May 26, 2011
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By Brendan Rauth
Left to Right: Butch Guimond - Kevin Silva - Shawn McCurdy - Matt Myatt - Bill Godbout - Todd MacPhee
South Portland Emergency Response Team (ERT) Takes First place in Maine’s 12th Annual Hazmat Team Challenge
Fairchild Semiconductor’s South Portland Emergency Response Team (ERT) sent two teams to the 12th Maine Annual Hazmat Team Challenge this year.
The challenge is sponsored by the Maine Emergency Management and the State Emergency Response Commission and is designed to test the capabilities of local Hazmat response teams as well as encourage networking and provide some friendly competition. This was Fairchild’s 6th trip to the event. Among top performers in years past, having taken 2nd and or 3rd on more than one occasion, this year’s teams where looking to raise the bar on Fairchild’s record. Both Fairchild teams consisted of three members of the ERT staff that were competing against four other teams as well as one another.
The challenge is a half day event with several competitions ranging from proficiency and timed tasks such as patching pipes to simulate a hazardous material leak, to playing golf in full Hazmat response gear. The end of the day rounds off with a written examination testing team’s knowledge of correct Hazmat procedures. Each event is scored and the scores tallied at the end of the challenge to determine the overall winner.
Fairchild took first place overall. This year’s event was a particularly great success, demonstrating the quality of our Emergency Response Teams. Congratulations to the South Portland ERT.
Tags: Add new tag, Community, ERT, Fairchild Semiconductor, FCS, HAZMAT Challenge
May 5, 2011
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By Paul Hughes
At PCIM Europe 2011, 17-19 May, experts from Fairchild Semiconductor, (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, will discuss industry-leading technologies for power supplies and motion control applications at poster and dialog sessions held during the show.
Poster/Dialog Sessions from Fairchild experts at PCIM Europe include:
New Medium Voltage Power MOSFETs for Synchronous Rectification - Wonsuk Choi, Dongwook Kim and Sung-Mo Young will discuss how the latest shielded-gate technology can dramatically reduce both on-resistance and gate charge. (PP11, Tuesday, 17 May, 16:00-17:15)
New Generation of Smart Power Module for Home Appliances Motor Drive Applications - Taesung Kwon, Steve Han, Elvis Ma, and Sung-Il Yong will introduce new Motion-SPMTM devices in µ-Mini-DIP packaging which are fully optimized intelligent integrated IGBT inverter modules for home appliance motor drive applications. (PP20, Tuesday, 17 May, 16:00-17:15)
A Power-on Reset Circuit for HVIC Targeting Resiliency Against High Voltage Peak Noise - Paul Jung-Ho Lee, Jong-Mu Lee and Won-Hi Oh will describe a power-on reset circuit that is seamlessly interwoven with an extant UVLO (Under Voltage Lock Out) circuit, thereby adding a minimal number of circuit elements. (PP37, Tuesday, 17 May, 16:00-17:15)
Effect of Inductive Parasitics on the Device Loss and System Efficiency in a DC-DC Synchronous Buck Converter for Computing Applications - Tirthajyoti Sarkar, Ritu Sodhi, Scott Perason and Steven Sapp, along with Aditya Upadhaya from the Indian Institute of Technology, IND, will discuss how the synchronous buck converter has evolved as the most widely used circuit topology for high-power-density, low-output voltage, high-current switching power conversion for computing applications. (PP107, Wednesday, 18 May, 16:00-17:15)
DC-DC Converter Evaluation with Automated Efficiency Plot Generation - Scott Pearson, Stan Benczkowski, Steven Sapp, Tirthajyoti Sarkar, and Ritu Sodhi will discuss how Spice circuit simulation is a valuable tool when evaluating power MOSFET performance in DC-DC converter applications. (PP109, Wednesday, 18 May, 16:00-17:15)
Fairchild is committed to helping designers meet the engineering challenges through technology and process advancements that result in increased performance and functional integration as well as design support resources that minimize components while reducing engineering time.
PCIM Europe, held in Nuremberg, 17-19 May, is Europe’s premiere venue for experts in power electronics and its applications in Intelligent Motion and Power Quality.
Join us at PCIM Europe, in Hall 12, booth 601, to see our extensive portfolio of power solutions!
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Tags: Add new tag, DC-DC converter, Fairchild, Fairchild Semiconductor, home appliance motor drive applications, mobile, MOSFET, Motion-SPM, PCIM, PCIM Europe, power, power-on reset circuit, reduce gate charge, reduce on resistance, synchronous buck converter
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