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Batteries and Portable Power
Jermy Bentham to Guide Shell Hydrogen as New CEO
Shell Hydrogen BV (the Netherlands) announced that, effective April 1, 2003, Jermy Bentham will take up the reins of Shell Hydrogen as the new CEO. Bentham will be charged with the responsibility of guiding Shell Hydrogen into the next stage of its development. Bentham will be replacing Don Huberts who has been appointed as Vice […]
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Power Quality Protection
Dynetek Reports Losses over Hydrogen Investment
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) reported that its full-year loss soared to $4.9 million as the company invested more in compressed natural gas and hydrogen infrastructure and research and development. The loss for the year ended December 31, 2002, amounted to $0.24 a share, compared with the previous year's loss of $1.16 million, or $0.06 […]
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797Communications PowerAlcatel Debuts AH 200 Si Series DC/DC Converters
Alcatel Converters (Lannion, France) launched a new series of 200W converters that are suitable for power-hungry applications such as telecom, computing and...
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1.2KBatteries and Portable PowerLTC Unveils LTC4008 Battery Charger IC
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the new LTC4008, a 4A, multi-cell, multi-chemistry, battery pack charger with a solution size of...
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445ComponentsWuxi Xuyang Electronics Presents K Series SIDACs
Wuxi Xuyang Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new K Series of bi-directional thyristor diodes (SIDACs), available in DO-15 and DO-201A packages,...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Millennium Cell Receives Hydro Generation Patent
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ) was awarded Patent No. 6,534,033 by the US Patent and Trademark Office covering the core technology of its Hydrogen on Demand™ hydrogen storage and generation system. The patent relates to a method for the storage and controlled release of hydrogen, in particular to the use of borohydride-based solutions as a […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Quantum Reports Third-Quarter 2003 Results
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) reported results for its fiscal 2003 third quarter ended January 31, 2003. For the third quarter of fiscal year 2003, Quantum reported a net loss of $4 million, or $0.22 per share, on revenues of $6 million, compared to a net loss of $10.2 million, or $0.72 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
GrafTech Elects Harold Layman to Board
GrafTech International Ltd. (Wilmington, DE) announced that Harold Layman has been named as an independent director to the company's board of directors. Layman recently retired as President and CEO of Blount International (Portland, OR), which is a diverse industrial company consisting of core manufacturing groups Outdoor Products Group and Industrial and Power Equipment Group. "We […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Announces $2.5 Million Converter Order
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a leader in power and energy management products, announced that it has been authorized to start work on its largest fixed-frequency power converter order to date. The program will extend over approximately a 30-month period with a total value of the purchase order in excess of $2.5 million. The project […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Altair Nanotechnologies and WMU Receive $1M Grant
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) and Western Michigan University (WMU) have been notified of grant funding for their joint development of nanosensors for detecting chemical and biological weapons and an agent for the breakdown and concentration of radioactive nuclides. The approximately $1 million grant, for which WMU applied, was approved through President Bush's signing of […]
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1.7KPower Quality ProtectionPower-One Debuts NHC3000 Series AC/DC Front Ends
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) introduced the NHC3000 Series of ac/dc 3U-high front ends, which provide up to 3,000W of 24Vdc or 48Vdc...
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Communications Power
Qualcomm Presents PM6650 Power Management IC
Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the availability of the PM6650 power management chip for 3G CDMA terminals. The device is the first member of the company's powerOne family of advanced power management chips and interfaces directly to the company's Mobile Station Modem baseband processors such as the MSM6250 and MSM6500 chipsets. The IC provides […]
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982Communications PowerDialog Semiconductor Intros DA9010 Controller IC
Dialog Semiconductor plc (Germany) announced the development of the DA9010 controller IC for Intel's PXA800F cellular processor to be used for GSM/GPRS...
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1.1KBatteries and Portable PowerNational Semi Launches LP3933/35/36/38/41/45/46 ASICs
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced seven mixed-signal power and lighting management application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for the hand-held market. The...
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Components
Maxim Presents New MAX1565 Power Supply IC
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. announced its new MAX1565 power supply IC, which integrates high-efficiency, step-up, and step-down dc/dc converters with three step-up controllers into a 5mm x 5mm thin QFN package, enabling it to be used as a power supply solution for digital still and video cameras. The converter's switching frequency is adjustable up to […]
