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Power Integrations, Inc. today announced a new class of power-supply ICs. The InnoSwitch™ family of highly integrated switcher ICs combines primary, secondary and feedback circuits into a single, worldwide safety-rated, surface-mount package. With InnoSwitch ICs, designers can easily exceed all global regulatory standards for efficiency and no-load consumption, while minimizing component count and providing highly accurate constant voltage and constant

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International Rectifier Corp. (IR) today introduced a new generation Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) technology platform. The Generation 8 (Gen8) 1200V IGBT platform utilizes IR’s latest generation trench gate field stop technology delivered in industry standard TO-247 packages to offer best-in-class performance for industrial and energy saving applications. The novel Gen8 devices are available with current ratings from 8A up

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For structural-bonding applications requiring high thermal performance with absorption of mechanical stresses, new Bond-Ply® LMS-HD from Bergquist Company delivers an effective and easy-to-use solution. Bond-Ply LMS-HD consists of a thermally conductive low-modulus silicone compound coated on a cured core, and double lined with protective films. This design effectively absorbs mechanical stresses induced by assembly-level CTE mismatch, or by shock and

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Murata Power Solutions has announced the MGJ3 and MGJ6 series of configurable output voltage, high isolation dc-dc converters. These 3-Watt and 6-Watt surface-mounted devices are optimized for use as high-side and low-side gate drivers in IGBT and MOSFET bridge circuit designs. Providing triple output voltages of +15, +5 and +5 Vdc, these converters provide optimum switching of IGBT drives for

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Honeywell Sensing and Control today introduced the industry’s first Nanopower Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Sensor ICs that provide the highest level of magnetic sensitivity (as low as 7 Gauss typical) while requiring nanopower (360 nA). When compared to other widely used magnetic technologies, these sensors offer design engineers a number of advantages. Smaller and more durable and reliable than reed switches, at

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After the Rosetta mission’s 10-year space journey from Earth, Saft’s primary lithium battery has woken ESA’s robotic Philae Lander to prepare for its touchdown on a comet nucleus Paris, November 12, 2014 – Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, is celebrating the achievement of the mission-critical primary lithium battery supplied to the CNES

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The concept is simple. The battery lets any existing smoke alarm connect to a home WiFi network so it can alert the owners smartphone if the alarm goes off. Its smart power management will also eliminate 3am wake up calls from an alarm with a dying battery.On November 11, Peeters will test out his Roost smart battery with a Kickstarter

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The formula is simple: Put three battery and auto-industry experts in front of a camera, ask them a few leading questions, and let them debate. That’s exactly what the Autoline Network did three weeks ago; the resulting 27-minute video is a must-watch for any electric-car enthusiast. The three panelists are Ann Marie Sastry, founder and CEO of battery maker Sakti3;

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As fuel economy slowly rises across its entire range, Ford is looking to lower the environmental impact of the dealerships that sell its greenest cars as well. The company announced today a pilot program that will put solar-and-wind clean-energy systems into four of its dealerships. Supplied by Wind Energy Corporation, the Windy System apparatus uses a large “wind sail” to

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Electric-car incentives are nothing new, but the city of Seoul has taken an unusual and more aggressive approach as it tries to get more of its residents into zero-emission vehicles. The South Korean capital will offer residents up to 20 million won (about $18,245 at current exchange rates) if they purchase an electric car–but only from one of four designated

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