Pulse (San Diego, CA) announced the first in a new series of 6A surface-mount current-sense transformers for the dc/dc market. The transformer's applications include feedback control, overload sensing, detecting load-drop and circuit shutdown. They are specifically designed to detect ac current changes and supply an output for control circuitry. The series is rated for currents […]
Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX) reported its first-quarter financial results. Pro-forma earnings per share were $0.18. Revenue was $2,528.0 million, down eight percent from $2,761.0 million in the year-ago quarter, and down 17 percent sequentially. Pro-forma operating profit was $340.0 million, down from $608.0 million in the year-ago quarter and from $683.0 million in the […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced a new family of operational amplifiers. The five new products offer a range of performance...
Anderson Power Products (Sterling, MA) recently debuted the Powerclaw Series of hot-swappable high-amperage power connectors for PCBs. Providing N+1 redundancy for communications...
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced a new family of -70V hot-swap power controllers designed for telecom switch applications. Manufactured in 20-pin TSSOP and thermally enhanced TSSOP packages, the MIC2596 and MIC2597 incorporate two completely independent -70V channels. Each channel integrates a high-voltage MOSFET with adjustable current limiting. The MIC2596 and MIC2597 have on-chip […]
Micro Linear Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced its financial results for the quarter ended April 1, 2001. Net revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were $3.4 million, compared to net revenues of $4.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2000, and $11.4 million for the first quarter of 2000. Gross margin increased to $2.0 […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) recently released the new IRU3037 synchronous buck controller IC. The new device includes a soft-start feature designed to allow smooth start-up from idle to decrease transients caused by inrush current and overshoot. The new control IC enables single-supply operation from 5V or 12V inputs, with an input range […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2001. Revenue for the quarter totaled $150.3 million, a decrease of six percent from $159.6 million a year ago. The company incurred a cash loss for the quarter of $0.07 per diluted share, compared to cash earnings of $0.29 […]
OnLine Power Supply Inc. (Englewood, CO) announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2001. The company reported a net loss of $1,200,700, or $0.06 per share, on revenue of $202,400 in the quarter. This is in comparison with a net loss of $798,500, or $0.05 per share, on revenue of $12,400 in the […]
The Advanced Conversion Products division of Transistor Devices Inc. (Cedar Knolls, NJ) announced the new LCE Series of 1.5kVA modular inverters, which...
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced the purchase of green tags for renewable energy from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF, Portland, OR) in an amount equal to 100 percent of the electricity consumed at the company's Arlington, WA, site. Snohomish Public Utility (Everett, WA) is partnering with Xantrex to secure green tags for the plant, […]
Pulse (San Diego, CA) has entered the automotive electronics marketplace with the recent acquisition of Mexico City-based Grupo ECM by Pulse's parent company, Technitrol (Philadelphia, PA). Antonio Laguna, president of Grupo ECM, has become president of the new division, to be renamed Pulse-ECM. In making the announcement, John Kowalski, president of Pulse, noted that the […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced the availability of the NCP500 CMOS LDO voltage regulator. Offered in a SOT-23 package, ON Semiconductor claims...
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the availability of its new SP6661 high-speed, high-current charge pump inverter/doubler. The SP6661 can be configured as either a voltage doubler, with Vin from 2.5V to 5.0V for a Vout of 5V to 10V, or a voltage inverter, with Vin from 1.5V to 5.0V for a Vout of -1.5V to […]
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) has introduced a new family of Schottky rectifiers that are optimized to perform as OR-ing diodes. The SBL20L15, SBLB20L15 and SBLF20L15 have forward current ratings of 20A, while the SBL40L15PT is a dual common-cathode device rated at 40A. The SBL20L15, SBLB20L15, SBLF20L15 and SBL40L15PT are packaged in a TO-220, surface-mount […]