California-based Balqon has launched the ZEVQON electric vehicle (EV) motor controllers for zero emission commercial truck and bus markets. The ZEVQON uses the insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology to convert battery DC ...
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Microsemi has introduced silicon carbide (SiC) standard power modules with industrial temperature grade. Designed for use in high power switch mode power supplies, motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, solar inverters and oil ...
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Swiss IGBT driver manufacturer CT-Concept is to open custom design centre in Ense, Germany. It will develop semi-custom gate-drive designs based on its driver cores, and produce full-custom drivers using the firm's Scale-2 chipset for ...
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Amantys has announced the appointment of Karen Oddey as CEO. Oddey recently managed C-MAC Aerospace through to the successful sale of the business to API Technologies. "Karen brings to the team a depth of experience of electronics ...
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Digi-Key has added two new product lines to its global distribution websites. The new lines are GeneSiC Semiconductor, the supplier of silicon-carbide devices and capacitive touch screen specialist Precision Design Associates (PDA). ...
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Global Internet-based electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp of Thief River Falls, MN, USA has agreed to distribute worldwide the silicon carbide (SiC) technologies of GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc of Dulles, VA, USA, which develops ...
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Dynex Semiconductor has officially opened a new Lincoln-based £1.8m R&D centre as part of an £11.25m investment which will create up to 40 engineering jobs and safeguard its 315-strong workforce in the city. Dynex designs ...
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Power management semiconductor market to rise 9.7% during Q2 The global power management semiconductor market is expected to report 9.7% rise during the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12) to $7.9bn when compared to $7.2bn during the first ...
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The sales of semiconductor devices are expected to reach $20bn in 2012 The sales of semiconductor devices which include discrete, modules and ICs, used in the power electronics industry are expected to reach $20bn in 2012, according ...
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Global and China Power Device Industry Report, 2011-2012underlines: 1. power device; 2. global and China power device market; 3. power device industry; 4. IGBT, SiC and GaN market and industry outlook; 5. 18 power device players. ...
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A look at some of the various welding machines and supplies will give you a clear glimpse into their quality and versatility. The Inverter DC ARC Welding Machine (EWDA Series): There are four different machines in this series. Torch cable ...
Power Integrations introduces 75W single-stage driver for LED lighting Date Announced:16 Aug 2012 San Jose,CA–Power Integrations(Nasdaq:POWI),maker of the world's most efficient,longest-lasting off-line LED driver ICs,today ...
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The power discrete and module market will grow by almost$9bn to$26.2bn in 2016,forecasts the 15th edition of an annual report from IMS Research,which this year includes more comparisons of wide-bandgap(silicon carbide and gallium ...
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Power electronics device market to reach $20bn this year The total market for semiconductor devices (discretes, modules and ICs) dedicated to the power electronics industry will reach $20bn in 2012, according to the report 'Status of the ...
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Mitsubishi Electric to sample SiC power modules for more compact,efficient electronic equipment Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp says that,at the end of July,it will begin shipping samples of five kinds of silicon carbide(SiC)-based ...
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