Texas Instruments Acquires CICLON Semiconductor
Feb 25, 2009
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) acquired Bethlehem, PA-based CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation, a leading designer of high-frequency, high-efficiency power management semiconductors...
China's Semiconductor Market to Fall 5.8 Percent in 2009
Feb 11, 2009
China's semiconductor industry is expected to contract in 2009, the first time a significant decline has occurred since iSuppli Corp. began gathering statistics on the market-and perhaps for the first time in the history of the nation's chip business...
High-Voltage Power MOSFETs Use Advanced Process Technology
Jan 28, 2009
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) introduced a new series of high-voltage pi-MOS VII MOSFETs that combine advanced process technology with a planar process to provide a wide selection of voltage and RDS(ON) ratings...
MOSFETs Deliver 60 Percent Improvement in Package Current Rating
Dec 22, 2008
International Rectifier, IR® introduced a new range of trench HEXFET® Power MOSFETs featuring a high package current rating for industrial battery, power supply, high power DC motors and power tools...
MOSFETS with Schottky Diode
Dec 22, 2008
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced the industry's smallest 20-V n-channel power MOSFET plus Schottky diode...
Half-Bridge MOSFET Driver for Multiphase DC-DC Converters
Dec 22, 2008
Supporting voltages up to 28V, the AAT4910 half-bridge, dual MOSFET driver offers the industry’s lowest impedance in its class for multiphase DC-DC converters...
600-V Superjunction MOSFETS Improve FOM
Sep 10, 2008
A family of twelve 600-V DTMOS II superjunction MOSFETs contributes to raising the efficiency of switched-mode power supplies...
Optocouplers Are High in Isolation, Low in Profile
Aug 27, 2008
A series of phototransistor optocouplers from Everlight Electronics provide a combination of performance benefits and low-profile packaging that can be exploited in a variety of isolated power supply designs...
Vishay Makes Bid To Buy International Rectifier
Aug 27, 2008
International Rectifier has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Vishay Intertechnology to acquire all of the outstanding shares of International Rectifier...
Schottkys Offer Performance and High Temperature Operation
Jul 23, 2008
The 30CTT045 and 60CPT045 are 45-V Schottky diodes that offer a maximum junction temperature of +175°C in combination with low forward voltage drop and low reverse leakage...
Diodes Closes Acquisition of Zetex
Jun 25, 2008
Diodes announced June 9, 2008 that it has completed its acquisition of Zetex plc in an all cash deal...
SiC Transistor Maker Obtains Additional Funding
Jun 25, 2008
TranSiC AB has raised SEK 24 million ($4 million, EUR 2.6 million) venture capital in a second round of financing with Industrifonden, Volvo Technology Transfer and Midroc New Technology...
CIPS 2008 Explored Reliability and Many Other Issues
Mar 26, 2008
The recent 5th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS 2008) in Nuremberg, Germany brought together 232 attendees from industry, research institutes and universities to discuss a variety of advanced power technology topics...
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...
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...
