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December 11, 2008
Sanken Developed New Thyristors “TFA series” which Guaranteed both 150°C and 800V Withstand Voltage for the First Time in the Industry.
Achieve Approx. 20% Reduction of the Size of Heatsink and Facilitate Thermolysis Design.
September 24, 2008
Sanken Develops Low Standby Power Switching Power Supply IC
STR-A6000 Series
Realizing Industry-Top Low Power Consumption of 25 mW with No Load Contributes to standby power reduction for FPD-TV or air conditioner
September 3, 2008
Sanken Develops Ultra-low Loss (1/50 of Conventional On-Resistance),
High Breakdown Voltage (800 V)
Silicon Substrate Normally-Off GaN FET
- First in Industry Successfully Operated in Actual Inverter -
August 11, 2008
Decision Not to Proceed with the Initial Public Offering of Stock of Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary)
July 14, 2008
Driver IC for DC Brush Motors - 4 A Output Current -
STA6940M Released
Adoption of compact package reduces mounting surface area by half
June 4, 2008
Development of SSC2001 Control IC
for PFC Circuits Mounted in Flat-Screen TVs
April 21, 2008
FMKS Series Developed
Fast-recovery rectifier diodes for thermal protection of SW power supplies for various devices (with built-in SBD for temperature detection)
March 17, 2008
MGQ612 IGBT Module Developed
Ideal for Plasma TV Panel Driving
2 IGBTs and 2 diodes in 1 package
Reduces PCB Mounting Area to 1/3
January 21, 2008
STR-H7000 and H3000 Series Developed by Sanken
High-voltage Driver ICs and Control ICs for CCFL Inverters
Direct Inverters with 60% Fewer Component Counts Now Configurable
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