National Semiconductor has announced the availability of an intermediate frequency (IF) sampling receiver reference design for multi-carrier, multi-standard wireless basestations addressing GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX standards. The subsystem reference design kit gives radio designers the necessary technical material – reference design board, software, schematic, bill of materials (BOM) and Gerber files – to accelerate the design and devel...

National Semiconductor has introduced serializer and deserializer (SerDes) chipsets capable of driving high-resolution, 24-bit colour flat-panel displays with a 65 MHz clock. The two new additions to National’s FPD-Link II SerDes chipset family deliver a scalable pixel clock range (5 MHz to 65 MHz), enabling a modular platform for low-resolution (WQVGA) through high-resolution (XGA) infotainment displays. The higher resolution XGA display offe...

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 des...

National Semiconductor today announced that its SolarMagic power optimizer was named a runner-up in the Energy category for the Wall Street Journal’s 2009 Technology Innovations Awards. The Wall Street Journal received 500 nominations for this year’s competition, a record for the nine year running award program. A panel of judges was assembled to evaluate products that were truly revolutionary, and this year considered their value in a down e...

National Semiconductor Corp. today reported sales of $314 million and net income of $29.8 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended Aug. 30, 2009. National’s first quarter sales were 12 percent higher than sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, when the company reported $281 million in sales, but lower than the $466 million reported in last year’s first fiscal quarter.

National Semiconductor has introduced what it says is the industry’s smallest white light-emitting diode (LED) driver with dynamic display backlight control. The LM3530, a member of National’s PowerWise energy-efficient product family, drives up to 11 high-current LEDs in series, illuminating larger displays in portable media devices such as smartphones. The LM3530 is offered in a 12-bump micro SMD package measuring just 1.615 mm × 1.215 m...

A new nanopower operational amplifier from National Semiconductor provides the industry’s lowest power consumption at 552 nanowatts (nW), with guaranteed operation down to 1.6V. The PowerWise LPV521 extends battery life in portable equipment and low power applications including wireless remote sensors, power-line monitoring, and micropower oxygen and gas sensors.

National Semiconductor has announced a low-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square noise at 2.1 GHz and 3.5 mrad RMS noise at 3.5 GHz, outperforming the nearest competitor by 10 dB in both in-band phase-locked loop (PLL) noise and spurious performance.

National Semiconductor has announced that PHABRIX Limited, a leading provider of portable broadcast test equipment based in the U.K., has incorporated five National signal conditioning and data conversion products into the industry’s first handheld test and measurement device to support comprehensive 3G/HD/SD eye pattern rendering and jitter measurement to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) standards.

National Semiconductor has introduced two energy-efficient, quad transceivers that are said to extend backplane and cable reach up to 30 percent farther than competitive devices. These PowerWise signal conditioning devices drive high-speed signals in data center servers and storage area networks (SANs). The DS50PCI401 is PCI-SIG-approved to the PCI Express (PCIe) Gen1 (2.5 Gbps) and Gen2 (5 Gbps) specifications, while the DS64BR401 supports both ...

National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the industry’s first high-side light-emitting diode (LED) driver that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in portable, battery-powered multimedia devices. The LM3554, a member of National’s PowerWise energy-efficient product family, drives one or two high-current LEDs for flash applications in handheld devices such as mobile phones, smartphones and portable scanners.

National Semiconductor and SunEdison LLC, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, have initiated field trials to optimize the energy output of solar arrays. SunEdison has initiated field trials in California using National Semiconductor’s SolarMagicTM power optimizers. National’s SolarMagic power optimizers enable individual solar panels to maximize energy-produced independent of performance of other panels in an array. In...

National Semiconductor has announced that field trials at HaWi Energietechnik AG of Eggenfelden / Munich, Germany showed that National’s SolarMagic power optimizers recouped 54.4 percent of energy lost to partial shading in a solar array. The field trial was conducted April through May 2009.

National Semiconductor has announced it is shipping its SolarMagic power optimizers, a new product that improves the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems impaired by real-world conditions. SolarMagic power optimizers are available now to customers in Europe and North America.

National Semiconductor is celebrating its 50th anniversary. National was founded in 1959, the same year the integrated circuit was created. In 1966, National moved the company’s headquarters to a large plot of land in Santa Clara, California, that was to become known as “Silicon Valley.” Known for its world-class manufacturing and logistics, product reliability, and innovative technology, National has had many notable “industry firsts”...

National Semiconductor has announced results of rigorous internal reliability testing for its SolarMagic power optimizers. The results of the tests demonstrate SolarMagic has an industry-leading mean time between failures (MTBF) of 455 years which, when coupled with its 20-year warranty, make National’s SolarMagic power optimizer one of the most reliable electronic photovoltaic (PV) system components available. SolarMagic improves the output ...

National Semiconductor will showcase its latest energy-efficient LED lighting products at EuroLED 2009, June 3-4, at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, UK. The company will display solutions tailored for a range of applications including architectural, commercial, residential, industrial and ambient lighting. Demonstrations will include: the industry’s first TRIAC dimmable solution for domestic LED lighting; street lighting driven by National’s con...

National Semiconductor has announced a partnership with Solmetric Corp., an innovative developer of test and measurement tools for solar installations. Solmetric has developed a software tool to estimate the energy production of solar arrays, including installations outfitted with National’s SolarMagic power optimizers. It will be on display later this month on National’s booth at Intersolar 2009, the world’s largest solar trade fair, whic...

National Semiconductor and Nuventix have unveiled a new electronic drive and thermal management reference design that simplifies development of high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) bulb fixtures that replace incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs in standard sockets.

National Semiconductor and Nuventix have unveiled a new electronic drive and thermal management reference design that simplifies development of high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) bulb fixtures that replace incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs in standard sockets.