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Speaker driver boosts audio performance

Small device footprint allows placement close to the speaker housing, enabling simplified PCB layout and maintaining signal integrity.

News from Wolfson Microelectronics (13 February 2008)

Variable gain amp upgrades cable modems

Space-saving design reduces component count and board area by allowing designers to fit more channels into a given space.

News from Analog Devices (13 February 2008)

Audio amplifier simplifies entertainment design

Audio line driver integrates a charge pump to allow a complete audio output signal chain to run from a single 3.3V power supply.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (12 February 2008)

RMS power detector scales the peaks

Ideally suited for next-generation radio-frequency applications using complex signals with highly varying peak-to-average ratios.

News from Analog Devices (12 February 2008)

Audio codec and headphone driver are united

Offers longer battery life in portable media players and multimedia handsets with reduced external component requirements.

News from Wolfson Microelectronics (12 February 2008)

Voltage monitors check automotive supplies

All devices have threshold accuracy of +/-1.5% over the automotive temperature range, allowing them to accurately monitor single channel point-of-load or multichannel applications.  Brochure available  

News from Linear Technology Corp (11 February 2008)

Resistor smoothes out photodiode performance

I2C-controlled 128-position digital resistor uses a logarithmic scale specifically designed to linearise the control of avalanche photodiode voltages in fibre optic modules.

News from Maxim Integrated Products ( 8 February 2008)

Low-glitch DACs reject transients

Multipurpose family of 16, 14 and 12bit DACs offers breakthrough multichannel performance with the combination of high accuracy, low power consumption and small footprint.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) ( 7 February 2008)

VGA integrates output driver and pre-amp

Digitally programmable variable gain amplifier is designed for driving signals over power lines, cables and other applications with low impedance.

News from Analog Devices ( 7 February 2008)

Device gets high data rates out of copper wire

By compensating for signal distortion and removing noise, the QLx411G can achieve unprecedented speed over thinner gauge cable.

News from Quellan ( 6 February 2008)

Analogue IC takes adjustable resistors onboard

The MBSTC-02 incorporates low-noise operational amplifiers with Rejustors to provide precise signal conditioning with integrated temperature correction.  Brochure available  

News from Microbridge ( 5 February 2008)

IC boosts audio possibilities for mobile phones

An on-chip 512Kbyte buffer memory in the AS3532 music player IC allows single-chip support of all key audio formats, both compressed and lossless.

News from austriamicrosystems ( 5 February 2008)

Continuous-time architecture is first for ADC

Eight-channel 12bit 50Msample/s ADC offers an alias-free sample bandwidth up to 25MHz, while consuming 30% less power than competing pipeline devices.

News from National Semiconductor ( 4 February 2008)

Supervisors monitor processor power

Voltage supervisors give designers industry-standard performance for monitoring the power supply status of a microprocessor, microcontroller, ASIC or other system processor.

News from Catalyst Semiconductor ( 4 February 2008)

Dozens of companies added to Mouser line card

Actel, Atmel, Cypress Semiconductor, ROHM, Toshiba, WJ Communications, Pericom and Wolfson Microelectronics were a few of the 13 new semiconductor suppliers added to Mouser's line card.

News from Mouser Electronics (31 January 2008)

Mobile audio device integrates power management

High-performance DAC meets the increasing demand for mobile music handsets to provide higher audio quality coupled with longer playing time.

News from STMicroelectronics (31 January 2008)

Codec/power combo targets next-generation mobiles

Multimedia codec with integrated power management features delivers high performance audio and mixing capability, longer battery life and reduced system cost.

News from Wolfson Microelectronics (31 January 2008)

Semiconductors offer multiple sensor control

MUSic semiconductors suit applications with multiple sensors where a microcontroller is the heart of the system.

News from ZMD America (30 January 2008)

Sensor signal interface circuit monitors patients

The ZMD21013 can dramatically reduce the average overall bill of materials and power consumption of an entire sensor-based system.

News from ZMD America (30 January 2008)

Certification speeds body monitor development

Meeting the ISO quality management standard is a crucial part of the commercialisation of Sensium, Toumaz' wireless platform for nonintrusive body monitors for healthcare and lifestyle markets.

News from Toumaz Technology (25 January 2008)

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