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Batteries and Portable Power
Plug Power Reports Pricing of Common Stock Offering
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY), a developer of fuel cell systems for use telecommunications and uninterruptible power supply applications, announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 11,000,000 shares of its common stock at $6.25 per share for aggregate proceeds to the company of $68.75 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions and other […]
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Components
Supertex Debuts New HV9923 PWM Driver IC
Supertex Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) debuted its new HV9923, a three-pin, switch-mode LED driver IC with a regulated output current of 30 mA that can be operated from either a rectified universal ac line range of 85 Vac to 264 Vac or 20 Vdc to 400 Vdc. The new pulse-width modulated (PWM), peak current controller is […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
NEC Develops Rechargeable Organic Battery
Researchers at NEC Corp. (Japan) have developed a new type of rechargeable battery that is based on organic compounds and could be useful in a wide range of IT-related applications, such as protection of desktop PCs during power supply interruptions. The Organic Radical Battery (ORB) is based on a similar cell structure to a lithium-ion […]
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Automotive Electronics
Eaton Files Federal Suit against Service Provider
Eaton Corp. (Cleveland, OH), a manufacturer of electrical systems and components for power quality in automotive systems, reported that on June 17, 2005, the company filed a complaint against J.T. Packard & Associates in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. In the filing, Eaton maintains that J.T. Packard improperly […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SFC to Develop Portable Fuel Cells for German Federal Army
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC, Munich, Germany) announced a cooperation program with the German Federal Army’s Military Vehicle and Tank Technology Department WTD 41. Under this program, SFC is to develop a next-generation portable fuel cell as power supply for soldiers in the field. The objective is to increase their tactical operating range. As […]
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600Power ComponentsPSMA and PEIG Form Power Supply Developments Alliance
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and the Power Electronic Industry Group (PEIG, Ireland) announced that they have entered into a cross...
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1.6KPower Quality ProtectionAlan Ross Joins AnalogicTech Board of Directors
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, announced the appointment of Alan (Lanny) Ross to the...
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1.8KComponentsPotentia Debuts PS-2606 Digital Power Management Controller
Potentia Semiconductor Corp. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) debuted its new PS-2606 power system controller, which provides a complete power management solution for up...
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Automotive Electronics
USCAR and DOE to Invest in Vehicle Battery Research
Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), General Motors Corp. (GM, Dearborn, MI), and DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI), as members of the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), signed cooperative research agreements with the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) to support continued research and development in the areas of lightweight materials and advanced […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FuelCell Energy and Alliance Power Sign Fuel Cell Contract
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) and partner Alliance Power Inc. announced the signing of a contract to provide 500 kW of green electricity to a secondary aluminum smelter in southern California that will meet or exceed the region’s tough air-pollution standards. Electricity produced by two 250 kW Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants will be […]
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Communications Power
O2Micro Charges Sony and Rohm with Patent Infringement
O2Micro International Ltd. (George Town, Grand Cayman), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sony Corp. (Japan) and Rohm Co. Ltd. (Japan), charging the firms violated three of its patents. O2Micro holds 18 patents in the United States for its inverter […]
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Communications Power
Xantrex Confirms Second-Quarter 2005 Financial Results
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Burnaby, BC), a manufacturer of advanced power electronic products and systems for the distributed, mobile, and programmable power markets, reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2005, which are consistent with the preliminary estimates announced on July 18, 2005. Revenue for the second quarter was $35.0 […]
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Automotive Electronics
EnerSys Awarded Contract for Military Vehicle Battery
EnerSys Inc. (Reading, PA), a manufacturer of industrial batteries, was awarded a contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) worth $7 million for its Armasafe Plus® advanced military tactical vehicle battery. Armasafe Plus batteries, which incorporate EnerSys’ proprietary thin-plate, pure-lead (TPPL) technology, will be supplied to the DoD over the next 12 months. This […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Plug Power Reports Second-Quarter 2005 Results
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY), a developer of fuel cell systems for use telecommunications and uninterruptible power supply applications, reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. Total revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005, was $3.7 million, consistent with the $3.7 million for the second quarter in 2004. Year-to-date total […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
AccelRate Adds New Battery Distributor to Network in Mexico
AccelRate Power Systems (Vancouver, BC, Canada), a developer of rapid battery chargers, announced the expansion of its distributor network into Mexico by appointing leading distributor Standard Machinery and Supply Company S.A. de C.V. to distribute and sell AccelRate™ SC “High-Speed” battery chargers to the industrial aftermarket in Mexico City, Puebla, surrounding areas, and all of […]
