Power Integrations has announced that its LinkSwitch-II family of power conversion ICs enables manufacturers of cellphone chargers to achieve the recently announced five-star rating for no-load energy consumption.

Power Integrations has launched five new members of its TOPSwitch-HX family of AC-DC power conversion ICs in the company’s new 2-mm-high e-SIP-L package. The new products are ideal for slim power adapters used with netbook/laptop computers, printers and video game consoles, and for LCD TVs and monitors where the trend recently has been toward lower-profile and more energy-efficient products.

Power Integrations has launched the latest version of its power supply software design tool, PI Expert v7.0. The new software incorporates algorithms to optimize multiple output power supply supplies and to design the primary side clamp circuit and input EMI filtering components. PI Expert v7.0 also includes support for recently released TOPSwitch HX, LinkSwitch II IC families, as well as adding flyback topology support for the DPA Switch range.

Power Integrations has announced a new, ultra-low-profile package for its popular TOPSwitch-HX family of AC-DC power conversion ICs. This small new package combined with the best-in-class efficiency and high operating frequency of TOPSwitch-HX enables remarkably slim, compact, and lightweight power supplies from 20 to 100 watts. Applications include adapters for notebook computers, as well as power supplies for LCD monitors and flat-panel TVs, in...

Power Integrations has announced the introduction of its LinkSwitch-II family of highly integrated AC-DC switched-mode power conversion ICs with very accurate primary-side control. LinkSwitch-II dramatically simplifies constant-voltage, constant-current (CV/CC) converters, and enables consumer products to meet all worldwide energy-efficiency and no-load regulations, such as ENERGY STAR 2.0 for external power supplies. The new ICs are ideal for a...

Power Integrations has announced the availability of its TOPSwitch-HX series of AC-DC power conversion ICs in the new eSIP-7C Eco-Single-Inline-Package. This package exhibits the same low thermal impedance as the traditional TO-220, yet stands less than 10mm above the PCB - half the height of the 45 year old package design. eSIP-based designs reduce the overall height of the power supply in support of increasing market demand for slimmer electron...

Power Integrations has announced three new Design Ideas at the Strategies In Light Exhibition and Conference, designed to make implementing LED lighting faster, simpler and more efficient.

Power Integrations today announced a new series of technical design seminars to be held in over 40 locations worldwide. The seminars will offer instruction on how to build power supplies with high energy efficiency, excellent standby power performance and compliance with existing and proposed power supply efficiency regulations worldwide.

Power Integrations has announced the TOPSwitch-HX family of AC-DC power conversion ICs. Power Integrations introduced its original TOPSwitch product in 1994, combining a 700 V switching power MOSFET with controller and supervisory functions into a single monolithic IC. The TOPSwitch-HX family of ICs utilizes Power Integrations’ EcoSmart energy-efficiency technology and combines great standby power performance with constant, high efficiency unde...

Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage analog integrated circuits for power conversion, today introduced a new Power Supply Design Idea (DI-141) based on the company’s highly successful LinkSwitch-XT family that enables anti-tampering protection in electricity meter applications.

Power Integrations has introduced the TinySwitch-PK integrated power supply control IC with peak power mode. TinySwitch-PK delivers up to 280 percent peak power for short periods of time, enabling designers to specify transformers rated for the continuous power level, significantly reducing size, weight and cost of designs. With its high level of integration and robust feature set, TinySwitch-PK enables simple, flexible designs with far fewer com...

Power Integrations has announced availability of the PeakSwitch PKS607, an integrated power conversion IC capable of handling peak demand of up to 127W. The PKS607 addresses a wide range of applications that exhibit very high peak-to-RMS (root mean square) power requirements, such as printers, audio amplifiers, and home entertainment systems. This PeakSwitch family provides peak power on demand while allowing designers to specify a transformer si...

Power Integrations has extended its DPA-Switch DC-DC IC family with the introduction of the 10W DPA422, which enables designers to develop efficient power supply designs for Power Over Ethernet (PoE) applications, and is especially suitable for Class 2 PoE implementations for applications such as VoIP telephones.

Power Integrations has announced that all members of its LinkSwitch TN, -LP and -XT families of ICs are now available in SO-8 packaging, enabling emerging applications such as LED lightbulbs and miniature chargers.

Power Integrations has introduced a reference design kit (RDK-131) for ultra-small power supplies that helps designers deliver energy-efficient LED alternatives to incandescent lights. The kit helps designers produce a power circuit that fits inside the LED lightbulb socket, and also ensure that their incandescent-replacement LED lightbulbs will pass EMC requirements for conducted and radiated electrical noise.

Power Integrations has introduced a new version of its popular PI Expert power supply design software – plus a new online Rapid Transformer Sample Service (RTSS) for transformer prototyping. PI Expert 6.5 includes PI’s latest TinySwitch-III, PeakSwitch and LinkSwitch-LP products, and automates power supply circuit design, component selection and transformer construction, while RTSS promises to trim days from the construction of transformer de...

Phihong USA has selected PI’s LinkSwitch-LP family of integrated circuits with EcoSmart technology in the design of its PLA family of linear-eliminator adapters. The PLA family addresses sub-12W applications such as cellphones and wireless phones, MP3 players and PDAs. Phihong PLA charger/adapters with PI’s LinkSwitch-LP ICs easily meet worldwide regulatory standards for energy efficiency and deliver up to three watts of output power in a co...

Power Integrations (OTC: POWI today announced that its shares will resume trading today on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol POWI. The Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council has granted the company an exception until December 18, 2006 to file its outstanding annual and quarterly reports and thereby regain compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Should the company be unable to regain compliance by December 18, its shares will ...

Power Integrations has introduced a reference design kit for an energy-efficient charger/adapter based on its LinkSwitch-LP family of integrated circuits with EcoSmart technology. The new reference design kit (RDK-83) reduces no-load power consumption by 79 percent compared to existing linear solutions, and features a constant-voltage (CV) charger circuit capable of withstanding 10 kV common-mode / 2 kV differential-mode surges.

Power Integrations has received a 2006 Star of Energy Efficiency award from the national Alliance to Save Energy. The only technology company among this year’s three corporate honourees, Power Integrations is being recognized for its efforts to reduce electricity waste by improving the efficiency of electronic products.