EM Simulator Tackles Power Design Challenges
Jul 18, 2007
Enabling designers to quickly converge on pc board layouts compliant to design targets, including those for EMI and power integrity, Ansoft has released version 3.5 of its SIwave tool. ...
Li-Phosphate Batteries Will Drive Converted-Porche EV
Jul 18, 2007
Valence Technology’s Li-phosphate batteries will be used in an MIT student engineering project that converts a 914 Porsche into an electric vehicle. ...
Power Semiconductor Vendor Reorganizes Domestic Distribution
Jul 18, 2007
An authorized distributors program from Dean Technology targets domestic sales. There are currently seven national and regional distributors enrolled in the program, with plans to continue expansion....
GE Aviation Upgrades Tank Power Supplies
Jul 18, 2007
GE Aviation was recently selected by General Dynamics Land Systems to supply electronic power systems technology on the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams main battle tank. ...
DoD Competition Offers $1 Million for "Wearable Power"
Jul 11, 2007
With the main goal of reducing the weight of the batteries that service members carry into battle, the Department of Defense is sponsoring a competition to develop a wearable electric power system for war fighters. ...
Companies Co-develop Ultracap Modules For Cars
Jul 11, 2007
Maxwell Technologies and Valeo have signed a memorandum of understanding to incorporate Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors in Valeo's next-generation starter-alternator reversible system....
Professor Receives Power Electronics Award
Jul 11, 2007
Dr. Dushan Boroyevich is the fifth professor from the Center for Power Electronics Systems to receive the William E. Newell Power Electronics Award....
Vendor Supplies Flywheels for Hospital UPS System
Jul 11, 2007
Pentadyne Power will supply Sparrow Hospital with an additional six of its flywheels, following two previous orders totaling seven flywheels....
Drives Developer Will Acquire Power Supply Maker
Jul 11, 2007
Solomon Technologies, a developer of electric drive systems, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Unipower, a manufacturer of power supplies and related equipment. ...
Collaborative Research Targets Miniaturized Energy Sources
Jul 5, 2007
With an overarching goal of providing greater autonomy to portable and stand-alone electronic devices, STMicroelectronics and the French Atomic Energy Commission will collaborate in a four-year program to develop miniaturized energy sources for low-power applications. ...
Power Supply Companies Join DOSA
Jul 5, 2007
Power-One and NetPower Technologies have joined the Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance (DOSA)....
Capacitor Maker Expands Into Europe
Jul 5, 2007
Holy Stone Enterprise Co., a Taiwan-based manufacturer of ceramic capacitors, has opened HolyStone (Europe), headquartered in Norwich, England. ...
Ultracapacitor Firm Licenses Wind-Turbine Technology
Jul 5, 2007
Maxwell Technologies has obtained a non-exclusive worldwide license from Enercon for a patent covering the use of ultracapacitors in wind-energy systems. ...
