Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the LT1612, a synchronous 800kHz step-down dc/dc converter. With a high operating frequency, MSOP package and minimal external part count, the LT1612 is designed for use in any portable device that operates from a lithium-ion or two-cell alkaline battery. The LT1612's synchronous operation eliminates the Schottky diode needed by […]
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) has expanded its Ultrafast rectifier product line to include surface-mount MURS 160 and axial MUR460 and MUR160. General Semiconductor claims that the new MUR/MURS Series incorporates a chip design and process that results in improved reverse-switching characteristics, higher reverse-surge capability and better electrostatic discharge-withstanding ability. The Ultrafast products are used […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that its board of directors has approved a two-for-one split of the company's common stock. The stock split will be effected in the form of a stock dividend and will entitle each stockholder of record at the close of business on July 20, 2000, to receive one share of […]
A new e-commerce strategy intended to increase productivity in semiconductor businesses is being introduced by semiconbay.com (Sunnyvale, CA). The site, built on a next-generation database-driven platform, offers fab customers and their suppliers the opportunity to conduct on-line transactions.Suppliers can set up a system for each customer with individualized product, pricing, approval, payment and delivery options. […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced new benchmark and high-performance devices optimized for 1kW output, hard-switching converters. These devices are upgrades to IR's industry-leading family of HEXFET power MOSFETs for offline switch-mode power supply (SMPS) applications. IR has increased ruggedness and reliability by increasing avalanche energy, dv/dt turn-off failure immunity and Cdv/dt immunity. Power […]
Intersil Holding Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced the latest addition to its growing family of application-specific power MOSFETs. The HUF75617D3 is an UltraFET MOSFET designed to control fuel injectors in gasoline and direct-injection applications. The device controls the electrical current to injectors that determine the amount of fuel introduced into the cylinders of automobile engines. The […]
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has introduced the new HEXFET power MOSFETs in packages in which all of the terminals are on a single side of the die. The new FlipFET power MOSFETs will enable a new generation of super-compact power architectures with better power density for advanced portable applications. The first two products being […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced that its plant in Puchon, South Korea, has manufactured 10 billion semiconductor packages since its acquisition in April 1999.Since the acquisition, the Korean plant set record revenues for its 26-year history and now exports half the semiconductors it produces. Worldwide sales of the plant's products increased 46 percent […]
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has introduced the new ac/dc HEXFET power MOSFETs, designed specifically for offline switch-mode power supply applications. The new MOSFETs combine a simplified mass-manufacturing process platform with an application-specific approach to product development. The new devices offer outstanding performance for zero-voltage switching and hard-switching converters. The new zero-voltage switching and hard-switching […]
ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it has made available the NCP7662 inductorless dc/dc converter. The NCP7662 is a monolithic, high-voltage, CMOS-switched capacitor voltage converter that ON Semiconductor claims offers unique performance advantages over the previously available industry standard 7660. The NCP7662 provides several supply-voltage conversion functions, and can be used to either double […]
ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) announced the availability of the MC33761 ultra low noise, LDO voltage regulator with 1V on/off control. The MC33761 is the latest addition to the company's line of LDO regulators. Offered in a compact five-pin TSOP package, the regulator gives designers space, weight and cost savings because it requires no external […]
Intersil Holding Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced the latest addition to its family of application-specific power semiconductors, the HUF76112SK8. According to Intersil, the new UltraFET MOSFET provides the improved power efficiency required to enable high-speed computing and Internet data transfer. The HUF76112SK8 is designed to operate in notebook PC applications as the upper MOSFET in advanced […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has made available fully protected high-side MOSFET switches with accurate, user-adjustable current limiting. These single-channel switches, the MIC2544 and MIC2548, are designed for power-distribution applications in USB and advanced configuration and power interface designs, as well as in hot-swap applications. Both of the new devices are […]
TelCom Semiconductor Inc. (Mountain View, CA) has added two high-performance power-switching regulators to its power management family of products, the TC33166 and the TC33167. These products are designed to offer a flexible architecture with the ability to be configured as a buck, boost or voltage-inverting regulator while using a minimum number of external components. The […]
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Switzerland) unveiled its 3A, 600V IGBT that combines a low on-voltage drop (VCEsat), a low gate charge and an integrated freewheeling diode in a compact DPAK form factor The STGD3NB60SD transistor has a VCEsat of 1.1V at 3A, a total gate charge of 18nC on a double die assembly, and a compact surface-mount […]