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1.7KAutomotive Electronics1-W 0805 Metal-Plate Current-Sense Resistors Now Available
KOA Speer Electronics has introduced the TLR2A, a 1-Watt, 0805-size metal-plate resistor. The new TLR2A resistor offers the ability to use a...
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Automotive Electronics
Ultra-Low Noise, High Current LDOs with Inputs as High as 12Vdc Added by Plessey
Plessey Semiconductors today announced the release of the PS2292X family of linear regulator products that uses Plessey’s bipolar process to offer industry-leading, low noise performance and very low dropout (LDO) current. The devices are part of a high current, single supply, LDO family that operates from an input voltage as low as 1.7V and as […]
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Automotive Electronics
IXYS Integrates Thyristor and IGBT to offer “Ideal Phase Leg” for Energy-Efficient Applications
IXYS Corporation announced the latest addition to the ISOPLUS Surface Mount Power Device (SMPD) range which successfully reduces the amount of discrete devices for designers that need to apply Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT), thyristor and fast diode technologies in one circuit. The patented SMPD Module platform has successfully improved reliability and reduced board size […]
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Automotive Electronics
GaN Systems Expands With New Technical Support Office in the UK
GaN Systems Inc. announced today the opening of a new office facility located in Reading, England. This expansion of the company’s European operations is expected to aid the company in continuing to impact key industries, like manufacturing and automotive, where the need for clean technology power conversion applications continue to grow. GaN Systems’ head office […]
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Energy Efficiency
Transphorm Teams with Yskawa for GaN-based High-Power Converter
Transphorm Inc. announced at this week's ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit that its novel 600V Gallium Nitride (GaN) module has enabled the world's first GaN-based high power converter. Transphorm demonstrated the product built with its customer-partner Yaskawa Electric at the APEC 2013 industry conference. Additional technical details as well as datasheets for Transphorm's GaN-based devices are […]
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832Batteries and Portable PowerAPEC Opens Factory in Saudi Arabia to Produce UPSs, Battery Chargers, Inverters and other Power Converters
Arabian Power Electronics Company's (APEC) just-opened factory in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, is the first and the only one of its kind in...
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1.6KAutomotive ElectronicsTexas Instruments Targets IGBT and SiC FET Designs with New Gate Drivers
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the industry's first 35-V, single-channel, output stage power management gate drivers for insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs)...
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1.1KBatteries and Portable PowerIsolated Error Amps Outperform Optocouplers and Shunt Regulators in Power Supply Applications
Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced isolated error amplifiers that provide power supply designers with a higher performing, single-chip alternative to isolation techniques...
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Energy Efficiency
PV Monitoring Costs Reduced With Heliotronics SunLoggerE Series
Capitalizing on steep cost reductions in embedded systems, Heliotronics, Inc. is redefining the economics of monitoring and maintaining commercial PV systems through the introduction of the SunLoggerE data monitoring system. This revenue grade system takes recent commoditization of data acquisition hardware, an innovative new web based user interface and leverages Heliotronics’ mature data server back […]
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746Automotive ElectronicsAllegro Adds Innovative Package Option For Their Existing Current Sensor IC Portfolio
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. has introduced an innovative new package offering for company's current-sensor IC family of devices. Allegro's smallest current-sensor linear IC,...
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Communications Power
Trina Solar Announces Mixed Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012
Fourth quarter 2012 financial and operating Results for Trina Solar Limited included: solar module shipments were approximately 415 MW for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to approximately 380 MW during the third quarter of 2012, a sequential increase of 9.0%; net revenues were $302.7 million, an increase of 1.6% sequentially; gross profit was $5.6 […]
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Automotive Electronics
Vicor Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2012
Vicor Corporation reported that for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 revenues decreased to $50,424,000, compared to $58,551,000 for the corresponding period a year ago, and decreased from $52,948,000 for the third quarter of 2012. Gross margin decreased to $20,125,000 for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $24,491,000 for the corresponding […]
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Automotive Electronics
Premier Farnell Signs International Franchise with Coilcraft
Premier Farnell plc has announced it will stock 3,500 products in a new agreement with Coilcraft, Inc. Through the deal Premier Farnell will see it expand its position as the number one European high service distributor of magnetic components. The agreement covers Europe, excluding Israel, all of Asia Pacific, Brazil and Mexico. Premier Farnell will […]
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751Batteries and Portable PowerLDOs Provide Output Current of 300 mA / Input Voltage of 16V and High Noise Rejection
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the MCP1755 and MCP1755S high-performance, high-input-voltage and high-output-current family of CMOS Low-Dropout (LDO) voltage regulators. These LDOs can...
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1.4KAutomotive ElectronicsGeneSiC Intros High-Voltage Silicon-Carbide Junction Transistors
GeneSiC Semiconductor announced the immediate availability of a family of 1,700V and 1,200V Silicon-Carbide (SiC) junction transistors. Incorporating high-voltage, high-frequency and high-temperature...
