Chomerics (Woburn, MA), a division of Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, OH), introduced PowerSite, an automated power semiconductor attachment technology. The PowerSite process...
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Irvine, CA) introduced a motor driver IC, the TB62209F, that uses a new BiCD process, integrating bi-polar, CMOS and double-diffused MOS devices on a single chip. Toshiba claims that the new process and built-in field effect transistor (FET) output enables its new IC to achieve a low power consumption […]
Lucent Technologies' (Murray Hill, NJ) Agere Systems (Allentown, PA) cut its planned initial public offering of common stocks in half, from $12 to $14 down to $6 to $7 per share. Gross proceeds have shrunk from $8.05 billion on March 7, 2001, to $4.83 billion. The number of shares Agere will be offering in the […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the establishment of a new software design center, the International Rectifier Electronic Motion Systems (IR EMS) Canada, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The new facility expands IR's power management systems capabilities into the software arena of electronic motion controls. This expansion is part of a strategic initiative […]
Avnet Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) and Kent Electronics Corp. (Houston, TX) announced that they have reached an agreement for Avnet to acquire Kent in a stock-for-stock merger valued at approximately $550 million, including approximately $50 million of cash currently on the books of Kent in excess of debt assumed. Under the terms of the agreement, Kent […]
IRC Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX) has developed the LRF3W Series, a line of ultra-low resistance surface-mount resistors capable of handling up to...
Fairchild Semiconductor (New York, NY) introduced a single-chip power switch, the FSDH0165, which is suitable for use in adapter/chargers for mobile phones...
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the availability of its new generation of low-power off-line switcher ICs. The new family of...
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the availability of the IRDCSYN2 reference design for the IR1176 application-specific synchronous rectification IC. IR...
Pulse (San Diego, CA) announced two new surface-mount power inductors that measure as thin as 0.125". The new inductors are designed for...
Sola/Hevi-Duty (Skokie, IL) has introduced an online tool to help customers determine the type of transformer they need to fit their applications. The Transformer Product Selector can be found on the Sola/Hevi-Duty website and features a ‘Selector', which will automatically search on the Sola website to find an appropriate match for the requirements of the […]
In February 2001, Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) proposed to purchase any and all outstanding shares of Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), of which it currently owns 80.4 percent. This month, Siliconix announced that a special committee, comprised of its board of directors, has engaged an investment banking firm, Lehman Brothers Inc., and a law […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has unveiled two CMOS charge pump voltage converters available in the TSOP-6 package. The new MAX1720 and NCP1729 switched capacitor voltage inverters are low-frequency devices that invert and/or double an input voltage ranging from 1.15V to 5.5V with a conversion efficiency rating typically greater than 99 percent and a power-conversion efficiency […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Canada) introduced a new family of high-voltage, fast-recover diode (FRD) modules for use in applications including industrial motor drives, power generation, traction and induction heating. The company is also launching a new IGBT module package for traction and motor drives. The new IGBT module package is suitable for applications requiring up to […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) expanded its line of passive components with the addition of the 0306 low-inductance chip capacitor. Designed for...