Logic & Interface Semiconductor Devices updated on:8th Jan 2012
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HDMI device shipments to rise 17% annually through 2015, estimates In-Stat
Emerson, Freescale and Kontron collaborate on I/O connectivity in COM Express
Sensor-on-cover and in/on-cell are emerging tech in capacitive touch panels
StarBridge select IDT's PCI Express to RapidIO devices for its RapidExpress products
6 Billion USB-enabled devices by 2015
Lenovo's IdeaPad uses Atmel's touch interface controller
More than 300 Million HDMI enabled mobile PCs are estimated to be shipped in 2014
MoSys demos interoperability of its Bandwidth Engine IC with SerDes from Avago
Touch controller chip mXT1386 from Atmel supports Windows 8
IDT and Phison Electronics settle patent litigation
USB SuperSpeed is forecasted to grow at 178% CAGR through 2015
Atmel's mXT224E used to design touch control of Samsung Galaxy S II phones
New PC phones from Fujitsu uses Cypress touch chips
WAC Lighting uses Cypress' multi-color LED light controller SoC CY8CLED02 in its tape light sys
USB SuperSpeed 3.0 integrated devices shipments to reach 80 Million in 2011
Galaxy tablet's capacitive touch screen interface uses Atmel's mXT1386 chip
Renesas ramping up USB 3.0 Host Controllers production to 6M units per month
Tablet computer display panel shipment exceeded 5M in April 2011
New interoperability guidelines from DLNA for playback of high quality video
Touch screen display shipments for professional apps to reach 2.97M units in 2013
AMI and Realtek Semiconductor are collaborating on SD 3.0 Card Reader booting
Fiberhome picks Mindspeed's crosspoint switch for use in OTN
HomePlug, HomePNA, and MoCA n/w node shipments surpass 40M in 2010
Semiconductor vendor ranking in 2010; the movers and shakers as per IHS iSuppli
Foldable Android phone from Kyocera uses Atmel's maXTouch touchscreen controller IC
Exar extends its distribution network in Russia
Fairchild Semiconductor reported 1Q 2011 sales of $413 million, up 4% sequentially
In-Stat: Over 225 Million tablet PC image sensors to ship using MIPI in 2016
LG Electronics' G-Slate tablet used Atmel touch controller chip
Touch screens in tablet computers are forecasted to grow 333% by 2011
Japan tremors and tsunami will pass through the global semiconductor industry
ST grows its business across multiple categories
Avago's SerDes handles 30-Gbps speeds
Strategy Analytics's tech predictions for 2011
Samsung's Wave 2 and Galaxy phone use Cypress' touch tech
Symwave and Fresco Logic demos speed of 370MB/s on USB 3.0.
Semiconductor industry sales forecast for 2010: SIA; 28.4%, Gartner; 27%
Touch screen panel market: Capacitive is growing faster than resistive type
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010
Cypress Semiconductor improves the accuracy of its touch interface for 1 mm accurate stylus tip
Trident Micro revenue in 4Q09 is nearly same as previous quarter
CUI launches updated website for AMT Encoder series
WD and NEC partnered to raise USB 3.0 standard with new storage interface tech
FormFactor unveils 300-mm TouchMatrix probe card for NAND Flash devices
NXP Semiconductor and Virage Logic go for a long-term give and take relationship
Semiconductor industry is cautiously optimistic on next phase of growth
EXAR has acquired Canadian fables semiconductor firm Galazar
Gennum to acquire Tundra Semiconductor
New interface technology to connect timing controller IC with LCD driver IC
Exar Corp to acquire Hifn Inc
Q4 2008 revenues freeze semiconductor industry to a dope less silicon
Intel's new processor to pack graphic part and main processor in single chip
FlexEQ technology for signals to travel farther, faster, and error-free
Fairchild Semiconductor's quarterly revenues drop by 25%
Korea based AsTEK acquires display driver business of Leadis Technology
Monster Cable and Gennum partnering to deliver new cable products for HDMI
ST Engineer's book on Domino Logic
Catalyst Semiconductor proves small analog companies can perform well
Fairchild and Zilker Labs partner to manufacture digital power products
TI says its 1394 devices are a continued success
Cypress sharpens focus on PSOC and gets away from PC clock business by selling it to Spectra Linear.
New Products
28G VSR-Compliant ASIC SerDes for faster networking apps
Capacitive touch controller with proximity sense range of 25cm
Single chip touch controller from Cypress for large screens
Touch-over-AUX DisplayPort 1.3 TCON with touch screen controller from IDT
RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 serial transceiver chip with internally switched cable termination
SLIC protection device with peak pulse current upto 75A
Chips from Triad for interfacing high voltage sources to processors and FPGAs
Clock generator ICs from ON Semi manages EMI and RFI at the clock source
Isolators from ADI achieve minimum creepage distance of 8mm
2.5A "optocoupled" Gate Drive with VIN of 15V to 30V
Optocouplers for onboard chargers and other HV systems in hybrid and electric vehicles
Clock translators ICs o/ps 2 kHz-1.25 GHz with sub-400-fs RMS jitter on 12 kHz to 20 MHz
PSoC 3 capacitive touch-sensing solution for buttons, sliders, touchpads
4x4 capacitive touch interface keypad device from Cypress Semiconductor
Clock generator with 50 fs rms jitter at 312.5-MHz output frequency
I²C, SMBus, or SPI interfaced GPIO Expanders
Frequency translator ICs from IDT translate 8kHz-710MHz to 1MHz -1.3GHz range
Touch screen controller chip from Semtech senses touch in 4 dimensions
Single-wire 5 channel I/O expander with STSW tech
2.4-GHz wireless USB chip for use in Human Interface Devices
USB 2.0 protection device for portable apps
Intersil's high speed, dual channel 6A MOSFET driver
30µA active current drain GPIO controllers packs programmable logic/PWM
USB 2.0 switches with multiplexing, port protection & battery charger detection
No-offset I2C-bus buffers supports Fm+
8-channel constant current LED display driver IC from Holtek
Hall effect based fan driver IC can drive fan using PWM or anlog signals
Avago adds 30V line drivers for industrial automation apps
Cypress launches USB 3.0 West Bridge peripheral controllers for mobile devices
High voltage capable LED driver can drive 32 strings of LEDs
TTL compatible 74AHCT1Gxx logic ICs from Diodes replaces bipolar/CMOS parts
SAS/SATA backplane controller chip from AMI
ST's touchscreen tech detects atto-Farad capacitance variation with noise immunity
Cypress' touch screen controllers supports waterproofing
16 Gbps PCIe Gen2 to 16 Gbps RapidIO Gen2 bridge chip from IDTI
Serial RapidIO development platform using new switches and clocking chips from IDT
HD display driver IC from Orise made using TSMC's 80nm HV process
Two port processor and transmitter ICs supporting HDMI 1.4a
Single-chip 5-kVrms signal- and power-isolated RS-485 data transceivers
22V latch-up proof quad switches from ADI for industrial and automotive apps
Resistive touch panel controller from Fujitsu supports dual touch
Parade expands USB 3.0 product line with dual repeater/redriver chip
3mmx3mm 18-V hot-swap controller with programmable FET SOA protection
ICs and software for designing capacitance touch interface to TI's MCUs
Atmel launches capacitive touch controllers with integrated haptic effects
Dot matrix LED control driver IC from Holtek for LED panel display/control design
Acer choose Atmel maXTouch touch controller chip for its Android tablet
TI receive certification from the USB-IF for its USB 3.0 4-port xHCI
RapidIO switch IC from IDT supports eight x4 ports at up to 6.25 Gbaud per lane
High speed logic gates families from Diode Inc
10 Gbps CMOS Multiplexer/Demultiplexer switch from NXP
Class H VDSL line driver with adjustable quiescent current
DisplayPort 1.2 Dual Mode HDMI Demultiplexer ICs from Parade Technologies
Increasing use of MIPI interface between camera and processor
10-bit magnetic rotary encoder with integrated wake-up & power-down feature
LVDS to DisplayPort converter ICs compatible with WUXGA resolutions
Signal repeater ICs for SATA
Key-input LCD control & driver IC
New devices for galvanically isolating interface between MCU and power switch
Touch screen controllers from Atmel supports button, slider and wheel functions
Three phase sensorless fan driver IC from Allegro
Design capacitive touch screen displays using single-layer multi-touch controller from IDT
Hittite Launches 14 Gbps 2 x 2 crosspoint switch for fibre channel & infiniband networks
DisplayPort-to-RJ-45 Adapter jointly by IDT and ICT-LANTO
MHL/HDMI-to-HDMI Bridge chip from Silicon Image
2D to 3D video conversion chip for smartphones and tablet PCs
ELMOS unveils high-speed partial CAN transceiver
Clock buffer families from TI with additive jitter of less than 100 fs RMS
Universal TFT/OLED LCD display driver board from Amulet supports up to 800x600 resolution
Microchip launches stand-alone I2C Real-Time Clock/Calendar family
Two UARTs from Exar with integrated level shifters
SX8122 from Semtech enables popular 555 timer IC to operate from AAA battery
Display controller platform from Epson for electronic reading devices
USB 3.0 device controller from Faraday obtains USB-IF certification
ST releases a single chip widescreen capacitive touchscreen controller for slim phones
New I²C interface clock IC from Holtek
TI introduces two new hotswap devices
Single channel equilizers from Intersil delivers video images over a distance of 1.67km
New USB UARTs from Exar
Digital monitor IC from Linear monitors system temp, voltages and currents via I2C interface
Fujitsu adds new member to its USB 3.0-SATA bridge IC family
Two new gate driver IC families from IXYS
High voltage gate driver ICs from Fairchild Semiconductor with improved noise immunity
8 channel ultrasound Tx/Rx chipset from National Semiconductor for portable medical electronics
1 microsecond to 33.6 seconds pulse generator IC from Linear Tech
2-channel proximity/touch sensor IC for passive RKE systems from Maxim
New CAN/LIN ICs for in-vehicle networks from NXP
New LED dot-matrix driver from austriamicrosystems can drive 144 LEDs
Hot swappable, dual I2C digital isolator from Analog Devices
6-Gbps single-lane SATA redriver/equalizer with active power consumption of 290mW
New PCI-104 board with CAN bus interface, 24 channel digital I/O and SRAM module from Acrosser
Two new high voltage latch-up proof, quad SPST switches from ADI
LED backlight driver IC from AnalogicTech can drive string of 88 LEDs
Configurable bi-directional voltage translator for I2C interface apps
New wireless USB port replicator from Toshiba
TN/STN LCD driver ICs from Holtek
Signal encoder ICs for remote control system applications from Holtek
2:1 multiplexer/switch from NXP Semiconductor with speeds of up to 8Gbps
New single-gate logic family with open drain logic from Diodes Inc
Evaluation board for laser diode driver IC from IXYS
IXYS and Clare introduce family of 4A dual-channel gate driver ICs
A signal conditioner with a line driver for sensor applications
ARINC 429 Line Driver from Holt powered by a single +5V supply
5 Amp hot swap controller from Linear
Reset timers with time select pin from Fairchild for Smartphone applications
Discrete SuperSpeed USB tranceiver from TI offers 5 Gbps speed
New programmable pulse generator chip from Nippon provide high speed of 6.5 Mpps pulses
Octal high-voltage protected PZT and CMUT buffers from Maxim
RS-485 transceivers with switchable termination resistor
New ANT IC with USB interface from Nordic for USB dongles
New spread-spectrum clock generators from Maxim deliver 2MHz to 134MHz
Auto-selecting Hi-Speed USB switch from Fairchild for mobile handsets
Maxim adds new member to its deserializer family
SerDes family from National Semiconductor for FPGA based designs
Symwave's new USB 3.0 storage controller chip consumes low power
Dual hot-swap controller from Maxim for systems with two 0-16V supply voltages
Low-power EM touch processor from SiS
USB transceiver and USB accessory detection switch from Fairchild for mobile design
8-bit, auto direction, logic level translator from Fairchild for multiple range operations
Half-duplex RS-485 transceivers for industrial applications from Maxim
Clock ICs from ADI to improve performance
Atmel enhances its touch interface technology to support big screens
Interface IC from Maxim connects directly to UARTs and 5V RS232 systems
High-speed LVDS serializer from Maxim for gigabit multimedia designs
2:1/1:2 active multiplexer from Maxim to switch and redrive SAS/SATA signals
2:2VGA crossover switch for switchable-graphics apps
6.5kV ESD-protected RS-485 and RS-422 receivers from Intersil
ICs to drive MOSFET/IGBTs in automotive electronics systems
Hot swap controllers for backplanes with the supply voltage range of 1V to 13.2V
Dual-channel buffer for re-driving SAS/eSATA/SATA signals
Hall-Effect latches withstanding extreme environment
BOM saving clock IC from National for video equipment
Magnetic rotary encoder IC with automatic power-down and wake-up modes
2:1 VGA multiplexer IC for notebook and consumer video applications
USB-to-UART interface conversion made easier by Microchip
3.3V/5.0V single-chip RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 serial transceiver
IEEE 802.3af/at-compliant interface controller chips for Power over Ethernet devices
Haptic piezo controller for touch-screen and touch-button apps
ON Semiconductor expands its clock management portfolio with new clock and data driver ICs
Multiprotocol data transceiver/clock transceiver/termination ICs from Maxim
A single IC with SPI/I²C UART interface with built-in oscillator
52 Mbps single-chip multiprotocol serial transceiver IC from Exar
Dual-channel buffer from Maxim redrive SATA I/ II with cable detect and high ESD
RapidIO 2.1 spec IP core from Altera for FPGA based system developers
Piezo electronic sensor interface from AMS for automotive unbiased capacitive sensors
NXP's CAN/LIN ICs for automotive in-vehicle networks
Quad-channel digital power-supply controller with PMBus interface from Maxim
Switch multiplexes USB data, audio, microphone, and UART on a single connector port
2-bit Digital Step Attenuator for 4G LTE applications
NEC launches USB 3.0 SOC Design Solution
Smart switch devices TDA19997 and TDA19998 from NXP support HDMI 1.4 specs
Memory-card switches from Fairchild Semiconductor for mobile phone and portable apps
Multiplexer ICs to switch video display across DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI ports
Pericom's family of 5 new products for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 apps
Integrated 3-Channel video filter from Fairchild Semiconductor
Mindspeed's dual-channel backplane equalizer and re-driver for serial digital interface
Atmel launches new family of maXTouch touch screen controller devices
New TrueTouchT touchscreen controllers with programmable system-on-chip
Dual die magnetic rotary encoder IC for microcontroller-based automotive apps
LED blinker with TinyWire interface for handheld apps from Fairchild semiconductor
150V high-side driver IC for automotive applications from IR
Maxim's dual-channel RS-232 transceiver with in-built ±70V fault protection
New LVDS serializer for low-power embedded processors
Maxim's 1Gbps to 10.3Gbps quad linear equalizer for copper interconnects
Maxim's multiple-output clock generators for high-speed networking applications
Maxim's touch-screen ICs with integrated infrared-based proximity sensing
Resistive touch screen controllers for large volume small formfactor embedded systems
New PCI Express to PCI translation bridge IC
Low priced new MB86C30A USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC
Small size High-ESD withstanding USB 2.0 multiplexer operates from 1.8V
USB 2.0 and 3.0 power measurement features in LeCroy USB analyzer platform
0.55 mm thick RTC chips for low-voltage and portable applications
TI's new isolated CAN transceiver
Low-Jitter four-lane, bidirectional PCIe SATA transceivers for backplane extension
Exar's new USB 2.0 compliant UART interface IC works at 12 Mbps
ESD protected logic level translators for memory card apps
4bit and 8bit voltage translators with automatic detection
DDC adds ARINC 575 support for its new ARINC 429 products
Precision clock generators to support multiple standards and designs
New dual channel synchro/resolver PC/104 Card from DDC
12V hot swap controller with integrated hall-effect sensor
USB 3.0 integrated PHY and controller IP for SoCs
New positive emitter-coupled logic (PECL) buffers ICs from TI
New clock generator produces multiple precision clock frequencies for networking
Voltage protection device family for data communication lines
Temperature-stable and stress-resistant Hall-effect switches and latches
Single-channel multi-supply voltage UART series with VLIO bus interface
Low distortion high-speed voice and data switches
Synchronous clock multiplier IC supporting 10G line encoding rates
Real-Time Clock (RTC) module for recording and storing time and date
Common mode, 70V, fault-protected RS-485 transceiver family
Self-protected, hot-plug switch for 12V back-planes
Clock and data recovery transceiver for video broadcast applications
Programmable clock multiplier for Networking and consumer applications
8-channel analog multiplexers for high-voltage systems
Low-cost, low-power dual-SCART video switches for set-top-box designs
Quad hot-swap controller with integrated I²C voltage and current monitor
Small and fast single-channel UART devices
Programmable multi-output clock generators
Atmel's 6-channel touch controller with integral LED driver
New transceiver from Intersil can switch between RS232 and RS485/422
Intersil's ISL59450 multi-format video multiplexer with integrated sync separator
Texas Instrument's new four-channel SerDes Device
New clock generator from Analog Devices for networking apps
Pre-calibrated Real Time Clocks from ST Microelectronics
Real Time Clock IC from Intersil does more than a timing IC
Samsung announces mass production of 256 channel display driver for plasmas
LED driver from Analog Devices for brighter camera flash in mobile phones. New switch from Fairchild multiplex high speed USB2.0 and audio into a single connector. Intersil has released 2:1 multiplexers(ISL54415) to multiplex high-quality A/V and full-speed USB Data Fairchild"s 1.2 volt load switches in WL-CSP/MLP packages. Cypress released industry’s first dual port Address/Data Multiplexed Dual-Ports..
Inductor free, charge pump type LED Driver from Catalyst saves board space.
Sipex RS485 transceiver withstand 15 KV of ESD and are hot swappable.
Cypress has improved the performance of capacitor sense interface devices.
Intersil has improved accuracy of RTCs by compensating drift in time with temperature. New radiation hardened clock driver from Aeroflex
