Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) President Clive Davies announced the appointment of David Quarles to head up the company's international sales. Quarles has been with Linear for 10 years and most recently served as Director of Marketing. Davies cited Quarles' four-year assignment as the Sales Director for Asia/Pacific and achievements in international marketing. "Quarles' past […]
Advanced Power Technology (APT, Bend, OR) has developed a series of hermetic packaged high-power MOSFETs, which include the new APL501P and APL1001P...
Absopulse Electronics Ltd. (Canada) introduced its new MOC 2000, which is a multiple-output, configurable power supply system that accommodates a variety of power supply modules in an 88.9mm x 482.6mm x 406.4mm chassis. Billed as especially fit for applications in telecommunications and instrumentation, it can be customized for up to 10 outputs. Built-in forced-air cooling […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced an extension to its highly successful line of 20V HEXFET power MOSFETs. The 10 new...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has introduced a new family of dual 150mA CMOS LDO regulators for battery-powered and instrumentation applications. Designated the LX8221 family, the new regulators feature a typical dropout voltage of 175mV at 100mA, an ultra-low shutdown current that's typically less than 1uA, a choice of fixed or adjustable output […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) introduced the Telefunken TLZ Series of zener diodes, which are offered in compact MiniMELF (SOD-80) housings. They...
Saelig Co. Inc. (Victor, NY) announced its new K2 cost-effective, port-powered RS232-to-RS422/485 converters with a built-in DIL switch. The switch positions allow...
Jaro Components Inc. announced the creation of a new lead-free, ceramic chip capacitor. The new CCL Series of capacitors are designed to...
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) introduced its MAX8890 power-management IC intended for cellular handsets using a single lithium-ion cell battery with input voltages from +2.5V to +5.5V. The IC contains three identical, low-noise, low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators to provide all of the supply voltage requirements for the RF portion of the handset. The first LDO […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new LMX321, LMX358 and LMX324, which are single-, dual- and quad-; low-cost; low-voltage; pin-to-pin compatible upgrades to the LMV321, LMV358 and LMV324 family of general purpose op amps. These devices offer Rail-to-Rail outputs and an input common-mode range that extends below ground. These op amps draw only 105µA […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) introduced its new 12-bit, eight-channel, low-power, voltage-output, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) in a space-saving 16-pin TSSOP package, the MAX5306/MAX5307. The wide +2.7V to +5.5V supply voltage range and less than 215µA (maximum) supply current per DAC are excellent for low-power and low-voltage applications. The MAX5306 has a digital output that can […]
Potrans Electrical Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced a newly developed series of 5W universal power supplies that are small enough to fit in...
Cotek Electronic Co. Ltd. (China) announced the new S1500-xxx Series of power inverters, which come in six models with input voltages of...
Sola/Hevi Duty (Skokie, IL) introduced the SDP2-12-100 DIN Mount Switcher, which is claimed to be a great advancement in power for analog...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced raising the median of its revenue guidance, in part as a result of the previously reported closings of the acquisitions of the assets of Compensated Devices Inc. (CDI) and New England Semiconductor Corp., (NES) and the deferred ex-dividend date of August 29, 2001. The acquisitions are believed to strengthen Microsemi's […]