Pulse announced a new series of flat-coil surface mount (SMT) power inductors that lowers the inductor operating temperature of a notebook computer...
The Japan Management Association presents the Techno Frontier Week Conference in Tokyo, Japan, at the Makuhari Meese, from April 18-20.
A123Systems, a company with advanced technology for rechargeable batteries, recently received a timely "recharge" from a group of investors. GE Commercial Finance, in addition to acting as lead investor in A123’s latest fund-raising effort (a $40 million series D equity round which closed January 24) is also looking to see where A123Systems’ proprietary energy-storage technology […]
The first NanoPower Forum, hosted by Darnell Group and EDN Magazine, will be held from June 04 to 06 in San Jose, California.
Greatbatch, Inc. announced the release of a new, non-proprietary model of its medium-rate implantable "Q" series battery. The battery provides a shape factor and capacity that can be readily utilized by many medical device manufacturers with little or no modification – significantly reducing the development time for new implantable devices. The Greatbatch Q(MR) – enabled […]
Vicor Corp. has filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, alleging that Lucent Technologies Inc. and Tyco Electronics have infringed on a patent involving technology for a dc-dc power converter. According to the filing, Lucent first developed technology that infringed on the patent, then sold its manufacturing operation to Tyco. The patent, entitled […]
The University of Toronto (U of T), ARISE Technologies and the Portlands Energy Centre (PEC) have joined forces to create Canada’s largest solar research facility, which will be located on the PEC site on Toronto’s waterfront. When completed, the facility will harvest enough solar energy to power up to 1,000 homes. The community will be […]
Enova Systems announced that Mike Staran has been promoted to Executive Vice President of the company. Staran consulted for Enova from November 2004 through February 2005, when he was hired as Director of Sales and Marketing. In September 2005, he was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his new role, Staran will […]
Ecostream announced that it is entering the US market by opening an office in Sacramento, California. Ecostream had a turnover of over $100 million in 2006, and has offices in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and China. Steven Pleging, CEO of Ecostream International, stated: “The US represents a potentially important market for […]
A team of engineers from the University of Tokyo presented a paper at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December...
The 4th Power Conversion Conference will be held from April 02 to 05 at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan.
The Intel Developer Forum will be held from September 18 to 20 at the Moscone West Hotel in San Francisco, California.
The 2007 Magnetics Conference will be held from April 04 to 05 at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort in Chicago, Illinois.
The IBM Power & Cooling Symposium will be held from October 4 to 5 at the Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel and Conference Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) presents the CPES Annual Conference, which will be held from April 15 to 17 at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia.