EDN Hot 100 products of 2011: Analog, components & sensors
EDN presents its list of the Hot 100 products that in 2011 grabbed the attention of our editors and our readers.
Staff -- EDN, November 8, 2011
This section of EDN's Hot 100 Products of 2011 includes analog ICs, discrete active and passive components, and sensors. Click on any product name to read the original full article on EDN:ANALOG:
- OPA2188 dual, ultra-precision op amp
"...has low enough drift that it is in the class the op-amp vendors often refer to as 'zero drift.'"
Texas Instruments - ADA4096-2 dual op amp
"...can eliminate or minimize the need for external over-voltage protection design and components."
Analog Devices - ADC12Dxx00RF family of 12-bit ADCs
"Simplifying signal processing, it enables sampling into—and beyond—the 7th Nyquist zone."
Texas Instruments (formerly National Semiconductor) - AD8283 analog front end
"...represents the increasing integration that decreases the size and cost of automotive radar."
Analog Devices - ADS5263 quad-channel 14/16-bit, 100 MSPS ADC
Designed for use in MRI systems ... [it's available] in a non-magnetic package as a standard catalog item.
Texas Instruments - SA.45s chip-scale atomic oscillator
"A cesium reference cell gives performance within one order of magnitude compared to rubidium standards."
Symmetricom - HMCAD1520 12-bit, 640M-sample/sec, quad-interleaved ADC
"An integrated cross-point switch that precedes the four converters can route any of the inputs to any of the four internal converters."
Hittite Microwave - ACS42200 audio subsystem with programmable PLLs
"[Eliminates] the need for multiple external crystals and oscillators."
IDT
COMPONENTS
- FRSH ultra-high-precision Bulk Metal Z1-Foil wraparound chip resistors
"[Offer] extended pads for high-temperature, high-power applications."
Vishay Precision Group - VCS1625P ultra-high-precision Foil surface-mount current sensing chip resistor
"...allows for designers to use only a single device to measure larger currents than previously possible."
Vishay Precision Group - LSP-Series of open LED shunt protectors
"... enables LED lighting applications configured in strings to be more robust and reliable."
Bourns - ACML-74x0 multi-channel digital isolators
"...feature thick, multi-layer insulation that is robust to very high voltage transient and working voltage."
Avago Technologies - ACPL-P343/W343 isolated, high-current gate drivers
"[Offer] the higher density and lower-power consumption of CMOS with the higher current drive and speed of bipolar technology."
Avago Technologies - MAV Series miniature, dual element AC multilayer varistor
"[A] miniature, dual element AC multilayer varistor designed for use in automotive low-power AC circuits."
AVX - DMD and DME series low-ESR electrical double-layer capacitors
"...offer much higher energy storage and power density than any existing conventional capacitor technology."
Murata Electronics - DC series coin-cell-style supercapacitors
"...provide on-board memory backup at much longer life spans than batteries."
Illinois Capacitor
SENSORS
- TMP006 single-chip, passive IR temperature sensor
"...complete with on-chip MEMS thermopile sensor, signal-conditioning channel, 16-bit ADC, local temperature and voltage references, and digital interface."
Texas Instruments - DRV8662 piezo haptics driver IC
"...the transformerless design is 40% cheaper and takes up only half the board space of competing designs."
Texas Instruments - S4E5A0A0 Inertial Measurement Unit
"...is approximately 100 times more accurate than the low-cost IMU technologies that consumer products use."
Epson Electronics America - AKU230 MEMS-based digital microphone
"...include[s] the microphone membrane, amplifier, and sigma-delta converter on one die."
Akustica - 9TCS108x integrated timing, thermal sensor and fan control solution
"...reduces BOM and application footprint to save cost and free-up valuable board space in densely populated enclosures."
IDT - ADMP441 iMEMS microphone with I2S
"...engineers can literally plug it straight into their signal processor, DSP or microcontroller."
Analog Devices - Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC)
"...detects changes in electric field, in contact, at a distance, through clothing and even through walls."
Plessey Semiconductors - Three-chip 10-DoF sensor solution
"...a complete hardware solution for advanced sensing applications with 10 degrees of freedom."
STMicroelectronics - ADXL206 dual-axis, high-temperature iMEMS accelerometer
"...capable of withstanding up to 175°C (342° Fahrenheit) for ruggedized industrial applications."
Analog Devices
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