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Energy-dense batteries suit automatic meter reading 

Panasonic announces two high safety and high energy density cells, the CR-AG and CR-2/3AZ. ...

Power MOSFET chipset suits automotive applications 

International Rectifier announces an automotive DirectFET2 power MOSFET chipset optimized for dc-dc applications used in internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, hybrid, and electric vehicles....

Illumination-grade LED achieves high efficacy 

LUXEON A introduces the latest illumination grade LED from Philips Lumileds that reduces the engineering effort required for new solutions and delivers Freedom From Binning....

Controller IC for LED lighting features 94% efficiency 

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announces an addition to its broad GreenChip SSL family of products, the GreenChip SSL4101T controller IC, which offers new levels of professional-grade performance for Solid State LED lighting power supplies....

Wireless sensor system enables wireless environmental monitoring 

Powercast Corp. announces its Lifetime Power Wireless Sensor System for wireless environmental monitoring in HVAC control and building automation....

Bus converter achieves more than 98% peak efficiency 

Vicor Corp. announces its IB050Q096T70N1-00 - a high power, wide input range VI BRICK Bus Converter. ...

Security manager featuring tamper detection suits smart meters 

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the DS3660, a security manager with 1,024 bytes of non-imprinting memory to securely store sensitive data....

Programmable LED driver controls nine LED sinks 

Analog Devices Inc. announces the ADP8866 LED charge pump backlight driver, which features independent control of nine LED current sinks, programmable LED blinking sequences, and low operating current drain....

Wireless power chip suits portable electronics 

Texas Instruments Inc. introduces its next generation of wireless power technology, which is 80% smaller than its previous receiver chip....

Lithium ion cell achieves superior energy density 

Panasonic introduces a new high-rate lithium ion cell, the CGR18650CH....

Control IC enables high-power LED lighting 

International Rectifier introduces the IRS2548D Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) control IC for high-power LED illumination, including LED street lighting as well as stadium and theatrical lighting....

New connectors suit LED lighting needs 

TE Connectivity introduces its new family of CoolSplice connectors for LED lighting applications....

Maintenance-free bearing suits solar market 

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics introduces a maintenance-free bearing for the solar market....

Full-bridge PWM controllers achieve impressive efficiency 

National Semiconductor Corp. introduces full-bridge pulse width modulation (PWM) controllers that integrate all four primary-side bridge MOSFET gate drivers....

Radiation-hardened MOSFETS survive space applications 

International Rectifier introduces the company’s first family of radiation- hardened (RAD-Hard) dual power MOSFETs in a compact hermetic LCC-6 surface mount package for low power, lightweight space applications requiring a small footprint, such as satellite payload power systems....

LCD microcontroller suits low power, cost sensitive designs 

Microchip Technology Inc. announces an expansion of its 8-bit segmented LCD microcontroller (MCU) family with five new devices — the PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 (PIC16LF190X) MCUs....

Power supply suits wind energy equipment 

Balluff Inc. introduces a new, intelligent, energy-saving power supply especially for use in wind energy equipment....

Quarter-brick bus converters achieve 98% peak efficiency 

Vicor Corp. announces quarter-brick modules in its IBC048 series of VI BRICK Bus Converters....

Software optimizes sustainability in material handling 

Lenze Americas Corp. announces the launch of a Drive Solution Designer (DSD) for the material handling industry....

Renewable energy ICs reduce photovoltaic system cost 

National Semiconductor Corp. introduces 10 new SolarMagic integrated circuits (ICs), the first in a series developed to reduce cost, improve reliability, and simplify design of photovoltaic (PV) systems....

Energy-management chip suits servers and data centers 

Maxim Integrated Products announces the launch of a new Teridian/Maxim energy-measurement system on chip (SoC), the 78M6613....

IEC terminal blocks suit PV applications 

Automation Systems Interconnect Inc. announces the release of a complete line of DIN rail mounted IEC terminal blocks — EZ Jump Terminal Blocks that are rated at 1,000 Vdc for PV applications....

Online tool accelerates design of multiple load power supplies 

National Semiconductor Corp. introduces its new WEBENCH Processor Power Architect, an online design tool to model and optimize power supplies for Atmel Corp. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. ARM processors in minutes....

Power factor correction ICs enable reduced component count 

International Rectifier introduces the IR115x family of µPFC power factor correction (PFC) ICs for a wide variety of ac-dc applications including lighting, LCD/PDP TV and game console Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS), fans, air conditioners, and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) ranging from 300 W to 8 kW....

PWM controller suits low standby power charger applications 

Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. introduces the FAN302HL PWM controller for low standby power charger applications....

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