National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced that Thaler Corp. (Tuscon, AZ) has delivered a high-precision bandgap voltage reference as a result of...
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported revenues of $25.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, which is an increase of 10 percent over the $23.3 million revenue for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. Sequentially, however, revenues decreased 20 percent from the $32.0 million reported for the quarter ended March 31, […]
Cree Inc. (Durham, NC) has introduced a silicon-carbide Schottky diode chip. The initial product family will consist of two products: 1 600V, 1A device and a 600V, 4A device. The company is currently sampling devices and targeting to ramp production during the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Additional offerings are expected to be added to […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.'s (Malvern, PA) Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) has released several new power MOSFETs in a lead-less package type. The...
LEM USA Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) announced that its latest catalog, entitled Current and Voltage Transducers for Industrial Applications, is now available. The new, 32-page catalog contains information about LEM Component's standard products. LEM Components offers a range of galvanically isolated devices for the measurement of currents from 0.25A to 10,000A, and voltages from 10V to […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2001. Revenues for the quarter were $50,260,000, in comparison with $62,778,000 for the corresponding period a year ago. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of $953,000, compared with a net income of $8,215,000 in 2000, and a diluted […]
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, in-line with guidance provided on June 15, 2001. Sales for the quarter were $84.0 million, a 17.6-percent decrease from the $102.0 million recorded in the previous quarter, and a 34.5-percent decrease from the $128.3 million reported in the second quarter of […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) is now offering a 750mA regulator for 2.5V to 1.8V or 1.65V conversion. The new MIC3975 LDO regulator was designed to power low-voltage microcontrollers, digital signal processors and programmable logic devices. Features of the MIC3975 LDO include 300mV dropout voltage and full load, fixed- and adjustable-output voltages; logic-enable input; […]
Payton America Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) has released a new series of SMT planar transformers for use in low-profile power modules. The...
Degree Controls Inc. (degreeC, Milford, NH) announced its entry into the European market with a technical sales and manufacturing engineering support office in Wexford, Ireland, through Thermal Solutions. With degreeC's engineering support, Thermal Solutions will be able to provide integrated products and services such as turn-key fan-tray assemblies, thermal-management controllers, custom heatsinks, thermal analysis and […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced its next-generation pulse-width-modulated (PWM), current-controlled, single full-bridge motor-driver IC based on DMOS technology. The new A3959...
GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, VA) has named Jeff Christensen as the new president and CEO of the GE Fanuc motion business. In his new position, Christensen will provide strategic direction and leadership to the combined PLC and Whedco motion business. Ed Amonsen, CEO and general manager of Whedco, will report to Christensen, who will report […]
Avansys (San Jose, CA) announced the promotion of Bill Balfour to vice president of sales and marketing for Power Avansys, the US sales and marketing division of Avansys. Balfour has been entrusted with the responsibility for all sales, marketing and distribution operations in the North American market. Prior to joining Avansys as the national sales […]
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan) has debuted a new series of ceramic capacitors. The GA3 Series of 250Vac chip monolithic capacitors feature...
Zetex Semiconductors (Commack, NY) has introduced the first two devices from their projected range of new-generation n-channel MOSFETs, the ZXMN3AO1F and the...