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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, has announced the addition of the TLP152, an SO6-package IC coupler that can directly drive a middle-capacity IGBT or power MOSFET. Due to its ability to contribute to a possible reduction of mounting area by approximately 50 percent over previous offerings, the TLP152 can be used in a wide...

DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Consumer is Super Junction MOSFET market's main application segment, representing 2/3 of its total market. And while some applications are stagnant, i.e. Desktop PC and game console power supplies, most applications are still growing. The biggest growth area will be power supplies for tablets, with an expected 32% increase in CAGR from 2013 to 2018. However, the main products where SJ MOSFETs are used are PC (Desktop and laptop) power...

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, has announced the addition of the TLP700A and TLP705A to its family of photocouplers. The new photocouplers from Toshiba are housed in small packages (SDIP6) - half the size of conventional 8 pin DIP packages, and consist of a GaAIAs infrared light-emitting diode (LED) optically coupled to...

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, has announced the addition of the TLP350H and TLP352 to its family of photocouplers. The new photocouplers utilize a new long-life LED for a guaranteed operating temperature of up to 125 degrees C. The Toshiba TLP350H and TLP352 consist of a GaAIAs infrared light-emitting diode (LED)...

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMICOA Corporation, a leading supplier of discrete semiconductors for high-reliability military, aerospace and commercial applications today announced its first power MOSFET products targeting industrial and commercial applications. The launch of the commercial MOSFET business and roll out for the first MOSFET products marks a new period of growth for the company long-renowned for providing leading-edge, high reliability...

DALLAS, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has shipped more than 30 million units of its PowerStack(TM) packaging technology, which significantly boosts performance, lowers power and improves chip densities in power management devices. "Performance requirements for computing applications are increasing in order to enable more content such as broadband mobile video and 4G communications," said Matt Romig, analog packaging at TI. "At the same time,...

DALLAS, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced a new NexFET Power Block device in a space-saving 3-mm x 3-mm SON package. The new CSD86330Q3D Power Block package achieves greater than 90 percent efficiency at 15 A in half the area of competitive solutions that require two discrete power MOSFETs in 3-mm x 3-mm QFN packages. The Power Block has a significant advantage in power loss and output current capabilities over competitive solutions,...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 2011 Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the industry's smallest, most efficient step-down regulators with integrated FETs to support up to 25 A for telecommunications, networking and other applications. Come by TI's booth (#608) to see a live demonstration. For product details visit: www.ti.com/tps56221-pr. The easy-to-use, 25-A, 14-V, TPS56221 synchronous...

GENEVA, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The first in a new family of mains-operated LED lamp drivers from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the worldwide leader in ICs for electronic lighting control, will enable designers to deliver more reliable and efficient LED retrofit lamps featuring primary-side current regulation. LED lighting, including retrofit bulbs, is expected to account for 80% of the lighting...

DALLAS, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a synchronous MOSFET half bridge that achieves greater than 90 percent efficiency at 25 A - and in half the area of competitive power MOSFET devices. TI's new CSD86350Q5D Power Block combines two asymmetric NexFET power MOSFETs in an advanced package that delivers high performance in low-voltage synchronous buck half-bridge applications, including servers, desktop and notebook PCs, base stations,...