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Vishay Showcase Electro-Films Submounts, RF Capacitors And Wire-Bondable Products At OFC/NFOEC 2013
Vishay will be showcasing its latest industry-leading Vishay Electro-Films solutions at the 2013 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, taking place from Mar. 17-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. In booth 3343, products on display will include a wide range of Vishay EFI custom submounts, high-performance RF capacitors, and wire-bondable products.
Soitec’s Engineered Substrates Used In Half Of Smartphones And Tablets
Soitec has estimated that its engineered substrates used in manufacturing semiconductors for mobile communications are incorporated in at least 50 percent of smart phones and internet-connected tablet computers being produced today. The widespread use of Soitec’s materials technology in portable communications demonstrates its important role in high-volume, cost-sensitive applications such as cellular phones, tablets and other fast-growing mark...
Electric Cars: Success By A Different Route
Pure electric cars are a disaster. On-road pure electric cars continue to sell at a level barely above one quarter of the sales of pure electric golf cars or a tenth of pure electric forklifts. Those golf cars are profitable but in a saturated market and, because that business is going nowhere, Ingersoll Rand is thinking of selling subsidiary Club Car, according to the Wall Street Journal. Club Car is the world's largest golf car manufacturer. It...
SGS Carbide Tool invests in UK manufacturing
On the 22nd January 2013, more than 130 visitors attended the official inauguration of SGS Carbide Tools’ new UK manufacturing facility and European headquarters in Wokingham, Berkshire. In front of all the guests, including the Mayor of Wokingham, Councillor Bob Wyatt, a ceremonial plaque marking the occasion was officially unveiled by former land speed record holder, Richard Noble, OBE.
Renesas Electronics to Release Photocouplers with World-Top-Class High-Speed Switching Operation and Integrated IGBT Protection Function for IGBT Gate Drive
Renesas Electronics today announced two new photocouplers PS9332L and PS9332L2, with an integrated insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) [Note 1] protection function, for applications such as industrial machinery and solar power systems.
Photocouplers in 8-pin SIDP with maximum switching speed
MSC now offers two new photocouplers, PS9332L and PS9332L2, from Renesas Electronics. The new photocouplers feature an extremely short switching delay time of 200 nS maximum, low current consumption of less than 2.5 mA, output current of 2 A maximum and integrated IGBT protection function.
Microsemi Expands Silicon Carbide Power Module Product Family
Microsemi Corporation announced today the availability of a new generation of industrial temperature, silicon carbide standard power modules. They are ideally suited for use in high power switch mode power supplies, motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, solar inverters, oil exploration and other high power, high voltage industrial applications requiring high performance and reliability.
Black Sand Adds 3G Bands To BST34 CMOS Power Amplifier Family
Black Sand Technologies has extended its established BST34 series of CMOS power amplifiers with two new devices that complete its range of products for use in every common global cellular frequency band. The new BST3405 and BST3408, for use in Band-5 (824-849MHz) and Band-8 (880-915MHz) respectively, are drop-in replacements for the gallium-arsenide components traditionally found in every 3G mobile phone, tablet and datacard.
Plessey's Innovative MAGIC High Brightness LEDs win the Solid-State Lighting Application Category in Elektra Awards 2012
Plessey today announced that its new innovative MAGIC (MAnufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LED products have won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012. The winners were revealed last week at the European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London.
Toshiba to Start Sales of White LED Packages
Toshiba today announced that the company will start sales of white light-emitting diode packages that offer makers of general purpose and industrial LED lighting solutions a cost-competitive alternative to current LED packages. Mass production will start this month. Production of LED chips is typically done on 2- to 4-inch wafers with an expensive sapphire substrate.