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Patent Office Rejects Power Integrations Claims
Dec 22, 2008
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued final rejections of patent claims from two of three unexpired Power Integrations patents involved in the four-year-old patent lawsuit between the two companies...

LinkSwitch-II Delivers Five-Star Rating for Cellphone-Chargers
Dec 10, 2008
Power Integrations announced that its LinkSwitch-II family of power conversion ICs enables manufacturers of cellphone chargers to achieve the recently announced five-star rating for no-load energy consumption...

EMerge Alliance Launched to Create New Power Distribution Standard
Dec 10, 2008
In a move aimed at increasing the flexibility, efficiency and sustainability of commercial buildings, a group of visionaries today are announcing the EMerge Alliance...

Electronics Contract Manufacturing Business to Stay Afloat During Recession
Dec 10, 2008
The global electronics contract manufacturing business will not escape the impact of the current economic downturn...

Electronica 2008 results
Dec 10, 2008
Electronica 2008 attendance was remarkably stable despite the difficult financial situation facing many exhibitors and attendees...

The EtherCAT Technology Group Announces Power over EtherCAT
Dec 10, 2008
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has expanded its namesake technology with a new “Power over EtherCAT” enhancement...

Fuji Electric and Semikron Team Up
Nov 24, 2008
Fuji Electric will supply IGBT semiconductor chips to SEMIKRON; in return Semikron will supply Fuji Electric with freewheeling and rectifier diode chips, and module cases in spring contact technology...

Drop In Semiconductor Investment Signals Soft Semiconductor Market
Nov 24, 2008
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has released its Q3 2008 Semiconductor Funding, IPO and M&A Report...

California couple gives Rice University $15 million to redesign education of engineers
Nov 24, 2008
Two Rice University alumni with engineering degrees – he a famed venture capitalist, she an environmental activist – have given their alma mater $15 million to transform the way engineers are educated...

Agilent Technologies' All-in-One Education Kits Enhance University Engineering Curriculum
Nov 24, 2008
Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a new range of integrated curriculum-based solution kits for educators teaching engineering and electronics classes...

Atmel Continues to Stand Off Microchip/On-Semi Take-over
Nov 12, 2008
As of the morning of Nov. 12, a day when the Dow dipped another 400-some points, Microchip Technology and ON Semiconductor remained resolute in their intent to acquire Atmel at $5 per share in cash, which represents a 52.4% premium to Atmel’s closing price on the last trading day before announcement of the proposal. ...

Where’s the DC-DC Converter Market and Why Did It Shrink?
Nov 12, 2008
The Tenth Edition of Darnell’s “Worldwide DC-DC Converter Modules and ICs Forecasts: Application, Amperage, Wattage, Isolation, Input Voltages, Output Voltages, and Converter IC Trends” is out. ...

Ericsson Power Modules Adds Distributor to Boost European Sales and Service
Nov 12, 2008
As part of its program to strengthen local support, Ericsson Power Modules has signed a distribution agreement with ELFA AB. ...

Thin-Film Solar Panel Factory Opens in Massachusetts
Oct 22, 2008
Konarka Technologies Inc. has opened what it claims to be the largest roll-to-roll flexible thin-film solar manufacturing facility...

Microchip Technology Acquires Hampshire Company
Oct 22, 2008
Microchip Technology Incorporated announced that it has acquired Hampshire Company, Inc., a leader in the large-format touch screen controller market...