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2012-02 Connectors IDT, Integrated Device Technology

[feb 8 2012] IDT Corporation announced that it has introduced the industry's first FlatNoise Dual Intermediate Frequency (IF) variable gain amplifier (VGA) for 2G/3G/4G wireless base station multimode transceivers. IDT's devices offer the industry's best noise factor (4dB) for maximum gain, with little attenuation when gain is reduced, improving quality of service (QoS) and reducing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR ...

2012-02 Connectors Analog Devices

[feb 7 2012] With the introduction of the ADP5041 and ADP5040 multioutput regulators, Analog Devices continues to help industrial, medical and communications device designers improve power system performance by reducing board space. These regulators integrate A high efficiency, 3 MHz, 1.2 A buck regulator and two 300 mA Ldos (Low pressure difference regulators) in a 20-pin LFCSP compact package to meet the in ...

2012-02 Semiconductors Silicon Labs

[feb 6 2012] Silicon Labs announced the expansion of its PCI Express (PCIe) clock generator and clock buffer portfolio to provide the industry's broadest range of clock solutions to meet the stringent requirements of the PCIe Gen 1/2/3 standard. Silicon Labs' expanded PCIe timing portfolio includes the existing Si5214x clock generator and Si5315x clock buffer for power - and cost-sensitive PCIe applications. ...

2012-02 Semiconductors Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

[feb 5 2012] Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the availability of low-power, high-speed, and mini-package devices added to the highly successful LatticeECP3™FPGA family. The new value-added devices are ideal for power - and space-constrained professional cameras, surveillance cameras, medical imaging, video communications, and small-size wired and wireless applications. LatticeECP3 low-power FPGas ...

2012-02 Connectors Silicon Labs

[feb 4 2012] Silicon Laboratories announced the expansion of its PCI Express (PCIe) clock generator and clock buffer portfolio to provide the industry's broadest range of clock solutions to meet the stringent requirements of the PCIe Gen 1/2/3 standard. Silicon Labs' expanded PCIe timing portfolio includes the existing Si5214x clock generator and Si5315x clock buffer for power - and cost-sensitive PCIe applic ...

2012-02 Semiconductors Renesas Electronics America

[feb 3 2012] Intersil Corporation announced the introduction of the ISL28407, ISL28417 and ISL28408 40V low power, high ESD protection class amplifiers with superior DC accuracy and noise performance, further expanding its portfolio of precision amplifiers. These new four-channel amplifiers are ideal for 12-bit to 24-bit process control, instrumentation and data acquisition applications. Based on Intersil's P ...

2012-02 Power Molex

[feb 2 2012] Molex announced that its Stac64 Stackable Connection System has been successfully approved by major automotive original equipment manufacturers from Germany, France and Japan. OEM) the most stringent specification verification. In addition, a new patent has been issued for the Stac64 design. Selvan Wilhelm, Global Product Manager at Molex, said: "Since the launch of the Stac64 product line two ye ...

2012-02 Connectors Silicon Labs

[feb 1 2012] Silicon Labs announced the expansion of its PCI Express (PCIe) clock generator and clock buffer portfolio to provide the industry's broadest range of clock solutions to meet the stringent requirements of the PCIe Gen 1/2/3 standard. Silicon Labs' expanded PCIe timing portfolio includes the existing Si5214x clock generator and Si5315x clock buffer for power - and cost-sensitive PCIe applications. ...

2012-01 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[gen 31 2012] Cypress Semiconductor announced a breakthrough feature for its Gen4 TrueTouch touch screen controller that significantly improves system performance at no additional cost. Cypress has now developed a new proprietary technology based on the patent-pending Gen4 high voltage Tx driver. Tx-Boost™ extends Gen4's performance leadership by tripledsignal-to-noise ratio (SNR) without the need for performa ...

2012-01 Semiconductors Microsemi

[gen 30 2012] Microsemi Corporation has announced the world's first single-chip, standardized Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) solution that enables synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) transmission over Optical Transport network (OTN) channels without the need for additional frequency conversion phase locked loops (PLL). The new ZL30153 and ZL30154 clock devices support Ethernet clock frequencies and all OTN clock freque ...

2012-01 Connectors IRTouch Systems

[gen 29 2012] International Rectifier Corporation (IR) introduces the AUIR0815S, an automotive IC with A high output current of more than 10 A, capable of driving large IGBTs and MOSFETs at the inverter level. Suitable for power systems in hybrid and electric vehicles. The AUIR0815S 'ultra-low output impedance and low power losses allow it to operate in harsh and high-temperature environments. Typical output r ...

2012-01 Power Xilinx

[gen 28 2012] Xilinx announced the launch of its first targeted design platforms to accelerate the development and integration capabilities of 28nm 7-series FPGA systems. Xilinx's targeted design platform approach to FPGA system design and integration offers the industry's most comprehensive development kit, including development boards, ISE design kit tools, IP cores, reference designs, and FPGA sandwich card ...