Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) Chairman and CEO Howard Earhart recently participated in a roundtable of business leaders and entrepreneurs hosted by President George W. Bush in Los Angeles. The roundtable focused on energy conservation and the various ways that technology could contribute to the efficient use of energy. Earhart gave an interactive demonstration […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) and its wholly owned subsidiary VLT Inc., announced that a jury in Federal District Court (Boston, MA) handed down a verdict in which it upheld the validity of Vicor's reset patent 36,098. In the suit brought by Vicor against Unitrode Corp. (Merrimack, NH), a subsidiary of Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX), Vicor […]
Vishay Intertechnology (Malvern, PA) reports that it has agreed to the private sale of a series of zero-coupon convertible subordinated notes, due 2021, known as LYONs. The company anticipates gross proceeds of approximately $303.2 million, and intends to use those proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the retirement of existing debt. The initial purchaser of […]
RO Associates (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the release of the SuperVerter SVD48-0503, a new 110W dual-output half-brick with a 48V input. The SVD48-0503...
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) introduced the new MAX5902/MAX5903 hot-swap controllers in SOT-23 packages. These devices operate from 9V to 72V and eliminate all external components except the external p-channel MOSFET. The MAX5902/MAX5903 limit the inrush current to the load and provide a circuit-breaker function for over-current protection. During start-up, the circuit-breaker function is disabled […]
STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) announced that it is limiting its 2001 capital investments to $1.5 billion and is transferring its Ottawa front-end wafer-fabrication production to its other manufacturing facilities around the world. Capital expenditures, which were earlier forecast to be approximately $1.9 billion, have been reduced. In addition to these measures, ST announced that it is taking […]
Polar Power Inc. (Carson, CA) recently launched its new M2 charger controller, designed for applications where the load cannot tolerate the electric...
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) introduced a new multi-phase buck controller IC for powering high-performance microprocessors. The new CS5301 is a three-phase step...
JARO Components Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) premiered its new WCI Series of shielded ferrite-core inductors. These low-radiation inductors feature a low dc resistance with high current-handling capacities. The available inductance values range from 1.0uH to 1,000uH. The 453232 and 565050 packages are suitable for power supply line applications, portable telephones, personal computers, hard disk drives, […]
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology (Malvern, PA), announced the debut of a series of new TrenchFETs, claimed to be the smallest MOSFETs on the market. The new devices will serve as a replacement for the digital bipolar transistors used for simple or light-load switching in portable communications systems, computer motherboards, […]
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced that it returned to the black with a net profit of $4,096 for the three months ended March, 2001. In comparison, the company lost about $28,000 in the year-earlier quarter. The company makes power control ICs and ballast control ICs for use in telecommunications, automotive and power supply […]
Schurter (Switzerland) has extended its MSTU and MXT 250V microfuse ranges to include both 8 and 10A rated devices. Both product lines feature fuses with time lag characteristics; the MSTU with a low breaking capacity of 35A at 250V and the MXT with high breaking capacity of 100A at 250V. Schurter's new fuse types are […]
PFC Engineering (UK) has released its SBA Series automatic capacitor modules. Based on the technologies of preceding capacitor modules, the new products retain features such as self-healing capacitors and soft switching contactors. PFC's technical department can design modules to suit an individual customer's required dimensions and ratings. The modular capacitor trays can be interconnected with […]
Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) announced that net sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002 were $60.5 million, up 5 percent over the prior year period and down 13 percent sequentially. Net income for the first quarter ended April 29, 2001, prior to one-time costs, was $13.9 million, or $0.18 per diluted share. […]
STMicroelectronics (Lexington, MA) announced the L6590, a new power supply chip that integrates a 700V power MOSFET switch with all of the control circuits needed to build a converter using flyback, boost or forward topologies. The device operates over the universal input voltage range of 85 to 265Vac and also with dc inputs. The L6590 […]