Power Quality Protection

Automotive Electronics

Surge Stopper Demo Board Eases MIL-STD-1275D Compliance

Linear Technology Corporation announces the availability of a MIL-STD-1275D compliant surge stopper solution, demonstrated on evaluation board DC2150A. MIL-STD-1275D is a standard...

Batteries and Portable Power

Polymer Ta Chip Capacitors Offer Ultra-Low ESR

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced a new vPolyTan™ series of surface-mount polymer tantalum molded chip capacitors in five compact case sizes. Optimized...

Components

3600V BiMOSFETs for High-Voltage High-Current Applications

IXYS Corporation announced the release of the new 3600V Reverse Conducting IGBTs (BiMOSFETs™). Featuring “free” intrinsic body diodes and current ratings from...

Automotive Electronics

0.9mm-High Fused High-CV Ta SMD Chip Capacitors

AVX Corporation has released a new series of fused high CV tantalum SMD chip capacitors with undertab terminations. The new F98-AS1 Series...

Batteries and Portable Power

US$9.4 million Invested in Sonnenbatterie for Distributed Storage

Sonnenbatterie GmbH announced the closing of a $9.4 million round of equity financing led by new investors Chrysalix SET and Munich Venture...

Batteries and Portable Power

Bourns Buys Komatsulite and Expands Circuit Protection Offerings

Bourns, Inc. announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Komatsulite Mfg. Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Komatsulite,...

Batteries and Portable Power

Ultra-Low Capacitance Small Footprint TVS Diode Arrays

Littelfuse, Inc. has introduced the SP3022 Series Low Capacitance ESD Protection TVS Diode Arrays (SPA® Diodes). These robust 0.35pF, 20kV bidirectional (back-to-back)...

Components

Medium-Power Film Capacitors for AC Filtering in Power Conversion

AVX Corporation has introduced the new FLA Series medium power film capacitors. Comprised of metallized polypropylene dielectric imbued with a soft polyurethane...

Communications Power

600V Fast Body Diode N-Channel FETs for Soft Switching Topologies

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced the first two devices in its new 600V EF Series of fast body diode n-channel power MOSFETs....

Energy Efficiency

DRS and Lithiumstart Partner to Pursue High-Power Energy Storage

DRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica Company, has expanded its role in the military and commercial energy storage business. DRS Power and Control Technologies...

European Power News

ABB’s 1.2MV Circuit Breaker Breaks the Record

ABB Group has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a 1.2MV circuit breaker the highest ac voltage level in the world. Once the...

Components

FLAT Gas Discharge Tubes Reduce Device Height by 75%

Bourns, Inc. today introduced its innovative FLAT™ Gas Discharge Tube (GDT) technology. Designed as a robust circuit protection solution to meet the...

Energy Efficiency

Start-up Enit Systems focuses on Decentralized Intelligence for the Smart Grid

Enit Energy IT Systems GmbH is the latest spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg. Enit develops...