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PowerPulseDaily for February 3, 2012

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    New Products

  1. TI Extends Family of GaN FET driver ICs with New Gate Driver
  2. Microsemi and TRINAMIC Deliver Dual Motor Control Kit
  3. WinSystems DC-DC Power Supply Provides a 10-50V Input Range

    4. Industry News

  4. Triquint Foundry Supports Sarda Technologies Entry Into Global Smartphone & Mobile Market
  5. Mouser Electronics and Monolithic Power Systems Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement
  6. Qualstar Reports Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Results
  7. Axion Power Announces Registered Direct Common Stock Offering of up to $10 Million


Learn How the Smart Grid Will Drive the AC-DC Power Supply Market

    Features

  1. PowerLines (Updated 01/09/2012)
    "Reverse Engineering"
  2. Feature Article (Updated 01/16/2012)
    "Recapping Recent Energy Harvesting Developments "

    3. More Power to You

  3. Power Event Preview
  4. Power Milestones
  5. Knowledge is Power
  6. Power Channels


    New Products

  1. TI Extends Family of GaN FET driver ICs with New Gate Driver

    2. Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced a low-side gate driver for use with MOSFETs and Gallium-Nitride (GaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) in high-density power converters. The new LM5114 drives GaN FETs and MOSFETs in low-side applications, such as synchronous rectifiers and power factor converters. Together with the LM5113, described as the industry’s first 100V half-bridge GaN FET driver announced in 2011, the family provides a complete isolated dc-dc conversion driver solution for high-power GaN FETs and MOSFETs used in high-performance telecom, networking and data center applications.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25250&source=1

  2. Microsemi and TRINAMIC Deliver Dual Motor Control Kit

    3. Microsemi Corp. and TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announced the availability of a new motor control kit allowing designers to lower product-development costs and bring products to market quickly. The solution includes Microsemi’s SmartFusion™ evaluation kit and TRINAMIC’s motor control daughter board kit.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25251&source=1

  3. WinSystems DC-DC Power Supply Provides a 10-50V Input Range

    4. WinSystems, Inc. announced two new PC/104 wide input range, dc-dc power supplies. The input voltage range for the units is from 10 to 50Vdc which allows them to work with 12, 24, or 48 volt battery operated or distributed dc power systems. The standard output voltage for the PCM-DC-AT500 is +5V @ 20A. For the triple output PCM-DC-AT512, the voltages are +5V@20A, +12V @ 3A, and -12V @ 0.5A. Both versions will operate from -40 to +85°C with no fans or heat sinks and are well suited for applications including pipelines, transportation, communications, solar power, and military.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25252&source=1

    Industry News

  4. Triquint Foundry Supports Sarda Technologies Entry Into Global Smartphone & Mobile Market

    5. TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. announced that its Foundry Services division is supporting start-up Sarda Technologies to bring a new line of high-efficiency dc-dc converter switches to the global marketplace. Sarda, a ’clean-tech’ company based in Durham, North Carolina (USA), plans to offer cost-saving solutions for increasing efficiency and reducing component size in smartphones, mobile PCs and similar applications.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25256&source=1

  5. Mouser Electronics and Monolithic Power Systems Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement

    6. Mouser Electronics, Inc. announced its global distribution agreement with Monolithic Power Systems (MPS), a leading fabless manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25253&source=1

  6. Qualstar Reports Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Results

    7. Qualstar Corp. reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended December 31, 2011. Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Financial Results Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 were $3.6 million, compared to $4.1 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2011, a decrease of $0.5 million or 13.4 percent. Loss from operations was $1.0 million compared to $0.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Net loss was $971,000 or $0.08 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $296,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal 2011.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25254&source=1

  7. Axion Power Announces Registered Direct Common Stock Offering of up to $10 Million

    8. Axion Power International, Inc., a developer of advanced lead carbon PbC® batteries and energy storage systems, announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell an aggregate of not more than 28,571,429 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Shares"), at a price per share of $0.35 for gross proceeds up to $10 million, before deducting placement agents’ fees and estimated offering expenses. The share price for this transaction was pre-determined by calculating a 10% discount to market using the Company’s volume weighted average price for the trailing 40 day period (VWAP).
    http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=25255&source=1

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    Features

  8. PowerLines (Updated 01/09/2012)
    by Darnell Group Senior Research Analyst Linnea Brush
    "Reverse Engineering"

    Can future trends be backward-looking? This is the time of year that publications look back at the trends from the previous year, and then look forward to “what to watch” in the upcoming year. The idea is that the “technologies to watch” may not be on your radar. Or you may not know that they will be important in 2012.

    http://www.powerpulse.net/powerLines.php?Id=333&source=1

  9. Feature Article (Updated 01/16/2012)
    "Recapping Recent Energy Harvesting Developments "

    The past several months have witnessed significant new product releases, technological developments, and industry news related to the field of energy harvesting.
    http://www.powerpulse.net/techPaper.php?paperID=175

    10. More Power to You

  10. Power Event Preview
    "Power-Up for These Industry Events"
    http://www.powerpulse.net/calendar.php

  11. Power Milestones
    "Tell Us What You Think!"

    http://www.powerpulse.net/powerMilestones.php

  12. Knowledge is Power
    "An Item a Day of Enduring Insignificance"

    In 1899 and 1900, electric cars outsold all other types of cars in the United States, valued for their quiet and lack of fumes.

  13. Power Channels
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    PowerPulse.net’s Power Channels are designed to pull together the industry news, commentaries, technical papers and new products for a specific industry in one place. Even better, instead of merely taking in what we offer, you can contribute your own thoughts and views, asking questions and exchanging information with other professionals through the new discussion forums in each power community. Visit our Power Channels online:

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