<2008>
- 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
