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1.5KBatteries and Portable PowerSaft Debuts Intensium Li-Ion Telecom Backup Battery
Saft (France), a telecom battery system specialist, launched its new Intensium, the world's first plug-and-play lithium-ion (Li-Ion) telecom network backup power source...
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Batteries and Portable Power
University of St Andrews Wins Fuel Cell Backing
The University of St Andrews has won government backing to spin out a fuel cell company to exploit developments in its chemistry department. The company will be called St Andrews Fuel Cells and it will develop technology for leisure and defence; transportable power in the 500 W to 5 kW range. Alan Feighery, who along […]
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Communications Power
Bel Fuse Acquires 5.2 Percent of Artesyn's Common Stock
Bel Fuse Inc. (Jersey City, NJ) announced that it has filed a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing its acquisition of 2,037,500 shares, or approximately 5.2% of the outstanding common stock, of Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL), a leader in power conversion solutions for the communications industry. The shares were acquired […]
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1.1KCommunications PowerIntersil Intros ISL83699 DPDT Analog Switch
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced its new ISL83699, a bi-directional, dual double-pole/double-throw (DPDT) analog switch that offers switching capability from a single...
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980Batteries and Portable PowerDLA Selects Eaglepicher Battery Test System
EaglePicher Technologies LLC (Joplin, MO) has been awarded multiple contracts to supply its MSD-970-1 battery test system to the Defense Logistics Agency...
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Communications Power
Fairchild Semiconductor Wins Best Product Award
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced the company's power switch products, the FPS™, have won the Best Product award in the Semiconductor Technology Development competition. This event is organized by the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association and is sponsored by the ministry of Industry, Commerce and Energy in Korea. The annual competition is designed to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Microchip Technology Intros PS501 Battery Manager
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ), a provider of microcontroller (MCU) and analog semiconductors, announced an integrated, field-reprogrammable fuel gauge for two-cell, three-cell and four-cell lithium-ion (Li-Ion) and lithium-polymer (Li-P), or 6-cell to 12-cell nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) and nickel cadmium (NiCD) batteries. The new smart battery system (SBS)-compliant device provides precise predictions of battery capacity. It […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
English University Creates Microbial Fuel Cell Robot
A team of scientists and engineers in the Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) lab at the University of the West of England have built a fuel-cell-powered robot that is able to power itself on a diet of dead flies or apples. The robot can move and transmit sensor data over a radio link (over 30 m […]
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1.1KCommunications PowerCherokee Intros QB1448 and HB2048 DC-DC Converters
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA), a manufacturer of switch-mode power supplies, introduced its QB1448 quarter-brick and HB2048 half-brick dc-dc converters, which round...
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Communications Power
SMA America Debuts Sunny Boy 6000U Inverter
SMA America Inc. (Grass Valley, CA) announced the latest addition to its line of Sunny Boy inverters, the Sunny Boy 6000U, which has a peak efficiency of 95.3% and can handle photovoltaic (PV) systems that in the past took multiple Sunny Boys. The Sunny Boy 6000U makes it practical to install much larger systems while […]
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961ComponentsPower Integrations Expands LinkSwitch-TN IC Family
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA), a leader in power conversion semiconductor technology, introduced its LNK302, a new member of the company's...
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1.1KCommunications PowerAnalogicTech Offers AAT3258 LDO Linear Regulator
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, introduced its AAT3258 low-dropout voltage (LDO) linear regulator with...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Intersil Announces ISL60002 Precision Voltage References
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced new 1.25 V and 2.5 V additions to its expanding line of ultra-low-power precision voltage references. The ISL60002 voltage references bring the precision performance standards previously available only in laboratory equipment to portable and battery-operated systems. The low, sub-1.5 µW power consumption of the ISL60002, 400 nA at 2.7 Vin, […]
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Automotive Electronics
Enova Systems Announces Management Expansion
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announced an expansion of its upper management team. Chairman of the Board Anthony Rawlinson announced that Carl Perry, previously president and CEO, has been promoted to the newly created position of Vice Chairman […]
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Communications Power
FCT Advises that ACFP has Exercised 100,000 Options
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) reported that Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. (ACFP) has exercised 100,000 compensation options received by it as consideration for acting as agent of FCT in the November 2002 private placement of common shares and warrants. The company has issued 100,000 common shares at a price of $0.46 per […]
