Half-Brick Provides 8.7-Million-Hour MTBF
May 9, 2007
Power-One’s 300-W HBC48T25120 half-brick isolated dc-dc converter outputs 9.6 V to 13.2 V with a MTBF of 8.7 million hours....
MIL-COTS Converters Use Chip-Module Packaging
May 9, 2007
Vicor’s MIL-COTS 28-V dc-dc V•I chip modules consist of a 28-Vdc input PRM regulator and a family of VTM current multipliers with output voltages from 1 Vdc to 50 Vdc....
Enpirion Hires IC Experts
May 2, 2007
Enpirion has hired two industry veterans with nearly 50 years of integrated circuit development and manufacturing experience between them....
Firm Demonstrates PMBus-Compatible Prototypes
May 2, 2007
Delta Electronics announced the availability of prototype power supplies supporting the PMBus standard at the 2007 Spring Intel Developer Forum....
Modular UPS System is Hot Swappable
May 2, 2007
Tripp Lite's SU8000RT3U, SU8000RT3U1TF and SU8000RT3UHW are 8-kVA SmartOnline hot swappable modular UPS Systems. ...
Full-Brick Converters Provide Increased Efficiency
May 2, 2007
Ericsson Power Modules’ PKY4716PI full-brick dc-dc converter module delivers 700 W of output power and typically exceed 94% efficiency....
ATX Reference Design Exceeds Energy Star Standards
Apr 25, 2007
ON Semiconductor's open ATX reference design meets the ENERGY STAR performance requirements for ATX power supplies used in desktop PCs scheduled to take effect this July. ...
Vendors Demo Power Supplies with PMBus Interface
Apr 18, 2007
Emerson Network Power and Intel are demonstrating a rack of servers configured with PMBus-compliant ac-dc power supplies from Emerson Network Power at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing....
Online Tools Let Customers Build Power Supplies
Apr 18, 2007
Two power supply manufacturers, Acopian and Excelsius Technologies, offer online design tools that enable customers to design or configure power supplies. ...
Flywheels Back Medical and Broadcasting Equipment
Apr 18, 2007
Pentadyne has entered into a memorandum of understanding agreement for Toshiba to sell Pentadyne's flywheel system in medical and broadcasting uninterruptible power supply applications. ...
GUI – A Crutch or an Aid?
Apr 18, 2007
What has happened to the old Bode plots, loop stability calculations and the Venable instruments with their gain frequency displays of loop gain and phase shift versus frequency. Have the designers gone soft on us and lost their ability to design without the proper software?...
HP Announces Comprehensive Energy Reduction Plan
Apr 4, 2007
Hewlett-Packard has announced its goal to reduce its global energy use by 20% by 2010. This goal is part of the company’s global environmental strategy that addresses three levels of the business: products, internal operations and supply chain management. ...
Distributor Expands Power Supply Offerings
Apr 4, 2007
Electronic components distributor Avnet Electronics and power supply manufacturer SL Power Electronics have expanded their franchise agreement to include SL's Condor product line. ...
