Complete PCI-to-PCI Bridge Portfolio
July 25, 2007 8:12 am | Product Releases | CommentsTundra Semiconductor introduced its Tsi352 PCI-to-PCI Bridge, fully compliant with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3. The bridge makes it possible to extend a system’s load capability limit beyond that of a single PCI bus by allowing motherboard designers to add more PCI devices or more PCI option card slots than a single PCI bus can support. The device has two identical PCI Interfaces that handle PCI transactions for its respective bus. This traffic isolation can
LISTED UNDER: ICsAnalog-to-Digital Converter For Capturing Input Frequencies
July 24, 2007 6:39 am | Product Releases | CommentsMaxim's MAX109 is an 8-bit, 2.2Gsps analog-to-digital converter with dynamic wideband performance optimized for capturing input frequencies in the second Nyquist zone. The MAX109 uses a high-performance track/hold (T/H) amplifier, a quantizer, and a 1:4 demultiplexer.
LISTED UNDER: ICsTiny Triple-Output LED Driver with I2C Interface
July 20, 2007 10:08 am | On Semiconductor | Product Releases | CommentsON Semiconductor introduced the NCP5623 – a high efficiency triple output LED driver with I2C interface and built-in gradual dimming. The device is specifically designed to drive tricolor RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs for fun lighting or enhanced LCD backlighting in portable applications such as cell phones and MP3 players. Offered in the compact LLGA-12 package, the device is said to be the smallest RGB LED charge pump driver housed in a non-bump plastic package. The driver performs autonomous operations upon the command of
LISTED UNDER: ICsPower Efficient Monitor Accurately Measures Short Circuit Current
July 19, 2007 8:02 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe ZXCT1050 current monitor from Zetex Semiconductors ensures accurate current measurement, even if the load is short-circuited, while improving overall power efficiency. Able to operate on both high and low sides of the load, the monitor supports dynamic output current limitation circuits in a broad range of applications, from power supply bricks to motor control circuits. Efficient, at 50 µA the quiescent current is 10 times less than that of larger packaged alternatives
LISTED UNDER: ICs105V High Side Current Sense Amplifier with 10uV Offset and Zero Drift
July 18, 2007 9:20 am | Product Releases | CommentsLinear Technology announced the LTC6102, the most precise high side current sense amplifier available, according to the company. Maximum input offset voltage is 10 uV and it can accept differential sense voltages up to 2V. The resulting 106 dB of dynamic range allows it to resolve micro-amps from amps of current. The precision of the device is bolstered by a near zero guaranteed input offset drift of less than 50 nV/°C and a guaranteed input bias current of less than 3 nA
LISTED UNDER: ICsSoftware Radio Test Chips
July 12, 2007 9:45 am | Product Releases | CommentsTechnoConcepts, Inc. announces True Software Radio test chips in CMOS 90 nm. The chipsets are designed to enable cell phones, PDAs, laptops and infrastructure with different radio frequencies, standards and protocols to adjust by software command so that they can communicate across otherwise incompatible networks without the need for multiple radios.
LISTED UNDER: ICsIntegrated RF Amplifier Enhances Tuner Performance
July 12, 2007 7:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsAnadigics, Inc. announces its ABA3130, a single-chip, low-noise, high linearity RF amplifier with integrated gain control for cable TV front end applications. Designed to replace existing discrete solutions, the fully integrated amplifier improves receiver performance in a number of cable TV digital set-top boxes and analog and digital TVs. To ensure compatibility with tuners being developed for future 1 GHz cable systems, the amplifier features wideband operation of 50 MHz to 1.1 GHz.
LISTED UNDER: ICsSoC Device with Enhanced Peripherals
July 12, 2007 7:47 am | Renesas | Product Releases | CommentsRenesas Technology America, Inc. announces a system-on-chip (SoC) system with performance and capability enhancements for car navigation systems and other in-vehicle car information system products. The single-chip SH7775 32-bit processor, running at speeds up to 600 MHz, achieves performance of 1 GIPS (giga instructions per second) and up to 4.2 GFLOPS (giga floating-point operations per second).
LISTED UNDER: ICsRemote and Local Temperature Sensor
July 12, 2007 7:39 am | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments, Inc. announces an integrated ±1C maximum remote junction temperature sensor and local temperature sensor that are designed to monitor thermal diodes found in CPUs, microprocessors, graphics processing units and FPGAs. The TMP411 features programmable series resistance cancellation and diode non-ideality correction which simplify and remove the process of individual processor resistance calibration commonly associated with remote diode monitoring.
LISTED UNDER: ICsDC-TCXO Offers High Accuracy Over a Wide Temperature Range
July 12, 2007 7:32 am | Product Releases | CommentsMaxim Integrated Products introduced the DS4026, a digitally controlled Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (DC-TCXO). The DC-TCXO provides frequency accuracy and stability better than ±1.0 ppm over a wide operating temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. Over a 10-year operational life, the device is accurate to better than ±4.6 ppm and features phase noise performance characteristics of -140 dBc/Hz at a 1 kHz offset. This digitally tunable TCXO employs proprietary design and calibration techniques that negate the effects of electromechanical stress, thermal variations, and frequency perturbations
LISTED UNDER: ICsCeramic Speaker Driver
July 12, 2007 7:18 am | Product Releases | CommentsNational Semiconductor Corp. introduces a single-chip Boomer audio power amplifier for driving ceramic speakers used in a wide range of 3V portable devices. The LM48555 drives ceramic speakers in small handheld devices such as cell phones, smartphones, notebook computers. With a ceramic speaker load equivalent to 1 µF + 20 Ohm, it provides a voltage drive of 15.7V peak-to-peak with less than 1 percent total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N).
LISTED UNDER: ICsFloating Point Coprocessor Chip
July 11, 2007 12:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMicromega Corp. announces its uM-FPU V3.1 floating point coprocessor chip that extends the feature set of the original uM-FPU V3 chip to include serial I/O support, NMEA sentence parsing, block transfers, additional matrix operations and string support. The serial I/O capabilities with NMEA sentence parsing allow the user to add GPS data to embedded system designs
LISTED UNDER: ICsTools for Hands-Free Communication Systems
July 11, 2007 12:19 pm | Product Releases | CommentsZarlink Semiconductor, Inc. introduces a range of tools that simplify the design of hands-free communication systems including car kits, speakerphones and home automation systems. These design tools include a full evaluation board, mini-evaluation board and a plug-and-test diagnostic kit.
LISTED UNDER: ICsIntegrated Cell Balancing and Over-Current Protection ICs
July 11, 2007 12:13 pm | Product Releases | CommentsIntersil Corp. announces its single-chip ISL9208 and ISL9216/17 chipsets for cell balancing and over-current protection. These devices are integrated analog front ends for cell balancing and over-current protection in multi-cell li-ion battery packs. These devices can replace up to 17 FETs, 12 diodes, 53 resistors and 31 capacitors in some designs, and they will simplify designs for multi-cell battery powered packs for applications ranging from power tools to hybrid automotive vehicles.
LISTED UNDER: ICsPortfolio for Mobile Communications Products
July 11, 2007 12:07 pm | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsSTMicroelectronics introduces two secure microcontrollers that are designed for high-volume 2.5G and 3G (third-generation) mobile-phone SIM cards. The ST21Y036 and ST21Y144 provide 36 Kbytes and 144 Kbytes of user EEPROM, respectively. Based on an enhanced 8/16-bit CPU core with up to 16 Mbytes linear addressing capability, the family is produced in a 0.13 micron EEPROM technology.
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