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Batteries and Portable Power
Atmel Intros Power/Battery Management AT73C203
Atmel Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced the release of its AT73C203 power management standard product for third-generation (3G) wireless platforms. Manufactured on Atmel's low-cost mainstream CMOS process, the AT73C203 has been developed to provide an integrated solution for portable and hand-held applications based on microprocessors that require "smart" power management functions, such as 3G phones, […]
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912Power Quality ProtectionXPiQ Presents KIQ025 Series DC-DC Converters
XPiQ Inc. (Holliston, MA), a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of ac/dc and dc/dc power supply products, announced its new KIQ025 Series quarter-brick...
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Batteries and Portable Power
ERD and Manhattan Scientifics Sign Agreement
Energy Related Devices Inc. (ERD, Los Alamos, NM) has entered into an agreement with Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (MSI, Los Alamos, NM) for a worldwide non-exclusive license of Manhattan's MicroFuel Cell™ technology. Under the agreement, ERD is allowed to sublicense to any number of companies to produce and sell MicroFuel Cells. Under the agreement between ERD […]
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Automotive Electronics
New York to Build Hydrogen HI WAY
Two million dollars in federal support has been awarded to establish the Hydrogen "HI WAY" Initiative in New York State. Funding for the project, which will create a hydrogen energy infrastructure validation platform across the state, is included in the Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations. Representatives John McHugh (R-NY), James […]
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Automotive Electronics
Dynetek to Deliver Storage Systems to Ford
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that it will deliver on-board, complete hydrogen fuel storage systems for the Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) 2004 Ford Focus FCV, zero-emission automobiles. Dynetek will provide complete fuel storage and components solution using its certified 350 bar (5,000 psi) hydrogen fuel storage system. The storage systems and components will […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Innovatek Receives $780,000 US Army Contract
InnovaTek Inc. (Richland, WA) has received a $780,000 contract with the US Army to develop a new fuel processor that will generate hydrogen for use in portable fuel cells. The technology is built on InnovaTek's proprietary, compact micro-channel architecture that produces hydrogen from readily available fuels such as gasoline and diesel. The device will generate […]
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825ComponentsLTC Unveils LTC3708 Dual-Output DC-DC Controller
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC3708, a dual-output, two-phase, step-down, dc-dc controller. The LTC3708 improves efficiency by eliminating the...
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761Batteries and Portable PowerXPiQ Unveils 500W, 1U Front-End and Rectifier Systems
XPiQ Inc. (Holliston, MA), a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of ac/dc and dc/dc power supply products, released its new CFP500 Series and...
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1.5KCommunications PowerTI Debuts TPS2490 and TPS2491 Controllers
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced TPS2490 and TPS2491 positive high-voltage, hot-swap power managers with programmable power-limit and current-limit functions. Simplifying...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Caterpillar Exercises Shares of ASV Stock
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL) has exercised its warrant for the purchase of 1,040,069 shares of ASV Inc. common stock at $21 per share. The shares were subject to an acceleration notice issued by ASV on October 21, 2003. Caterpillar was required to either purchase the shares or lose the opportunity to acquire the shares under […]
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Communications Power
ON Semiconductor Files Shelf Registration Statement
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it has filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the offer, from time to time, of up to 46 million shares of common stock by the company, and up to 17.25 million shares of common stock by TPG Advisors II Inc., […]
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Communications Power
ON Semiconductor Refinances Portion of Bank Debt
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it has successfully refinanced approximately $48 million of the term loans under its senior secured bank facility with the proceeds of a new loan provided to the company's joint venture in Leshan, China, by the China Construction Bank. The new loan facility is comprised of two $24 million […]
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Automotive Electronics
Japanese Sewerage Facilities to Serve FCVs
Japan has decided to make a plan for using sewage disposal facilities operated by local governments as stations to provide hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will develop technologies to produce methane gas at low costs from sewage sludge. From methane, hydrogen fuel for those vehicles can be produced. […]
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1.6KBatteries and Portable PowerLTC Debuts LTC4059 Li-Ion Linear Charger
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) debuted its new LTC4059 single-cell, lithium-ion (Li-Ion) linear charger that eliminates the need for three discrete...
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Power Quality Protection
Reliant Resources Prepays $917 Million of Debt
Reliant Resources Inc. (Houston, TX) announced that it has prepaid a total of $917 million of debt, cancelled a $300 million senior priority credit facility, which has never been used, and obtained an amendment to its bank credit facilities that will give the company greater flexibility to purchase selected generating assets to support its retail […]
