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Intersil new regulator extends battery life

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

California, MILPITAS — 2011 , 1 ,11 - the global high-performance analog mixed-signal semiconductor design and manufacturing leader Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol: ISIL) today announced that its popular dual-channel integrated FET buck regulator product family to extend the introduction of three series to provide the highest power conversion efficiency of 95% to provide greater flexibility to designers of new products: ISL8022, ISL8033 / A and the ISL8036 / A .

    New ISL8022, ISL8033 / A and the ISL8036 / A buck regulator quiescent current is only 40uA, input voltage range of 2.85V-6V, which makes them a single lithium-ion battery, three Ni-MH battery or DC input 3V/5V ideal voltage applications Inspiron 6000 Inspiron 640M .

    ISL8033 / A and the ISL8036 / A is a dual-channel step-down DC / DC regulator that provides the maximum 3A per channel continuous output current; ISL8022 for lower current application provides similar functionality, the two channels the maximum continuous output current 2A, respectively, and 1.7A. This family is characterized by the three peak current mode, support for ultra-low duty cycle operation fixed frequency control architecture, excellent loop stability and fast load transient response. Fast load transient response to reduce the required output capacitance, with the traditional voltage mode control architecture to support smaller than the total solution size. ISL8033 / A, ISL8036 / A and the ISL8022 dual-channel conversion in the phase shift of 180 degrees, reducing the input ripple current and filter requirements. Internal loop compensation of the external components further reducing the number and cost Inspiron 6400 Inspiron 910 .

    ISL8033 and ISL8036 provides a fixed 1MHz switching frequency, ISL8033A and ISL8036A the switching frequency of 2.5MHz, can significantly reduce the DC / DC converter’s total size. ISL8033 and ISL8036 can also work with the maximum clock frequency of 6MHz external clock synchronization, which further reduces total solution size and the elimination of multi-switch design of the beat frequency. For the two channels can be independently enabled and started the PGOOD pin provides control and monitoring inherent in the output, eliminating the need for discrete sequencing and voltage monitoring circuits.

    In addition to other independent input current 3A, ISL8036 / A in the two-channel can also be paralleled for higher power applications in the current sharing mode, a single-channel 6A. ISL8033 / A provided to the user on each channel over-current threshold point of programming flexibility, allowing the 3A/2A or 2A/2A configuration using the integrated circuit to support a variety of load conditions. The built-in power MOSFET is optimized to support input voltages as low as 0.8V, while providing high conversion efficiency Inspiron 9300 Inspiron 9400 .

    ISL8022 provide optional forced-PWM mode or PWM / PFM automatic mode, to optimize the portable and handheld applications, the battery life. Low 40uA quiescent current makes the ISL8022 ideal for battery-powered and other “green power” applications of choice.
ISL8022 work in 2.25MHz fixed switching frequency allows designers to use small, inexpensive inductors and capacitors. Similar with ISL8036, ISL8022 can also work with the maximum clock frequency of 8MHz external clock synchronization, which further reduces total solution size and the elimination of multi-switch design of the beat frequency. The built-in power MOSFET is optimized to support input voltages as low as 0.6V, while providing high conversion efficiency Inspiron B130 Inspiron E1405 .

Ballard fuel cell buses for the United States provide batteries

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Canada’s Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BallardPowerSystems) today announced the company’s four fuel cell buses for the U.S. projects batteries. These projects are the property of the National Fuel Cell Bus Project, designed to reduce the cost of the fuel cell bus, the supply chain, product development, bus companies to showcase products, leading the next big orders B154PW01 B154PW02 V.0 .

    By Lowell, Massachusetts, factories FCvelocity fuel cell module. The bus system involves the use of BAE Systems, Proterra company, EVAmericaLLC companies and DesignLineUSA company. Four cells, where a power is 150kW, the other three is 75kW. Application of fuel cell bus will be in Alabama, Illinois, Ohio and South Carolina operations.

    BallardPowerSystems in the design, development, manufacture and sale of clean energy fuel cell products in the field is the world’s recognized leader. Today, the company’s products and services are used in various markets, including materials handling, residential cogeneration, B133XW01 V.0  B154PW04 V.4 , backup power and heavy-duty applications. The company is headquartered in the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, is committed to using fuel cell products from around the world.

The Solar focus is Applied Materials of Silicon thin Film in 2010

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Solar energy site by a professional ticket elected in 2010 the focus of 10 solar energy news, the 2010 American Applied Materials (Applied) Silicon Thin Film Fully announced Buzai take new clients process equipment, is considered required reading in the first, into the layout of the first three weeks of the solar 2, No. 3 is the leading factory FirstSolar Q2 a record low claims cost $ 0.76 per watt, but the recovery of revenue because of the defective module and erosion, the first 4 are repeated in the UK grant, the first 5 is a misconception of its 2009 Q-Cells beyond FirstSolar and Sharp of Japan, 10 focus of the media also highlighted the changing status of solar energy.

Voted by PVTech 10 wonderful 2010 the photovoltaic industry news, selected to give readers the news most impressed with the fact that even hindsight very bad news, the first choice for a must-read for the whole of 2010 declared that the process is no longer connected technologies and new customer silicon thin film solar equipment maker Applied Materials American.

That the solar industry, which also highlights the silicon film industry from 2009 suffered the impact of financial crisis, review the past, should be published materials received by a historic large single silicon thin film devices, but in the end because of financial crisis without success, to “stop the bleeding” and forced to interrupt the business, way to make equipment manufacturers helpless.

Section 2 of the new entrants Samsung Intersolar exhibition in the layout itself publicly to highlight concerns about the industry giant in the field of dynamic cut. Chapter 3 is a leading factory U.S. FirstSolar, the main production release in Q2 of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar module production cost of $ 0.76 per watt in the proud history record low, but said revenue recovered by the impact of defective modules spread , satirical flavor.

Section 4 is the British government formally announced in April to adopt a price to buy back, PVTech also optimistic about the British market this much that this new information area, but in October the British Government to consider the problem of financial spending large subsidies stop.

Section 5 is the Sharp announced at the end of 4 full year 2009 reported figures, Xi Zizi assessment of their revenue beyond FirstSolar and Germany Q-Cells will become the world’s No. 1 solar-cell factory, but the major survey agencies published rankings are not.

Chapter 6 is the silicon film old factory Uni-Solar announced its 2012 will reach $ 0.95 per watt manufacturing costs and 12% conversion efficiency, this milestone does not seem attractive, the first 7 is the 2nd in 2010 under the decision market information in Germany cut subsidies by all concern.

8th Solarbuzz solar analysts optimistic forecast 2014 U.S. growth of 10 times, mainly fast-growing North American market estimates, but has yet to see a large demand for appearance. 9,10 were arranged by the analyst firm iSuppli, including the expected price trend of solar components and market size.

Solar industry believes that these insinuations attention Huopi news, highlights the changing solar industry, not only let dealers often misjudge the situation and the public the impression that “unexpected” message, results or strategies, but also to analyze this body forced correction.