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1.2KBatteries and Portable PowerUNIPOWER Unveils INV5000-230 Inverter
UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) announced its new INV5000-230 sine wave inverter, which produces 230Vac RMS at 22A (5kVA) in a 2RU-high...
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1.6KBatteries and Portable PowerTI Offers New Charge Pumps and Switch-Mode IC
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced two new triple-output charge pumps for low-temperature poly silicon (LTPS) liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in...
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1.7KBatteries and Portable PowerNEC Develops Smaller Fuel Cell for Notebook PCs
NEC Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced the development of a fuel cell with 20% greater power generating efficiency than the PC built-in fuel...
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Motion Control
IXYS Uses Sensor IC in Fight Against SARS
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced that it has received additional substantial orders for its MX805 system on a chip wireless temperature sense IC. The MX805 is the primary display and control IC used in portable and hand-held "contact-less" thermometers that are used […]
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1.3KBatteries and Portable PowerGillette Unit Forms Alliance with MTI MicroFuel Cells
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (Albany, NY), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc., announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Gillette...
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Automotive Electronics
Eco Power Technologies Buys More Enova Drives
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, and Eco Power Technologies (EPT, Italy) announced that EPT has purchased and received an additional five Panther™ 120kW drive systems for use in its fleet of electric and hybrid buses. This latest purchase […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
AEC Presents Proprietary Fuel Cell Technology
Alternative Energy Corp. (AEC, Burlington, Ontario, Canada) announced that it has purchased technology that will enable the company to offer safe and affordable hydrogen to fuel cell vehicle owners all over the world. AEC's inexpensive hydrogen technology is expected to help make hydrogen-fueled engines outperform in safety and affordability. The company's technology, which saw its […]
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Communications Power
Fairchild Names Thomas Magnanti to Its Board
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced the appointment of Thomas Magnanti to the company's board of directors. As Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Dean of the School of Engineering, and one of 14 faculty holding MIT's prestigious Institute Professor position, Professor Magnanti brings tremendous engineering and management talent, skill and expertise to Fairchild's board. […]
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Power Quality Protection
MicroPower Direct Intros B2000RW Series Converters
MicroPower Direct (Stoughton, MA) introduced the new B2000RW Series of dc/dc converters, which provide 20W of output power in a compact 1in x 2in case. The B2000RW offers a combination of high-power density, high-performance features, wide model selection and economic cost; making it suitable for critical power distribution applications. High-performance features include a wide two-to-one […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Microchip Technology Unveils PS700 Battery Monitor
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced its new PS700 battery monitor, which provides precise battery information to calculate battery capacity. Targeted for hand-held and mobile products, the PS700 supports battery-operated products to extend system run times while providing greater predictability of use. The device sets expectations of run time, charge time and battery state of […]
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Power Quality Protection
Siemens Receives Kazakhstan Power Order
The Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) Group of Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) has received an order from the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operation Co. (KEGOC) to modernize the control and protection equipment in all its substations. The order is worth more than 50 million euros. It is the largest individual order received so far by the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
GrafTech Wins R&D Thermal Management Award
A newly developed product from GrafTech International Ltd.'s (GTI, Wilmington, DE) eGRAF electronic thermal management product line was recognized by R&D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced globally over the last year. GrafTech introduced the eGRAF line of electronic thermal management products in 2001 to meet the increasing thermal management […]
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Communications Power
Schneider Electric Acquires Ilevo
Schneider Electric (Palatine, IL) announced that it has acquired Ilevo (Karlstad, Sweden), a former spin-off from Ericsson, previously under the majority control of Itact (a venture capital corporation specializing in avant-garde technology) and other shareholders, including Swedish electricity distribution corporations. "With the acquisition of 100 percent of Ilevo, Schneider Electric is pursuing its dynamic innovation […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ABB Wins US Power Equipment Consulting Order
ABB Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) reported that it has won an order to help International Transmission Co. (ITC) in the US manage its power transmission assets. ABB asset management services will help ITC track the condition of all its critical substation equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, batteries and relays. ABB will also help the company to […]
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Automotive Electronics
EU Approves Toshiba and Mitsubishi Joint Venture
The European Union Commission has approved the joint venture between Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan), which will combine their electric equipment manufacturing. The new 50-50 joint venture, to be named Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp., will be the world's third largest manufacturer of industrial electric equipment, behind Siemens AG (Germany) and […]
