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Allied Electronics & Automation’s rebrand syncs with RS Group
Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is rebranding as “RS” in Q1 2023. The name change is part of an overall rebranding strategy to establish a better connection across RS Group’s products and services. Having one global RS brand […]
Allegro MicroSystems acquires Heyday Integrated Circuits
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Heyday Integrated Circuits (Heyday). Heyday is a privately held company specializing in compact, fully integrated isolated gate drivers that enable energy conversion in high-voltage gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor designs. This acquisition brings together Heyday’s isolated gate drivers and Allegro’s market […]
Littelfuse completes C&K acquisition, enhances switch product line
The company known for circuit protection expands its switch offerings. Acquisitions take place all the time. Often, it’s startups being acquired by larger companies or companies being acquired by competitors. In the case of Littelfuse’s acquisition of C&K, it’s the merger of two long-established electrical/electronic component companies. The recently completed acquisition of C&K greatly enhances […]
APEC 2023 announces call for industry session proposals
APEC 2023, to be held at the Orange Co. Convention Center, Orlando, March 19-23, 2023, announces the opening of the portal for submission of Industry Session Proposals. The popular Industry Session component of the conference was created to encourage more content from industry practitioners. Industry Session speakers submit only a presentation (PowerPoint) – without a […]
IEEE International Electron Devices meeting announces program highlights for 2022
The 68th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, the world’s leading forum for the unveiling of breakthroughs in transistors and related micro/nano technologies, will be held December 3-7, 2022 in San Francisco. While the technical program will be announced in the fall, the Plenary Speakers and themes of the Focus Sessions, Tutorials and Short Courses […]
PSMA/PELS sponsors pre-APEC power electronics capacitor workshop
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and the IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) are jointly sponsoring their annual Capacitors in Power Electronics Workshop. This year’s all-day workshop entitled, “Influences on Capacitors, How Materials and Environmental Effects Influence Capacitor Performance,” will take place in-person on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The workshop will be conducted on […]
2021 LEAP Awards winners to be announced October 14th
The awards ceremony for 2021’s record-setting LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards is almost here! You undoubtedly see new products released all the time. But which ones are really game-changing, the kinds of technologies that will make your job as a design engineer easier? The ones that will help take your products to the […]
APEC student attendance support program once again open for applications
The joint sponsors of the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) have announced the continuation of the popular Student Attendance Support Program for APEC 2022, scheduled to take place in Houston, March 20-24. Chosen recipients of the program will receive reimbursement to cover qualified expenses for attending APEC 2022. Those eligible to apply for the program […]
APEC 2022 puts out call for technical program paper digest submissions
APEC 2022, to be held in Houston, Texas, from March 20-24, 2022, continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronics engineer. APEC is now accepting submissions for the first of its 2022 speaker deadlines, the Technical Program Papers. Interested authors wishing to present a Technical Program […]