EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — International Rectifier, IR® (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today announced it will showcase its latest power management solutions at a major industry event later this month.

IR will participate in the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) which is being held at the Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, from February 24-28, 2008. IR engineering and sales staff will demonstrate IR’s latest energy-savings and high power density enabling technologies and products at Booth 405.

In addition, IR’s power management experts will participate in the following events:

Tuesday, February 26, 2008	Session Chair (SC) / Presenter (P)	Time	Location
T3: Permanent Magnet Motor Drives	Eric Persson, (SC)	8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Meeting Room 7
Exhibitor Presentation, Session 1: “Power Processing: The Whole Solution in Power Delivery	Tim McDonald, (P)	1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Meeting Room 4
SP1: Market Trends	Ada Cheng, (SC)	8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Meeting Room 9C

Wednesday, February 27, 2008	Session Chair (SC) / Presenter (P)	Time	Location
T13: Power Quality Improvement	Carl Blake, (SC)	8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Meeting Room 4
Session SP3.7: “Optimizing High Current Voltage Regulator Design for the Data Center” SP3: System Design	George Schuellein, (P)	2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Meeting Room 9C
T18: Circuits and Applications	Tim McDonald, (SC)	2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Meeting Room 7

Thursday, February 28, 2008	Session Chair (SC) / Presenter (P)	Time	Location
Session SP4.1: “Server Power Delivery and Control in Relation to Efficiency for the Data Center”	Ken Boyden, (P)	8:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.	Meeting Room 9C
T25: Diodes, Silicon Carbide and GaN Drivers	Carl Blake, (SC)	8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Meeting Room 5.

The IR booth will feature a range of innovative products and platforms including the iMOTION™ integrated design platform for appliances, SmartRectifier™ for AC-DC power supplies, the latest X-Phase® and DirectFET® MOSFET chipsets, the SupIRBuck™ family of integrated voltage regulators and the iPOWIR™ integrated power conversion stage product line for computing and communications applications. In addition, IR’s DC-DC converters and modules for high reliability applications, and benchmark MOSFETs, IGBTs and high voltage ICs for a diverse range of applications will be on display.

For more information on visit the APEC Conference website