| Integrated RF LDMOS bias controllers debut
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2009-04-08 |
| Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX1385/MAX1386/MAX11008 dual RF laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) bias controllers, which the company claims is the industry's smallest to integrate all of the A/D and D/A interfaces and logic functions for cellular base station control. |
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| Next-gen DSCs boast flexibility
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2009-04-02 |
| Emphasizing low cost, small size, lower power and flexibility, Microchip Technology Inc. announced the first seven of its next-generation 16bit dsPIC digital signal controllers (DSCs). |
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| Mobile music market meets DAC with 102dB SNR
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2009-04-01 |
| ST-Ericsson NV's STw5211 DAC combines Playback Time Extender with 102dB of SNR across the whole audio path and allows cellphone companies to make music phones while doubling typical 10hr playback times |
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| 32bit MCUs achieve 1.65 MIPS/MHz processing
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2009-03-27 |
| Renesas Technology Corp. has developed the first RX family microcontroller products built around the new RX CPU. |
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| Gateway kit fits home, car audio systems
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2009-03-24 |
| Atmel Corp. has announced the AVR32 ATEVK1105 Digital Audio Gateway kit, demonstrating digital audio streaming, decoding and playback. These audio capabilities serve the market of audio accessories and peripherals that connects home and car Hi-Fi audio systems |
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| DACs support high-fidelity digital synthesis
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2009-03-20 |
| Analog Devices Inc. has introduced a pair of 14bit DACs that perform direct digital synthesis for signals up to 3.6GHz. |
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| Low-power DACs come in SC70 packages
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2009-02-16 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. has launched what it claims to be the first single-channel DAC family available in tiny SC70 packages |
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| Flexible DACs are pin, software-compatible
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2009-02-09 |
| Maxim Integrated Products introduces a family of quad (MAX5134/MAX5135) and dual (MAX5136/MAX5137), 16bit and 12bit DACs which are pin and software compatible. |
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| 24bit DACs match high-end home audio apps
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2009-01-28 |
| Wolfson Microelectronics has developed the WM8742 DAC targeted at professional audio applications and addresses the increasing demands of high-end home audio applications |
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| Digital audio engine boasts improved quality, low cost
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2009-01-16 |
| Intersil Corp. has started sampling the D2Audio's D2-41X58-LR family of devices that use the fourth generation digital audio engine (DAE-4), which delivers high quality sound at low cost. |
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| Audio codec with Class-D amp extends battery life
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2009-01-06 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. has released a new low-power stereo audio codec that enables CD quality playback and extends battery life in portable products such as cellphones, portable navigation devices and portable media players. |
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| Virtex-5 FPGA core drives XMC I/O module
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2008-12-25 |
| Innovative Integration has announced the X5-TX, an XMC I/O module featuring four channels of 500MSps, 16bit DAC outputs driven by a Virtex-5 FPGA computing core, DRAM and SRAM memory, and eight lane PCIe host interface |
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| Highly integrated PON/SFP controller targets PON transceivers
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2008-12-17 |
| Maxim Integrated Products introduces the DS1875 PON/SFP controller and monitor, which provides all the control and monitoring features required for PON transceivers, and the monitoring features for video control in triplexer applications. |
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| Stereo DAC targets high-end audio apps
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2008-12-16 |
| AKM Semiconductor has launched the AK4390, a high performance 32bit stereo DAC for professional and high-end audio applications |
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| Linear offers 'smallest' integrated DACs
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2008-12-11 |
| Linear Technology has developed the LTC2636, a family of 12-, 10- and 8bit DACs that integrate a precision reference in 4mm x 3mm DFN and MSOP packages, claimed to the smallest in the market. |
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| 'Smallest' lens driver rolls for autofocus cameras
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2008-12-08 |
| Maxim Integrated Products has released the MAX14515, a DC/AC liquid lens driver for autofocus camera modules. |
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| Single-chip HDTV processors come fully packed
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2008-11-28 |
| Zoran Corp. announced that its SupraHD' 775 and SupraHD' 785 highly integrated HDTV processors are shipping to DTV manufacturers. |
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| Active filter family suits wireless broadband apps
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2008-11-18 |
| Linear Technology Corp. family of single and dual high-performance, wide bandwidth lowpass active filter/ADC driver amplifier products offer cost-effective solutions in the smallest form-factor. |
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| Compact DACs minimize power use in multiple apps
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2008-11-11 |
| Focusing on communications, industrial and instrumentation equipment, Analog Devices has released eight TxDAC transmit DACs, each has two DACs on a single device. |
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| MCUs with on-chip flash, SRAM suit driver-assist systems
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2008-11-11 |
| Renesas Technology Corp. has released the SH74504 and SH74513, 32bit MCUs with on-chip flash memory for driver-assist system control to achieve "active safety" in automotive applications. |
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| Video buffer powers up battery life in mobile
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2008-11-10 |
| STMicroelectronics is offering a video buffer IC that extends the battery life of mobile video devices, including digital cameras, camera phones and personal media players. |
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| New library beefs up ST MCUs
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2008-11-05 |
| STMicroelectronics has announced a DSP library for its ARM Cortex-M3 based STM32 microcontrollers. |
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| Simulation tool upgrades multicore architectures
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2008-10-24 |
| Gemini Design Automation, an EDA start-up, has released its simulation technology with an objective of finding solutions to the challenge of verifying complex analog and mixed-signal designs. |
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| Video drivers tout single supply operation of amplifiers
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2008-10-01 |
| Intersil introduces 200MHz single supply video drivers, the ISL59833 and ISL59837, each equipped with charge pumps that create negative voltage and remove the need for external negative rails. |
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| Development kit propels Software Defined Silicon designs
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2008-09-30 |
| XMOS has come up with a credit card-sized development board that provides everything needed to start developing applications based on its XS1-G family of programmable devices. |
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| ADC facilitates automotive radar applications
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2008-09-30 |
| Maxim introduces the MAX11043 quad, 16bit, simultaneous-sampling ADC for sensor applications. |
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| Integrated PSoC, nvSRAM secure updated data logging
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2008-09-25 |
| Cypress Semiconductor has released the industry's first device to integrate a non-volatile nvSRAM and a programmable SoC in a single package. |
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| 18bit DAC transforms system performance, designs
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2008-09-17 |
| TI introduces what it touts as the industry's highest accuracy DAC, which features 18bit monotonic performance, ±2 LSB INL and ±1 LSB differential nonlinearity |
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| Stereo audio codec fits portable systems
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2008-09-15 |
| Nuvoton Technology Corp. has introduced the WAU8822, a flexible, cost-effective stereo-audio codec for portable audio applications. |
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| Design kit eases signal interface between DACs, amps
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2008-09-12 |
| TI has launched a support tool that helps designers to evaluate signal chain performance for test and measurement, industrial and communications applications, including arbitrary waveform and signal generators. |
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