Bel Fuse Inc. (Jersey City, NJ) announced that it has acquired Current Concepts Inc. (Westborough, MA). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Current Concepts will form the core of the newly formed Bel Power Products Division. "We acquired Current Concepts and established Bel Power Products specifically to focus on the development of dc/dc power […]
Sensitron Semiconductor (Deer Park, NY) released the IM Series of isolated miniature 1W dc/dc converters. These converters are suitable for use in distributed power systems, telecommunications equipment, datacom equipment, instrumentation products and microprocessor-based systems. The series is available in 5, 12, 15, 24 and 48V levels, in single-output packages with output voltages of 5, 9, […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) is now offering a dual power supply controller with support for hot swap and voltage sequencing...
Spectrian (Sunnyvale, CA) showcased a variety of its new single-carrier (SPCA) and multicarrier (MCPA) power amplifiers at ExpoComm Korea 2001. Specialized solutions on display included the new MCPA3060, a power amplifier optimized for CDMA and CDMA2000 technologies. This device is designed to support 1,800MHz CDMA 1xRTT and 3xRTT applications, providing up to 60W of power. […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported that it will cut 1,100 jobs and revised its forecasted results for this quarter. The company announced that it now expects its results to be between the break-even point and a loss of $0.04 per share. Its revenue will be in the range of $390.0 million to $400.0 […]
MCE Newmarket (UK) has launched a new range of semi-custom solid-state switches designed to handle kilowatt-level powers at up to 600V. The...
Semitool Inc. (Kalispell, MT) announced that it has been awarded a patent for copper seed layer enhancement. The company believes that this advance will aid semiconductor device manufacturers in their drive for higher-performance devices, smaller chips and lower cost from copper interconnect-based semiconductor devices. Semitool reports that its seed layer enhancement technology can extend the […]
Powerline (UK) premiered the new UPO 40 Series, a range of 40W open-frame switch-mode power supplies. The range includes units in two sizes, one measuring 4" x 3" x 1", and a larger version measuring 5" x 3" x 1". The series also offers a choice of Molex or IEC 320 inputs. All units have […]
AVO International (Dallas, TX) has developed a new multi-amp pulsar hand-held controller, the HHC-1, to remotely control its Pulsar Relay Test System....
At this year's IEEE International Magnetics Conference in Toronto, Canada, a team from Fuji Electric Corp.'s (Japan) Matsumoto City Research and Development group presented a 1W step-down dc/dc converter fabricated with an integrated planar inductor on a silicon substrate. Based on a combination of semiconductor production technology and micro-machining technology, the goal of the project […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced today that it has been collaborating with Powercell Corp. (Burlington, MA) to qualify SatCon's power conversion electronics and controls for potential use in Powercell's PowerBlock family of electric power reliability and power quality products. SatCon has been working with Powercell to develop proprietary assemblies and control software, which are […]
Micrel Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Kendin Communications Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a fabless semiconductor company. In connection with the acquisition, Micrel will issue approximately 6.2 million shares of its common stock and options in exchange for all outstanding Kendin securities and options to purchase Kendin securities. The […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the expansion of its portfolio of hermetically sealed, high-reliability HEXFRED products to include new 200V ultrafast recovery diodes with soft reverse recovery characteristics. In addition to typical high-reliability space and military applications, the new HFB25xx20, HFB20xx20C, HFB60xx20 and HFB60xx20C diodes may be used in moisture-sensitive undersea fiber optic […]
The board of directors of AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) recently met and approved a stock repurchase program. The company's cash flow generated $320.0 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001, and the company currently has a cash balance of almost $500.0 million. Due to this favorable financial position, the board authorized the […]
Apex Microtechnology Corp. (Tucson, AZ) announced its new PA50 and PA52 power operational amplifiers. Both the PA50 and PA52 are chip-and-wire hybrid solutions, rated at 40A continuous, with 100A output in one- to three-millisecond pulses. The PA50 and PA52 have a power bandwith of 400kHz and a slew rate of 50V/µs. The devices are able […]