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Automotive Electronics
ams and Mouser form Worldwide Distribution Partnership
ams AG and Mouser Electronics Inc. announced a new distribution partnership. ams provides innovative solutions to the most challenging applications that require extreme precision, accuracy, dynamic range, sensitivity and power efficiency. “We have always been dedicated to forming strategic partnerships with companies that share our forward-minded business vision,” says Mike Scott, Vice President of Semiconductors […]
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Energy Efficiency
Boulder Wind Power Converters Deliver High Performance And Low Cost In Wind Power Applications
Boulder Wind Power (BWP) announced today that the latest test results incorporating its proprietary power converter technology at full scale demonstrated an unmatched level of power quality for wind power applications. BWP’s converter design drastically reduces damaging voltage stresses while improving the quality of the voltage and current waveforms at competitive industry costs. This unmatched […]
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1.2KAutomotive ElectronicsEric Lidow — Pioneer in Power Semiconductors
International Rectifier announced with deep regret that Eric Lidow, the company’s founder and former Chairman and CEO passed away on January 18,...
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1.1KAutomotive ElectronicsStackpole’s SM8035 for High-Energy Pulse Applications
The SM8035 from Stackpole Electronics, Inc. is a 4W molded SMD wirewound resistor. The robust wirewound element is able to withstand much...
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Automotive Electronics
TI Q4 2012 Revenue was $2.98 Billion Down 13% from Q4 2011
Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) reported decreased financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter (the third quarter of 2012 and with the fourth quarter of the previous year (2011). Revenue of $2.98 billion in Q4 of 2012 represented a decline of 13% from the previous quarter and a decline of […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
New ‘Ene-Farm’ Home Fuel Cell System is More Affordable and Easier to Install
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Corporation have jointly developed a new version of their ‘Ene-Farm’ home fuel cell. The price of the new system will be 1,995,000 yen (with the standard backup heat source; including tax; excluding installation fee). This is about 760,000 yen less (about 27%) than the recommended retail price of the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
European Collaboration to Prepare European Electricity Networks for Influx of Electric Vehicles
A European consortium, consisting of DNV KEMA, Fraunhofer ISE, EMD International, RAH and RFVV, has begun an EU funded project to develop modeling and simulation tools for optimally integrating electrical vehicles (EVs) into electricity networks. The project, Novel E-Mobility Grid Model (NEMO), plays a key role in the further development of electric mobility in Europe […]
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Communications Power
Power-One Updates Outlook for Q4 of 2012 – PV Inverter Weakness in Europe Reduces Expectations
Power-One, Inc. has provided an updated outlook for its fourth quarter 2012 financial results. The Company expects to report fourth quarter revenue of $190 million to $195 million, which is below the previously estimated range of $210 million to $230 million. Softer than expected market conditions in the Renewable Energy business, primarily in Italy and […]
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1.0KAutomotive ElectronicsROHM Adds Wide-Terminal Low-Ohmic Chip Resistors for Current Detection
ROHM Semiconductor has expanded its lineup of high-power, wide-terminal, low-ohmic chip resistors designed for current detection in automotive systems, motors, power supply...
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Communications Power
TI Integrates USB on C2000 Piccolo Microcontrollers, Enabling On-The-Go Field Diagnostics and Communications
Helping customers develop end products requiring on-site connectivity, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced its newest 32-bit, real-time C2000™ Piccolo™ F2806xU microcontrollers (MCU) with integrated USB connectivity. In many applications, such as consumer and industrial motor control systems, industrial power systems, telecom and data systems, wind and solar energy generation and general power electronic applications, […]
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1.1KAutomotive ElectronicsXMC1000 Industrial Microcontrollers from Infineon Hit New Price/Performance Levels Enabled By 65nm e-Flash Technology on 300mm Wafers
Infineon Technologies AG has presented its new 32-bit microcontroller family XMC1000, which uses the ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor. With the XMC1000, Infineon is...
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988Communications PowerIR’s 300V Power FETs Offer Benchmark Rds(on) to Improve Efficiency in Industrial Apps
International Rectifier Corp. (IR) has introduced of a family of 300V devices featuring IR’s latest power MOSFET silicon that deliver benchmark on-state...
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1.8KCommunications PowerSingle-Phase Energy-Measurement Processors Accurately Monitor Power at a Fraction of the Cost
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. is now sampling the 78M6610+PSU /78M6610+LMU single-phase energy-measurement processors. These processors are an energy-measurement subsystem in a single...
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Energy Efficiency
New Green Technology Allows Data Centers to Save Massive Amounts of Energy
A Canadian digital media studio has become one of the first companies to uncover massive energy waste in their data center using a new software-based approach to energy efficiency. Arc Productions works in animation and visual effects for projects like Gnomeo & Juliet and Halo 4 from their headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. In a project […]
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Communications Power
TDI Hires Joe DeLuca as VP Marketing & Sales
Joseph DeLuca has joined TDI Power Corp. as Vice President Marketing and Sales for worldwide operations. In his new role Joe will be responsible for establishing marketing and sales programs targeted at TDI Power’s key market segments. Joe DeLuca has held senior strategic marketing, sales and development leadership positions in the power, telecommunications and aerospace […]
