JARO Components Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) announced a new, high-voltage, multi-layer, ceramic capacitor that withstands 3,000V in a 1206 package. The new...
A flexible low-voltage dc/dc PWM controller, configurable for boost, SEPIC and Flyback topologies, is now available from Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA). The MIC2186 generates high-voltage, high-current supply rails from the main 3.3V supply, and features an input voltage of 2.9V to 14V, and a built-in, high-power 7A output driver that is capable of driving […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced the acquisition of Tansitor Electronics Inc. (Bennington, VT). Tansitor is the leading manufacturer of wet tantalum electrolytic capacitors and miniature conformal coated solid tantalum capacitors with manufacturing facilities in Vermont and Barbados. In the fiscal year ended October 28, 2000, Tansitor had net sales of approximately $19.0 million. Felix […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced a second program of open market repurchases of up to eight million shares of common stock. This program is in addition to a current authorization, previously announced on September 22, 2000, to purchase a similar eight million shares. As of the end of the second quarter of fiscal […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced the availability of a CMOS low-noise LDO voltage regulator designed to improve the performance of noise-sensitive circuits in portable products. The NCP500 LDO regulator provides cost and space savings, and achieves a low-noise performance without the need of an external bypass capacitor. "Performance and size are critical factors in the […]
Intersil Holding Corp. (Irvine, CA) reported financial results for the quarter ended December 29, 2000. Compared to the same period in the prior year, orders were up 16 percent and sales grew 37 percent to $216.8 million. Adjusted net income, before amortization and one-time charges, rose to a record $27.9 million or $0.26 per diluted […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2000. Fourth-quarter revenues were $468.8 million, up 30 percent over the $361.0 million reported for the fourth quarter of 1999. Annual revenues for 2000 were $1,783.2 million, a 54 percent increase over the $1,160.0 million reported for […]
Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) announced results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001. For the first quarter, which ended December 31, 2000, the company's net sales increased 23 percent to $63.0 million, compared with pro forma net sales of $51.1 million in the prior-year period, which excludes net sales of a business sold […]
Intersil Corp. (Palm Bay, FL) has signed an agreement to sell its discrete power business to Fairchild Semiconductor International (Sunnyvale, CA) for about $338 million in cash. Intersil expects a one-time gain during the first quarter and plans to use proceeds for acquisitions, alliances and product development. Fairchild estimates that the combination of its power […]
International Resistive Co. Inc. (IRC, Boone, NC) is now offering low-profile surface-mount cylindrical resistors with lead times as low as four weeks. Designated the MM Series, these resistors provide drop-in replacements for Monitored End-Point Load Forecasting (MELF) devices. The MM Series utilizes IRC's Metal Glaze thick film-resistive element fired onto a ceramic core with capless […]
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the availability of its new SP4491, an independent, dual-electroluminescent (EL) lamp driver offered in a 10-pin MSOP package that provides an integrated solution for driving two EL lamps separately or concurrently. Sipex's single-IC solution uses one coil and one resistor, and operates within a 2.2V to 6.0V range. The driver […]
The board of directors of Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 2.125 cents per share of common stock, payable February 12, 2001, to stockholders of record on January 31, 2001.
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported what it claims is its eleventh consecutive quarter of record revenues and sixteenth consecutive quarter of increased revenues. For the third quarter ended December 31, 2000, revenues were $29.2 million. This represents a 49 percent increase from the quarter of fiscal 1999. Net income for the quarter ended December […]
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) has introduced the TPS6210x family of low-power buck converters with integrated FETs. These new devices use smaller inductors and capacitors as well as eliminate the need for an external Schottky rectifier. TI claims that the new devices were designed to take full advantage of the life of a battery cell, […]
Philips Semiconductor (Sunnyvale, CA) recently introduced the TEA1507 GreenChip II, their second generation of green switched-mode power supply controller ICs operating directly from the rectified universal mains. The new multi-chip module consists of two ICs. While the high-voltage BCD chip works directly from the rectified mains voltage, a second low-voltage BiCMOS IC is used for […]