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2015-01 Power Silicon Labs

[Jan 4 2015] Silicon Labs has announced a new generation of digital TV demodulators that support the latest satellite, terrestrial and cable standards. The new Si218x family includes the world's first demodulator to support the latest DVB-S2X specification, which provides the latest features and improved performance on top of the DVB-S2 standard. The series also expands Silicon Labs' industry-leading line of ...

2015-01 Connectors NXP

[Jan 4 2015] NXP Semiconductors introduces the LPC54100 series of microcontrollers, a major advance in sensor-based products and a major breakthrough in ultra-low power "always on" sensor processing. Using a market-proven, innovative, patented architecture, the series achieves unmatched energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption by an average of 20% compared to the closest competing products. The LPC54100 ...

2015-01 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[Jan 3 2015] Renesas Electronics, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced its successful on-chip development of a new dual-port static random access memory (SRAM) in-vehicle infotainment system-on-chip (SoC) of 16 nanometers (nm) and posterity. The new SRAM is optimized for use as an automotive infotainment system chip in the video buffer memory to enable real-time image processing c ...

2015-01 Semiconductors NXP

[Jan 3 2015] NXP Semiconductors has introduced the TFA9897, a third-generation smart amplifier for smartphone audio systems. As the world's smallest smart amplifier solution, the TFA9897 will bring industry-leading speaker protection to all mobile phones at an affordable price. The launch of this product further demonstrates NXP's commitment to developing usable innovative solutions for the rapidly growing po ...

2015-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 3 2015] ST introduces the advanced single-channel gate driver chip STGAP1S. The new product integrates galvanic isolation and analog and logic circuitry on the same chip, helping designers simplify driver design. At the same time, ensure that the product has excellent noise immunity, and achieve safe and reliable power control effect. The STGAP1S is the first of ST's new generation of gapDRIVE™ gate driv ...

2015-01 Connectors Silicon Labs

[Jan 2 2015] Silicon Labs announced the introduction of PCI Express (PCIe) Gen1/2 2/3 fan-out buffers, designed for data center applications including servers, storage, and switches. For today's leading x86 motherboards and server systems, the new Si5310x/11x/019 PCIe buffer is the industry's most energy-efficient fan-out buffer, effectively expanding Silicon Labs' growing PCIe timing product line. With flexi ...

2015-01 Connectors United Chemi-Con

[Jan 2 2015] Swiss company u‑blox, a global leader in cellular and positioning modules and integrated chips for the automotive, industrial and consumer markets, has announced the launch of NEO-M8T and LEA-M8T Timing modules. These two compact surface-mount modules produce precision reference clocks with an accuracy of less than 20 nanoseconds (20 ns). The receiver has a high sensitivity (with auxiliary GNSS t ...

2015-01 Power Qualcomm

[Jan 1 2015] Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Innovations, will ease data congestion in enterprise networks with a feature-rich, high-performance enterprise connectivity platform. In order to cope with the rapid increase of terminals and large amounts of data traffic in enterprise networks, Qualcomm has introduced corresponding solutions. The solution not only enables sophisticate ...

2015-01 Connectors STMicroelectronics

[Jan 1 2015] ST's latest STM32F091 ARM® Cortex-M0 microcontroller overcomes the limitations of similar products currently positioned for economical applications. Large capacity on-chip memory and up to 8 Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (USART) are available, saving multiplexed communication ports for applications such as car audio or three-phase meters. The STM32F091 microcontroller in ...

2012-06 Passive Components Vishay

[Jun 30 2012] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the introduction of a new 8V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFET, the SiA436DJ. The device is available in a 2 x 2mm occupancy area thermally enhanced PowerPAK SC-70 package with the lowest on-resistance of any n-channel device. The new SiA436DJ features ultra-low on-resistance of 9.4mΩ, 10.5mΩ, 12.5mΩ, 18mΩ and 36mΩ at 4.5V, 2.5V, 1.8V, 1.5V and 1.2V. The on-res ...

2012-06 Power Microwave Technology Inc.

[Jun 30 2012] Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. announced the inclusion of support for Intelligent Distributed Antenna System (DAS) technology in its industry-leading series of system-on-chip (SoC) for small cell products. With this capability, Mindspeed is able to support "hybrid" systems with small cell towers and feed to DAS devices, which expands the market opportunity for small cell towers and brings new value ...

2012-06 Connectors Analog Devices

[Jun 29 2012] Analog Devices announced that the company has increased the clock speed of its previous DDS integrated circuit (IC) by more than three times. ADI's AD9914 incorporates an on-chip high-speed 12-bit DAC with a sampling rate of 3.5 Gigabits per second (GSPS), while the AD9915 delivers 2.5 GSPS. Both device cores support advanced digital programmable technology capable of synthesizing frequency flexi ...