Active Components
Low-Noise GaAs HEMT for Ka Band
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has introduced a new plastic packaged GaAs HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor), which is suitable for low noise amplifiers in the Ka frequency Band. This device, named the MGF4963BL, operates at frequencies up to 20GHz with excellent low noise performance. The new chip is integrated into a cost-effective plastic package, as often systems are under cost constraints and so a traditional ceramic packaged part would be too expensive.
Combined Audio Converter/Driver IC from STMicroelectronics Delivers Extra Power and Size Savings for Portable and Home Audio Products
Combined audio converter/driver ICs are simplifying the design of set-top boxes and other consumer audio/video products, but the new TS4657 from STMicroelectronics improves on this by saving additional external components while reducing power consumption and improving sound quality.
Macroblock Adopts the Leading Clock Reverse Engine in New RGB LED Driver to Assure Transmission Reliability for LED Architectural Lighting
Macroblock adopts the leading clock reverse engine in the newly launched 3-channel constant current LED driver, MBI6020, to assure the transmission reliability for LED architectural lighting applications. LED architectural lighting systems require reliable and long-distance transmission. However, signal transmission is usually and discretely variable over time or significant distances.
Xilinx FPGAs Enable TeamCast Digital TV and Mobile TV Modules for Professional Broadcast Systems
At IBC2009, Xilinx, Inc. announced the integration of Xilinx field programmable gate arrays in the latest digital TV and mobile TV modules from TeamCast, a world leader in mobile TV and DTV transmission technology innovations. TeamCast credits the full range of high capacity and cost-effective Xilinx device options, combined with the ability to embed processing and programmable logic in a single FPGA, as key factors in providing the flexibility and price-performance required to succeed in the professional broadcast market.
Cypress Enables Portable Device Connectivity in Cars with Two Automotive-Qualified USB Devices
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced it has expanded its automotive-grade portfolio with two USB devices—the EZ-USB-HX2LP 4-port high-speed USB hub and the EZ-Host full-speed USB host. The AEC-Q100 auto-qualified devices are ideal for automotive applications such as navigation, infotainment, vehicle data recorders (VDRs) and data loggers.
TrueStore PHY9500 - LSI Introduces Industry's First 40nm Serial PHY for Notebook, Desktop and Enterprise Hard Disk Drives
LSI Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping samples of the industry's first 40-nanometer multi-interface physical layer IP designed for notebook, desktop and enterprise hard disk drive market segments.
CISSOID - High temperature driver for power MOSFETs in DC-DC converters and electric motor control
CISSOID, a leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions, has unveiled HYPERION, a high-side and low-side driver that operates reliably from -55°C up to +225°C. HYPERION is suitable for driving MOSFETs in DC-DC converters and for half-bridge driver designs in electric motor control applications and power inverters.
National Semiconductor - High-Brightness LED Driver with Temperature Management Control
National Semiconductor has announced a new LED driver with temperature management control and the addition of an online design environment to support it. The LM3424, a member of National's PowerWise energy-efficient product family, drives high-brightness LEDs in a variety of indoor, outdoor and automotive applications. Supported in National's WEBENCH® LED Designer, its temperature management control, thermal foldback, enables lighting designers to quickly and easily design a reliable thermal system using the LM3424.
150V High-Side Driver IC with Internal Vs Charge for Harsh Automotive Applications
International Rectifier has introduced the AUIRS2016S for automotive gate drive applications including common injection rails, diesel and gasoline direct injection applications and solenoid drivers. The AUIRS2016S is a high-voltage power MOSFET high-side driver featuring an internal Vs-to-GND recharge NMOS. The device's output driver features a 250mA high pulse current buffer stage.
12-/8-Channel Sequencers/Monitors Integrate Current Monitoring and Nonvolatile Fault Registers
Maxim has introduced the MAX16065/MAX16066, flash configurable sequencers/monitors that simplify power management and help conserve power consumption. The devices eliminate the need for external current-sense amplifiers to monitor current and thus save both space and cost. Each device can be programmed for monitoring and sequencing system voltages. The MAX16065 manages up to twelve supply voltages simultaneously, and the MAX16066 manages up to eight supply voltages.
SMS1186 - Siano Debuts Ultra-Integrated CMMB Receiver Chip, with on-chip Conditional Access and Descrambling Compliant with China Mobile
Siano Mobile Silicon announces the launch of the newest product in its leading CMMB TV receiver chip family - the SMS1186. Following in the footsteps of the industry leading SMS1180, launched last year before the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the new SMS1186 raises the industry bar once again by being the first chip to offer a complete, high quality, cost effective and secure solution for the new business models of the emerging CMMB market.
SMS1230 - Siano Unveils Newest Multi-Standard Mobile TV Chip
Siano Mobile Silicon announced today the launch of a new multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1230. The SMS1230 supports the major global broadcast mobile TV standards of DVB-T, T-DMB, and ISDB-T, and, in addition, digital radio (DAB/+) and FM Radio. The new receiver chip, exhibiting the best performance in the mobile TV market, is the high-end member of Siano's multi-standard MDTV receiver chip family, which includes also the SMS1150, SMS1130, and the low cost SMS1140, launched earlier this year.
Odyssey 9000 - Wavesat Introduces LTE Chipset Featuring 100 Mb/s Downlink Capability
Wavesat Inc. launched its Odyssey 9000 family of LTE chipsets at the 4G World in Chicago this week, with the first LTE chipset featuring CAT-3 performance (100 Mb/s downlink, 50 Mb/s uplink) for mobile devices including USB dongles, data cards, mobile handsets and MIDs. The Odyssey 9000 is a highly integrated SOC with industry beating performance and power consumption, along with a highly flexible and programmable architecture to easily adapt to LTE's evolving requirements. Wavesat's award winning multi-protocol architecture also allows the Odyssey 9000 to support other 4G technologies including WiMAX and Japan's XGP standard.
ViewTalk N535FS0240 - Low Power Consumption Color Display Panel Solution from Nuvoton Technology
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Consumer Product Center announces the new product of ViewTalk family- N535FS0240. The N535FS0240 is the first LCD driver of N535FS series which is designed to use with FS (Filed Sequential)-LCD panel. FS-LCD uses the same panel process as black & white TN that the panel works with RGB LED switching effect to produce a colorful display.
N681386, N681387 - Nuvoton Introduces First in New Generation of Highly Efficient CODEC/SLCC Devices
Nuvoton Technology Corp. announces the first in its family of next-generation Pro-X Series (PROgrammable Extended) CODEC/SLCC devices. The new N681386 supports one Foreign Exchange Station (FXS), combining programmable CODEC, SLCC (Subscriber Line Control Circuit) and DC-to-DC controller on a single CMOS circuit. Pin-to-pin-compatible N681387 adds wideband capability (16kHz) operation, unleashing VoIP audio advantages over traditional telephony systems.
Billion-Cell Per Square Inch Power MOSFET Offers Industry-Low On-Resistance in PowerPAK® SC-75
Vishay has introduced a new 20-V p-channel power MOSFET with the lowest on-resistance ever achieved for a p-channel device a 1.6-mm by 1.6-mm footprint area. The new SiB457EDK is built on TrenchFET Gen III p-channel technology, which uses self-aligning process techniques to pack one billion transistor cells into each square inch of silicon. This leading edge technology allows a super fine, sub-micron pitch process that cuts the industry's best on-resistance for a p-channel MOSFET nearly in half.
Silicon Labs - Lowest Jitter Clock Generator for Broadcast Video Applications
Silicon Laboratories has introduced the expansion of its Any-Rate Precision Clock family with the Si5324, the industry's lowest jitter, most highly integrated clock IC optimized for professional broadcast video applications. The Si5324 replaces traditional multi-component video PLL solutions with a single clock IC while providing 80 percent lower jitter than competing solutions.
Freescale optimizes 50V LDMOS RF transistor line-up for TV broadcast transmitters
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a 50V laterally diffused MOS (LDMOS) RF power transistor designed to streamline UHF transmitter equipment designs. The MRF6V3090N device demonstrates industry-leading RF figures of merit, and when combined with Freescale's MRF6VP3450H transistor, is designed to enable system-level power reductions that can potentially save broadcasters thousands of dollars in operating costs.
Texas Instruments - Operational amplifier claims industry’s lowest noise, distortion and quiescent current
Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's highest performance dual-channel, bipolar-input audio operational amplifier. The OPA1612, from TI's Burr-Brown Audio line, offers designers 60 percent less noise and 50 percent lower distortion as compared to competitive devices, resulting in clear, crisp sound.
Avago Technologies - Miniature Dual Band Power Amplifier Modules
Avago Technologies has announced a pair of dual band power amplifier modules (PAM) for handset applications that operate in UMTS Bands 1+8 and 2+5. Housed in a 4 mm by 5mm form factor, 14-pin surface mount package, the ACPM-7355/7357 incorporates Avago's fifth generation CoolPAM(tm)5 technology to enable low power consumption and extended talk time in mobile handset applications. Moreover, these new PA modules meet stringent UMTS linearity requirements.
Multi-Standard Terrestrial Mobile TV RF Tuners
Analog Devices has extended its mobile television RF product family with the introduction today of the industry's smallest terrestrial mobile TV RF tuners. Compatible with global terrestrial mobile TV standards, ADI's ADMTV803 and ADMTV804 RF tuners consume 60 percent less power and are 50 percent smaller than competing tuners, helping to prolong battery life and improve the user experience for mobile phone, notebook PC, and PDA (personal digital assistant) applications.
Intersil Audio amplifiers feature low power consumption and high RF immunity
Intersil's ISL99201 and ISL99202 are said to the first audio products in a new family of ultra-small-footprint packages that will enable smaller, thinner and lighter consumer devices that run longer on a battery charge. These audio amplifiers are particularly well suited for use in SmartPhones, PDAs, game consoles, MP3 and personal media players, personal navigation devices and LCD TVs.
Class-D Amplifier will bring Slimmer, More Powerful, Better-Sounding TV and Hi-Fi
As major consumer brands adopt class-D amplifiers to create slim-line televisions and home audio equipment delivering higher power output with audiophile sound quality, STMicroelectronics, a world leader in audio IC technology, is giving designers a competitive edge with a new 50W+50W stereo class-D amplifier IC that achieves superior efficiency and requires fewer external components.
NXP Brings Improved Performance to Mainstream HD DVRs and Set-top Boxes with Industry’s First Fully Integrated 45nm SoC platform
NXP Semiconductors today unveiled a new family of highly integrated system-on-chip products enabling a complete range of high-performance solutions for mainstream HD DVRs and set-top box platforms in global satellite, cable and IPTV networks. Representing the first fully integrated 45nm set-top box SoC platform incorporating multi-channel broadcast receivers, the NXP PNX847x/8x/9x delivers advanced broadcast decoding, media processing and graphics rendering technologies.
LED driver slashes backlighting costs in LCD TVs, monitors, and automotive displays
Maxim has introduced the MAX16814, a highly integrated four-string HB (high-brightness) LED driver capable of delivering up to 150mA per string. This device packs in all the features necessary to implement a high-performance backlight driver for LCD TVs, monitors, and automotive displays. Through this integration, the MAX16814 gives designers a cost-effective solution that greatly simplifies their lighting designs while offering unmatched performance.
Intersil - High-voltage precision op amp operates at 20 percent lower noise and consumes 30 percent less power
Created on Intersil's proprietary precision bipolar process technology, ISL28127 offers best-in-class performance for instrumentation, industrial and data acquisition. Intersil's ISL28127 is a 40V low-noise bipolar precision operational amplifier that operates with 20 percent lower noise and consumes 30 percent less power than competing devices.
Integrated constant current drivers provide responsive LED brightness control and high ESD protection
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced a new family of integrated constant current LED drivers that provide very high levels of ESD protection while significantly reducing component count and board space in applications built around multiple LEDs.
Fairchild - Programmable LED Blinker Device Addresses the Design Challenge of Driving a Single-LED
Fairchild Semiconductor enables designers of mobile handsets, ultra-portable devices, consumer products and industrial/embedded systems to implement a blinking LED solution that can easily be programmed to create an enhanced visual experience. Fairchild's programmable LED blinker, the FAN5646, eliminates the need for a microprocessor to be in continuous operation mode. With proprietary TinyWire single-wire digital interface, the FAN5646 can be programmed with a unique LED blink rate and pattern. When the FAN5646 is enabled it will continually play these LED blink patterns until commanded by the microprocessor to stop.
Lattice - FPGA Delivers Value for Wireless and Wireline Applications
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today announced that samples of the LatticeECP3-150 FPGA, the highest-density device in its high-value, low-power ECP3 mid-range FPGA family, are now generally available. Samples have already been shipping to select customers since July of this year.
Freescale introduces RF power devices and reference designs for emerging TD-SCDMA wireless networks
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced two final-stage LDMOS RF power transistors giving designers a choice between discrete and integrated circuit (IC) solutions. This choice, along with two accompanying reference designs, offers designers greater flexibility and speeds time to market. The new transistors are optimized for use in power amplifiers based on Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), a third-generation wireless standard that is being widely deployed throughout China and also is being considered in other markets.
Stereo Subsystem Provides Rich Audio Quality and High Output Power from a Lithium-Ion Battery
Maxim has introduced the MAX9879, a stereo audio subsystem that sets new benchmarks for integration and performance. This device combines a high-efficiency, high-power, stereo Class D speaker amplifier; a DirectDrive(R) stereo headphone amplifier; and an ultra-low-noise, analog bypass switch.
36V precision JFET-input operational amplifier from ADI
Analog Devices has introduced a compact, 36-volt precision JFET-input (junction field-effect transistor input) operational amplifier (op amp) with the industry's lowest noise and distortion over the widest temperature range. The 19-MHz ADA4627 JFET-input op amp specifies 5 pA (picoamp) maximum bias current at 25 degrees C and 500 pA maximum over the industrial temperature range of –40 degrees C to 85 degrees C, which is ten times lower than competing JFET-input amplifiers. The ADA4627 JFET-input op amp also offers best-in-class dc precision with very low offset drift of 2µV//C maximum over the -40 degrees C to +125 degrees C extended industrial temperature range, which is three times better than competitive offerings.
Single-chip Solution For GUI and Video Display Applications
Renesas Technology Europe has today announced the latest members of its SuperH line-up, built around the industry benchmark SH-2A core with its superb realtime processing capability. The SH7264 and SH7262 have been designed for visualisation and GUI applications and offer up to 1MB of on-chip SRAM. This allows video display capabilities to be implemented without the need for external RAM, thereby offering significant reductions in overall system costs and power consumption.
NEC Electronics - SoCs for Set-Top Boxes Target the IP and Pay-TV Market
NEC Electronics has announced the availability of a new image-processing solution, the EMMA3SL/P system-on-chip (SoC) based on NEC Electronics' enhanced multimedia architecture (EMMA) platform. EMMA3SL/P SoC is a set-top box (STB) device compliant with H.264 high definition (HD), the next-generation image-compression standard, as well as the multi-format video support used for the increasing number of worldwide internet-protocol television (IP TV) STBs, such as DivX, VC-1, and WMV. The new SoC is also the first among the company's EMMA products to support China's audio/video standard (AVS).
Class-D amplifiers feature true filter-free operation
Texas Instruments has introduced a 15-W stereo, true filter-free, analog-input, Class-D audio amplifier. The device's advanced electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression technology eliminates the need for costly inductor-based output filters, reducing bill of materials (BOM) cost by as much as 50 percent.
ROHM - CMOS LDO Regulators with Automatic Power-Saving Function
ROHM Semiconductor has introduced a new series of CMOS LDO regulators featuring ROHM's proprietary automatic power-saving (APS) function that dynamically switches performance characteristics based on operating conditions. The BHxxPB1 Series combines the benefits of LDOs — small packaging, minimal external components and simple design process — with very low average power consumption.
Tiny Low Power Difference Amps from ADI
Analog Devices has introduced three new low-power difference amplifiers that are as small as 4.9 mm x 3 mm and featuring slew rates up to 10 times faster than competing products. Designed for high-performance, power-critical applications, the AD8276, AD8277 and AD8278 difference amplifiers are half the size of competing devices and much smaller than discrete alternatives consisting of resistor arrays and operational amplifiers. The amplifiers also eliminate the added expense and design overhead associated with complex peripheral protection circuitry.
Industrial-Output Signal Conditioners Simplify the Design of PLCs and Industrial Control/Automation Systems
Maxim has introduced the MAX15500/MAX15501 industrial analog-output signal conditioners. These devices offer the industrial market a unique combination of higher functionality, greater integration, and smaller total solution size than competitive devices. They feature unprecedented integration: a programmable voltage-output amplifier and a current-output amplifier; ±10V and 4-20mA outputs operating directly from a 24V field supply; ±35V circuit protection; extensive error reporting capability; and daisy-chain flexibility.
Precision op amp delivers best bias current drift at lowest power
Intersil's ISL28207 op amp features advanced bias current cancellation techniques to achieve extremely low bias current drift over the operating temperature range, making it well-suited for high-impedance input signals for process controls, automated test equipment, and data acquisition. The first in a family of operational amplifiers built using the company's new proprietary bipolar process technology, the ISL28207 is a dual 40V low-power bipolar precision operational amplifier that exhibits outstanding DC precision and superb temperature drift performance.
Avago Technologies - Miniature 0.25W Analog Variable Gain Amplifiers for Cellular Infrastructure Applications
Avago Technologies has announced the addition of two miniature 0.25-Watt analog variable gain amplifiers to its broad portfolio of amplifier products for use in cellular infrastructure applications. Housed in a compact 5 mm by 5 mm by 1.1 mm, 10-lead module package, Avago's ALM-80110/80210 variable gain amplifiers feature a common footprint for easy integration into most base station designs. Additionally, these amplifiers offer high linearity and dynamic range performance and support all major cellular bands in North America, Europe and Asia.
