New Products
May 9, 2008
IR Introduces Family Of MOSFETs In TO-247 Package

International Rectifier (IR)® announced an expansion of its portfolio of 60, 75 and 100V MOSFETs for switch mode power supplies (SMPS), uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and industrial applications such as power tools, forklifts and other high power dc drives.

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Industry News
May 9, 2008
Flextronics Completes Acquisition Of CEAG’s FRIWO Mobile Power Business Unit

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Flextronics announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the FRIWO Mobile Power (FMP) business unit of CEAG AG, a manufacturer of power supplies and chargers for mobile telephones. FMP is now part of Flextronics’ power supply division.

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Design Features
March 28, 2008
How to Design a Safer Battery Charging System?

The Lithium-Ion (Li–Ion) battery is widely adopted in portable devices because of its high-energy density on both a gravimetric and volumetric basis. However, Li-Ion batteries are very sensitive to over-charging and over ... Read More

Case Studies
March 28, 2008
Power System Protection Crucial to Nuclear Weapons Test Simulations at Lawrence Livermore Facility

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a pre-eminent scientific resource for U.S. defense, science, and industry, is the institution that applies advanced inter-disciplinary science and technologies to ensure that the ... Read More

Product Focus
January 31, 2008
Linear Dropout Regulators (LDOs)

The second half of 2007 witnessed several interesting product releases and developments in the field of Linear Dropout Regulators (LDOs). Some of the releases involved the integration of LDOs into wider power systems, and one ... Read More

PowerLines
by Linnea Brush
April 28, 2008
Creating Demand for Power Supplies

Improved designs and features still have to be targeted to OEMs who need those features – and you can bet that every other power supply manufacturer is doing the same thing. Read More

Market Insights
by Linnea Brush
April 30, 2008
Digital Power IC Product Introduction Analysis

Dc-dc converter applications are the most common type of digital power IC introduced in the past few years, accounting for almost half of all digital power ICs. Read More