16th Annual Innovation Awards (2005)
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EDN presented the 16th Annual
EDN Innovation Awards April 3, 2006, |
Finalists and winners
(Winners listed in bold)
Innovator of the Year
- 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)
- VIP50 process and products (National Semiconductor)
- XC 3028 RF-to-baseband receiver (Xceive)
ASSPs and SOCs
- AT78C4050 HD DVD SOC (Atmel)
- DIB7000-H DVB-H receiver (DiBcom)
- SPEAr customizable SOC (STMicroelectronics)
- DA710 digital audio processor (Texas Instruments)
Communication ICs
- AGN300 802.11 a/b/g True MIMO chip set (Airgo Networks)
- MB87M3400 WiMax SOC (Fujitsu Microelectronics)
- MSM7500 CDMA chip with integrated 3-D core (Qualcomm)
- OneEdge Ethernet/802.11 switch-processor family (SiNett)
Digital ICs and Programmable Logic
- Fusion mixed-signal FPGA (Actel)
- HC210 (HC220, HC230, HC240) HardCopy II (Altera)
- µSerDes (Fairchild Semiconductor)
Digital SOC IP
- Integrated HiMOS NVM flash (AMI Semiconductor)
- SiPFLOW Platform memory IP (Inapac Technology)
- Dynamic Point-to-Point (DPP) technology (Rambus)
EDA (Design and Implementation)
- X-Architecture Design Solution (Cadence Design Systems)
- EinsTimer Statistical Timing (IBM Research)
- Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS physical-verification software (Magma Design Automation)
- Synplify Premier FPGA physical-synthesis software (Synplicity)
EDA (Verification and Analysis)
- PsiWinder critical path and clock-tree-timing analysis tool (Apache Design Solutions)
- SLEC sequential equivalence checker (Calypto Design Systems)
- FireBolt full-chip thermal analysis software (Gradient Design Automation)
- Questa advanced functional verification platform (Mentor Graphics)
Embedded Systems
- ETXexpress-PM COM Express module (Kontron America)
- XPort AR embedded processor module (Lantronix)
- EPIC Express specification (Micro/sys, WinSystems, VersaLogic, Octagon Systems, Ampro Computers)
Power ICs
- LM5005 integrated buck regulator (National Semiconductor)
- Si8250 digital-power-supply controller (Silicon Laboratories)
- STw4141 dc/dc converter IC (STMicroelectronics)
- ZL2005 digital-power-management and conversion IC (Zilker Labs)
Power Systems and Modules
- DPL20C PMBus-compliant POL converter (Artesyn Technologies)
- iMP digital ac/dc switching power supplies (Astec Power)
- LTM4600 high-power dc/dc micromodule (Linear Technology)
- BMOD2600-48, 48V multicell BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor module (Maxwell Technologies)
Processors
- CT3600 multicore DSP (Cradle Technologies)
- MPC8548E communication processors (Freescale Semiconductor)
- TMS3206455 DSP (Texas Instruments)
Sensors and Components
- ADNS-6010 laser-based optical-mouse sensor (Avago Technologies)
- MMA7260Q three-axis MEMS sensor (Freescale Semiconductor)
- MLX90316EDC rotary sensor (Melexis)
- MagRJ45 power-over-Ethernet connector (Tyco Electronics)
Software
- Altium Designer 6.0 (Altium)
- SigmaStudio (Analog Devices)
- LabVIEW 8 (National Instruments)
Test and Measurement (Application Specific)
- N4903A High-Performance Serial BERT with jitter-tolerance testing (Agilent Technologies)
- ACE 400NB, azimuth MIMO channel emulator for WiFi (Azimuth Systems)
- BERTScope CR and BERTScope CR HS clock-recovery instruments (SyntheSys Research)
Test and Measurement (Broad Application)
- WaveExpert near-real-time digital oscilloscope (LeCroy)
- PXI-5922 flexible-resolution digitizer (National Instruments)
- TLA7000 Series logic analyzer and application software version 5.0 (Tektronix)
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
- "Minimizing switching-regulator residue in linear-regulator outputs," By Jim Williams, Linear Technology, Dec. 5, 2005
Photo album
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Dinner and keynote address by Andy Rappaport
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