ESD protection of discrete semiconductors Inside all of us lies the ability to conduct electricity and though such a concept seems more science fiction than science, the ramifications of producing a small charge can have negative effects on the products we handle. This design article examines how on-chip ESD protection can help your work.
Turning HDTVs Green From TAOS, Inc. - the first in a series of articles to introduce you to the variety of energy-saving techniques available to the high-definition television designer. This article introduces the concepts of power-monitoring and ambient light sensing.
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Countdown to S-to-Z In the previous column, Kendall optimised a filter in the analog domain (with the help of Excel, of course!). This time, he looks at what needed to create a digital filter.
Business News
Novel sensor propels HP into sensor networks A secret side project for a Hewlett-Packard engineer has quietly spawned an ultra-sensitive accelerometer that the PC giant hopes to leverage to propel it into sensor networks, an emerging market it sees as the next big wave of computing.
TI, Fullpower team for mobile motion sensing Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, Texas) has announced a collaboration with Fullpower Technologies Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.) to bring motion sensing and gesture recognition to portable equipment.
Altis Semiconductor has a buyer After months of uncertainty and confusion, Altis Semiconductor SA, a joint venture between Infineon Technologies AG and IBM Corp., has found a buyer.
On Semi buys EMI firm, enters India design front Continuing on its buying spree, On Semiconductor Corp. has completed the acquisition of PulseCore Holdings (Cayman) Inc. in an all cash transaction for initial consideration of approximately $17 million.
Lattice adds rep for western Europe support Redtree Solutions Ltd. is to represent Lattice Semiconductor and its full range of products in France, Benelux, the UK and Ireland.
Products
High bandwidth switches and muxes suit Pro AV Professional audio/video switching and distribution systems, such as video conferencing and digital signage, are creating demand for more advanced switchers and multiplexers.
Rail-to-rail op amp realises 180MHz at 1mA Linear Technology's SiGe process has been used to manufacture its latest op amps, which consume 1mA maximum supply current per amplifier to produce 180MHz gain-bandwidth and 90V/µs slew rate.
Pidgeon Point xTCA expertise at the fore in Actel fpga IP Following on from its acquisition of Pigeon Point Systems last year, Actel has announced IP core enhancements to its Fusion mixed-signal FPGAs that cater to platform management applications, particularly xTCA.
Single connection for mobile device charging, audio and data Supporting all a mobile phone's external accessories, including chargers, headsets, microphones and audio/data connections, Freescale Semiconductor's latest mini USB interface IC eliminates the need for multiple connections and should save mobile device designers valuable board space.
NXP offers new online design tool for LED driver IC NXP Semiconductors has launched an online design tool for SSL applications, which enables engineers to test the behavior of LED lighting applications based on four NXP products.
Programmable logic device adds high voltage mosfet control for hot swap applications Lattice Semiconductor has introduced higher performance versions of its Power Manager II product family. The ispPAC-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices integrate higher voltage charge pumps with programmable current to control MOSFETs in hot swap and sequencing applications.
Nordic ships ULP Bluetooth silicon and kits Nordic Semiconductor ASA has started shipping silicon samples and development kits of the nRF8001, the first member of its Blue Bluetooth low energy single mode solution, to key customers.
Elan Digital releases USB-to-SDIO host bridge chip Elan Digital Systems' latest connectivity device is the VUB300, a USB to SDIO host controller bridge chip interface that allows SDIO and SD compliant devices to be connected to any host PC via USB.
