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The Firm Will Use Funds to Add to Its Product Portfolio, Team, and Strategic Partnerships
Apr 1, 2014The firm will use the funds to add to its product portfolio, team, and strategic partnerships. Most of the new funding comes from new investors. A new investor led the round, with participation from existing shareholders including ...
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NeoPhotonics Has Appointed Ray Wallin as Senior VP & Chief Financial Officer
Dec 27, 2013NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics, Ray Wallin, appointment
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IC Distributor Alltek Technology Has Reported Revenues of NT$1.89 Billion
Dec 17, 2013IC distributor Alltek Technology has reported revenues of NT$1.89 billion (US$63.84 million) for November, up 17.9% sequentially and 27.5% on year, buoyed by increased sales of wireless network chips from Broadcom and power management (PWM) ...
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Dialog Semiconductor Output Power up to 45W SSL LED Drivers
Aug 14, 2013Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio, AC/DC and short-range wireless technologies, today announced a new SSL LED driver iW3623. The new iW3623 integrates boost and flyback converters into a single IC ...
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Cree Has Added to Its Residential-Targeted LED Retrofit Lamp Family with a BR30
Jul 16, 2013Cree has added to its residential-targeted LED retrofit lamp family with a BR30, while Soraa appoints execs, MaxLite expands its engineering department, and Dialog closes iWatt acquisition. Cree Lighting has announced a 9.5W BR30 LED lamp ...
Tags: Cree, BR30, Lights&Lighting
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Dialog Semiconductor Has Announced Plans to Acquire iWatt for as Much as US$345 Million
Jul 8, 2013Dialog Semiconductor has announced plans to acquire iWatt, a provider of digital-centric power management ICs, for as much as US$345 million. Dialog said it will pay approximately US$310 million in cash, plus up to US$35 million in ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Electrical, Electronics
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Dialog Acquired iWatt for a Cash Payment of Approximately $310 Million
Jul 5, 2013Dialog, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced that it has acquired iWatt, a leading provider of digital power management integrated circuits (ICs), for a cash payment of ...
Tags: LED Market, iWatt
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Dialog Semiconductor Plc Has Entered Into an Agreement
Jul 3, 2013Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
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New Driver IC Architecture Seeks to Reduce Bill of Materials Cost in 8-15W Retrofit Lamps
Jun 5, 2013New driver IC architecture seeks to reduce bill of materials cost in 8–15W retrofit lamps while still supporting smooth dimming over a 1–100% range. iWatt has introduced the iW3202/08 LED driver ICs that primarily target ...
Tags: LED Driver, Lighting
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Primary Side Sensing on dc-dc Converters Has The Great Advantage
Apr 5, 2013Primary side sensing on dc-dc converters has the great advantage that it eliminates the need for feedback components, particularly opto-isolators, in low-power mains power supplies - for phone charging and LED driving for example. ...
Tags: Opto-Isolators, Consumer Electronics, Electrical, Electronics
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An LED Lighting Driver Chip with in-Built 0-10V Dose Not Require Light Control
Mar 14, 2013An LED lighting driver chip with in-built 0-10V dimming designed by iWatt does not require a microprocessor to control the dimming function. "We believe this is the first product from anyone with 0-10V dimming without a separate ...
Tags: Novel Isolation, LED Light, Lighting
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Ikon Semiconductor Has Jumped Into The Competitive LED Light Bulb Market
Feb 17, 2013Dublin-based fab-less chip company Ikon Semiconductor has jumped into the competitive LED light bulb market with its first product: a dimmable single-stage ac-dc converter. Like iWatt's new chip for non-dimmable bulbs (see page??), Ikon ...
Tags: fab-less chip company, Ikon Semiconductor, LED light bulb market
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IWatt Has Taken a Step Into The Non-Dimmable Power Factor Corrected LED Bulb Market
Feb 1, 2013iWatt has taken a step into the non-dimmable power factor corrected LED bulb market with its first ac-dc product to feature an npn power switch. "This is new for us: non-dimmable plus PFC. Dimmable bill-of-materials is around $2. This is ...
Tags: iWatt, LED bulb, LED lighting
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Power IC Specialist Iwatt Has Introduced a Single-Stage LED Driver IC
Jan 31, 2013A non-dimmable, single-stage architecture seeks to minimize the bill of materials for LED A-lamps, thereby opening the market to greater SSL adoption. Power IC specialist iWatt has introduced a single-stage LED driver IC that is ...
Tags: LED A-lamps, SSL adoption, lighting
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The Reason Why LED Lights Were Should Switched by Anyone
Dec 12, 2012Energy efficiency is good solid worthy way to encourage home owners to switch to away from incandescent bulbs. But they might as well switch to compact fluorescent alternatives because they cost only a quid each. And then some of them ...