Formed in 1988, Power Integrations (PI) is a Silicon Valley-based supplier of high-performance components used in high-voltage power conversion. In 1997, Power Integrations was developing a new power-supply chip called TinySwitch, featuring an innovative switching technique that enabled high efficiency at reduced levels of output. Since then, all of PI's AC-DC power-conversion chips have included this technology, known as EcoSmart. Since its introduction in 1998, Power Integrations' EcoSmart energy-efficiency technology has prevented billions of dollars' worth of energy waste and millions of tons of carbon emissions. Power Integrations strongly encourages its customers to purchase all products through Power Integrations’s authorized sources: either directly from Power Integrations or through a Power Integrations-authorized distributor...