International Rectifier Corporation : International Rectifier and Power-One Enter Into Patent License Agreement
06/26/2012| 09:10am US/Eastern
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International Rectifier, IR® (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in
power management technology, and Power-One, Inc. (Nasdaq:PWER), a
leading global manufacturer of renewable energy and energy-efficient
power conversion and power management solutions, announced today that
they entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide, Field of Use agreement for
Digital Power Technology (DPT) patents from Power-One.
Digital Power Technology drives increased system efficiency, improved
design flexibility, faster time to market, decreased footprint size and
lower system costs. DPT also enables telemetry capability, providing
access to critical information including current, temperature and
voltage. Telemetry allows the system to accurately monitor its power
consumption and thermal performance, enabling designers to easily
engineer key features such as system optimization, fault detection and
predictive maintenance features into their end products.
Applications utilizing FPGAs, ASICS, DSPs continue to drive board
densities higher, requiring complex power architectures to handle the
increasing number of voltage rails and output voltages dropping below
1V. Digital Power Technology is an extremely attractive solution.
"Power-One is pleased to license its Digital Power Technology to
International Rectifier, a market leader in the power-management IC
industry, for incorporation into its products," said Edward Carter, VP
and GM Industrial and Transportation Business Unit. "With the expanding
number of leading power supply and semiconductor companies partnering
with Power-One, we continue to expand the market by providing
energy-efficient technologies with increased functionality for our
customers."
"It has become clear over the last several years that the leading
server, performance desktop, communications and netcom customers are
transitioning or have completed their transition from analog power to
digital power," said Deepak Savadatti, Vice President and General
Manager IR's Enterprise Power Business Unit. "This agreement validates
our strong commitment to continue International Rectifier's leadership
in the digital power management space."
About Power-One
Power-One designs and manufactures energy-efficient power conversion and
power management solutions for renewable energy, routers, data storage
and servers, wireless communications, optical networking, medical
diagnostics, railway controls, semiconductor test equipment and custom
applications. Power-One, with headquarters in Camarillo, CA, has global
sales offices, manufacturing and R&D operations in Asia, Europe and the
USA. Please visit www.power-one.com
for more information.
About International Rectifier
International Rectifier (NYSE:IRF) is a world leader in power management
technology. IR's analog and mixed signal ICs, advanced circuit devices,
integrated power systems and components help enable high performance
computing and reduce energy waste from motors, the world's single
largest consumer of electricity. Leading manufacturers of computers,
energy efficient appliances, lighting, automobiles, satellites, aircraft
and defense systems rely on IR's power management benchmarks to power
their next generation products. For more information, go to www.irf.com.
Trademark Notice
IR® is a registered trademark of International Rectifier
Corporation. All other product names noted herein may be trademarks of
their respective holders.
International Rectifier
Sian Cummins, 1-310-252-7148
scummin1@irf.com
© Business Wire 2012
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