Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) announced the bq2057 Series of single- or two-cell lithium-ion and lithium-polymer low-dropout linear charge management ICs. TI claims that the new products combine high-accuracy current and voltage regulation for maximum-capacity battery conditioning, temperature monitoring, charger termination, charge-status indication and AutoComp charge-rate compensation in a single eight-pin IC. The bq2057 enables […]
Powerex Inc. (Youngwood, PA) has developed a new low-side chopper IGBT module, the QIQ0645001. Rated at 450A and 600V, the QIQ0645001 is...
JP Morgan Partners Asia announced that it has agreed to invest $42.0 million in Ceratech Corp. (Korea), thereby becoming a joint-venture partner with the company's founding management. JP Morgan will buy the stake in Ceratech from its non-executive, single-largest shareholder. The company's founding management holds another 33.2 percent in the firm and will reduce it […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it was awarded a Partners in Performance award by Celestica Inc. (Canada) for a second year. Awards were handed out at Celestica's third annual Global Supplier Awards in Toronto. "On Semiconductor's emphasis on on-time delivery and relevant technologies in broadband and power-management products enabled us to become a world-class […]
TT Group plc (UK), whose holdings include AB, AEI Cables, BI Technologies, IRC, MMG, Neosid, and Welwyn, has changed its name to TT electronics plc in a move intended to reflect the renewed focus of the constituent businesses on advanced electronic and electrical technology. The name change was approved by shareholders at the firm's annual […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced that revenues for its fiscal 2001 fourth quarter, ending in June 2001, are expected to be $179.0 to $193.0 million. This is down 30 to 35 percent from record revenues of $276.0 million in the March quarter. Previously, IR had estimated revenues of $237.0 to $257.0 million […]
Zetex plc (UK) announced the first offerings from its projected range of new-generation n-channel devices. Manufactured on Zetex's ZXMN Series advanced trench MOSFET platform, the new ZXMN3A01F is housed in an SOT-23 package. It is rated at 30V and has a continuous drain current of 2.5A. Typical on-resistance is 90mOhms at 10V and 145mOhms at […]
IRC Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX) has developed a new series of surface-mount resistors, designated the SC3 Series, which are available in standard...
Infineon Technologies (Germany) announced its second generation of integrated multi-chip power ICs, designated the CoolSET F2 family. Like the first CoolSET generation,...
STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) announced that it expects revenues for the second quarter, ending June 30, 2001, to be in the range of $1.55 billion to $1.60 billion, below the $1.65 billion to $1.8 billion range previously anticipated. This reflects year-over-year and sequential sales declines in telecommunications and computer peripheral applications. The sequential revenue decline anticipated for […]
Powerex (Youngwood, PA) has announced a new family of 1,700V IGBTs. The new family is called the KA Series and incorporates a...
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced that it has received the Partners in Performance award from Celestica Inc. (Canada). AVX claims that it is the only capacitor supplier in the industry to receive this award three years in a row. The honors were distributed to select suppliers at Celestica's annual Global Supplier Awards in Toronto. […]
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has increased the operating frequency of its SuperSwitcher SO-8 buck regulator to 500KHz. The SuperSwitcher family now includes the MIC4690, which boasts an input-voltage range of 4V to 34V and a 1.3A output current. The MIC4690 requires four external components. It features cycle-by-cycle current limit, frequency fold-back, short-circuit protection and […]
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has unveiled its EcoSPARK family of IGBTs, designed for ignition-coil drivers. The products are claimed to have...
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) introduced a new, high-performance skew management device, the MC10/100EP195. These programmable delay circuits are capable of skewing a clock or data edge over a range of more than 8nsec with a minimum step size of 15 picoseconds. The skew is programmable via a CMOS-compatible interface that can directly connect to a […]