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EDN HOT 100 PRODUCTS 2009

BEFORE 2009 FADES INTO MEMORY, HERE IS EDN’S LIST
OF THE PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT OVER
THE PAST YEAR GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF OUR
EDITORS AND OUR READERS. YOU’LL FIND AMPLIFIERS,
CPUs, ICs, LEDs, MICRO CONTROLLERS, VECTOR
NETWORK ANALYZERS, AND MORE.

VISIT WWW.EDN.COM/HOT100 FOR LINKS TO EDN’S ORIGINAL
COVERAGE OF EACH OF THE HOT 100 PRODUCTS YOU SEE
LISTED ON THESE PAGES. FOR CONTINUOUS NEW-PRODUCT
COVERAGE, CHECK OUT WWW.EDN-EUROPE.COM.

ANALOG ICS

Analog Devices

AD9269 80M-sample/sec pipeline ADC
www.analog.com/en/analog-to-digitalconverters/ad-converters/ad9269/products/product.html

Analog Devices

ADA4627 JFET op amp
www.analog.com/en/amplifiers-andcomparators/operational-amplifiers-op-amps/ada4627-1/products/product.html

Analog Devices

ADuM4160 bidirectional USB isolator
www.analog.com/en/interface/digital-isolators/adum4160/products/product.html

Linear Technology

LT3092 two-terminal current source
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=H0,C1,C1003,C1794,P88400

Maxim Integrated Products

MAX11810 touchscreen-interface chip
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6274

Microchip Technology

MCP651/2/5 offset-voltage-corrected operational amplifier
www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en540381

National Semiconductor

ADC16DV160 2-channel160M sample/sec ADC
www.national.com/pf/DC/ADC16DV160.html#Overview

APPLIED SYSTEMS

Altium

NanoBoard 3000 development platform
http://nb3000.altium.com/intro.html

Lantronix

IPv6-certified SpiderDuo KVM-over-IP product
www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/securelinx-spiderduo.html

MEN Micro

ESMexpress system on module
www.menmicro.com/products/com.html

WinSystems

Pico-ITXe single board computer
http://sbc.winsystems.com/

ZeroG Wireless

Wi-Fi kits for PIC microcontrollers
www.zerogwireless.com/company/releases/20091112_mchp52final.html

Communications and NetworkingFreescale Semiconductor

MPC8569E Power QUICC communications processor
www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=
MPC8569E&nodeId=0162468rH3bTdGJk196465

Fujitsu

MB86L01A 3G multi-mode transceiver chip
www.fujitsu.com/us/services/edevices/microelectronics/rftransceiver/

Gigle Semiconductor

GGL541 powerline-networking IC
www.giglenetworks.com/products/

Intellon (now Atheros)

INT6400 powerline-networking IC
www.atheros.com/pt/plc/products/INT6400.html

PMC Sierra

HyPHY 20G high-capacity multi-rate PHY
www.pmc-sierra.com/products/details/pm5420/

Solarflare

SFL 902x 10G Ethernet controller
www.solarflare.com/products/10gbethernet.php

COMPONENTS

Bergquist

Bond Ply 450 thermal-interface material
www.bergquistcompany.com/thermal_ materials/bond_ply/bond-ply-450.htm

Bourns

Hot-dipped-tin ROHS-compliant cermetwire-terminal trimming potentiometers
www.bourns.com/PressReleases.aspx?name=
090210_hot_dipped_tin_whiskers

Cool Innovations

Flared-pin-fin heat sinks
www.coolinnovations.com/products/heatsinks/surface-mount-devices/splayed-design

Epson Toyocom

EG-4101/4121CA high-stability SAW resonator
www.epsontoyocom.co.jp/english/info/2009/0916.html

Fairchild Semiconductor

FDMS7650 30V MOSFET
www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FD/FDMS7650.html

Luminus

PhlatLight LED PT-39 high-intensity white LEDchip set
www.luminus.com/content1089

Philips Lumileds

Luxeon Rebel high-brightness white LEDs
www.philipslumileds.com/products/luxeonrebel/

Phoenix Company of Chicago

Nonmagnetic-connector family
http://phoenixofchicago.com/products/documents/
NonMagneticConnectorsSalesFactSheets_001.pdf

Qualcomm

Color IMOD e-reader display
www.mirasoldisplays.com

SMSC

CAP10xx capacitive touch sensors
www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=38

STMicroelectronics

LIS302DLH low-profile 16-bit digital MEMS accelerometer
www.st.com/stonline/products/families/sensors/
motion_sensors/lis302dlh.htm

Texas Instruments

Picoprojector development kit
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=52770

DSPS

Ceva

Ceva-XC DSP communications-processor core
www.ceva-dsp.com/products/cores/ceva-xc.php

Tensilica

ConnX D2 SoC communications DSP
www.tensilica.com/products/dsps/connx-d2-dsp-engine.htm

Texas Instruments

TMS320C6472 fixed-point DSP
focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6472.html

Texas Instruments

TMS320C6743 fixed/floating-point DSP
focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6743.html

EDA

Agilent Technologies

ADS signal-integrity channel simulator
www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2009/19oct-em09165.html

Ansys

Ansoft SIwave Version 4.0
www.ansys.com

Berkeley Design Automation

AFS Nano Spice simulator
www.berkeley-da.com/prod/prod05_afs_nano.htm

Cadence Design Systems

Virtuoso APS accelerated parallel circuit simulator
www.cadence.com/products/cic/accelerated_ parallel/pages/default.aspx

Jasper

Behavioral Indexing RTL database managment
www.jasper-da.com/products/ActiveDesign.htm

Mentor Graphics

Tessent Yield Insight tool
http://www.mentor.com/products/silicon-yield/

OneSpin

360MV formal assertion-based verification
www.onespin-solutions.com/360mv.php

Synopsys

Custom Designer 2009.06
www.synopsys.com/tools/implementation/customimplementation/
pages/customdesignvideo.aspx

Synopsys

Synphony high-level synthesis
www.synopsys.com/Tools/SLD/HLS/Pages/default.aspx

Synopsys

Yield Explorer
www.synopsys.com/Tools/Manufacturing/YieldManagement/
YieldExplorer/Pages/default.aspx

GRAPHICS/GRAPHICS INTERFACE ICS

IDT

VMM 1300 PanelPort ViewXpand chip
www.idt.com/?id=5338

Nvidia

Ion core-logic chip set
www.nvidia.co.uk/object/sff_ion_uk.html

Silicon Image

HDMI Version 1.4 chips
www.siliconimage.com/products/family.aspx?id=1

MEMORY AND STORAGE

Agiga Tech

AgigaRAM non-volatile technology
www.agigatech.com

IM Flash Technologies

3-bit-per-cell MLC NAND flash
www.imftech.com

Western Digital

1-Tbyte, 2.5-in. and 2-Tbyte, 3.5-in. hard-disk drives
www.wdc.com

MICROCONTROLLERS AND PROCESSORS

Atmel

AT91CAP7L microcontroller
www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc8591.pdf

Atmel

mXT224 maXTouch touchscreen controller
www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card_ touch.asp?part_id=4620

Cypress Semiconductor

PSoc 3 and PSoc 5 programmable system-on-chip architectures
www.cypress.com/?id=1353

Energy Micro

EFM32G Gecko low-power microcontroller
www.energymicro.com

Microchip

PIC32 Connectivity microcontrollers
www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2591

Samsung Electronics and Intrinsity

Hummingbird and Fast14 domino logic
www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/
newsView.do?news_id=1030
www.intrinsity.com

POWER

austriamicrosystems

AS1302 charge-pump dc/dc boost converter
www.austriamicrosystems.com/eng/Products/Power-Management/DC-DC-Step-up-Converters/AS1302

Cissoid

Magma PWM-controller chip
www.cissoid.com/high-temperature-electronics/ht-standard-products/magma%3a-pwm-controller.html

EaglePicher

Lithium-CFX (carbon-monofluoride) battery chemistry
www.eaglepicher.com/images/stories/ep_single_page_cfx_eol.pdf

Enpirion

EN5337QI 5MHz, 3A synchronous buck dc/dc converter
www.enpirion.com/products-en5337qi.htm

Exar

XRP7704 and XRP7740 quad-PWMcontroller chips
myexar.exar.com/digitalpower/default.aspx

Fairchild Semiconductor

FAN9612 boundary-conduction-mode PFC controller
www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FA/FAN9612.html

Freescale Semiconductor

MCF51EM smart metering microcontrollers
www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/
fact_sheet/MCF51EM256FS.pdf?fsrch=1

International Rectifier

IR3725 input-power-monitoring IC
www.irf.com/product-info/datasheets/data/ir3725mpbf.pdf

Linear Technology

LTC2978 PM-bus monitoring-and-control chip
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=
H0,C1,C1003,C1144,C1785,P89095

Maxim Integrated Products

MAX16064 quad-psu PM-bus monitoringand- control chip
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6326

Maxim Integrated Products

MAXQ3108/DS8102 Polyphase Energy Meter chip set
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6140

Microchip Technology

dsPIC33F ac/dc reference design
www.microchip.com/Microchip.webcontent.provider
/Video.aspx?id=en540318

Teridian Semiconductor

78M6612 power- and energymeasurement chip
www.teridian.com/assets/007/5976.pdf

Texas Instruments

MSP430F471xx ultralow-power microcontrollers
http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodoverview.
tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=140&familyId=342

PROCESSORS AND TOOLS

AMD

Athlon II CPU
game.amd.com/us-en/landings/athlonx2.aspx

AMD

Phenom II CPU
www.amd.com/uk/products/desktop/processors/phenom-ii/Pages/phenom-ii.aspx

AMD

Shanghai and Istanbul CPUs
www.amd.com/uk/products/server/Pages/opteron-central.aspx

Intel

Atom N280 CPU
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41411&code=N280

Intel

Core i5 CPU
www.intel.com/products/processor/corei5/index.htm

Intel

Nehalem EP and EX CPUs
www.intel.com/products/workstation/processors/index.htm

Nvidia

Tegra mobile HD low-power CPU
www.nvidia.co.uk/page/handheld.html

PROGRAMMABLE ICS

Actel

ProASIC3 low-power FPGA family
www.actel.com/products/pa3series/default.aspx

Altera

Cyclone3 LS low-power FPGA with security
www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone3/cy3-index.jsp

Lattice Semiconductor

ECP3 low-power FPGAs with SERDES
www.latticesemi.com/products/fpga/ecp3/index.cfm

Xilinx

Virtex 6 targeted design platform FPGAs
www.xilinx.com/products/virtex6/

RF

Linear Technology

LTC5541 downconverting mixer
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=H0,C1,C1011,C1097,P89950

Texas Instruments

ADS5400 12-bit, 1G-sample/sec ADC
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/ads5400.html

SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSESAND IP

Akya

ART2 reconfigurable-logic technology
www.akya.co.uk

IBM

Power7 architecture
www-03.ibm.com

On Semiconductor

180-nm ASIC process
www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=16678

Snowbush Division of Gennum

PCI Generation 3 controller IP
www.snowbush.com/products/controllers/pcie.php

Synopsys

DesignWare miniPower
www.synopsys.com/IP/DesignWare%20minPower%
20Components/Pages/default.aspx

SOFTWARE

Audio Precision

APx500 Audio Test Version 2.4 software
http://ap.com/products

DDC-I

DEOS Formally Certifiable RTOS
www.ddci.com/products_deos.php

Mentor Graphics

FloEFD electronics-cooling-simulation software
www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/floefd/

National Instruments

LabView 2009 graphical-system-design software platform
www.ni.com/labview/

National Semiconductor

Webench online-design tool
www.national.com/analog/webench/power

Verigy

Triage and YieldVision yield-learning tools
www1.verigy.com/ate/products/V93000/YieldLearning/index.htm

TEST AND MEASUREMENT

Agilent Technologies

J-BERT N4903B jitter-tolerance tester
www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-536902255.873668.00&lc=eng&cc=GB

Anritsu

VectorStar 110-GHz vector network analyzer
www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?c=4#23

Data Translation

Voltpoint instrument for lithium-ion cell-by-cell measurement
www.datatranslation.com/products/voltpoint/default.asp

LeCroy

Xi-A Series 400-MHz to 2-GHz WaveRunner digital oscilloscopes
www.lecroy.com/Oscilloscope/OscilloscopeSeries.aspx?mseries=
48&capid=102&mid=504

Rohde & Schwarz

CMW500 6-GHz wideband-radio-test system
www2.rohde-schwarz.com/en/products/test_and_measurement/
mobile_radio/CMW500.html

Tektronix

RSA6120A 20-GHz spectrum analyzer
www.tek.com/products/spectrum_analyzers/rsa6100a/