TO-3P(N)/50A product added to the 6th-generation hard-switching series

TOKYO - Saturday, March 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has expanded its line-up of 6th-generation hard-switching discrete IGBT series for general and industrial purposes with the addition of "GT50J342", a TO-3P(N) package product with ratings of IC = 55A and VCES = 600V. The new series guarantees VCE(sat) = 1.5V (typ.) under the conditions of IC = 50A and tsc = 5μs (Tj ≤ 150°C) and is suited for use in general-purpose inverters and motor drives.

Applications

General-purpose inverters, motor drives

Main Specifications

1. Low saturation voltage: VCE(sat) = 1.5V (typ.) @ IC = 50A

2. High junction temperature: Tj = 175°C

3. Allowable short-circuit time: tsc = 5μs (Tj ≤ 150°C)

4. Incorporates FRD (fast-recovery diodes)
 

Line-up 6th-generation hard-switching discrete IGBT series

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TOKYO - Thursday, March 28th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On March 21, Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who serves as the Chairman of the Seventh International MANGA Award Executive Committee, announced the Award's entry acceptance schedule. The Guidelines for the entry and the entry form are posted at the website of International MANGA Award as follows. http://www.manga-award.jp/en/award_7th.html

The application period starts Monday, April 15, and ends on Friday, May 31. Applications should be sent to each of Japan's diplomatic missions abroad (excluding permanent missions) or the post office box of the Seventh International MANGA Award directly.

About The International MANGA Award The International MANGA Award was established in May 2007 upon the initiative of then-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Taro Aso with the aim of awarding MANGA creators who contribute to the spread of MANGA culture overseas. It has been held every year since its e ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, March 28th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Achieves wide bandwidth of 11.5GHz at -3dB

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has launched new single-lane SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) bus switch ICs that support PCI Express Gen3 (8Gbps) and achieve wide bandwidth characteristics of 11.5GHz at -3dB. The new products, TC7PCI3212MT and TC7PCI3215MT, are suited for applications involving the switching of PCI Express (single lane), USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 signals. Mass production will start from the end of March.

The new products reduce switch terminal capacitance to achieve wide bandwidth characteristics of 11.5GHz at -3dB, making high-speed transmission with lower signal degradation capable. The new SPDT switches have optimal configurations for all arrangements of PCI Express slots, connectors, and switches on the motherboards of desktop PCs and notebook PCs.

Applications

Motherboards (desktop PCs), notebook PCs, servers and PC periphera ... Read more »

Supports both sink and source logic input to achieve reduction of bridge circuits

TOKYO - Friday, March 29th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of high-speed photocouplers for programmable logic controllers (PLCs) which work with both plus and minus LED currents.

PLCs accept either sink logic input, used mainly in Japan, or source logic input, used mainly outside Japan. With globalization, bridge circuits are increasingly employed upstream from photocouplers used as PLC input interfaces, in order to provide support for both sink and source logic. The new photocouplers, the buffer logic type "TLP2395" and the inverter logic type "TLP2398", support both sink and source logic by combining two LEDs in inverse parallel, thereby allowing omission of the bridge circuits. Since there are cases where a single board will contain multiple bridge circuits, employing the new photocouplers can support reductions in c ... Read more »

Huawei ordered to pay EUR 100,000 in damages to ZTE; Huawei claim dismissed on grounds of lack of novelty

SHENZHEN, China - Friday, March 29th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation welcomes the ruling by the Paris District Court requiring Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to pay damages to the company, and dismissing Huawei’s infringement claim against the company over a data card patent.

The decision by the Paris District Court on 28 March to reject all of Huawei’s claims over the EP724 data card patent followed similar rulings in China and Germany. The Paris court dismissed Huawei’s claim over the "rotator head” data card patent on grounds of lack of novelty, and ordered Huawei to pay EUR 100,000 in damages to ZTE and ZTE’s subsidiary in France.

ZTE has won numerous patent rulings against Huawei in different jurisdictions in the past two years, as the company resolutely defends more than 10 patent infringement claims initiated by Huawei in court ... Read more »