All Posts Tagged With: "IC"

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USB battery charger for Li-Ion/Li-Polymer powered systems

Summit Microelectronics has introduced its third-generation programmable battery charger integrated circuit (IC) for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-Polymer powered systems. The SMB339 is a programmable single-cell lithium-ion/lithium-polymer battery charger designed for a variety of portable applications. The device provides a simple and efficient way to charge high-capacity Li-Ion batteries via a USB or AC adapter input. [...]

23Jan2009 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Wide input DC/DC converters

Murata Power Solutions has expanded its offering of isolated, wide input range DC/DC Converters with the introduction of its UEI15 DC/DC converter series. The UEI15 DC/DC converter is rated at 15W and comprises eight models that give designers a choice of regulated fixed output voltages from 3.3V to15V. Featuring a full 15 Watt or greater [...]

2Nov2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Video correction LSI with built-in frame memory for monitoring cameras

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. today announced ML87V21072, a video correction LSI for monitoring cameras with a noise reduction function and a FIFO frame memory. Using OKI’s original technology to reduce CCD noise efficiently, the LSI can correct the video to high quality even in low light intensity. Using OKI’s ML87V21072, the image quality can [...]

18Jun2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Three-phase MOSFET pre-driver IC targeted at motor system designers

Allegro introduces a new automotive grade three-phase MOSFET pre-driver IC targeted at automotive and industrial applications. Adoption of three-phase BLDC motors in automotive and industrial applications is growing rapidly in the marketplace. Allegro has addressed this particular need by introducing the A4935 device. This new device is a third generation three-phase driver that includes enhanced [...]

15Jun2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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World’s first programmable single-chip laser navigation system

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced its second generation laser navigation product family, which is the first in the industry to integrate a laser navigation sensor and programmable Flash based microcontroller on one die. Cypress’s OvationONS™ Laser Navigation Solutions are breakthrough technologies for precision motion-sensing applications. Built around Cypress’s patented OptiCheck™ laser technology, these devices offer [...]

13Jun2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Motherboard for the gaming enthusiasts

abit announced the latest motherboard for the gaming enthusiasts, the AN78GS. Featuring stunning graphic performance, the AN78GS motherboard supports NVIDIA® Hybid SLI Technology, NVIDIA® PureVideo HD, and NVIDIA® nView® multi-display Technology, providing you an unprecedented gaming experience. Supporting NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI Technology for improved 3D graphic performance, the AN78GS motherboard is based on NVIDIA® GeForce8200 [...]

7Jun2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Automotive audio system LSI

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. announced it has developed the “ML673520A” system LSI for automotive systems. The chip increases speed of compressing and recording digital audios by ten-fold and includes a function to playback three tunes simultaneously. The LSI is suitable for car audio systems and AV-integrated car navigation systems compatible with digital audio. Leveraging [...]

25May2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry’s first 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs

Enabling designers to achieve new levels of integration and innovation, Altera Corporation announced the industry’s first 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy® ASICs. The Stratix® IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs, both with transceivers options, provide unprecedented densities, performance and low-power leadership. For the first time, Altera offers a transceiver-based ASIC option with the new HardCopy IV [...]

23May2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued
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The first 802.3ap (KR) compliant 10GbE switch IC

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) extended its global leadership in advanced, single-chip Ethernet switch technology by introducing the 26-port MB86C69RBC, the industry’s highest density, lowest power and smallest footprint 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switch IC. The new L2/L3 capable device features the direct support of 10Gbps serial interface for Ethernet backplane standardized as 802.3ap (KR) on [...]

20May2008 | Silica Valley | 0 comments | Continued