Nordic VLSI ASA (Norway) announced the availability of a complete SoC RF IC for the 2.4GHz ISM band in a 6mm x 6mm, 36-pin QFN package. The chip consists of the nRF24E1 transceiver; the nRF24E2 transmitter; an 8051 microcontroller; a nine-channel, 12-bit, analog-to-digital converter; inductors; and filters; and is designed for integration into wireless mice […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the LTC1844 very low dropout (VLDO), micro-power, linear regulator that can deliver up to 150mA...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva, Switzerland) announced the new 74VCX1632245 16-bit, dual supply bus transceiver level translator, which is available in a TFBGA54 package, 48-pin TSSOP, or 42-pin FPGA package, and is targeted for use in applications such as mobile phones, PDAs and motherboards. The device provides a two-way, asynchronous, communications interface between buses at 3.3V […]
Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) reported another step forward in its plans to acquire SensoNor ASA, aiming to strengthen its position in semiconductor sensors for the automotive business. SensoNor's board of directors recommended that the shareholders accept the $56 million offer from Infineon to purchase all shares in the provider of tire pressure and acceleration […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced its expanded LICA® family of low-inductance capacitor arrays. With inductance values as low as 15pH, the...
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, announced a new family of n-channel and p-channel power MOSFETs for portable applications. Fabricated in a proprietary 287 million cells/in² TrenchDMOS process and squeezed into small-outline SC70JW-8 packages, typical applications include cellular and cordless telephones, laptop computers, hand-held computers, digital cameras, dc/dc […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh) and Virginia Tech's Future Energy Electronics Center (FEEC) have teamed to develop new, efficient power-electronics technology and an innovative graduate curriculum based on Ansoft's electronic-design software for physics-based system simulation. "Ansoft's tools are essential for power-electronics system simulation and are very easy for students to learn," said Dr. Jih-Sheng (Jason) Lai, Director […]
Semtech Corp. (Camarillo, CA) announced results for its fiscal year 2004 first quarter that ended April 27, 2003. Sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004 were $44 million and net income was $8.3 million, or $0.11 per diluted share. Sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003 were $49.2 million and net […]
Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA), a manufacturer of flexible automation for the semiconductor, electronics, fiber optic, telecommunications and life sciences industries, announced the release of the Adept FireBlox™, a miniature, dual-axis, servo amplifier and controller. The Adept FireBlox is based upon the Adept SmartServo™ architecture and is designed to power and control multi-axis servo […]
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) named Tom Tokos as its new Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Tokos will oversee the company's legal affairs, and as Corporate Secretary will serve as an executive officer of Intersil. Prior to joining Intersil, Tokos was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Asyst Technologies, a semiconductor equipment […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced the new IHLP-5050FD-01 Series of low-profile, high-current inductor with typical DCR values as low as 0.47...
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the new MightyMUX™ ISL43640 high-performance, analog 4:1, bi-directional multiplexer/demultiplexer IC, which provides R(ON) channel-to-channel matching with just...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the new LT3460, a high-efficiency, 1.3MHz, constant-frequency, step-up, switching regulator in an SC-70 or ThinSOT™...
Velocity Semiconductor (Pleasanton, CA) announced the first member of the Typhoon™ family of microcontrollers, the VS2000, which combines the high-performance Lightfoot™ CPU, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, RAM, configurable memory interface, and a variety of system functions on a single chip. The Typhoon family of microcontrollers is aimed at embedded networked connectivity applications. The VS2000 feature set […]
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2003. Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 totaled $15.1 million, an increase of 22% as compared sequentially to $12.4 million reported in the previous quarter and a decrease of 3% as compared to $15.6 million reported […]