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International Rectifier has introduced the automotive-qualified AUIRFN8403 COOLiRFET™ power MOSFET for automotive applications that require compact size and high current performance including pump motor control and automotive body control. IRAvailable in a compact PQFN 5x6mm package, the AUIRFN8403, the first in a family of new devices, utilizes IR’s most advanced COOLiRFET™ 40V trench technology, delivering ultra-low 3.3mOhm on-state resistance (Rds(on))

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Texas Instruments today announced its comprehensive ultra-low power FRAM microcontroller (MCU) platform with all the necessary hardware and software tools, and support for developers to reduce energy budgets, minimize product size and enable a battery-free world. TI’s new MSP430FR59x/69x FRAM MCU families with EnergyTrace++™ real-time power profiler and debugger range from 32 to 128 KB embedded FRAM. These MSP430™ MCUs

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Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3870, a dual phase synchronous step-down slave controller that can generate currents up to 240A when paired with a companion master controller by extending the phase count in multiphase applications. Compatible master controllers include the LTC3880 and LTC3883 digital power system management controllers. The LTC3870 is an alternative to Linear Technology’s full-featured controllers and provides

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, announced that Tesla patents are now joining the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology. Musk said Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others,

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Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced today the achievement of a significant milestone related to the Definitive Agreement signed in December of 2013 with the Government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China. As previously announced under the Definitive Agreement, Suqian will build a facility to manufacture Ascent’s proprietary Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenium (CIGS) photovoltaic modules on flexible thin films. Ascent

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Redox Power Systems LLC, the University of Maryland, Microsoft Corporation and Trans-Tech Inc. are teaming to develop transformational fuel cells through a $5 million cooperative agreement funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy Reliable Electricity Based on ELectrochemical Systems program, company and university officials jointly announce today. The goal of the project is to further advance Redox’s high-performance

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A revolutionary new clean energy technology is getting set to change the way we think about wind power. The Solar Wind Downdraft Tower, created by Maryland-based Solar Wind Energy Inc. turns the traditional wind turbine design on its head by putting turbines at the base of a tubular tower that generates its own wind throughout the year. How does it

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International Rectifier announced the introduction of the robust IR25750 general purpose current sensing IC available in an ultra-compact SOT23-5L package that boosts overall system efficiency while delivering dramatic space savings for high current applications. Measuring high currents (10-100A) through a power MOSFET or IGBT typically requires a large resistor which generates excess power losses (10~30W). By extracting the voltage across

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INFINEON says its research project “NeuLand” has resulted in new semiconductor materials that could cut energy loss in switched-mode power supplies in half. The NeuLand project is a research project being carried out by AIXTRON, Infineon Technologies, SiCrystals and SMA Solar Technology. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded the Infineon-directed project with a total of approximately

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Saft is launching its new Seanergy® range of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery modules developed to offer the proven safety, performance and reliability advantages of Li-ion Super-Iron Phosphate® (SLFP) chemistry in a fully-integrated solution designed specifically for civil marine propulsion installations. The new range includes a variety of Energy and Power modules that offer the flexibility and adaptability to create highly efficient,

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