U.S. Wind Energy Capacity Reaches 10,000 MW
Aug 16, 2006
U.S. wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 MW in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association announced. ...
Diesel Engines Jumpstart Ultracapacitor Applications
Aug 16, 2006
Alcoa AFL Automotive and Maxwell Technologies will collaborate on the development of a cold start system for commercial transportation vehicles. ...
Battery Controller IC Secures Point-of-Sale Terminals
Aug 9, 2006
Dallas Semiconductor's DS3600 is a battery-backup controller for data protection in point-of-sale
terminals. It is the first in a family of seven secure battery-management products and provides active tamper detection and a rapid-erasure encryption-key memory....
Cree Opens Production Site for SiC and GaN Devices
Aug 9, 2006
Cree, maker of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, has announced that its 230,000-sq ft engineering and production facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C. is operational. ...
Enpirion Expands Sales Staffing
Aug 9, 2006
Enpirion’s latest staffing moves include Stephen Allen’s promotion to Vice President
of Sales, Worldwide. Sunny Chow joins as Director of Sales, Asia; and George Hsieh is named Sales Manager for Taiwan
...
Digi-Key and Conec Enter Global Distribution Agreement
Aug 9, 2006
Digi-Key and Conec announced today the signing of a global distribution agreement. Conec is a developer and manufacturer of connectors for the electronics and communications industries. Digi-Key is an electronic components distributor currently shipping to 140 countries....
Flywheels Chosen for Airport’s Critical Infrastructure
Aug 9, 2006
Active Power, manufacturer and distributor of backup power solutions announced that it will provide 4 MW of power systems to support the air bridge infrastructure and service two main terminals at a major international airport being constructed in Asia...
PWM Controller Runs at Low Duty Cycles and High Frequencies
Aug 2, 2006
The LM3495 PWM buck controller from National Semiconductor employs the company's emulated-current-mode architecture to generate output voltages with very low duty cycles at switching frequencies up to 1.5 MHz. Using this controller, high-side MOSFET on-times as short as 50 ns are possible....
Batteries Selected for Commuter Trains
Aug 2, 2006
Saft has been selected by Kawasaki Rail Car to supply its ultra-low maintenance nickel-cadmium batteries to power 340 new PA-5 series subway cars. ...
Paul Greenland Joins Enpirion
Aug 2, 2006
Enpirion, the leading provider of integrated power solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Greenland as its V.P. of Marketing. ...
