Power Quality Protection

Batteries and Portable Power

Linear Technology Debuts LT1910 MOSFET Driver

Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) introduced the LT1910, a rugged, high-side, n-channel, MOSFET driver with a wide operating supply range of 8V...

Potrans Intros UP07231240 Switching Power Supply

Potrans Electrical Corp. (Irvine, CA) introduced its UP07231240 external switching power supply, designed for the increasing demand for printers and battery-charging devices for OEM customers. The UP07231240 delivers 72W of power with increased reliability and stability and its universal ac-input range eliminates the need for a voltage switch. The efficiency of the UP07231240 is a […]

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LTC Presents New LTC4241 Hot-Swap Controller

Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its new LTC4241 hot-swap controller, which allows a board to be safely inserted and removed...

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Fairchild Offers FAN5098 DC/DC Voltage Regulator IC

Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the new FAN5098 dc/dc voltage regulator IC for the upcoming AMD Opteron™ and AMD Athlon™...

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Power Components

November 5, 2002

All American Semi Signs Smart Power Systems

Smart Power Systems Inc. (Houston, TX) announced that All American Semiconductor Inc. (Miami, FL) has become the North American master distributor for...

Automotive Electronics

Siliconix Reports Third-Quarter 2002 Results

Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), announced net income of $13.3 million, or $0.45 per share, for the quarter ended September 28, 2002. This compares to a net loss of $877,000, or $0.03 per share, in the third quarter of 2001 and net income of $11.2 million, or […]

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Components

Fairchild Adds New FOD2741 Error Amplifier

Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) announced the introduction of a new optically isolated error amplifier, the FOD2741, which incorporates an optocoupler,...

IXYS Intros DAB Power Semiconductor Technology

IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a supplier of power semiconductors and ICs for power conversion, motor control, medical electronics and telecommunication applications, announced its new direct-aluminum-bonded (DAB) substrate technology. The DAB technology is claimed to be more advanced than the direct-copper-bonded (DCB) technology, which has been used for the production of integrated power semiconductor modules, […]

Automotive Electronics

Batteries and Portable Power

MTI Instruments Awarded USAF PBS-4100 Contract

MTI Instruments Inc. (Albany, NY), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY), announced that it has been awarded a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) for its PBS-4100 portable jet engine balancing systems. The PBS-4100 automatically collects and records aircraft engine vibration data, identifies if an engine is experiencing vibration or balance trouble, […]

Ballard Reports Third-Quarter 2002 Results

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) released its report to shareholders for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002. Ballard's revenue in the third quarter was $28.0 million, compared to $9.7 million for the same period in 2001. Net loss for the quarter, including $3.0 million of costs related to the integration of XCELLSIS and […]

Power Quality Protection

AAER to Establish Canadian Wind Turbine Plant

AAER World (Montreal, Canada) announced that it will establish Canada's first wind turbine manufacturing plant next autumn, and that it has already signed a letter of intent to sell 27 turbines to China as well. AAER will sell the 1.5MW turbines to Fujian YongFeng Science and Technology for $49.0 million. An option to purchase 66 […]

Power Quality Protection

Tecogen Added to List of Approved DG Suppliers

Tecogen Inc. (Waltham, MA) announced that its 60kW and 75kW natural-gas-powered cogeneration systems have been added to New York State's type-tested and approved list of equipment, which includes all equipment that currently meets the state's standards governing interconnections between non-utility-owned distributed generation (DG) and the utility's distribution grid. "We're very pleased that Tecogen's cogeneration units […]

Batteries and Portable Power

IEC Awards Distribution Contract to Siemens PTD

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution Inc. (Raleigh, NC), a subsidiary of Siemens Corp. and an affiliate of Siemens AG (Munich, Germany), announced that its Energy Management and Information Systems Division has been awarded a contract for a new distribution management system (DMS) by Israel Electric Corp. (IEC). The new DMS will provide IEC with more […]