Analog
Intersil acquires Great Wall Semiconductor
Power IC and Analog chip maker Intersil acquired a discrete power semiconductor expert Great Wall Semiconductor (GWS). Year 2002 founded Great Wall Semiconductor based in Tempe, Arizona has only 10 employees but has been awarded 22 patents related to lateral low voltage power MOSFET technology. The
2 min readConsistent growth for TI from Analog ICs
Texas Instruments reported second-quarter revenue of $3.23 billion, a sequential growth of around 2.6% compared to the revenue of 3150 million in first quarter of 2015. Analog and Embedded Processing constitute 85 percent of second-quarter revenue. Analog business of Texas instruments sees cont
1 min read32-bit ADCs from TI offers high-resolution at low noise and offset drift
Texas Instruments has unveiled new ADC chips of high resolution but also with low noise and low offset drift. ADS1262 and ADS1263 offering 32-bit resolution with a maximum output data rate of 38 kSPS are suggested for industrial electronics applications such as of programmable logic controllers (PLC
2 min readAnalog front end for multiple sensor interfacing to MCUs or FPGAs
Analog front end (AFE) IC XR10910 from Exar integrates 16:1 differential multiplexer, offset correction DAC, programmable gain instrumentation amplifier and voltage reference. XR10910 AFE features 14-bit signal path linearity and is designed to connect multiple bridge sensors to a microcontroller (M
3 min readWide dynamic range supporting sensor interface front end amplifier
Analog Devices (ADI) has announced a new sensor interface front end amplifier which can interface directly with current mode sensors such as photodiodes and high output impedance voltage sensors. The BOM saving and space-saving ADA4350 has FET input amplifier, switching network and ADC driver.
2 min readHard macro IP for Phase-Locked Loop functions in SoC design
Silicon IP vendor True Circuits is offering new hard macro IP for Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) functional blocks used in applications such as high-speed SerDes and ADC input clocks. The IP line called "Ultra PLL" features low jitter of <500fs and supports processes of popular semiconductor foun
2 min read50% reduction in the entire analog design flow, claims Pulsic
Ricoh Electronics is working to achieve 50% reduction in the entire analog design flow integrated circuit (IC) by using Pulsic's Animate, an automated layout system built from the ground up for transistor-level analog and custom-digital design. "Ricoh Electronic Devices offers analog semicond
3 min readFreescale and NXP merge to form 9th biggest semiconductor company in the world
The two leading analog and mixed signal semiconductor companies Freescale semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors agreed to merge their businesses to form a single company with an estimated annual revenue touching close to US$11-12 billion in 2015. There are lot of overlapping products between thes
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Design of audio amplifiers: selection guide for Class-D audio amplifier and circuit ideas-2
Introduction If you already know about class A, B, and AB, they are all linear amplifiers with constant gain where the audio is fed to the base of a transistor. The latest class D audio amplifier is switch type amplifier by us
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Selection guide for Brushless DC motor driver/controller ICs
Introduction:An electric motor has a stator and a rotor. Both are electrically/magnetically induced to produce magnetic fields either through current fed coils or permanent magnets. The combination of repulsive and attractive magnet
11 min readIntersil appoints two senior executives
Intersil appointed two new executives and associated organization changes. Andy Micallef was appointed senior vice president of Worldwide Operations, responsible for the company's manufacturing, quality, and technology development groups. The company also announced the consolidation of two business
3 min read45W × 4ch audio power amplifier chip for car audio, operates down to 6V
Toshiba has launched of "TCB001HQ," a 4-channel power amplifier IC that improves noise tolerance in audio systems in cars with engine idling reduction systems. Samples are available now with mass production scheduled to start in March 2015. The engines of cars with idling reduction systems often
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