EDN names winners of 20th annual Innovation Awards

EDN Staff -- EDN, April 27, 2010

San Jose, CA - In a ceremony here last night, EDN bestowed its 20thAnnual Innovation Awards, honoring a diverse group of electronics engineers andthe ground-breaking products they have produced. A complete list of the winnersfollows. (Click each link for product details.)

Innovator of the Year
Numonyx: Numonyx AlverstonePhase Change Memory Design Team

Best Contributed Article
Linear Technology: "Managinghigh-voltage lithium-ion batteries in HEVs," Michael Kultgen
April 9, 2009

Accelerometers
Hewlett-Packard: Digital MEMSAccelerometer

Analog: Converters
Texas Instruments: ADS540012-bit, 1G-sample/sec ADC

Analog: Front-End ICs
Analog Devices: ADAS1128Current-to-Digital Converter

Analog: Signal Path
Fairchild Semiconductor: FSA800USB Accessory Switch

Components
International Rectifier: IR1168SmartRectifier IC

DC and Low-Frequency Test
Agilent Technologies: U2723AUSB Source Measure Unit

Design, Debug, and Production Test, Yield Analysis
Mentor Graphics: TessentYieldInsight Yield-Analysis Tool

Design Frameworks
Altera: 1080p Video DesignFramework

EDA: Back-End Tools
Altera: Quartus II Version 9.1FPGA Design Tool

EDA: Front-End Analysis and Synthesis Tools
Synopsys: IC ValidatorIn-Design Physical Verification Solution

EDA: Front-End Simulation and Database Tools
Cadence Design Systems: VirtuosoAccelerated Parallel Simulator

Embedded-System Technologies
Lantronix: XPort Pro LinuxNetworking Server

FPGAs
Xilinx: Spartan-6 LXT

Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology: PIC24F16KAnanoWatt XLP PIC Microcontrollers

Microprocessors
Freescale Semiconductor: MPC564xLHigh-Reliability Processor

Multimedia SOCs
Marvell Semiconductor: Armada1000 HD Media Processor SOC

Multiprocessing
Sound Design Technologies: WolverineDSP Platform

Networking
Fujitsu Microelectronics America: MB88395 1394 AutomotiveController IC

Network, Timing, and BER Test
Agilent Technologies: J-BERTN4903B Jitter-Tolerance Tester

Oscilloscopes, Digitizers, and Data Acquisition
Tektronix: MSO70000 SeriesMixed-Signal Oscilloscopes

PCs and Peripherals
Intel: X25-MMainstream SSD on 34-nm Flash Memory

Power: Converters
Linear Technology: LTC3108Ultralow-Voltage Step-Up dc/dc Converter

Power: Lighting
iWatt: iW3610 Dimmable LEDDriver

Power: Special
National Semiconductor: WEBENCHVisualizer

Power Supplies/Systems
National Semiconductor: SolarMagicPower Optimizer

RFICs
Silicon Labs: Si2170 TV Tuner

RF/Microwave Test
Anritsu: VectorStarMicrowave Vector Network Analyzer

Sensors
austriamicrosystems: AS5011 Hall-EffectMagnetic Encoder IC

Silicon Intellectual Property
Synopsys: DesignWareSuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP

Software/Embedded Tools
ARM Holdings: mbedMicrocontroller