Semtech Corp. (Camarillo, CA), a producer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced its new MicroClamp™ family of ultra-small, transient voltage suppressors (TVS) designed for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection on cell phones, personal digital assistants, digital cameras and other portable electronic designs. The first product in the family is the µClamp™0501H, a TVS diode in a […]
Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (Toronto, Canada) announced an expansion of the scope of its Hydrogen Energy Station (HES) development project, including an additional $1.4 million in funding support from Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC). As part of the project, Stuart Energy has developed technology that produces clean hydrogen for vehicle fueling. The project amendment will allow […]
Hewlett-Packard Co. (Houston, TX) debuted its new HP UPS R5500 XR 5,000 VA, rack-mount, uninterruptible power system (UPS), which is designed for...
Batt-Tek Consulting (Cortland, OH) announced its new "Development of the Fuel Cell" CD-ROM database for the fuel cell industry, which offers more than 2,900 US fuel cell patents in an easy-to-use format. Patents issued between January 1976 and December 2003 are available in a sortable MS-Excel format. The fuel cell database is an essential tool […]
The Reserve Power Group of EnerSys Inc. (Reading, PA) introduced a new line of high-rate-discharge batteries suitable for uninterruptible power supply (UPS)...
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA), a leader in power conversion semiconductor technology, announced that industry veteran Bala Iyer has been appointed to its board of directors. From 1998 to 2003, Iyer served as a senior vice president and chief financial officer of Conexant Systems Inc., a worldwide leader in semiconductor systems solutions for digital […]
The board of directors of American Electric Power Co. (AEP, Columbus, OH) elected Michael Morris Chairman of the Board. Morris is AEP's president and chief executive officer. Morris joined AEP as president and CEO on January 1, 2004, following the resignation of former president and CEO Linn Draper Jr. The election of Morris as chairman […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), a developer of power electronics for renewable energy applications, debuted its first product offering to...
Zetex plc (Chadderton, Oldham) introduced its next generation of low-saturation voltage bipolar transistors. The new Generation 5 products offer a 30-percent improvement in VCE(sat) compared to previous generations. The Generation 5 devices meet the demands of a wide range of applications, including battery charging, motor control, MOSFET gate driving, dc-dc conversion and resonant converters. The […]
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Hydrogenics Corp. to collaborate on integrating Maxwell's BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitors into Hydrogenics' fuel cell power systems to optimize system performance, cost and longevity. The alliance consists of a joint development program to accelerate integration of ultracapacitor and fuel cell technologies, […]
Celestica Power Systems (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Cherokee International announced a collaboration to drive the standardization of a new sixteenth-brick, dc-dc converter...
MGE UPS Systems Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA), a leader in high-availability power solutions to the industrial, telecom and IT markets, has launched...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new product line of silicon carbide (SiC) Zero Recovery™ Schottky diodes in plastic...
Anderson Power Products (APP, Sterling, MA), a leader in developing power interconnect solutions for backup power systems, electric vehicles, UPS systems, telecommunications,...
Magnetek Inc. (Chatsworth, CA), a leading manufacturer of power conditioners for commercial fuel cells, has agreed to provide a new generation of advanced power conditioners for fuel cell systems being developed by Nuvera Fuel Cells (Cambridge, MA). The Magnetek power conditioners will invert the direct current produced by Nuvera's proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells into the alternating […]