Power Integrations has introduced a new version of its popular PI Expert power supply design software – plus a new online Rapid Transformer Sample Service (RTSS) for transformer prototyping. PI Expert 6.5 includes PI’s latest TinySwitch-III, PeakSwitch and LinkSwitch-LP products, and automates power supply circuit design, component selection and transformer construction, while RTSS promises to trim days from the construction of transformer de...

Phihong USA has selected PI’s LinkSwitch-LP family of integrated circuits with EcoSmart technology in the design of its PLA family of linear-eliminator adapters. The PLA family addresses sub-12W applications such as cellphones and wireless phones, MP3 players and PDAs. Phihong PLA charger/adapters with PI’s LinkSwitch-LP ICs easily meet worldwide regulatory standards for energy efficiency and deliver up to three watts of output power in a co...

Power Integrations (OTC: POWI today announced that its shares will resume trading today on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol POWI. The Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council has granted the company an exception until December 18, 2006 to file its outstanding annual and quarterly reports and thereby regain compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Should the company be unable to regain compliance by December 18, its shares will ...

Power Integrations has introduced a reference design kit for an energy-efficient charger/adapter based on its LinkSwitch-LP family of integrated circuits with EcoSmart technology. The new reference design kit (RDK-83) reduces no-load power consumption by 79 percent compared to existing linear solutions, and features a constant-voltage (CV) charger circuit capable of withstanding 10 kV common-mode / 2 kV differential-mode surges.

Power Integrations has received a 2006 Star of Energy Efficiency award from the national Alliance to Save Energy. The only technology company among this year’s three corporate honourees, Power Integrations is being recognized for its efforts to reduce electricity waste by improving the efficiency of electronic products.

Power Integrations claims its TinySwitch-III, is the industry’s most energy-efficient, highly integrated, cost-effective IC for universal-input power supplies ranging from 3 to 28 W.