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Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Monolithic Power Systems (MPS)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2004
Emerging leader in future analogue
technology
Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) is a high performance analogue semiconductor company headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) is a high performance analogue semiconductor company headquartered in Los Gatos, California Formed in 1997, the company has three core strengths: deep system-level and applications knowledge, strong analogue design expertise, and an innovative proprietary process technology
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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MPS' systems and applications expertise stems from a team of industry veterans who possess a combination of highly technical electronics knowledge, sophisticated system and IC level design capabilities and extensive customer application experience.
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In addition, MPS has developed a portfolio of intellectual property and proprietary processes that enhance its products and market share.
MPS' design team all hail from distinguished analogue semiconductor companies and now averages 15 years experience per designer.
The team has brought several innovative product suites to market and helped increase the company's annual revenue by an average of 70% in the last 4 years.
These talented individuals, coupled with MPS' technology advantages, have created an emerging leader in the future of analogue technology.
MPS' proprietary process technology is key to its competitive advantage.
Many conventional analogue technologies are handicapped by an inability to support the integration of power devices at high power levels.
This results in unacceptably large semiconductors and/or significant levels of power loss.
High power loss results in significant heat dissipation.
This must be managed to avoid damaging or reducing the overall performance and efficiency of the system.
Other analogue semiconductor vendors rely on multiple-chip solutions to avoid these issues.
In contrast, MPS' proprietary process technology resolves each of these issues.
Implemented at standard CMOS foundries, this unique process integrates BiCMOS signal transistors with a highly efficient DMOS power transistor.
This allows MPS to design and deliver smaller, single-chip power management ICs that are highly efficient and accurate.
In addition, MPS' single process technology simplifies the design process, and is applicable across a wide range of analogue applications.
The result is higher productivity and significant cost advantages for any MPS customer.
MPS' product families include: cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlight inverter ICs, used in lighting LCD displays, such as those found in notebook computers, flat panel displays and televisions; DC/DC convertor ICs that provide the supply voltage to a variety of electronic devices; LED driver ICs, used in lighting displays, such as those found in cellular handsets and handheld computing devices; and Class D audio amplifier ICs, that are well suited for small form factor and portable electronic devices.
MPS is a fabless semiconductor company, working with third party foundries.
However, in contrast to many other fabless companies that use standard process technologies, MPS works with its foundry partners to install its own proprietary process technology in their facilities for use solely by MPS.
MPS employs just over 150 employees located in the USA, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Japan - 30% of whom are dedicated to research and development.
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