Innovator of the Year

• WINNER: EinsTimer Statistical Timing development team (IBM Research)
• Rich Perego (Rambus)
• VIP50 team (National Semiconductor)

Analog ICs

• Othello-G quad-band GPRS/GSM transceiver (Analog Devices)
• EL7900 light-to-current converter (Intersil)
• WINNER: VIP50 process and products (National Semiconductor)
• XC 3028 RF-to-baseband receiver (Xceive)

Power ICs

• LM5005 integrated buck regulator (National Semiconductor)
• Si8250 digital-power-supply controller (Silicon Laboratories)
• WINNER: STw4141 dc/dc converter IC (STMicroelectronics)
• ZL2005 digital-power-management and conversion IC (Zilker Labs)

Software

• Altium Designer 6.0 (Altium)
• SigmaStudio (Analog Devices)
• WINNER: LabVIEW 8 (National Instruments)

Best contributed article

• "S-parameters and digital-circuit design," By Jeff Loyer, Intel, Feb 3, 2005
• "How to read a semiconductor data sheet," By Ron Mancini, Texas Instruments, April 14, 2005
• "Sound advice for Class D amplifiers," By Dave Brotton, Zetex Semiconductors, April 28, 2005
• "Filters in a nutshell: Spreadsheet promotes intuitive feel," By Dave Van Ess, Cypress MicroSystems, June 9, 2005
• WINNER: "Minimizing switching-regulator residue in linear-regulator outputs," By Jim Williams, Linear Technology, Dec. 5, 2005

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