American Superconductor (AMSC) today requested that the Obama administration and Congress re-evaluate the U.S. trade relationship with China in conjunction with the...
International Rectifier Corporation (IR) today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) that will result in the payment of royalties to IR on the sale of Gallium-Nitride (GaN) on Silicon based power devices from 2015-2023, subject to an offset in certain cases. The settlement agreement resolves all […]
SynQor, Inc. announces the release of its PFCQor module, a power factor correction building block for ac-dc power conversion. When the PFCQor...
The electricity loads being served by today’s ac power grids are increasingly natively dc, at the end-use level. In fact, according to...
AVX Corporation has surpassed previous milestones with the introduction of the new TCJ 100V and 125V tantalum polymer capacitors. As the highest...
OPAL-RT Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of HYPERSIM, supporting standard Intel-compatible multi-core PCs and all OPAL-RT advanced Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) real-time...
Microsemi Corporation and Future Electronics announced that the two companies have entered into a broad-based, global distribution agreement Under the terms of the agreement with Microsesmi, Future will provide worldwide sales, design support and fulfillment services for Microsemi’s complete line of semiconductor systems solutions, excluding certain government products and services. “The addition of Future Electronics […]
Global annual electrical energy consumption increased 350 percent from 1973 to 2010, according to the International Energy Agency. During the same period...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has extended its VJ X8R series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (SMD MLCCs) for high-temperature applications. To save...
Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. today reported second quarter (ended June 30, 2013) sales of $356.5 million, up 4 percent from the prior quarter and 1 percent lower than the second quarter of 2012.Fairchild reported a second quarter net loss of $7.5 million or $0.06 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $0.5 million or […]
AVX Corporation has expanded both its TransGuard® and Automotive TransGuard® Series multilayer varistors to include glass-encapsulated, acid-resistant parts for use in high-energy...
Powervar, Inc. has expanded its family of uninterruptible power manager (UPM) products with the addition of the Grounding Technology Solutions (GTS) series rated from 250VA to 600VA. The Powervar GTS series UPM is designed to provide complete power protection against power outages, surges, noise associated with dirty power, and ground loops. Like other models in […]
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has developed an analytical tool that quantifies the value and assesses the cost-effectiveness of energy storage. The software enables utilities, regulators and other stakeholders to determine the economics of energy storage and better assess its viability and role in their systems. The tool was recently demonstrated in an analysis […]
DENT Instruments, Inc. announced the introduction of several new communications options for the popular ELITEpro SP recording power meter. Bluetooth® wireless technology,...
XP Power plc today announced the DSF226 input filter and surge protection module specifically designed for use in 28 Vdc input defense...