Powerex (Youngwood, PA) has announced a new family of 1,700V IGBTs. The new family is called the KA Series and incorporates a...
Advance-Galatrek (UK) has released its new GDC 50-6 PowerPak dc rectifier. The new, modular, 19in, rack-mount power supply was designed to be used in conjunction with the company's GDC 1006 system controller and shelf. It is suitable for Internet, mobile and telecommunications networks. The GDC 50-6 is housed in a shelf that can hold up […]
Unipower Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) has released a free CD that features its complete line of OEM and telecommunications power systems. The...
Micrel Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has increased the operating frequency of its SuperSwitcher SO-8 buck regulator to 500KHz. The SuperSwitcher family now includes the MIC4690, which boasts an input-voltage range of 4V to 34V and a 1.3A output current. The MIC4690 requires four external components. It features cycle-by-cycle current limit, frequency fold-back, short-circuit protection and […]
Philips Semiconductors (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the CapFREE family of capacitor-free LDOs. The first memeber in the family, the 150mA SA57000-xx offers fixed-output voltages between 2.5V and 3.6V. It requires no capacitor because its outputs are stable regardless of the ESR. "Eliminating capacitors with our CapFree family is a breakthrough that resonates with system designers everywhere," […]
Philips Semiconductors (Netherlands) announced that its semiconductor division will post an operating loss of 175.0 million euros in the second quarter. The company expects that revenues will fall 20 to 25 percent compared with the first quarter. Philips also announced that it will take a one-time restructuring charge of about 90.0 million euros for the […]
Surge Components Inc. (Deer Park, NY) announced that Alan Plafker has joined its board of directors. Plafker has been appointed as a member of the board's audit and compensation committees. As a result of his appointment to the audit committee, Surge remains in full compliance with the audit-committee independent director composition requirements of the Nasdaq […]
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) expects its second-quarter revenues to be down 15 to 17 percent from $102.0 million in the first quarter of 2001. Earnings for the quarter are now expected to be about $0.01 to $0.03 per share. The company reports, however, that new product sales are continuing to grow, and investments in […]
Cosel USA Inc. (San Jose, CA) recently launched its ACE Series of modular power supplies. 450W and 650W units are now available....
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) unveiled a new family of 500V, fast-recovery MOSFETs designed to enhance performance in telecommunications and server power...
Vishay Intertechnology (Malvern, PA) has launched a new solid tantalum chip capacitor that it claims features the industry's lowest ESR rating for...
Gowanda Electronics (Gowanda, NY) introduced a new series of vertical, surface-mount, toroidal power inductors. This new SMP 2007 Series consists of miniaturized...
Artesyn Technologies (Boca Raton, FL) has launched a compact, quad-output, ac/dc power supply that is suitable for use in low-power applications involving...
Galaxy Power Inc. recently introduced the new Pisces Series of 30A quarter-brick dc-dc converters. Galaxy claims that these converters deliver up to...
Artesyn Technologies (Boca Raton, FL) launched a new series of dual-output dc/dc converters that provide up to 60W from an industry-standard quarter-brick...