Silicon Laboratories has announced a single-phase point of load (POL) reference design enabling engineers to easily and quickly implement digitally-controlled POLs for many end applications including servers, telecom, datacomm and storage systems, medical equipment and aeronautical systems.

Silicon Laboratories has announced the Si4901 AeroFONE single-chip phone, the industry’s most integrated, highest performing single-chip phone for the GSM ultra low cost handset (ULCH) market. The Si4901 expands the company’s family of single-chip phones to address demand for low cost, highly integrated GSM handsets in emerging economies.

Silicon Laboratories has announced what is said to be the industry’s most highly integrated, IEEE 802.3af compliant, Power over Ethernet controller for powered device applications. The Si3400 is the only PD controller to integrate on-chip diode bridges, a transient surge suppressor and a switching regulator field effect transistor. The Si3400 controller’s unprecedented level of integration simplifies PoE design efforts by reducing the tota...

Silicon Laboratories has announced the acquisition of Silembia, a privately held French company that develops semiconductor intellectual property for digital demodulation and channel decoding. Silicon Laboratories acquired Silembia in an all-cash transaction for approximately $20 million.

Silicon Labs used todays Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) to announce the expansion of its digital power product portfolio. The Si844x is said to be the industry’s highest performance, easiest-to-use, lowest cost 2500VRMS digital isolator product family.

Silicon Laboratories microcontrollers has introduced a new MCU that integrates up to 32 kB Flash memory and high-performance analog peripherals, including a SmaRTClock with failsafe recovery features, into a compact 5 x 5 mm package. Its small size makes it ideal for portable equipment, instrumentation and measurement devices, consumer medical products and industrial meters.