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#43001 From: "EE Times Newsletter" <from_EETimes-ctg0aeb6yaaepepqnou3w5fp3micaiqa@...>
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    From where does the "creative spark" originate for designers? That's the question tackled by our guest commentator and former Philips Electronics executive Cees Jan Koomen. The answer may shed light on and advance the art of design while yielding better EDA tools, Koomen argues.

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    How does the design process really work? Which mechanism enables the brain to come up with solutions to a design problem, and what is the source of the "creative spark"?
     
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    After months of uncertainty and confusion, Altis Semiconductor SA, a joint venture between Infineon Technologies AG and IBM Corp., has found a buyer.
     
    Japan's DoCoMo tries to simplify handsets with RF MEMS
    MEMS technology is critical to the success of future of wireless handsets, according to an executive with the wireless subsidiary of Japanese carrier NTT.
     
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    Here's what analysts said about Applied's results for fiscal Q4
     
    Qualcomm sampling 1-GHz smartphone chipsets
    Qualcomm said it is sampling a new smartphone chipset family that emphasizes multimedia capabilities and boasts performance of up to 1 GHz. The company also announced sampling of its first chipsets supporting dual-carrier HSPA+ and multi-mode 3G/LTE.
     
    NXP licenses contactless IC technology to ST
    European chip vendors NXP BV and STMicroelectronics NV have announced a licensing agreement for NXP's Mifare contactless IC technology. ST is licensed to integrate the Mifare family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications.
     
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    Mobile phone service provider AT&T is going to supply customers with the first ARM-based netbook, according to Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, Calif.). Jacobs showed the Lenovo-made device to attendees at the company's investor day in New York Thursday (Nov. 12).
     
    ST touts accuracy, stability of 3-axis MEMS gyro
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    Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) said he heard someone say it was a LUV economy. That is the European economy is performing in the shape of an L, the U.S. economy is performing in the shape of U and the Asian economy is performing like a V.
     
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    Imagination chosen for Green Plug smart power supplies
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    Welcome to the latest edition of the Mobile Handset Designline newsletter where you'll find the latest news on business and technology in mobile electronics and the best design articles from across the EETimes Network.

    In this week's issue of the MHD newsletter, our featured top story is an interesting look into the life of a Zune owner. How I survived a Zune HD, and even came to like it located here is a quirky, and informative, piece by Rick Merritt involving his trials and tribulations reviewing Microsoft's latest Zune HD music player. Don’t forget to check out our last top story: Simplify the design of the cellular base station digital predistortion subsystems. This interesting story caught the attention of our readers. Check it out right here.

    Patrick Mannion checks in with a new blog piece about the best and worst in mobile devices in call quality. Apple iPhone 3G best for call quality: Blackberry Storm worst is a must-read for those of you looking at getting a new mobile device.

    Lastly, check out our news section, located here, where our featured story is the product introduction of solar panels that are small in size but capable of powering mobile devices. Miniature solar panels come to mobile telephones discusses Sharp's new venture into solar energy harvesting in mobile devices. Read that here.

    If you're looking to catch up on digital and analog topics ranging from application processors to LEDs, you should log on to Texas Instruments' eTech Day this coming Tuesday, November 17th. You'll get the latest info on the hottest topics and get to chat with subject-matter experts for real-time answers. See you there!
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    How I survived a Zune HD, and even came to like it
    The Zune HD, Microsoft's latest answer to the popular Apple iPod, is a reasonable alternative to the iTouch player, but users need to be willing to climb what were for me some pretty steep and frustrating hurdles in setting up and figuring out how to use the Microsoft device.
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    This article proposes a supplemental UMTS/ HSDPA network architecture that cost-effectively improves service by increasing isolation to reduce interference, while increasing data speed bandwidth and coverage.
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    Multimode wireless devices: It's the software, stupid!
    The advent of parallel processing architectures is a big step toward realizing seamless, intelligent connectivity among 3G and 4G wireless standards, but the potential show stopper is the software. Thankfully, some companies are making progress when it comes to enabling hardware and software to work together in harmony.
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    Off-grid charging of mobiles powers a $2.3B opportunity
    Up to 500 million mobile users " more than 10 percent of global subscribers - in emerging countries could benefit from the provisioning of off-grid charging solutions such as solar phones or external solar chargers, according to a report from the GSMA.
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    Intel debuts portable text-to-speech reader
    Intel's digital health group released the Intel Reader, a paperback-sized device that can take a picture of printed text with its 5 megapixel camera and convert it to speech for the dyslexic and visually impaired.
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    Miniature solar panels come to mobile telephones
    Sharp is diversifying its solar component portfolio to address a wide range of mobile applications, such as mobile phones. However, integrating miniature solar panels into mobile telephones is just the beginning — further applications include all network-independent and mobile applications in particular.
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    Designer debuts OMAP boards for Android
    Contract design company Moto Development Group (San Francisco) has announced a family of three reference platforms for the Google Android operating system aimed at giving OEMs a leg up on hardware engineering based on Moto's enhancements to the Texas Instruments Beagle board.
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    Qualcomm misses estimates, extends Samsung license
    Qualcomm reported quarterly sales and guidance that fell short of analyst expectations, but the company announced the extension of a license agreement with South Korea's Samsung Electronics reportedly worth more than $1.3 billion over 15 years.
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    Analysis: Reality check for Motorola
    Motorola Inc. co-CEO Sanjay Jha is counting almost singularly on smartphone sales to help the company recover in the mobile handset market but this is a risky strategy that could backfire and result in a nasty pricing war among equipment vendors.
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    Startup turns SD cards into game cartridges
    Startup FXI Technologies AS hopes to bring the Nintendo game cartridge into the cellphone era with a vengeance when it releases in early 2011 mobile games packaged with their own acceleration hardware on microSD cards.
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    Motorola swings to Q3 profit on cost cutting
    Motorola Inc. fought its way back into black territory in the third quarter by sharply reducing costs throughout its operations although sales continues to fall and the company yielded market share in the mobile handset segment.
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    Bluetooth group drops ultrawideband, eyes 60 GHz
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has shelved any plans to use the ultrawideband technology it acquired from the WiMedia Alliance when that group decided in March it would fold, and in its place is conducting due diligence on 60 GHz technology as a possible transport for a future high-rate Bluetooth.
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    Smartphone market boom risky for PC vendors, market researchers warn
    Market researchers see the smartphone market to continue its boom, luring PC manufacturers to join the fray. But the challenges for the newcomers will be immense — in particular since the OS platform landscape will turn out to be a moving target.
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    New platform of charge pumps supports LED backlighting in handheld devices
    Semtech Corp. has unveiled the SC654, SC657 and SC658 LED backlight charge pump drivers for 6, 5, and 4 LEDs, respectively.
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    VARTA Microbattery GmbH has launched a new battery system integration service aimed at providing customized battery solutions for manufacturers of portable and handheld electronic devices for the industrial, medical and communications markets.
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    STMicroelectronics : MEMS gyroscopes fit tight spaces
    STMicroelectronics has added thirteen single- and two-axis gyroscopes to its motion-sensor portfolio.
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    Semtech Corp., has launched an ultra-low power 4-wire resistive touchscreen controller with enhanced ±15kV electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.
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    Micron offers NAND-DRAM memory in multichip package
    Micron Technologies Inc. (Boise, Idaho) has introduced a multi-chip package (MCP) memory for smart phones, personal media players, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that includes a 4-Gbit NAND flash memory die and a 2-Gbit low-power DDR die.
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    Atheros targets cellphone with Wi-Fi chip
    Atheros Communications debuts a Wi-Fi chip for cellphones that supports a single-stream version of the latest 802.11n standard, attacking giants such as Broadcom and Texas Instruments who have been winning sockets in handsets with .11g chips that have integrated Bluetooth and FM radio features.
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    Apple iPhone 3G best for call quality: Blackberry Storm worst
    With all the additional multimedia and work-saving functionality smartphones bring to the table, it's easy to lose track of the one basic requirement by which all handsets are ultimately judged: how well they keep that all-important voice link. It turns out that Apple and its iPhone 3G has that angle covered too: better than anyone.
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    Fundamentals of PC-Board Design: DDR2 and DDR3 Memory Signal Integrity
    Double Data Rate memories DDRx have become new standards in today's memory applications. This course describes fundamentals of DDR2 and DDR3 from a signal Integrity perspective. The main signal groups and their synchronism requirements are identified. Net topologies, trace impedances and terminations play an important role in waveform integrity. Trace length, vias and cross talk play an important role in timing. The effect of these parameters is explained. In the course of a design, one would place constraints and carry out PCB routing. However, post-route verification can become a tedious task. The Hyperlynx DDRx Batch mode capability combines a comprehensive signal integrity analysis with timing analysis. Its usage to optimize and validate a DDRx implementation is presented.
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    Altair Semiconductor Ltd. (Hod Hasharon, Israel), a 4G communications chip company, has announced the commercial availability of its LTE baseband chip, the FourGee-3100.
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    dotAnalysis: Reality check for Motorola
    dotStartup turns SD cards into game cartridges
    dotMotorola swings to Q3 profit on cost cutting
    dotBluetooth group drops ultrawideband, eyes 60 GHz
    dotSmartphone market boom risky for PC vendors, market researchers warn
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    This year, the tables turned. Mlb.com drove 20 million people to the site across September and October whereas nfl.com saw 19 million UVs – (mlb.com finished 5% over nfl.com and up 30% YOY). Nfl.com traffic grew 15% YOY across the same period, but it still ended up below mlb.com. Interestingly, nfl.com has yet to experience a single month in-season traffic that surpasses an in-season month of traffic to mlb.com.

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    Before I forget, we've just opened nominations for the 2010 EETimes ACE Awards (that's short for "Annual Creativity in Electronics"); click on the link in the news section below and you'll get the information you need.

    Last week, we briefly looked at "wireless power", via an evaluation product called Powerharvester Modules from PowerCast Corp. which looked very interesting, if only as an experimental setup. And now I see a different take on wireless power, using it for recharging of your cell phone and similar. The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed two products, the Powermat and myGrid, "Charger Mats Curtail Clutter, Not Energy Use". Handy? Maybe, it depends. Efficient? Not really. Worth it? Well, it depends on your circumstances, as is usually the case.

    But I do question the credibility of the highly speculative factoid towards the end of the otherwise decent article which flatly states, "an additional 280 gigawatts of new generating capacity will be needed in two decades just to power all of those new cellphone chargers, cable boxes and high-definition televisions, according to the International Energy Agency." Those sorts of allegedly factual--but actually unprovable--predictions drive me crazy.

    So, what's doing this week? We have a detailed item, complete with all needed equations and analysis, on how generating a negative output voltage from a positive input voltage using the buck (step down) regulator that is already available. We also look at ESD protection for discrete semiconductors, always an important issue.

    And yes, we even have a feature on software reliability, heretical as it may seem. But the reality is this: software is now an integral part of any system, including power supplies, subsystems and their management; it is used to set up parameters, capture and analyze data, close the operating loop (inner or outer or supervisory), and much more; also, some lessons about software quality can be applied to overall designs to help improve the design verification and integrity process. Plus, how many times has what looks to be a circuit/hardware glitch or bug turned out to be software, or vice versa? So you have to know ho to assess the quality of the software, even if you are doing a mostly analog supply design.

    We also have some new products of interest as well as industry news and updates, so check those out, as well. Some development in a semi-related field may give you an idea or an inspiration. Also, we've taken our weekly feature "Recently Introduced Analog (and related) Products" and further divided it, to call out power products and discrete semis as their own subcategories.

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    PRODUCT HOW-TO: Removing deterministic jitter & interference due to noisy power supplies
    Five different ways to measure the PSNR of a clock source, using the MAX3624 low-jitter clock generator to determine, and then remove, the effects of interference generated by on-board switching supplies or noisy digital ASICs.
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    NXP offers new online design tool for LED driver IC
    NXP Semiconductors has launched an online design tool for SSL applications, which enables engineers to test the behavior of LED lighting applications based on four NXP products.
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    Isolated 1-W single output DC/DC converters offer high efficiency levels
    A new series of high performance isolated 1-W single output DC/DC converters that offer high efficiency levels and full-load performance across the industrial temperature range has been introduced by Murata Power Solutions.
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    Collaboration paves the way for launch of a coupled Li-ion simulation tool
    Battery Design LLC, a world leading provider of battery modeling software, is collaborating with CD-adapco, a provider of engineering simulation tools for fluid dynamics and heat transfer, to deliver a coupled Li-ion simulation tool in early 2010.
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    Surge stopper IC simplifies design for hazardous apps
    In order to operate safely in hazardous environments, instrumentation must be made explosion proof. Linear Technology's LT4356 series of overvoltage/overcurrent protection devices offers an efficient and elegant means of creating protection barriers in electronic apparatus.
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    700mA step-down converters provide flexible control in a tiny CSP
    Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX8884Y/MAX8884Z 700mA step-down converters with dual 300mA LDOs in a 2mm x 2mm CSP (chip-scale package).
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    ON Semiconductor has introduced 24 new 30 volt (V), N-channel Trench MOSFETs in DPAK, SO-8FL, µ8FL, and SOIC-8 packages, featuring enhanced switching performance for synchronous buck converters in computing and game console applications.
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    Triple RGB laser driver enables designers to embed pico projectors
    Fabricated using Maxim's newest BiCMOS process, the MAX3600 RGB laser driver enables designers to embed pico projectors into compact consumer electronics, supporting switching times below 2ns and resolutions up to WXGA and 1080p.
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    Synchronous step-down LED driver provides 20 A of continuous LED current
    A synchronous step-down DC/DC converter designed to deliver constant current to drive high current LEDs has been unveiled by Linear Technology.
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    High-power LED driver features ultra-fast current transitions, targeting DLP projection systems and color mixing needs
    LT3743 Synchronous step-down power IC sources up to 20 A continuous, 40 A pulsed
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    EE Times begins accepting ACE Award nominations
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    Seven early predictions for electronics in 2010
    The electronics industry is recovering, but there is still some uncertainty in the market. So what's in store for the rest of this year and 2010?
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    Continuing on its buying spree, On Semiconductor Corp. has completed the acquisition of PulseCore Holdings (Cayman) Inc. in an all cash transaction for initial consideration of approximately $17 million.
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    The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $20.64 billion in September, up 8.2 percent from an upwardly revised $19.07 billion in August, and down 10.1 percent from September 2008, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association.
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    Proposals from chip designer Intellon Corp. and white goods giant Whirlpool were among a broad group of 100 projects selected Tuesday to share $34 billion in federal funds to accelerate deployment of smart electric grids.
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    Hyperlens harnesses metamaterials for ultrasound, sonar
    Researchers say they have harnessed metamaterials to fabricate the first acoustic hyperlens, potentially offering an eight-fold increase ultrasound and sonar image resolution.
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    Verizon to OEMs: Get the heat out
    Verizon Communications Inc. will require OEMs starting in July 2010 to supply thermal models for circuit boards and cabinets for any equipment they want to sell to the carrier as part of a new energy-saving strategy.
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    Can all-electric vehicles take charge?
    Yes, batteries are a problem, but even "perfect" batteries won't overcome the problem of the charging times and the current needed for a viable all-electric car or truck.
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    Assault and batteries
    The soft on/off switch functionality in many products is a real drain on their limited batteries
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    Speaking truth about power
    Power and its management are the common denominators cutting across all electronic systems and circuit designs, analog or digital.
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    The course looks at analog signal ranges, digital protocols and formats, serial versus parallel interfaces, internal and external references and clocks, drivers and buffers, isolation, and filters--and how their choices affect overall signal-chain performance. The course will focus on tradeoffs and optimizing overall performance so the selected converter meets its potential in your application.


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    The Secret Behind Driving LEDs in Large Panel Video Displays
    Ever wonder what powers a Jumbotron or other large panel video scoreboard? This demonstration of a TLC5946 LED driver EVM shows how brightness, dimming and power control help manage LEDs in a large panel system.
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    The role of scan conversion in ultrasound systems is to map the captured ultrasound data to the coordinate system of the display. For developers of imaging applications, scan conversion presents many processing, bandwidth and accuracy challenges. This video will provide viewers with an overview of why DSPs are ideally suited to address these complexities, and demonstrate the ultrasound scan conversion algorithm, one of several optimized modules in TI's embedded processor software toolkit for medical ultrasound manufacturers.
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    dotThings to keep in mind when designing power management circuitry
    dotRECENTLY INTRODUCED ANALOG (and related) PRODUCTS, November 6, 2009 edition
    dotNXP offers new online design tool for LED driver IC
    dotIsolated 1-W single output DC/DC converters offer high efficiency levels
    dotCollaboration paves the way for launch of a coupled Li-ion simulation tool
    dotSurge stopper IC simplifies design for hazardous apps
    dot700mA step-down converters provide flexible control in a tiny CSP
    dotMicrochip houses synchronous buck MOSFET drivers in tiny packages
    dot30V, N-channel devices improve switching performance, power efficiency
    dotTriple RGB laser driver enables designers to embed pico projectors
    dotSynchronous step-down LED driver provides 20 A of continuous LED current
    dotHigh-power LED driver features ultra-fast current transitions, targeting DLP projection systems and color mixing needs
    dotSeven early predictions for electronics in 2010
    dotOn Semi buys EMI firm, enters India design front
    dotIreland key to Analog Devices re-org, promotions
    dotEE Times begins accepting ACE Award nominations
    dotSeptember averaged global chip sales show 8.2% growth
    dotIntellon, Whirlpool snag smart grid grants
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    dotVerizon to OEMs: Get the heat out
    dotCan all-electric vehicles take charge?
    dotAssault and batteries
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    RS-485: Transient Protection for Bus Nodes describes three transient immunity test standards and shows how an industrial RS-485 cable in combination with low-capacitance transient voltage suppressors is the most efficient way to protect your network.

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    It's not every day that one wins $550,000 in prize money for work done in the industry. Isamu Akasaki has won that amount for his work developing the blue light emitting diode.

    One needs to keep innovating for this kind of prize money to someday show up. And it better be for a physical device, not some software method.

    Speaking of physical devices, it's one thing to understand the specifications and internal architectures of analog/digital (A/D) and digital/analog (D/A) converters, it's another to be able to navigate the maze of available converters and design effectively with them such that you realize their full performance capabilities. In Fundamentals of Choosing and Using A/D and D/A Converters", Planet Analog editor Bill Schweber helps you do just that. With a "pin-in, black-box" view of converters he takes you through and explains the factors you need to consider when selecting the most appropriate converter for your application.

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    By the way, do you have an idea for a design how-to article that you'd like to see published on PLDL? Contact me.

    On the new product beat, we've got a new version of Lattice Semiconductor's design suite, the release of IBIS-AMI models for Xilinx transceivers, and more.

    This week's news includes an article on five high-growth IC markets as identified by analysts at Semico Research as well as a partnership between Lattice and Slovenian firm Beyond Semiconductor on compiler tools.

    It's one thing to understand the specifications and internal architectures of analog/digital (A/D) and digital/analog (D/A) converters, it's another to be able to navigate the maze of available converters and design effectively with them such that you realize their full performance capabilities. In Fundamentals of Choosing and Using A/D and D/A Converters", Planet Analog editor Bill Schweber helps you do just that. With a "pin-in, black-box" view of converters he takes you through and explains the factors you need to consider when selecting the most appropriate converter for your application.

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    UMC's October sales rise 17% year-on-year
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    DRAM module price jumps 14%, says analyst
    The contract price for the supply of the 2-Gbyte small outline dual-in-line memory modules in the DDR2 DRAM 800-MHz format has increased to $41 from $36 in the first half of November, a jump of 14 percent, according to DRAMexchange Technology Inc., a Taiwan-based market analysis company.
     
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    Intel debuts portable text-to-speech reader
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    Emulex sues Broadcom, claims antitrust violations
    Emulex fired back at rival Broadcom, saying it filed a lawsuit alleging that Broadcom has acted in an anticompetitive manner in violation of federal antitrust laws.
     
    Update: SMIC founder Chang quits post
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    Update: TSMC, SMIC settle bitter suit
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    Freescale puts Toulouse, Sendai wafer fabs up for sale
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      EDITOR'S NOTE
    Let's start with a quick item: nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 EETimes ACE (Annual Creativity in Electronics) awards; click on the link below and you'll get the information you need.

    And yes, you read it correctly: we posted a software article this week, on the important topic of software for dependable systems. Why have this article, despite our general avoidance of the software here? There are two main reasons.

    First, nearly all systems incorporate software, often needed to set up analog signal-chain parameters as well as accept/pass the data to/from analog components. And how many times, in debug phase or in the field, is a problem (aka bug) attributed to hardware at first thought, and it is reality software? (And the reverse is true as well.)

    [An aside: I once visited a major analog-IC vendor, and at a break they told me that they had seen a rash of BSOD (blue screen of death) crashes in some PCs they had recently installed. While their initial assumption was it was a Windows-related problem, they did some serious instrumenting and found out the real problem was noisy and out-of-regulation power rails in the "new-ish" PCs, due to substandard (likely counterfeit) bulk capacitors in the power supplies. So what looked like software bugs were really due to something at the very other end of the system design, namely, passive components.]

    Second, the techniques for improving software can also be applied to hardware and circuitry, in many cases. Issues of proper planning, design modularity, and review rigor are universal principles of good engineering.

    Another item of interest this week: Hewlett-Packard announced a new technique for building accelerometers, see news item linked below. With the withering and shrinking away of many vaunted and legendary corporate research labs (Bell Labs is the prime example), it's nice to know that some still exist and allow for "off the books" projects. (Ironically, the accelerometer comes from H-P's printer division, which until recently was the cash-cow darling at HP, but that has changed dramatically, see "H-P plans to fuse printer, PC units" in The Wall Street Journal.

    Due to the availability of low-cost MEMS-based accelerometers, we are seeing many clever applications for this function, such as disk-drive protection, game controllers, and more. Acceleration, like temperature, is a parameter of great interest, but it has always been tough to measure, especially at low cost.

    Bear with me for an anecdote: I have always been intrigued by gyros, accelerometers, and inertial measurement systems. Back in the day, I built a crude, gimbaled platform, using some better-quality school science-lab gyroscopes, plus some bearings I pulled from some tossed-away equipment. Then I read that you could use a gyroscope to make an accelerometer, called a PIGA (Pendulating Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometer), so I made one of those. It seemed to work, and it was fun to build, but I had no way of really assessing its performance.

    From what I have read, a high-end PIGA is still the most accurate, widest-dynamic-range accelerometer design available, but at a very steep price. And if that is not good enough, read this explanation of the "ultimate" gyro, which performs beyond the PIGA but is impractical except for one-shot missions (it uses niobium-plated perfect quartz spheres and SQUID sensors), see "Spinning spheres test relativity's subtlety" and "The Gravity Probe B Bailout".

    So, what do we have this week, besides the software feature and the H-P news? We have an article which looks at the demands of medical ultrasound systems and how IC technology is playing into meeting them (think about those intricate probe and cable assembles!); and a look at ESD protection for discrete semiconductors. We also have an array of new products (including a MEMS gyro from STM), And, of course, there's some updates on how the semiconductor business is doing thus far in 2009, and some predictions for 2010 (although I don't put too much faith in these, they are still worth looking at, if only to use as a frame of reference for your own observations).

    Until next week. . . .

    Bill Schweber, Planet Analog Editor
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      DESIGN FEATURES
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    Check out these interesting and tutorial items from other engineering and design publications, courtesy of Planet Analog, as well as an archive of the Planet Analog Newsletter
     
    Solving engineering challenges in ultrasound systems through integration and power scaling
    Understand the unique requirements and constraints of this signal chain, along with current expectations
     
    Software for dependable systems
    How can we know if a system, and in particular the software, is dependable? An interesting, well-written book tackles this question.
     
    ESD protection of discrete semiconductors
    Inside all of us lies the ability to conduct electricity and though such a concept seems more science fiction than science, the ramifications of producing a small charge can have negative effects on the products we handle. This design article examines how on-chip ESD protection can help your work.
     
    Matching your socks. . . and your inputs
    Understand the important of matching and balancing input impedances in analog circuits
     
    PRODUCT HOW-TO: Removing deterministic jitter & interference due to noisy power supplies
    Five different ways to measure the PSNR of a clock source, using the MAX3624 low-jitter clock generator to determine, and then remove, the effects of interference generated by on-board switching supplies or noisy digital ASICs.
     
    Five selection tips for extreme user-interface displays
    Globally, design engineers require displays that can perform consistently under extreme environmental conditions. This feature will tell you five things you need to know to make the right choice for your next design.
     
    Low leakage tantalum, NbO capacitors improve tire pressure monitoring
    The author examines basic types of tire pressure monitoring systems and concludes that niobium oxide capacitors are best suited for circuits where the bulk capacitor can be switched off at higher operating temperatures.
     
      NEW PRODUCTS
    RECENTLY INTRODUCED ANALOG (and related) PRODUCTS, November 6, 2009 edition
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    NXP offers new online design tool for LED driver IC
    NXP Semiconductors has launched an online design tool for SSL applications, which enables engineers to test the behavior of LED lighting applications based on four NXP products.
     
    ST expands MEMS gyroscope portfolio angular-motion sensors for consumer apps
    STMicroelectronics has expanded the company's motion-sensor portfolio with a broad range of thirteen new single- and two-axis gyroscopes.
     
    SD card reader IC delivers high-speed USB-to-SD bridge
    Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX14502, a USB-to-SD card bridge that increases read-write speed by up to 40x in portable electronics.
     
    30V, N-channel devices improve switching performance, power efficiency
    ON Semiconductor has introduced 24 new 30 volt (V), N-channel Trench MOSFETs in DPAK, SO-8FL, µ8FL, and SOIC-8 packages, featuring enhanced switching performance for synchronous buck converters in computing and game console applications.
     
    Silicon Laboratories combines capacitive and IR proximity sensing
    With its QuickSense portfolio, Silicon Laboratories Inc., launched three new products aimed at the human interface market, supporting accurate and fast-response touch, proximity and ambient light sensing within a common development environment.
     
    3-axis MEMs gyro chip debuts
    A three-axis gyroscope chip developed by InvenSense Inc. combines separate MEMs resonators for motion tracking.
     
      NEWS & SHORT TECHNICAL ITEMS
    EE Times begins accepting ACE Award nominations
    EE Times to start accepting submissions for ACE Awards.
     
    Accelerometer propels HP into sensor networks
    A secret side project for a Hewlett-Packard engineer has quietly spawned an ultra-sensitive accelerometer that the PC giant hopes to leverage to propel it into sensor networks, an emerging market it sees as the next big wave of computing.
     
    Year-to-year chip growth expected to return in Q4
    After declining on a year-to-year basis for the first three quarters of 2009, semiconductor industry revenue is expected to increase on a year-to-year basis in the fourth quarter--albeit in comparison to the low levels established in the fourth quarter of last year.
     
    Seven early predictions for electronics in 2010
    The electronics industry is recovering, but there is still some uncertainty in the market. So what's in store for the rest of this year and 2010?
     
    September averaged global chip sales show 8.2% growth
    The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $20.64 billion in September, up 8.2 percent from an upwardly revised $19.07 billion in August, and down 10.1 percent from September 2008, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association.
     
    CIA expands investments in semis
    Cambrios Technologies Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has received investments totaling $14.5 million in a first closing of its Series D financing round.
     
    Executive pay: 10 notable chip company CEOs
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    On Semi buys EMI firm, enters India design front
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    EE Times' Top 10 women in microelectronics
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    Analog Devices Inc. has created two groups as part of an organizational change. Both will be led by executives who began their careers with ADI in Ireland, where the company has had a presence for many years.
     
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    New Launch: 2009 November 10, 1422 UTC
    Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Launcher: Soyuz-U
    International Designator(s): 2009-060A
     
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    36086 POISK CIS

    "A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the plains of Kazakhstan Tuesday with the International Space Station's newest addition, a module doubling as a docking port for visiting spacecraft and an airlock for spacewalking astronauts.

    "The 168-foot-tall [51-m-tall] booster roared away from Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1422 GMT (9:22 a.m. EST) Tuesday, or just after nightfall Tuesday night in Kazakhstan."

    "The three-stage rocket delivered its payload, the Poisk docking compartment, to a low-altitude injection orbit about nine minutes after liftoff.

    "Poisk, which means "search" or "explore" in Russian, is attached to the service module of a Russian Progress resupply ship, providing electrical power and propulsion for the spacecraft during its two-day journey to the space station.

    "The Progress will fire its engines twice later Tuesday to begin changing its orbit to chase down the complex in space.

    "More burns are on tap Wednesday and early Thursday before the ship begins its automated final approach to the outpost on a Kurs rendezvous radar system.

    "The automatic sequence should begin at 1320 GMT (8:20 a.m. EST) Thursday, leading to a docking with the Zvezda service module's space-facing, or zenith, port at 1543 GMT (10:43 a.m. EST).

    "The new module is the first major Russian addition to the complex since the nearly identical Pirs module was launched in 2001. Pirs is located on Zvezda's Earth-facing port, directly across from the future home of Poisk.

    "Poisk will give the station a fourth docking port on the Russian segment, allowing for longer stays of future Progress freighters and more opportunities for crew handovers using Soyuz spacecraft."

    "The compact egg-shaped Poisk module measures about 13 feet [4 m] long and 8 feet [2.4 m] in diameter at its widest point. Poisk weighs about 8,000 pounds [3,600 kg], according to NASA.

    "Future Russian spacewalks will use Poisk as an airlock. The module also carries electrical and data interfaces for experiments to be mounted to Poisk's exterior.

    "Poisk's internal volume measures about 500 cubic feet [14 cubic meters] and the module includes two egress hatches for spacewalking astronauts.

    "Also called Mini-Research Module 2, Poisk is carrying about 2,000 pounds [900 kg] of equipment inside its pressurized section, including Russian Orlan spacesuits and life support equipment, according to NASA.

    "The Progress space tug will be jettisoned from Poisk after it arrives at the station."

    Source: Spaceflight Now, "Poisk launches to add new room for space station"

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