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| Type | Features | Device | Price | Source and Contact | |||||
| Load switches | 4.5- to 20-V series load switches suit low-power industrial, telecom, medical, and consumer apps; offers 0.5- to 2-A adjustable minimum current limit and 0.4- or 0.8-A fixed current limit options; features thermal shutdown; lead-free SOT-23. | FPF250X l | ea/1,000 $0.99 | Fairchild Semiconductor, San Jose, CA http://www.fairchildsemi.com/cf/sales_ contacts/ http://www.fairchildsemi.com | |||||
| Packet processor | Dual-core packet processors combine a high-performance VPN/WAN router platform with a low-latency voice subsystem; includes a pair of 450-MHz ARM 11 processors, a security engine, 64 Kbytes of SRAM, a 128-Kbyte L2 cache, a 64-bit wide 165-MHz multilayer interconnect bus, dual GbE, PCI, dual USB 2.0 with PHYs, TDM, Utopia L2, and a DDR2 SDRAM controller | Comcerto 100 series | $13 to $39 ea | Mindspeed Technologies, Newport Beach, CA Sales 949-579-3000 http://www.mindspeed.com | |||||
| Preprocessing switch | Preprocessing switch provides interconnect/acceleration functions needed by 3G wireless systems; boosts base station performance by up to 20% by offloading DSPs, FPGAs, or ASICs of certain bandwidth-intensive tasks. 676-ball 27 x 27-mm or 324-ball 19 x 19-mm flip-chip, three 4x SRIO ports, or up to twelve 1x ports at 3.125, 2.5, or 1.25 Gbaud. | PPS Gen 2 (80KSW0001) | $55 ea/ 10,000 | IDT, San Jose, CA Information 408-284-8200 http://www.idt.com | |||||
| Clock buffers | Four ICs provide reference clocks for PCI Express Gen2 at 5 Gbits/s, and FBDIMM memory modules; have four differential outputs; eight differential outputs; or (18+1) and (17+2) with 19 total differential outputs, spread-spectrum-compatible PLLs, less than 1.0 ps of additive rms jitter, and 50-ps max cycle-cycle jitter. | PI6C20400S PI6C20800S PI6C21900 PI6C21900S | $1.35 to $4.50 ea/5,000 | Pericom Semiconductor, San Jose, CA Information 800-435-2336 http://www.pericom.com | |||||
| CODEC | CODEC with integrated video buffer and speaker driver uses four programmable notch filters; provides programmable gain of 0 to 6 dB; operates between 2.5 to 3.6 V; headphone driver that supports 40 mW output power into 16 Ω; 28-lead QFN package. | WM8941 | $1.79 ea/10,000 | Wolfson Microelectronics Edinburgh, UK Kay Giles, 44-(0) 131 272 7000 kay.giles@wolfsonmicro.com | |||||
| DDR PHY compiler | Said to be the industry’s first DDR SDRAM design, package enables assembly of a complete, customized high-performance DDR PHY for ASICs, ASSPs, or SoC applications while considering over 30 separate variables including DDR3/2 or DDR2/1, foundry and process node, memory channel width, power-to-signal ratio, and core power. Automates the physical assembly. | DDR PHY compiler | Contact company for pricing | MOSAID Technologies, Kanata, Ontario, Canada Sales 613-599-9539 communications@mosaid.com http://www.mosaid.com | |||||
| PCIe to PCI-X bridge | Four-lane PCI Express to PCI-X bridge IC features a throughput of up to 1 Gbit/s with improved buffering and queuing architecture for reduced latency; supports 1, 2, or 4 lanes; typical power consumption 1.3 W; incorporates power management functions, 17 x 17-mm BGA package. | Tsi384TM | From $19 ea/large qty | Tundra Semiconductor, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sales 800-267-7231 northamericaeastsales@tundra.com http://www.tundra.com | |||||
| Graphics processor | Graphics controller SoC drives and manages small TFT LCD displays often found in automobile instrument clusters. 176-pin QFP-package, up to VGA resolution, 4 Mbytes of DRAM, MIPS-based 64-bit CPU core, hardware-graphics engine, LCD controller, digital-camera interface, and frame-buffer memory, takes about 1 W at -40° to 85°C, high-performance quad-bus. | TX4964FG | $25 ea/ 10,000 samples available 3rd qtr. | Toshiba America Electronic Components, Irvine, CA Sales 949-623-2900 tech.questions@taec.toshiba.com http://www.toshiba.com/taec | |||||
| Boost controller | 60-V no Rsence boost controller eliminates heat sink with 97% efficiency; maitains ±0.875% reference voltage accuracy over 40 to 85C; features programmable softstart, power good signal, undervoltage lockout, and adjustable cycle-by-cycle current limit; TSSOP-16 package. | LTC3814-5 | ea/1,000 From $3.50 | Linear Technology Milpitas, CA Literature 800-4-LINEAR http://www.linear.com | |||||
| Dc/dc converter | 12-V step-down dc/dc converter operates across an input range of 4.0 to 13.2 V and delivers up to 1.5 A of current; consumes 115-µA quiescent current; operates at 800-kHz switching frequency with efficiency levels up to 96%; 16-pin TDFN. | AAT1162 | ea/1,000 $0.94 | Advanced Nalogic Technologies Sunnyvale, CA Bill Weiss 408-737-4600 http://www.analogictech.com | |||||
| Hot-swap protection IC | Hot-swap protection IC is designed for 12-V hot-swap applications; offers three levels of fault protection: 240-VA power fault protection with user-programmable delay, user-programmable overcurrent fault threshold with programmable delay, and short-circuit protection, which disables the gate in less then 2 µs; operates from 10.8 to 13.2 V; 24-lead QSOP. | ACS760 | ea/1,000 $4.00 | Allegro MicroSystems, Worcester, MA Stephanie A. Fennelly 508-854-5363 sfennelly@allegromicro.com http://www.allegromicro.com | |||||
| Ballast IC | System-in-a package ballast IC combines one high-side 625-V gate driver circuit, two 550-V MOSFETs, a frequency control circuit, a shunt regulator, active ZVS control, and an open lamp detection function; offers UVLO function and programmable preheat time and run frequency; 8-DIP. | FAN7710 | ea/1,000 $1.51 | Fairchild Semiconductor, San Jose, CA http://www.fairchildsemi.com/cf/sales_ contacts/ http://www.fairchildsemi.com | |||||
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