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Listing of all 77 news releases from Micrel:
Programmable receiver avoids jamming
The MICRF218 is unique for its ability to "escape" from a jamming source and migrate to an alternative frequency.
News from Micrel (26 February 2008)
Hot-swap controllers meet PCIe specs
Ideal for high-performance enterprise computing network system processor boards, DDR memory boards, embedded systems and gigabit Ethernet addon cards.
News from Micrel (18 January 2008)
Tiny step-down convertor saves power and space
Proprietary switching method called Hyper Light Load achieves high efficiency, very low output ripple and fast transient response while using very small output capacitors.
News from Micrel (20 December 2007)
Amplifiers double the signal gain
Postamplifiers are intended for applications where the receiver optical subassemblies with low-cost/low-gain transimpedance amplifiers and/or PIN photodiodes are used.
News from Micrel (18 December 2007)
LDO goes even lower for handheld efficiency
Ultralow dropout and low input voltage feature combination allows high efficiency power conversion from low voltage supply rails commonly used in handhelds.
News from Micrel (11 December 2007)
Clock dividers take odd approach to stability
Divide by three and divide by five clock dividers are the only clock dividers that divide odd numbers and provide 50% duty cycle.
News from Micrel ( 7 December 2007)
Power controllers dither for EMC compliance
Dithering the switching frequency by +/-12% produces a spread spectrum that reduces peaks in electromagnetic interference.
News from Micrel (31 October 2007)
IC chosen for pool safety system
User application article The Micrel MICRF011YM QwikRadio IC solution is extremely easy to design-in, minimises design and production costs and improves time to market.
News from Micrel (24 October 2007)
IC suits portable applications
The integration of a 2MHz synchronous buck regulator with an independent 300mA LDO offers portable electronics designers maximum flexibility for space-constrained applications.
News from Micrel ( 9 October 2007)
Tiny driver boosts up to eight HBLEDs
High-efficiency boost DC/DC convertor features an integrated 3.5A guaranteed switch current and delivers a net output power of 7-12W for driving high-brightness LEDs.
News from Micrel ( 2 October 2007)
Regulator cuts light-load drain to a trickle
Synchronous buck regulator uses novel switching architecture for industry-leading light load efficiency for Li-ion battery powered systems to prolong charge life.
News from Micrel ( 7 August 2007)
Postamplifier has designs on fibre optic receivers
Device is easy to use in a wide variety of applications and datarates and meets the industry's most stringent jitter requirements.
News from Micrel (26 June 2007)
Low noise regulators offer best of both worlds
Novel power devices combine the advantages and ease of use of LDOs with low noise, high PSRR, ultrafast transient performance and the efficiency of a switching regulator.
News from Micrel (14 June 2007)
Two buck regulators in one shrink handset power
Device combines two ultrafast-transient-performance high-efficiency 4MHz 500mA synchronous buck regulators in a tiny 2 x 2mm MLF package.
News from Micrel (14 June 2007)
Serdes supplies flexibility in optical networking
Single-chip programmable serdes supports multiple passive optical network standards and rates including asymmetric gigabit passive optical networking.
News from Micrel ( 6 June 2007)
RF receiver IC is a sensitive sort
Low-power RF receiver IC features enhanced sensitivity and selectivity, and is claimed to lead the industry in distance performance.
News from Micrel ( 5 June 2007)
Compact driver provides powerful LED flashes
The MIC2298 is billed as the industry's tiniest and most powerful LED driver for portable applications.
News from Micrel (11 May 2007)
Micrel revenues slip in the first quarter
Micrel has announced that its revenues slipped down 2% in the first quarter of 2007, despite seeing increased orders.
News from Micrel (30 April 2007)
Chip manages power in 3G handsets
Power-management chip to boost efficiency of RF subsystems in next-generation 3G handsets.
News from Micrel ( 6 March 2007)
White LED driver simplifies control
PWM white LED driver incorporates internal Schottky diode and true single-wire digital interface for brightness control and enable.
News from Micrel ( 6 March 2007)
Low-power radio transmitter is easier to apply
Sensitive receiver IC boasts big range
Flexible framework for complex power-up protocols
LDOs support Z-One digital power architecture
Three-output power IC drives wireless applications
Dual LDO offers flexible up/down outputs
Switch chip passed for Ethernet Powerlink
Dual-slot controller handles PCI hot plugging
Low-power-radio transceiver takes more onboard
Network processors gain home gateway software
Hot-swap power controller meets PCI Express specs
Controllers raise efficiency at point of load
High-frequency regulators shrink power design
Boost convertors cut LED drive component count
HDTV device is first foray into video filtering
Integrated gateway chip takes five ports onboard
Fast-slewing op amps keep the power low
LDOs are frugal for power-sensitive systems
Low jitter puts crosspoint switch trio in Sonet
LDOs shrink to smaller lighter packages
Hot-swap controller monitors with onboard ADC
Ultra-fast LDO powers cores down to 0.9V
ECL devices guarantee high-speed operation
SiGe process opens up 10Gbit/s market
Ethernet switches are single-chip SOHO solutions
Chipset supports all datarates up to 2.7Gbit/s
New LDO package is smaller, thinner and lighter
Programmable driver makes a display outdoors
Tiny op amps optimised for speedy slewing
Thermal supervisor shrinks to quarter size
Electroluminescent drivers generate high volts
DC/DC buck controllers step down 3.3V supplies
DC/DC controllers maximise conversion efficiency
Greater efficiency from simple switcher
Faster regulator saves on passives
4MHz op amp cuts size and power consumption
5MHz rail-to-rail op amp consumes 90% less power
Micrel acquires Kendin Communications
Hot-swap power controllers integrate MOSFETs
Single-chip transmitter tunes its own antenna
Supervisor monitors power supplies as low as 1.5V
Convertor can drive white LEDs and bias LCDs
Controller generates high voltage from 3.3V rails
Power supervisor monitors supplies down to 300mV
Chip uses only one pin to check temperatures
Power switch ICs support new USB wake-up specs
Compact thermal supervisor has fan control
Controller simplifies CompactPCI hot swaps
High-speed op amps draw only 1.25mA
LDO family with lowest noise and dropout
Micrel expands ECL Pro logic family
World's simplest buck regulator boosted to 2A
Dual and triple 135MHz low-power op amps
