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October 14, 2002

Xicor Intros X80000/01 Power Management Solutions

Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) introduced the X80000 and X80001 smart power management products, which integrate power sequencing and hot-swap functions with an SMBus interface to enable intelligent power supply control in multi-card -48V backplane applications. The hot-swap features allow for insertion and extraction of line cards, network interface cards and other peripherals while -48V of […]

Batteries and Portable Power

October 14, 2002

Plug Power and ANT to Develop Fuel Cell Catalyst

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) and Albany NanoTech (ANT, Albany, NY) announced a joint research and development partnership aimed at integrating nanotechnology and proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technologies for enhanced catalyst performance of fuel cell electrodes. The projected five-year, $5.0 million program will seek to develop and build the next-generation fuel cell catalyst nanostructures […]

Automotive Electronics

October 14, 2002

UQM Receives Fuel Cell Components Contracts

UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO) announced that it has been awarded several contracts totaling $1.5 million from fuel cell customers in North America and Europe for the development and supply of various key fuel cell components for air and hydrogen management, including advanced electric motors and associated electronic controls as well as complete compressor subsystems. […]

Automotive Electronics

October 14, 2002

FST Unveils Decom300-A2T Hydrogen Products

FST Inc. (San Francisco, CA) announced the immediate availability of the Decom300-A2T, a solid-state hydrogen storage and delivery product. The unit is designed to fuel cars; a broad range of industrial generators; and remote and backup power systems for ISP's, homes, paramedics and other energy consumers. The Decom300-A2 is a PC-sized appliance that safely and […]

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Batteries and Portable Power

October 14, 2002

Intersil Intros MightyMUX ISL84521/22/23 Switches

Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced three new additions to its MightyMUX™ analog switch line, the ISL84521, ISL84522 and ISL84523. The new quad...

Automotive Electronics

October 9, 2002

H Power Fuel Cells to Power Japanese Railway Study

H Power Corp. (Belleville, NJ) announced that it recently shipped four 7kW PEM fuel cell systems, in conjunction with Mitsui and Co. Ltd. (Japan), for the initial phase of a Japanese study on providing integration alternatives to prototype, on-board, railway, diesel engines and power applications. The Japanese-government-funded project is being conducted by the Railway Technology […]

Automotive Electronics

October 9, 2002

Cummins Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

The board of directors of Cummins Inc. (Columbus, IN) declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.30 per share, payable on December 13, 2002, to shareholders of record on November 29, 2002.

Communications Power

October 9, 2002

Philips Opens Semiconductor Technology Center

Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) announced the opening of the Philips Delft Design Center in Delft, the Netherlands, a cooperative venture with the Delft University of Technology. The new center will focus on analog semiconductor technology research and will provide a learning environment for future generations of electronics engineering students. The Philips Design Center […]

Communications Power

October 9, 2002

O2Micro Receives Key CardBus Controller Patent

O2Micro International Ltd. (George Town, Grand Cayman), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, was granted 10 claims under Taiwan patent number 155,891 for its SmartCardSensing® card detection circuit. The patented technology is implemented in the SmartCardBus® (OZ711E Series) and four-in-one MemoryCardBus™ (OZ711M Series) family of CardBus controllers. […]

Power Quality Protection

October 9, 2002

TXU Reaffirms Financial Position and Liquidity

TXU Corp. (Dallas, TX) recently reaffirmed that the company is in a strong financial position and has ample liquidity. The company has $2.6 billion of available liquidity before any financings. The company has no outstanding borrowings on either its $800.0 million of backup bank facilities in North America, or GBP 300 million of bank facilities […]

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Communications Power

October 9, 2002

Alcatel Launches AQ 75 SI Series DC/DC Converters

Alcatel Converters (Lannion, France) announced the launch of its new AQ 75 SI Series of quarter-brick, dc/dc converters, which are suitable for...

Communications Power

October 9, 2002

Evergreen Solar Appoints Rusch and Barret

Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced the appointments of Peter Rusch as European Marketing and Sales Manager and Lance Barret as US National Sales Manager for the company. The newly created positions represent Evergreen Solar's latest steps in its commitment to customer service and increasing worldwide market penetration of its solar-electric products. Rusch has extensive […]

Batteries and Portable Power

October 9, 2002

Metallic Power Ships Zinc Regenerative Fuel Cells

Metallic Power Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) announced that it will begin shipping its first proprietary zinc-fuel-cell-based products. The products provide backup power for equipment requiring 1kW to 5kW of power. The basic configuration consists of zinc fuel cells, a zinc "fuel tank" and a zinc regenerator that automatically recycles the fuel once utility power is restored. […]