LEIDEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) an international power and IC semiconductor company, today announced that its wholly owned UK subsidiary, IXYS UK Westcode Ltd., introduced five new additions to its range of high efficiency IXOLARTM solarMD Solar modules.
These new additions, designed using monocrystalline silicon for increased efficiency and spectral range and with a maximum power output between 67mW and 540mW, are designed for use in applications such as battery chargers, wireless sensors, green electricity generation and power backup for UPS and complement the range of IXOLARTM solar modules currently available.
“It is an expansion of the unique Solar Bits technology that we developed, to enable our customers to add PV energy harvesting to their products. By making the solar cells as surface mount standard devices, we offer a low cost, simple handling solution that can be readily used in standard product reflow soldering. Thus our customers can add solar energy harvesting features to their products,” commented Dr. Nathan Zommer, CEO and Founder of IXYS Corporation.
As well as being used individually, these modules can be arranged in series or parallel combinations to increase their performance and suit a multitude of power requirements while retaining the overall 22% efficiency that characterizes the IXOLARTM range.
“These new introductions add more options to the already comprehensive range of high efficiency solar cells available from IXYS UK Westcode Ltd., giving uncompromising output power from a small footprint when compared with traditional polycrystalline or amorphous solar products,” states Nicholas Tarling, Product Engineer at IXYS UK Westcode Ltd.
Designations for these parts are as follows: SLMD360H10L (Vop – 5.01V, Pmax – 67mW), SLMD720H12L (Vop – 5.8V, Pmax – 157mW), SLMD960H09L (Vop – 4.5V, Pmax – 162mW), SLMD860H12L (Vop – 5.9V, Pmax – 182mW), SLMD321H09L (Vop – 4.5V, Pmax – 540mW).
For more information please go to the IXYS UK website at www.ixysuk.com or please contact us by email: sales@ixysuk.com or telephone: +44 (0)1249 44452.
About IXYS UK
Located in Chippenham, England, IXYS UK Westcode Ltd is the IXYS leading manufacturing site for very high power thyristors, SCRs and rectifiers ranging up to 6500 Volts and 15,000 Amps. IXYS UK continues to supply high technology components for a wide range of applications such as wind and solar energy, welding, AC and DC motor drives for oil, marine and water treatment facilities, uninterruptible power supplies, motor soft starters, transportation, induction heating, mining equipment and many other industrial applications.
About IXYS Corporation
Since its founding, IXYS Corporation has been developing power semiconductors and mixed signal ICs to improve power conversion efficiency, generate solar and wind power and provide efficient motor control for industrial applications. IXYS, and its subsidiary companies, offer a diversified product base that addresses worldwide needs for power control in the growing cleantech industries, renewable energy markets, telecommunications, medical devices, transportation applications, flexible displays and RF power.
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