American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that it is expanding its mobile product offering to include the new APC Travel Power, a compact 75W ac/dc power inverter, and a new line of laptop power adapters (LPAs). The APC Travel Power aims to offer traveling professionals the convenience of remaining productive during transit, whether […]
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) announced that its Integrated Electronics division released its first commercial power converter product. The company believes that the device, which is called the PowerModule, could create the standard for the power-conversion industry. PowerModules are based on a printed circuit-board design, which allows the use of standard electronic manufacturing techniques for […]
Advanced Power Technology Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. Revenues for the quarter were $12.1 million, up 66 percent over the $7.3 million achieved in the third quarter of 1999, and up 20 percent sequentially from the $10.1 million recorded in the second quarter of 2000. Net income for […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has introduced a new disposable ballast IC designed for high-volume, compact fluorescent lamp applications. The IR2156...
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has unveiled two new micropower LDO regulators with on-board NOCAP technology. NOCAP technology is designed for applications with...
Ecostar Electric Powertrain (Dearborn, MI) and Power Conversion Systems (PCS) introduced their high-efficiency, 500W bi-directional 14V/42V dc/dc converter at the Convergence Transportation Electronics Association (CTEA) 2000 Show in Detroit. The converter is an integral part of the advanced power system that is being developed by Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI, Milwaukee, WI). The Ecostar bi-directional dc/dc […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) stated that it is powering up its power-management products and opening up a global design center in Grenoble, France. The company will use the design center to develop power-management chips and design services to lever the company's pan-European efforts. ON also has facilities in Roznov; the Czech Republic; and Toulouse, France. […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, CA) has introduced the Maxi-Plus Series of capacitors, a series of K30,000 dielectric with X7R temperature characteristics. The SLC Series is designed to operate in the millimeter bands with an ultra-low equivalent series resistance specifically for the RF/microwave, optical and cellular markets. According to AVX, the electrical advantage of this dielectric […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has introduced a HEXFET power MOSFET with a maximum temperature rating of 200 degrees C in a TO-220 plastic package. IR claims that the IRF1704 is an extremely rugged, low Rds(on) HEXFET power MOSFET manufactured using IR's stripe-planar technology, and is designed for existing and emerging automotive applications such […]
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) has elected Clayton M. Christensen as the ninth member of its board of directors. Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School since 1992, is renowned for his seminal work on disruptive technologies and how they can be utilized to drive corporate growth. Christensen's research and teaching interests center on the […]
Sustainable Energy (Alberta, Canada) has successfully field-tested its power-management module for residential stationary fuel cell systems. The power-management module was designed to meet a need in the fuel cell industry for a power-conditioning system that would integrate variable voltage outputs of fuel cells with a transient power source, such as batteries or flywheels, to meet […]
Martek Power Abbott (Los Angeles, CA) released the CB Series, a new line of PCB-mountable dc/dc converters. The company claims that the converters are high-reliability, off-the-shelf, 28Vdc converters, which provide fully specified performance over an operating case temperature range of -55 degrees to 100 degrees C. They are intended for industrial, military and aerospace applications. […]
Polytron Devices Inc. (Paterson, NJ) has added a complete series of surface-mount dc/dc converters, available in 1.0W and 1.8W packages, to their line. This series, designated SMI.0 and SMI.8, is housed in a 1.0" x 0.35" x 0.37" package. The company claims that it is ideal for all I/O board-system and sub-system distributed-power configurations where […]
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Dallas Semiconductor Corp. (Dallas, TX) upon receiving the approval of Dallas Semiconductor's stockholders. The acquisition of Dallas Semiconductor was effected by the merger of a Maxim subsidiary into Dallas Semiconductor. Under the terms of the merger agreement, each share of Dallas […]
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced that it is buying FabTech Inc. (Lee's Summit, MO) from Lite-On Power Semiconductor Corp. (Keelong, Taiwan), which owns about 38 percent of Diodes' outstanding shares. FabTech, which is being bought for $25.0 million, is a 5-inch wafer foundry specializing in Schottky products. FabTech has 210 employees and is expected […]