Toshiba has announced the launch of a new CMOS image sensor that will bring 14.6 million pixels to digital still cameras and to mobile phones supporting video imaging. The sensor, the latest addition to Toshiba’s “Dynastron” line-up, is also the company’s first to integrate the enhanced sensitivity offered by back-side illumination technology (BSI). Sampling of the new sensor will begin in December and mass production will follow from the...

Toshiba has announced the launch of a new CMOS image sensor that will bring 14.6 million pixels to digital still cameras and to mobile phones supporting video imaging. The sensor, the latest addition to Toshiba’s “Dynastron” line-up, is also the company’s first to integrate the enhanced sensitivity offered by back-side illumination technology (BSI). Sampling of the new sensor will begin in December and mass production will follow from the...

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its family of ultra-high-speed, efficient CMOS interface ICs with a miniature, low-power CMOS switch IC for use in USB 2.0 applications. The TC7USB221 is a USB 2.0 dual single pole double throw (SPDT) bus switch with low ON resistance and low pin capacitance, making it ideal for Hi-Speed USB operation with data rates up to 480Mbps. A typical application for the IC would be a multiplexer/demultiplexer...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced that the TrueSTUDIO development environment from Swedish embedded systems specialist Atollic is now available for the company’s range of ARM926EJ-S and ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. Two versions of the environment can be supplied: Atollic TrueSTUDIO Lite, which, while completely free-of-charge, delivers high levels of functionality; and the low-cost Atollic TrueSTUDIO Professional, which provides furt...

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced the latest device in the company’s Capricorn family of highly integrated, scalable system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for driving and managing high-quality automotive displays. Targeted at digital instrument clusters and head up display (HUD) applications, Capricorn-F is the first Capricorn device to provide support for 3D graphics and to incorporate APIX Gigabit digital serial data link transmission. ...

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.

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced the development of the latest range of active-matrix colour thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal displays (LCD) for the industrial market. The new display modules incorporate light-emitting diode (LED) backlight technology offering exceptional long life performance with 100,000 hours mean time between failure (MTBF)1. The market leading modules are designed to satisfy a broad range of industrial...

Toshiba Electronics Europe’s ASIC & Foundry Business Unit has announced an intellectual property (IP) block that provides an advanced, flexible and future-proofed solution for the rapid integration of USB functionality into system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Delivering physical layer functionality for USB 2.0, the Toshiba USB 2.0 PHY IP provides a silicon-proven interface between the USB Host or Device Controller and the USB system.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched an ultra-miniature bidirectional ESD protection diode that provides protection against both negative and positive voltage spikes. While protection of general data lines requires only a negative clamping voltage, it is necessary to offer both positive and negative clamping when protecting audio lines.

The latest intellectual property from Toshiba Electronics Europe’s ASIC & Foundry Business Unit will simplify and speed the implementation of MIPI-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) designs for mobile phones and associated devices. The Toshiba MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) offering comprises a physical layer and protocols that build on this layer to support the rapid development of complete MIPI-compliant transmit and receive solutions...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a new 8-bit microcontroller that combines high performance operation with a variety of integrated peripherals and the ability to drive 80 segment LCD displays with up to 2560 pixels. The new TMP89FS28LFG delivers performance comparable to many 16-bit alternatives while reducing the component count of embedded industrial and appliance designs requiring display interfaces.

The latest addition to Toshiba Electronics Europe’s family of scalable, low-power ARM-based microcontrollers allows designers to quickly and easily add man-machine interface (MMI) functionality to their embedded designs. The TMPA912CMAXBG is based on the 32-bit ARM926EJ-S core and is ideal for embedded systems that require integrated display control and graphic processing capabilities but do not need all of the performance, memory and functiona...

Toshiba Electronics has expanded its family of high-power, high-brightness white LEDs with two new versions. The new devices provide designers with neutral white and warm white options that can replace conventional bulb technologies in commercial, residential and industrial lighting applications.

Toshiba Electronics has expanded its family of high-power, high-brightness white LEDs with two new versions. The new devices provide designers with neutral white and warm white options that can replace conventional bulb technologies in commercial, residential and industrial lighting applications.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a new family of miniature, low noise amplifiers that provide good linearity and low current consumption in VHF-UHF wide band applications where input signal strengths may be variable. The new SiGe cellpack devices are particularly suitable for stationary and mobile terrestrial tuner applications where they can be used to improve dynamic range and minimise distortion while reducing power consumption and com...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has added an entry-level device to its family of scalable, low-power ARM-based microcontrollers. The new TMPA913CHAXBG provides a cost-effective and low component count solution for industrial designs requiring high-speed USB connectivity and external memory management.

Toshiba has launched a new range of power MOSFETs that is optimized for motors used in fans, pumps and other automotive motion control applications. The new MOSFETs combine industry-leading on-resistance and input capacitance ratings with a package design that offers better thermal dissipation and power cycling capabilities than previous automotive MOSFETs.

Toshiba has expanded its family of automotive audio power amplifiers with two new high-efficiency devices. Both the TB2955HQ and TB2915HQ can operate with significantly lower power consumption than conventional Class AB alternatives, with the TB2955HQ offering the additional benefit of integrated I2C diagnosis functionality.

Toshiba will reinforce its leadership in the development and fabrication of high density NAND flash memory when it starts shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world’s first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit single chips, offering the largest density of any NAND flash chip, are available from today, and 16Gb chip products, the current mainstream density, will be available in July in Japan. The...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced its active support for the GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum on 2nd and 3rd June 2009. The TEE ASIC and Foundry business unit will be exhibiting at the forum as well as offering private meetings with its team of specialists. Mr Noguchi, Technology Executive with the System LSI Division of Toshiba Semiconductor Company, will present a keynote address during the Forum’s conference sessions.