SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of shares of its common stock. The offering is being lead-managed by CIBC World Markets Corp., and the co-managers will be Banc Of America Securities LLC and FAC/Equities, a division of First Albany Corporation.
Schaffner (Luterbach, Switzerland) has extended the range of high-current programmable electronic loads for its Loadsaver power-supply, environmental, stress-screening (ESS) system, with the...
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has introduced a new family of hermetically sealed, high-reliability HEXFET power MOSFETs. These hermetically sealed power...
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY), announced it has received a significant order for its GF6968ED Smart GENFET device in the battery-pack application for wireless handsets. The GF6968ED Smart GENFET is a 20V MOSFET with integrated electrostatic discharge protection. The device is fabricated using General Semiconductor's high-cell-density trench technology. In this particular application, the GF6968ED Smart […]
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) plans to open a circuit design plant in Penang, which will be its second facility in Malaysia. Robert H. Swanson Jr., chairman and CEO, said the company was currently in discussion with the Penang Development Corp. on the matter. Linear Semiconductor's second phase will cost $7.9 million. The buildings will […]
OnLine Power Supply Inc. (Englewood, CO) has introduced the new Power-Factor Corrected Front-End Module. The new power supply units are claimed to be over 97 percent efficient and include both the EMI filter and hold-up capacitors internally. They measure 2.9" x 1.6" x 5.7" and weigh less than two pounds. Additionally, they function at full […]
Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) announced that it has agreed to sell its Power Systems business unit (LPS) to Tyco International (Pembroke, Bermuda) for $2.5 billion. The sale, which is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close by December 31, 2000, and result in a one-time gain to be […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) announced the extension of a collaborative agreement for the design and development of advanced power electronic devices. This new collaboration builds on the development by the University of Cambridge (UK) of the trenchgate IGBT designs for Dynex that are set to become the company's net generation of high-performance IGBT components. […]
Unipower Telecom (Coral Springs, FL) has introduced the INV2500 inverter, which achieves 7.0VA per cubic inch. The INV2500 is capable of producing...
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has designed a motor drive power-management architecture, positioned between the micro- or DSP-controller and the motor, to...
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced that it plans to buy TelCom Semiconductor Inc. (Mountain View, CA) in a stock deal valued at about $300.0 million dollars and aimed at expanding its portfolio of stand-alone analog products. The transaction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2001 and immediately add to Microchip's […]
Polytron Devices Inc. (Paterson, NJ) recently released for mass production a complete series of 60W dc/dc converters, the MWB60 Series, with 4:1...
NMB-Minebea (Chatsworth, CA) has developed a new 200W power supply with power-factor correction, which complies with regulatory requirements for EN6100-3-2. The SPS2156 is a five-output, fan-cooled switching supply that incorporates a remote-switched ac outlet and an auxiliary supply, which can provide 2A in sleep mode, allowing rapid resume and wake-up options to be implemented for […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) has introduced a new power-conversion architecture called PowerStick, specifically designed to address the market for low-profile, high-density, board-mounted...
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) announced that its sales in the Asia-Pacific region for the first nine months of 2000 exceeded $500.0 million dollars. The latest company sales figures showed that shipments of analog chips used for power-management applications in mobile devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs, were up almost 40 percent over the same […]