Microsemi Corporation annonce ce jour la disponibilité de versions de petit format de ses FPGA généralistes à blocs SERDES SmartFusion2 et IGLOO2. Du fait du stockage de leur configuration en mémoire non volatile, ces familles de FPGA se passent de mémoire externe et offrent la plus petite empreinte de l’industrie. Le portefeuille de logique programmable à technologie flash de Microsemi s&rsq...

Claiming to offer designers the smallest footprint available in the industry, Microsemi have announced that their FPGA portfolio is now available in a small form factor. The packaging options for the SERDES-based SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs deliver up to an additional 50% PCB area savings.

The PD70224 IdealPoE diode bridge is a dual pack of MOSFET-based full-bridge rectifiers from Microsemi. Integrating low-RDS 0.16Ohm N-channel MOSFETS for much higher overall efficiency and higher output power, this power solution is suitable for use in powered devices for PoE and PoH (Power-over-HDBaseT) applications in the communications and enterprise markets, including wireless LAN access points, small cells and small switches/routers.

Microsemi Corporation annonce ce jour que PETT Acquisition Corp., une filiale à 100% de Microsemi, a réalisé avec succès sa fusion avec Symmetricom, Inc finalisant l’acquisition de Symmetricom par Microsemi sans nécessiter le vote des actionnaires, selon le paragraphe 251(h) de la loi intitulée General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL").  

Microsemi has completed it's acquisition of Symmetricom under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, with no stockholder vote required to consummate the merger. At the effective time of the merger, each outstanding share of Symmetricom was converted into the right to receive $7.18 per share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, the same price that was paid in the tender offer. Symmetricom shares will cease to be traded on NASD...

Microsemi has today revealed that PCI Express 2.0 endpoint specification certification has been granted to its SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs. Newly included on the PCI SIG Integrators List, the newly certified devices have been tested and found to provide a reduction of up to ten times static power consumption compared to other comparable PLCs, making them the industry's lowest power PCIe 2.0 programmable logic solutions.

Microsemi introduce a new series of high-reliability 1 - 2.4 volt Zener diodes. Offering an improvement in typical lower leakage of up to 40 times and up to 4 times better voltage regulation versus standard Zener diodes, the SLZx.xA diodes are targeted at low-voltage regulation and transient protection applications in the defence, aerospace, industrial and medical markets.

Microsemi introduces an advanced security IP block which provides additional layers of user-configurable tamper protection and responses to Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs. The EnforcIT Security Monitor enables users to easily configure SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 devices to interface with hardware security mechanisms built into the silicon of these FPGAs.

Microsemi have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Symmetricom for $230 million. The aquisition is based on $7.18 per share through a cash tender offer, representing a premium of 49 percent based on the average closing price of Symmetricom’s shares of common stock during the 90 trading days ended Oct. 18, 2013.

Microsemi introduce the new miSLIC Series line circuits. The new Le9662 and Le9672 telephone line interface solutions provide network operators worldwide with the industry’s most economical solution for adding two channels of voice to broadband products. This includes residential gateways, DSL integrated access devices, cable embedded multimedia terminal adapters and fiber-to-the-premise solutions.

Microsemi expands its silicon carbide Schottky product family with a new line of 650 volt solutions targeted at high-power industrial applications including solar inverters. Wide bandgap semiconductors such as SiC feature the most advanced material that is being considered by many power electronics and systems designers in their new designs.

Microsemi announce availability of the low-cost IGLOO2 FPGA Evaluation Kit, providing customers with a PCI Express compliant form factor evaluation platform. This full feature kit enables designers to quickly evaluate the integration, low power, security, instant-on and high reliability features of Microsemi’s recently announced IGLOO2 FPGAs.

Microsemi introduces a new next-generation handheld screener with enhanced metal detection capabilities for security and loss prevention applications, the AllClear. The enhanced AllClear screener now has an integrated metal detector that allows users to more accurately detect metallic objects, as well as ceramics, plastics, liquids, gels, powders and paper that may be concealed on a person’s body.

Microsemi has expanded its high-frequency VDMOS MOSFET family with two higher power, higher voltage products. Designed to operate in the industrial, scientific and medical frequency range of 2-60 MHz, the VRF2944 and VRF3933 MOSFETs are ideally suited to applications including commercial and defence RF power and broadband communications requiring high power and gain without compromising reliability, ruggedness or inter-modulation distortion.

The highest density family of single-chip timing card devices with support for both Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588-2008 packet networks including 4G and LTE applications has been introduced by Microsemi. Offering support for phase and frequency, the highly integrated ZL30361, ZL30362 and ZL30363 provide all of the key elements required for wireless network osemi-highest-density-synche-ieee1588-2008-timing-card-devices synchronization.

Microsemi has today introduced the world’s only secure, half-terabyte solid state drive, the ruggedized TRRUST-Stor Series 200. This new SSD is targeted at mobile video surveillance operations, storage area networks and other high capacity storage applications requiring superior real-time data protection. Operating at a sustained 200 MB/s, the TRRUST-Stor Series 200 2.5” SATA SSD delivers the fastest full-hardware-based erase time in ...

Microsemi has today revealed that it has been awarded a development contract from the U.S. government to deliver a complex SoC solution. The company currently expects the contract to generate revenue immediately and over the next two years.

Microsemi launches its next-gen 650 volt non-punch through insulated bipolar gate transistors, offered in 45A, 70A and 95A current ratings. Microsemi's new NPT IGBT product family is designed for operation in harsh environments and is particularly well-suited for industrial products such as solar inverters, welders and switch mode power supplies.

Microsemi has announced its new PD-9002GHO/AC Power-over-Ethernet dual-port passive hub—the industry's first such device for outdoor applications. The PD-9002GHO offers a cost-effective solution that complies with IEEE 802.3at standards for delivering 30 watts of power per port while ensuring safe and reliable operation in outdoor environments for two standard PoE data terminals.

Microsemi Corporation announced the release of a new family of radiation-hardened isolated DC-to-DC converters for aerospace applications. The SB30-100 family is designed for the rigors of space, providing single event effect rated protection against total dose ionized radiation that can change the operating state of a device and cause it to malfunction. With the addition of the new SB30-100 family to its product lineup, Microsemi now offers comp...