MILPITAS, CA – October 12, 2010 – Linear Technology introduces the LTC6409, a fully differential amplifier capable of driving DC to 100MHz signals with just 1.1nV/√Hz noise and -88dBc HD2/HD3 distortion. Built on an advanced SiGe BiCMOS process, the LTC6409 features 10GHz gain-bandwidth product, 100dB SFDR up to 40MHz, and 1% settling time of 1.9ns. It is ideal for driving the latest high speed … Read More → "Differential Amplifier Drives DC-Coupled, Ground-Referenced 100MHz Signals with Low Noise & Low Distortion"

MILPITAS, CA – October 11, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2911 three-channel supply monitor with power-fail warning for low voltage systems down to 0.5V.  In certain applications, monitoring the main input supply is just as important as monitoring the intermediate bus voltages in order to provide the host an early warning of supply failure and signal shutdown procedures.  The LTC2911 offers a power-fail input and output to support this function, in addition to three voltage inputs, with 1.5% threshold accuracy over the entire operating temperature range.

The … Read More → "Precision Triple Supply Supervisor Provides Early Power-Fail Detection"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — To accelerate the integration of programmable logic and processors in embedded systems, Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced its Embedded Initiative. With this initiative, Altera is providing designers a single FPGA design flow based on its Quartus® II development software—including the new Qsys system-level integration tool, a common FPGA intellectual property (IP) library, and new ARM® Cortex™-A9 … Read More → "Altera Launches Embedded Initiative with New System Level Integration Tool for Embedded Systems Configurability"

MILPITAS, CA – October 12, 2010 – Linear Technology introduces the LTC6409, a fully differential amplifier capable of driving DC to 100MHz signals with just 1.1nV/√Hz noise and -88dBc HD2/HD3 distortion. Built on an advanced SiGe BiCMOS process, the LTC6409 features 10GHz gain-bandwidth product, 100dB SFDR up to 40MHz, and 1% settling time of 1.9ns. It is ideal for driving the latest high speed … Read More → "Differential Amplifier Drives DC-Coupled, Ground-Referenced 100MHz Signals with Low Noise & Low Distortion"

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwire – October 11, 2010) –  NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the EM773 energy metering IC — the world’s first 32-bit ARM®-based solution designed specifically for non-billing electricity metering applications. In recent years, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and smart meters have become popular with regulators and utilities as a means to introduce more sophisticated pricing models and tariffs, and incentivize customers to adjust their energy consumption accordingly. The NXP EM773 takes … Read More → "NXP Introduces New Energy Metering Chip"