed well in the second quarter, in an electronics market plagued by weak […]