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MOSFET Drivers suit power supply applications over 500 kHz.

Consisting of tiny single drivers for inverting and non-inverting solutions, Series MIC44F18/19/20 targets power supplies and synchronous rectification applications operating at frequencies up to 2 MHz. Output voltage levels can swing within 25 mV of positive supply ground. With input voltage of 4.5-13.2 V, chips are capable of symmetrically sinking and sourcing current up to 6 A with propagation...

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Micrel Makes Major In-Roads with Quadruple Play Ethernet Solution

KSZ8842-PMQLI IC Integrated Into New AMD Reference Design Kit SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24 / / -- Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ:MCRL), an industry leader in Ethernet, analog, and high bandwidth communications IC solutions, today announced that its KSZ8842-PMQLI Ethernet IC has been integrated into the new AMD Geode(TM) LX EPIC Reference Design Kit (RDK). The KSZ8842-PMQLI is the industry's first 2-port...

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Internet Controller supports application-specific tailoring.

Designed for 802.11b/g WiFi and 10/100BaseT LAN access, iChip(TM) CO120SQ features pin-out and functionality determined by firmware that includes features and IP needed for application-specific designs. Programmable Internet Controller(TM) chip, supplied in 64-pin TQFP, helps meet M2M connectivity needs that enable combination of up to 10 TCP/UDP sockets; 2 listen sockets; clients for HTTP, SMTP,...

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Broadcom Demonstrates the Industry's First 2.5 Gigabit End-to-End Networking Infrastructure Solution Optimized for Blade Servers

Combination of Broadcom-® NetXtreme-® II C-NICs and New StrataXGS-® III Switches More Than Doubles Networking Throughput Using Existing Blade Infrastructure In a Separate Demonstration, Broadcom Provides Sneak Peak of 10 Gigabit Ethernet C-NIC Prototype GARDEN GROVE, Calif., April 19 / -- (Server Blade Summit), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and...

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Multimode ICs combine UART and RS-232 transceiver.

Integrating functions from 8-bit UART and RS-232 transceiver ICs in one package, single-channel XR19L2xx series operates in 4 different modes: active, partial sleep, full sleep, and powersave. Models XR19L220, XR19L210, and XR19L200 support full, half, and quarter modem interface, respectively, and are fully compliant with EIA/TIA-232-F standards from +3 to +5.5 V power supply. Both RS-232 driver...

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PWM Controller IC suits DC-to-DC converter applications.

Operating with single 5 or 12 V supply voltages, Synchronous Buck PWM Controller, Model AP2014A, offers power efficiency up to 92% with output current to 20 A and output voltage as low as 1.5 V. It features 400 KHz internal oscillator, external programmable soft start, and built-in under-voltage lockout protection. With operating temperature range of 0-125Â-

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Dual RF Power Detector addresses multi-band applications.

Covering RF applications ranging from 300 MHz to 11 GHz, dual channel LTC5533 RF power detector supports multiple frequencies in single package. It features 40 dB dynamic range and 45 dB channel-to-channel isolation. Drawing 500 Â-µA per detector, device is suited for dual-band Wi-Fi PA power control, dual-band cellular/WiMAX basestations, point-to-point microwave links, transmit PA forward...

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Integrated MMPs feature reconfigurable architectures.

Suited for mobile multimedia handsets, Vinno I (part No. VC868) and II (VC858) are 0.18 Â-µm mixed-signal single-chip and 0.13 Â-µm single-chip Mobile Multimedia Processors (MMPs), respectively, that integrate various multimedia functions. Models feature 1.3 or 2.0 mega pixel camera processor, various codecs, and MCU core. Other features include MP3 decoder, MIDI synthesizer, and...

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QUALCOMM Samples Single-Chip Solutions for Low-Cost CDMA2000 Handsets

- More than Five Leading Manufacturers Already Developing Devices - LAS VEGAS, CTIA Booth #2047, Hall C4/C5, April 5 /-- QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the sampling of its first-generation QUALCOMM Single Chip(TM) (QSC(TM)) solutions, the QSC6010(TM),...

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Timing Solution targets set-top boxs and digital televisions.

Model PI6C6612 audio synthesizer and PI6CX100-272 27 MHz VCXO IC pair up to offer digital multimedia timing solution for set-top boxes, DTV, and portable media players. PI6C6612 provides low jitter, low phase noise, and synchronous clock signals for digital audio applications with flexible sampling clock rates derived from MPEG2 stream, while PI6CX100-272 3.3 V IC is used to drive clocking for...

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