Tyco Electronics' Elcon (Fremont, CA) introduced the Dual Crown Clip, a dual-pole version of its true hot-plug, high-current, crown-clip socket connector used...
Unipower Telecom (Coral Springs, FL) announced the INV5000 telecom inverter that produces 115Vac at 5,000VA in a 2U high shelf. It is...
Zhongxi Micro-Electronics Component Co. Ltd. (China) is now offering the LGC0402(1005)CW inductors, which operate over an inductance range from 1nH to 40nH,...
Luxon Electronics Corp. (Taiwan) announced plans to expand its monthly capacity for V-chip aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The company wants to increase production to 750 million units, from 400 million units, by the end of 2001. Shou-hwa Tsai, spokesperson for the company, stated that the manufacturing technology for the chip models was acquired from Matsushita (Japan). […]
NEC Corp. (Japan) has developed the NB/P Series of conductive-polymer, solid electrolytic capacitors fabricated using niobium. The initial product, the NBPD0E227M, has a capacitance of 220uF. Its ESR is 55mohms maximum and its dc-rated voltage is 2.5V. It features a D case size, measuring 7.3mm x 4.3mm x 2.8mm. With a shape and structure identical […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has increased the operating frequency of its SupwerSwitcher SO-8 buck regulator to 500KHz....
General Semiconductor (Melville, NY) reports that it is developing a 200-million-cell-per-square-inch technology that promises to shrink power MOSFETs in half while simultaneously producing four times as many as before. The devices, called GENFETs, will be suitable for use in cellular phones, notebook computers, PDAs and other wireless devices. The GENFETs are produced using the company's […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the first two devices in a new generation of micropower CMOS low-dropout (LDO) regulators for...
Lambda (UK) announced a new series of ultra-compact, quarter-brick, single-output dc/dc power modules. With seven patents pending, the PAQ Series offers a...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has developed a 4MHz rail-to-rail operational amplifier that operates from a 2.7V supply while consuming 81uW. The...
Infineon Technologies (Germany), Philips Semiconductors (Netherlands) and STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) unveiled a proposal for a standard for defining and evaluating lead-free semiconductor devices. Starting in February 2001, the companies have developed the proposed standard, which provides a common definition of lead-free and assesses factors such as solderability and reliability of alternative materials. "At present, there is […]
Powerline (UK) announced the new Delta SM Series of switch-mode dc power supplies suitable for benchtop- or rack-mounting. The units weigh about 10kg and accept an input-voltage range from 90Vac to 265Vac at 50Hz to 60Hz, or 125Vdc to 380Vdc. Different versions are available with a variety of voltage and current ratings from 15V to […]
Elantec Semiconductor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) announced a new step-down dc/dc converter with synchronous, integrated power FET transistors. For applications with a 5V input generating 3.3V output, the EL7551CU achieves up to 94-percent efficiency while delivering a continuous 1A load current. The device is suitable for power applications such as telecommunications, data communications, networking modems and […]
Foshan City Shiwan Area Zhongchang Ent. Co. Ltd. (China) debuted its Model P4 POWER, a switching power supply designed for Pentium 4-based...
MGV (Germany) announced the P2060 Series of switching-power supplies. The P2060 Series offers isolated dual outputs (5.1V, 12V, 15V and 24V, in...