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Texas Instruments set to dominate power IC market with 17 percent stake
Texas Instruments set to dominate power IC market with 17 percent stake
Market news |
Latest data from market anaysts, IMS Research suggests that Texas Instruments' acquisition of National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion will create…
Expanded MOSFET driver family offers low-side devices with peak output currents from 2-A to 4.5-A
Expanded MOSFET driver family offers low-side devices with peak output currents from 2-A to 4.5-A
New Products |
Microchip Technology has expanded the company's MOSFET driver family of products. Building upon Microchip's low-side MCP14E3/4/5 4.5 A MOSFET drivers,…
32-channel 30-mA buck LED driver offers DOT correction and gray scale dimming
32-channel 30-mA buck LED driver offers DOT correction and gray scale dimming
New Products |
Linear Technology has introduced a 32-channel LED driver integrated with a 55 V step-down controller. The LT3746 LED driver powers…
Selecting capacitors for battery-operated equipment
Selecting capacitors for battery-operated equipment
Feature articles |
An enormous range of handheld, portable, battery-operated wireless devices are now available serving a wide variety of markets. Just a…

Funkwerk Dabendorf selects COQOS operating system
Funkwerk Dabendorf selects COQOS operating system
Business news |
Funkwerk Dabendorf (FWD), a manufacturer of mobile communications solutions for vehicles, has announced a strategic relationship with software vendor OpenSynergy. Within this scope, FWD plans to offer OpenSynergy's COQOS operating…
Multi-use gamma-sterilizable Gen 2 UHF tag
Multi-use gamma-sterilizable Gen 2 UHF tag
New Products |
The Tego Radion tag is what manufacturers Tego announced as the first Gen 2 UHF tag capable of surviving repeated gamma-sterilization and other intense radiation exposure. The Radion tag enables…
Atmel rolls gate driver ICs for automotive BLDC motor-control applications
Atmel rolls gate driver ICs for automotive BLDC motor-control applications
New Products |
Atmel Corporation has developed a new set of highly-integrated system basis gate driver ICs. The Atmel ATA6843 and ATA6844 devices are new members of the company's extensive gate driver family…
6 A MOSFET gate driver operates over wide temperature range
6 A MOSFET gate driver operates over wide temperature range
New Products |
Linear Technology Corporation announces a new high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LTC4441, a 6 A N-channel MOSFET gate driver that operates over a -55 °C to125 °C operating junction…
MOST50 network interface controller brings system costs down
MOST50 network interface controller brings system costs down
New Products |
Chip manufacturer SMSC has launched an intelligent Network Interface Controller for the MOST50 automotive infotainment network technology. The OS81092 is designed to lower the cost for MOST50 systems.
DLP revival returns Texas Instruments to MEMS leadership in 2010
DLP revival returns Texas Instruments to MEMS leadership in 2010
Business news |
Five years after losing its leadership position in the global market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Texas Instruments Inc., reclaimed the top spot in 2010 because of resurgent demand for the…
TI agrees to acquire National Semiconductor
TI agrees to acquire National Semiconductor
Business news |
Texas Instruments Incorporated has signed a definitive agreement with National Semiconductor under which TI will acquire National for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The…
Google bids $900M for Nortel’s patents
Google bids $900M for Nortel’s patents
Business news |
Nortel Networks has accepted a $900 million "stalking horse" bid from Google to serve as a starting point in an auction for the bankrupt telecommunications equipment maker's 6,000 patents and…
See through material set to revolutionize touch screens
See through material set to revolutionize touch screens
Technology News |
Peratech (Richmond, UK) has developed a see through version of its Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) force sensing material. QTC Clear which can be used touch screens that can completely replace…
Freescale, Cactus partner in medical
Freescale, Cactus partner in medical
Business news |
Freescale Semiconductor struck a deal to partner with Cactus Semiconductor, a small privately held ASIC designer focused on medical electronics. Cactus (Tempe, Arizona) will work exclusively with Freescale in the…
Rudi De Winter wants limping X-Fab to get up to speed
Rudi De Winter wants limping X-Fab to get up to speed
Interviews |
Past February, Rudi De Winter has been appointed co-CEO for semiconductor foundry X-Fab. Since his appointment took place shortly after X-Fab had released nine-month figures in red ink, speculations circulated…
Solar inverter market drops in Q4 but achieves a record year in 2010
Solar inverter market drops in Q4 but achieves a record year in 2010
Market news |
Global PV inverter revenues reached $1.6 billion in Q4'10, 24% lower than the previous quarter according to market analyst IMS Research's latest quarterly report on the market.
Turnkey security module protects brands from counterfeiting and cloning
Turnkey security module protects brands from counterfeiting and cloning
New Products |
Inside Secure launched the VaultIC 100, a compact turnkey security module designed to enable manufacturers of high-tech products and consumables to reduce the cost of implementing robust security measures that…
New instrument is optimized for high power semiconductor test
New instrument is optimized for high power semiconductor test
New Products |
Keithley Instruments, Inc., has introduced a new high power system SourceMeter instrument, the latest addition to the company's Series 2600A System SourceMeter family, which has been designed for characterizing high…
Microcontroller portfolio claims industry’s first programmable metrology devices for low-cost AFE solutions
Microcontroller portfolio claims industry’s first programmable metrology devices for low-cost AFE solutions
New Products |
Texas Instruments Incorporated is introducing the MSP430AFE2xx series of metrology analog front end (AFE) ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontrollers. Part of TI's leading embedded processing portfolio, the low-cost MSP430AFE series offers the…
Lattice reference design enables ISP to interface with Aptina HiSPi CMOS sensors
Lattice reference design enables ISP to interface with Aptina HiSPi CMOS sensors
Technology News |
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is offering full support for Aptina's High-Speed Serial Pixel Interface (HiSPi) using LatticeXP2 FPGAs. The LatticeXP2 HiSPi bridge reference design allows any Image Signal Processor (ISP) with…
Industry’s first high temperature digital ambient light sensor targets in-vehicle lighting applications
Industry’s first high temperature digital ambient light sensor targets in-vehicle lighting applications
New Products |
Intersil Corporation has introduced the industry's first automotive grade ambient light sensor designed to support continuous operation up to 105 degrees Celsius. The ISL76683 is qualified to the Automotive Electronics…
6-A N-channel MOSFET gate driver operates over a 55 to 125 degrees C junction temperature range
6-A N-channel MOSFET gate driver operates over a 55 to 125 degrees C junction temperature range
New Products |
Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a new high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LTC4441, a 6A N-channel MOSFET gate driver that operates over a -55 to 125°C operating junction temperature…
Build an IEEE 1451.4 Class 1 MMI smart transducer digital driver circuit (Part 1 of 2)
Build an IEEE 1451.4 Class 1 MMI smart transducer digital driver circuit (Part 1 of 2)
Technology News |
Bernhard Linke, Principal Member Technical Staff of Maxim Integrated Products explains how to build an IEEE 1451.4 Class 1 MMI to access the TEDS.
8-bit MCUs provide cost effective, efficient high-brightness LED control
8-bit MCUs provide cost effective, efficient high-brightness LED control
Technology News |
Oscar Camacho of Microcontroller Sector Group, Freescale Semiconductor describes the implementation of a smart HBLED lighting control using an 8-bit microcontroller and a low-cost discrete solution, without the need of…
Power Tip 34: Design a simple, isolated bias supply
Power Tip 34: Design a simple, isolated bias supply
Technology News |
Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments outlines how to generate an isolated power supply for gate drive, isolated sensing or communication circuits using minimal parts count, complexity, and cost.
Valeo inaugurates electronics development center in China
Valeo inaugurates electronics development center in China
Business news |
As part of its expansion strategy, automotive tier one Valeo past week inaugurated a global Electronics Expertise Center in Shenzhen, China. The center will play a major role in Valeo's…
Reference design for image sensor interface
Reference design for image sensor interface
New Products |
The high speed serial pixel interface developed and implemented by Aptina is now supported through a reference design co-developed with Lattice Semiconductor. The reference design implements a bridge in the…
MEMS applications are broadening the traditional scope of ferroelectric thin films
MEMS applications are broadening the traditional scope of ferroelectric thin films
Technology News |
Ferroelectric thin films have been used for many years in Integrated Passives Devices (IPDs), Ferroelectric memories (FeRAM) and MEMS inkjet heads. Such thin films can be used for ferroelectric, piezoelectric…


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