UltraRF Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced its new UPF19060 discrete RF power transistor, targeted to meet wireless infrastructure requirements. The UPF19060 UltraGOLD is a laterally-diffused metal-oxide silicon (LDMOS) transistor. It features industry-standard matching and is suitable as a drop-in replacement for Motorola MRF19060. The transistor is designed to operate as […]
Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, PA), a subsidiary about to be spun off from Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ), has lowered the range of its upcoming initial public offering to $12 to $14 per share. The decrease from a previous range of $16 to $19 per share was revealed in a filing with the Securities […]
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) reports that revenue for the first quarter of 2001 will be lower than previously expected due to the economic slowdown. The company stated that first-quarter revenue will decline about 20 percent compared to the fourth quarter, instead of its previous estimate of about 10 percent. Due to the additional drop […]
Rohm Electronics (UK) is now offering two new voltage regulators offering dual outputs of either 3.3V and 2.5V or 3.3V and 1.8V, with built-in protection. The BA33C25FP and BA33C18FP two-channel, low-dropout voltage regulators are designed for input voltages between 3V and 16V and maximum currents of 1A. The respective output voltages of 3.3/2.5V and 3.3/1.8V […]
Ascom (Switzerland) has purchased Rompower Inc. (Tucson, AZ), with its branches in Tuscon, AZ and Bucharest, Romania, hence expanding the development "know-how" of its energy systems division. Rompower, which employs a total of approximately 20 highly-specialized engineers, has concentrated on the research and development of dc/dc converters. Ascom believes that Rompower will cover the "know-how" […]
Taiyo Yuden (Japan) has announced a new series of high-reliability multi-layer chip thermistors. The NTC chip thermistors are 63mW in chip sizes of 0402 and 0603, with values from 47 to 150k Ohm. The chips have a B constant of 2950 to 4750 at 25 to 85 degrees C, dependent upon value. The new thermistors […]
The Wall Street Journal reported online that Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) has placed about 5,000 workers in its US electronics business on unpaid leave for two to three weeks. The company cited "inventory adjustments" by some customers as the cause. Company spokeswoman Judith Czelusniak was quoted as saying that the suspensions began earlier in […]
Torex Semiconductor (Japan) has introduced the XC6202 series of high-voltage positive voltage regulator ICs. Fabricated in CMOS, the new XC6202 combines a current limiter circuit, a driver transistor, a precision voltage reference and an error correction circuit in a single IC package. With a maximum input voltage of 20V and output voltages between 1.8V and […]
Darnell.Com Inc. (Corona, CA) announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Shenzhen IC-Net Co., a leading Chinese e-commerce company specializing in integrated circuits, semiconductors and related electronic products under the auspices of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC) and the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The terms of the strategic partnership […]
Microsemi Corp.'s (Santa Ana, CA) Linfinity power management division debuted the second product in a new line of dc/dc converter ICs for use in personal computers and PDAs. The LX1734 is a high-speed inverting dc/dc current-mode controller from a 4V to 10V supply. Microsemi claims that, with a 1A 20V integrated switch, the converter can […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) launched a new series of constant-current switched capacitor power converters, LM2791-H/L and LM2792-H/L. These converters are designed for white LED display lighting and can power both backlight and frontlight LEDs found in color displays for mobile handsets, PDAs and digital cameras. Designed to regulate multiple outputs matched to within […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has expanded its engineering capabilities and dc/dc power management integrated circuit (IC) product lines with the acquisition of Unisem Inc., completed on January 5, 2001. Among the new products IR acquired with Unisem are switching control ICs and LDO regulators, which the company claims meet or exceed voltage and […]
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD, Sunnyvale, CA) announced that their chairman and CEO, Jerry Sanders, will turn over position of CEO to Hector Ruiz, effective April 2002. Sanders, who is 64, will retain the chairmanship through 2003. Currently Ruiz is serving as both president and COO of the company. The coming retirement of Sanders will […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) and Ideas Electronics (Singapore), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enersave Holdings Ltd., recently collaborated to develop a new line of electronic ballasts (ECGs), the Multi-Lamp ECGs. Available in single, twin and dimming versions, the new ECGs allow one ballast to be deployed on lamps with different wattages. Ideas Electronics claims […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the expansion of its fast recovery epitaxial diode (FRED) family to include four new 400V...