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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) today introduced the AOZ1363, a high-current smart load switch with rapid turn-off fault protection and current monitoring. The device has an operating input voltage range from 5V to 16V and is capable of supplying up to 6A of continuous current. A low on-resistance of 23mΩ in a thermally enhanced 3mm x 3mm DFN package

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Minco Technology Labs, LLC, a manufacturer of value-added products, die processing and distribution of mission critical, high-reliability semiconductor solutions and services, today announced the introduction of its Industrial Power Module products. This new product grouping will be added to their increasing portfolio of standard products, be the first products defined specifically for and servicing the demands of the heavy industrial

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Eaton Corp. today announced that its integrated power management solutions suite is now certified as Vblock Ready through the VCE Technology Alliance Partner program. Eaton can now deliver advanced power monitoring, management and control solutions for Vblock Systems, which are pre-integrated, pre-tested and pre-validated converged infrastructures for next-generation cloud environments. Vblock Systems combine best-in-class compute, network, storage, data protection and

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Texas Instruments, Inc. today introduced the industry’s smallest bidirectional 18-V, 5-A protection switches with high power efficiency. These tiny devices reduce solution size and extend battery life in portable and adapter-powered devices, and enterprise and client solid state drives (SSDs). Enterprise SSDs are reading and writing more data than ever before, which is driving a requirement for increased speed and

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The improvement of power device performance significantly contributes to energy saving. The operation with lower energy loss is expected especially by using silicon carbide (SiC) instead of silicon (Si) which is the common material. However, the transistors with SiC are still suffered from large resistance and insufficient reliability, mainly due to the defects on SiC by the formation of silicon

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Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of the TMPM411F20XBG a new one-chip microcontroller (MCU) for a smart meter or similar application. This is the latest addition to Toshiba’s line-up of TX04 series, the ARM® Cortex®-M4F core-based microcontrollers. Sample shipments start today. A typical smart meter controller consists of an electricity calculation unit that measures current and voltage, a communication control

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Southern Company, which owns Mississippi Power, ranks nearly last when it comes to utilities’ use of renewable energy. However, a settlement announced earlier this week could open up as much as 100 megawatts of solar and wind in Mississippi. The Gulfport-based utility recently reached a settlement with the local chapter of the Sierra Club to diversify its fuel mix away

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For a car that has only been seen a handful of times in public, demand and expectations for the Tesla Model X are at an all time high. But don’t blame Tesla; as Business Insider reports, the company is actively trying to get would-be Model X buyers into the Model S instead. Why would Elon Musk do that? On the

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Electric cars are quickly overcoming the hurdles of cost and range anxiety, but one area that still needs improvement is the added weight of big battery packs. UK-based Cenex has just completed a two-year project to reduce both the weight and cost of EV batteries, succeeding by shaving 99 pounds, or about 41% of the weight off a standard EV

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The Eindhoven-based firm’s ArenaVision LED floodlighting system will be installed at the 41,000-capacity stadium in time for Chelsea’s preseason friendly match against Spanish side Real Sociedad.  The new lighting was installed during this summer’s break in time for the start of the new football season. The first match-day use will be on August 12 when Chelsea plays a friendly against

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