Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) is a corporate sponsor of the University of Minnesota's (UMN, Twin Cities, MN) fifth-generation solar-powered car that will...
C&D Technologies Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) announced that in its fiscal 2002 first quarter, ended April 30, 2001, net income increased 52 percent to a record $16,847,000, or $0.62 per share, from $11,053,000, or $0.41 per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2001. Sales for the fiscal 2002 first quarter increased 13 percent to […]
Advanced Energy Inc. (AE, Fort Collins, CO) has announced that it will lay off another 59 full-time employees, or four percent of its staff. This accompanies a wage freeze and graduated pay reductions, as well as further expense and discretionary spending reductions. The company expects to report a loss for the second quarter, with revenues […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the promotion of Thomas Teebagy, Jr. to vice president of the Omnirel business unit, located...
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) announced the availability of packaged pairs of Stealth soft-recovery diodes. Fairchild claims that Stealth diode technology combines...
Tyco Electronics Corp. announced that its RXE line of PolySwitch resettable fuses has been re-rated from 60V to 72V. The polymeric positive...
ITW Paktron (Lynchburg, VA) announced a new application for its Quencharc capacitor. The Quencharc is a RC snubber network, consisting of a metallized PET capacitor in series with a carbon composition resistor. The Quencharc has been used for many years to suppress voltage transients caused by dc inductive load switching. ITW Paktron maintains that these […]
Caddock Electronics Inc. (Riverside, CA) launched the new Model MP2060, a clip-mount TO-220-style power film resistor. The resistor has a power rating...
IFR Systems Inc. (Wichita, KS) announced that the new Kikusui (Japan) PIA4800 Series of power supply controllers is now exclusively available in the US through them. The PIA4800 Series includes the PIA4810 power supply controller for analog and digital control, the PIA4820 expansion unit and the PIA4830 digital power supply controller. These instruments were designed […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) has released two new values of Little Big capacitors from its TACmicrochip family. AVX claims that the...
National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA) announced the addition of four high-voltage step-down voltage converters to its Simple Switcher line. Tolerating inputs of...
UQM Technologies (Golden, CO) announced that it will supply UQM propulsion motors, generators and power electronic controllers to PEI Electronics Inc. (Huntsville, AL). UQM reports that this is part of a program with AM General Corp. (South Bend, IN) to develop pre-production high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HUMVEEs) powered by a hybrid-electric powertrain. Commenting on the […]
Schurter Inc. (Petaluma, CA) recently released its new International Circuit Protection and Power Entry Devices technical catalog. The new catalog features several new products, as well as updated power dissipation charts for Schurter's power entry modules and fuseholders.
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced a strategic collaboration with Sanken Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan) that includes joint design and development activity between the two power semiconductor companies for next-generation proprietary power-management products. The collaboration also includes a cross-shareholding agreement. IR has agreed to purchase approximately two percent of Sanken's shares, for about […]
Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) recently articulated its acquisition and new product development strategy for participants at the CIBC World Markets Annual...