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Altera, Apical, AltaSens Jointly Announce Industry's First HD Wide Dynamic Range Video Surveillance Chipset

Offering Customers a Single Source for WDR Surveillance Camera Solutions SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Continuing its leadership in high-definition (HD) Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) surveillance camera solutions, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), Apical Ltd. (UK), and AltaSens, Inc. today announced the availability of the industry's first HD WDR video surveillance chipset. The exclusive chipset combines an...

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LED Driver offers 12-bit PWM, dot correction, and diagnostics.

LED Driver offers 12-bit PWM, dot correction, and diagnostics.

With 30 V LED supply voltage, 16-channel Model AS1121 can be used directly with 24 V supplies. Each of 16 channels can be individually adjusted by 4096-step greyscale PWM brightness control running at 10 MHz as well as by 64-step constant-current sink for dot correction. To prevent high inrush currents, IC offers controlled output delay grouped by 4 channels. Housed in 5 x 5 mm 32-pin TQFN...

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Current Feedback Op Amps suit video applications.

Supplied in SO-14 packages, PS13000 Series comprises quad-configuration devices with 4 identical amplifiers on single chip. Model PS13004 features small-signal bandwidth of 280 MHz and slew rate of 1,100 V/Â-µs with ability to drive 65 mA outputs while requiring 3.3 mA of static supply current. Optimized for higher bandwidth of 450 MHz and 1,500 V/Â-µs slew rate, Model PS13014 drives 65...

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Programmable Metrology MCUs serve analog front end solutions.

Comprised of single-phase metrology devices supported with multiple communication interfaces, MSP430AFE2xx series enables system partitioning in metering applications to allow flexible, stand-alone measurement. Products are based on 16-bit RISC architecture with 12 MHz system frequency and achieve less than 0.1% error in energy accuracy over dynamic range of 2400:1. This is enabled by 3...

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austriamicrosystems Releases 0.18-µm High-Voltage CMOS Process for Volume Production

Industry-benchmark High-Voltage CMOS technology offers industry-first RF (Radio Frequency) integration and high density SoC (System on a Chip) capability Unterpremstaetten, Austria - austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS) today announced the conditional release for volume production of its advanced 0.18Â-µm High-Voltage CMOS process technology H18 which will be manufactured in IBM's 200mm Burlington...

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N-Channel MOSFET Gate Driver operates from -55 to +125-

N-Channel MOSFET Gate Driver operates from -55 to +125-

Supplied in thermally enhanced 10-lead MSOP, MP-grade LTC4441 delivers 6 A peak output current and increases DC/DC controller output power and efficiency. This enables driving of high-power N-channel MOSFETs or multiple MOSFETs in parallel. Along with adjustable 5-8 V onboard linear regulator for gate drive voltage and IC power, features include 5-25 V input supply, adjustable leading edge...

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Atmel maXTouch Solution Powers LG Electronics Mobile's G-Slate Tablet 8.9 Touchscreen

SAN JOSE, Calif. - AtmelÂ-® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that LG Electronics Mobile, one of the largest handset manufacturers in the world, has selected the Atmel maXTouch solution for its recently-launched G-Slate 8.9-inch Android tablet touchscreen. The new LG Electronics Mobile G-Slate is a 4G tablet with an...

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Broadcom Completes World's First Microsoft-® Mediaroom(TM) Client Integration with New Embedded Wireless High Definition Set-Top Box Solution

Broadcom Delivers Production-Ready, Carrier-Grade Wi-Fi for Whole-Home High Definition Video Distribution IRVINE, Calif. - Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its BroadcomÂ-® BCM4717V wireless system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution is the world's first to complete the MicrosoftÂ-® Mediaroom(TM)...

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Boost LED Driver allows channel-independent PWM dimming.

Boost LED Driver allows channel-independent PWM dimming.

Housed in 24-lead SOW package, 2-channel Model HV9880 enables separate LED strings to be operated at different PWM duty cycles for color mixing in LCD TV and backlighting applications. RoHS-compliant IC includes LED wiring fault detection, which protects LEDs from harmful high currents when connecting wire accidentally gets shorted to ground during manufacturing. Peak mode current control scheme...

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Signal Conditioner IC fosters Thunderbolt technology adoption.

Used at each end of Thunderbolt(TM) active copper cables as in-connector transceiver chip, GN2033 allows reliable, error-free transmission of high-speed data. Thunderbolt utilizes dual bi-directional channels operating at 10 Gbps per port to concurrently support data and display over single electrical cable. Copper cables enabled by GN2033 will provide path to utilizing performance and...

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