Ericsson Microelectronics (Kista, Sweden) has begun production of dc/dc converters at a newly acquired former Volvo factory in Kalmar, Sweden. The plant opening was attended by over 300 people, including the world press, customers, suppliers and government officials and was the most elaborate and lavish event of its kind in recent memory. Ericsson's strong commitment […]
The formation of Fastron Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) will be announced at Wescon 2000 to consolidate and expand marketing for Fastron throughout America. Fastron Chairman Gabor Faskerty admits that the US market is "demanding and highly competitive," but he remains confident that Fastron's "high quality, competitive prices and ability to quickly deliver custom products" will […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) stated it plans to acquire KOTA Microcircuits (Loveland, CO) and Micro Linear Corp.'s (San Jose, CA) power management business for a total of $21.0 million in an effort to build up its analog business. KOTA and Micro Linear's power management business will become part of Fairchild's Analog and Mixed […]
Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) said it has started what it called a major expansion of its Linfinity Microelectronics (Garden Grove, CA) IC fab. The company wants to complete the expanded fab by August 2001 to meet $75.0 to $100.0 million of revenues the company expects to earn from power management, RFICs and advanced optoelectronic […]
Eltek (Drammen, Norway) and Power Conversion Products (PCP, Crystal Lake, IL) recently signed a merger agreement to create a company capable of competing in the global telecom power systems industry.The merger, structured by Eltek, issued shares in exchange for 100 percent of the shares in PCP. The issued shares will give the current owners of […]
Lambda Electronics Inc.(San Diego, CA) introduced their new Z-up Series wide range, output-switching power supplies, which are designed for laboratory performance while providing typical users with accurate voltage and current programming stability when interfacing their equipment with the power supply. The Z-up Series is power-factor corrected and operates continuously from a worldwide ac voltage range […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) unveiled the CVN300, a multi-output, ac/dc power supply designed for use in worldwide communications systems. The CVN300 comes in a 3.4" x 5.9" x 5.5" package and features an industry-standard form factor, extensive peripheral and auxiliary connectors, internally cooled modules that contain a fan-monitoring signal and fan-control signal, five […]
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) introduced 24 hermetically sealed, high-reliability HEXFET power MOSFETs for step-down dc/dc power-conversion systems in satellite launch vehicles, missiles, down-hole oil drilling and undersea broad-band communications equipment. According to the company, the devices are toughened to survive high-humidity temperature conditions or vacuum, and this fabrication technology delivers as much as 65 […]
Sanyo Electric Company Ltd. (Japan) is constructing a 3.4MW solar cell plant for its Gifu Plant for manufacturing semiconductor chips. The plant will annually generate an estimated 3,700MWh of power. The solar cell uses a proprietary cell structure featuring amorphous silicon film on a single crystal-silicon substrate, achieving a high cell-conversion efficiency of 18 percent […]
Power Integrations Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) unveiled their latest design assistance software called PI Expert, which simplifies the process of designing a switching...
Interpoint Corp. (Redmond, WA) introduced the new MSA2805D to its MSA family of high-reliability dc/dc converters. This 5W, dual 5V output converter...
Using advanced hybrid technology and manufacturing techniques, component manufacturer BI Technologies (Fullerton, CA) has introduced the new 830 Series, a compact 6W, universal input, single output dc/dc switching power supply module. The 830 Series module is an isolated dc/dc converter that accepts an input range of 110Vdc to 375Vdc, allowing it to operate from any […]
Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) unveiled a new power supply controller the company claims will lower battery life in notebook PCs and other portable applications. The SC1401 integrates an efficient switching controller and a linear regulator controller into one device that operates from a 6V to 30V input supply. The device has an onboard efficiency […]
A new LDO regulator that eliminates the need for scarce tantalum capacitors in power-conversion designs has been announced by Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA). The new Vishay Siliconix Si9182DH can be used with ceramic 2.2-microfarad capacitors on the input and output while providing improved performance over ICs requiring more expensive tantalum components, according to Siliconix. […]
TelCom Semiconductor Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced nine new inverting charge-pump voltage doublers, the TC1682 through TC1684, the TC2682 through TC2684 and...