The S-parameters for simulating Epcos’ ceramic capacitors are available. The data was created in the CITI-file and Touchstone formats. The S-parameters are for series and parallel circuits and may be downloaded free of charge. In addition, graphical representations of the impedance curves for C0G, C...

The Varta AG is shortly to sell its last production segment, the micro-batteries. As reported in the Financial Times, Germany, the investment company Barclays Capital and the Austrian Global Equity Partners are offering between 20 and 40 m Euro for the Varta Microbattery GmbH. In 2005 the Varta Batt...

BMZ presents a nanophosphate lithium-ion rechargeable battery from the U.S. manufacturer A123Systems. The ANR26650M1 has a 10x life cycle vs. conventional lithium ion batteries. The battery has the ability to recharge to 90% of its capacity in five minutes. 3000 Watts per Kilogram guarantees perform...

iWatt, a provider of digital power conversion ICs, announced its acquisition of privately-held Simple Silicon (SSI). SSI designs Analog Front Ends for products such as LCD TVs, digital cameras and DVD players, and analog building blocks such as power management, ADCs, DACs, PLLs. The combination of ...

In June 2006 the turnover of the circuit board manufacturers in Germany was at the same level as in the previous month. This was reported by the german Verband der Leiterplattenindustrie [Association of the Circuit Board Industry] and the german ZVEI-Fachverband Electronic Components. The turnover i...

EBV Elektronik has named Slobodan Puljarevic as the new President and Christian Meier as the new COO. The two will replace Patrick Zammit who has been promoted as President of Avnet electronics. Both gentlemen will also belong to the Executive Team of Avnet EM EMEA. Puljarevic has been with EBV sinc...

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe is building a company department for graphic solutions in Neuried near Munich, Germany. There, it is proposed to employ 30 people in developing hardware and software solutions for the automotive and multimedia segments as well as medicine technology, industry, POS app...