Company Demonstrates Solar Cells Made By Inkjet Printing
Mar 11, 2008
Konarka Technologies has announced that it successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of solar cells manufactured by highly efficient inkjet printing...
Speaker Explores Impact of Hybrid Vehicles on Power Electronics
Feb 27, 2008
At the Applied Power Electronics Conference in Austin, Steven Schulz of General Motors, discussed how the growth in hybrid electric vehicles is creating demand for power electronics...
CFL Prototype Illuminates in Less Than a Second
Feb 25, 2008
In recent independent testing a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) prototype bulb powered by PureSpectrum’s ballast technology reached full illumination in 0.7 seconds...
Supplier Achieves JANS Certification For Rectifiers and TVSs
Feb 25, 2008
The Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) has granted JANS certification for Semtech’s Power Discretes and Assembly (PDA) Group facility located in Reynosa, Mexico...
PSMA Reprints Classic Magnetics Text
Feb 25, 2008
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA ) has announced the availability of a reprint of the classic book "Applications Of Magnetism" authored by the late J. K. Watson and originally published by John Wiley and Sons in 1980...
Text Presents Theory and Practical Designs for Switch Mode Power Supplies
Feb 25, 2008
Christophe Basso’s second book: “Switch Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs” offers a theoretical study of power conversion in both the dc-dc and ac-dc fields via a systematic equation-based approach...
Green Grid Adds Two Members
Feb 13, 2008
Hard-drive supplier Western Digital (WD) and Vette Corp, a provider of thermal management solutions, have joined The Green Grid...
International Rectifier Names New CEO
Feb 13, 2008
International Rectifier has announced the election, effective March 1, 2008, of Oleg Khaykin as president and chief executive officer...
PETech Times Changes Format and Frequency
Feb 13, 2008
With the launch of this issue of the PETech Times newsletter, the frequency of the newsletter changes from a weekly publication to a semi-monthly...
The Clouds Of Economic Slowdown May Have a Silver Lining
Feb 12, 2008
I decided to look on the bright side and explore how power electronics companies could use such a downturn to effectively improve their competitive positions...
Distributor Will Carry DC Motors
Jan 30, 2008
Allied Electronics, a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc, has signed a distribution agreement with AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products to...
Video Series Discusses R-C Snubber Design
Jan 30, 2008
In his SMPS Technology Newsletter, Jerrold Foutz reports that an instructional video, “R-C Snubbers,” which features power design expert Rudy Severns...
Controllers Make Energy Meters More Efficient
Jan 30, 2008
Improving energy efficiency for electric metering systems by up to 30% and helping streamline utility business operations, Incotex Co. Ltd., Moscow is leveraging multiple technologies...
