Product category:
Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Lattice Semiconductor UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 July 2003
Programmable power manager scoops French
award
Lattice Semiconductor has won the highly acclaimed Electron d'Or award in France for best programmable product of 2003.
Lattice Semiconductor has won the highly acclaimed Electron d'Or award in France for best programmable product of 2003 The Electron d'Or awards, sponsored by the leading French electronics journal Electronique, honour the best electronics products of the year as chosen by a jury of industry experts and end users
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lattice was presented with the award for its revolutionary ispPAC power manager devices, the industry's first family of mixed-signal PLDs.
Uniquely, the power manager family integrates key programmable analogue and logic functions to provide innovative power supply monitoring and sequencing control.
The panel cited Lattice's resolving of an increasingly complex design dilemma as the principle consideration underpinning the award.
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The complexity of power supply management has increased dramatically in recent years as the number of voltages found on the typical PCB has risen.
Most system-level integrated circuits have device-specific power supply sequencing and tracking requirements that make each PCB power supply management design unique.
In addressing these issues, Lattice's power manager provides a standard, off-the-shelf programmable mixed-signal solution for power management that enhances reliability and speeds time to market.
Analogue features such as input comparator thresholds and digital functions such as supply control sequences are programmed into nonvolatile E2CMOS elements on the devices using an IEEE1149.1 boundary scan protocol.
Sponsored by the leading French electronics journal Electronique, Electron d'Or awards are presented across eleven categories, including processors, programmable logic, multimedia ICs, telecom ICs, EDA tools and software tools.
Jean-Florent Helie, Technology Editor at Electronique, comments: "The ispPAC power manager was chosen by the panel as it demonstrated unique new features facilitated by a ground-breaking technology.
Power supply sequencing is a real design headache for many circuit designers and therefore the power manager solves a fundamental need.
We look forward with anticipation to the enhancements that will come with future releases of the device".
"The Power Manager single-chip programmable solution provides unprecedented convenience for power supply management on any circuit board and expands the programmable market into a major, untapped segment.
We at Lattice are very proud of the achievements of the team in developing such an innovative approach", comments Stan Kopec, Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Lattice Semiconductor.
"Through a commitment to continued innovation, Lattice has managed to harness the power of in-system programmable digital and analog, serving to further expand the programmable market".
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