The Varta AG has now found a buyer for the remaining business segment of micro-batteries. At the end of the year it will be transferred to the VEG Beteiligungs GmbH and the Buy-Out Beteiligungs-Invest AG, both in Vienna. In 2005 the segment achieved a turnover of approximately 130 m Euro. The result...

Spectrum Control is taking over all shares of the Californian Potentiometer manufacturer JDK Controls. The purchase price is 4.1 m US$ including the takeover of various JDK debts. JDK is involved in the markets of metrology, medicinal technology, robot technology, airspace, automotive and industrial...

Lattice Semiconductor has expanded its ispClock 5300S family of in-system programmable, single-ended clock buffer devices with the release of the pin-compatible ispClock5316S (16-output) and the ispClock5320S (20-output) ICs. The E2CMOS-based ispClock5300S device family now offers programmable clock...

Fairchild Semiconductor’s multi-media switches FSA201 and FSA221 integrate both USB and negative swing (low-distortion) audio switching functionality into a single package. This integration enables portable applications to handle either USB or audio signals via one connector. These double pole/doubl...

Intersil announced that Lou DiNardo, who was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2006, is no longer employed by the company. Prior to his current position he was Executive Vice President - Power Management Group. He joined Intersil in July 2004 as a result of Intersil’s acquis...

Tyco Electronics has joined the SiRF Value Added Manufacturer program. As a SiRF VAM, Tyco Electronics will release a family of GPS module products based on SiRF’s SiRFstarIII architecture. The first modules called A1080 will be released in Q4 2006 and available through Tyco’s sales channels. The A1...

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX6782-MAX6790, low-power (5.7µA), 1% accurate, battery monitors capable of monitoring up to four voltage levels. These devices are dedicated for monitoring single lithium-ion (Li+) cells or multicell alkaline/NiCd/NiMH powered devices. Each of the four moni...