_19th Annual EDN Innovation Award Online Ballot 2008 INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR: Altera Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA design team Glenn Woppman, president and CEO, Asset InterTech Octasic Opus architecture design team SiGe Semiconductor SE2593A front-end module design team BEST CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE OF 2008: "USB battery-charger designs meet new industry standards," Takashi Kanamori and George Paparrizos, Summit Microelectronics, Feb 21, 2008, www.edn.com/article/CA6531593 "Boost efficiency for low-cost flyback converters," John Betten and Brian King, Texas Instruments, April 2, 2008, www.edn.com/article/CA6544742 "Designing a short-range RF link into a consumer-electronics product," Eric Welch, Keyspan, July 8, 2008, www.edn.com/article/CA6576137 "High-voltage, low-noise dc/dc converters," Jim Williams, Linear Technology Corp, Aug 7, 2008, www.edn.com/article/CA6582859 "Lithium-ion-battery-charging IC powered by charge-transfer, control innovations," Randy Torrance, Chipworks, Oct 1, 2008, www.edn.com/article/CA6599222 ANALOG ICs: AD9272 eight-channel ultrasound receiver (Analog Devices) CLC1001 ultralow-noise amplifier (Cadeka Microcircuits) CS42L55 portable audio codec (Cirrus Logic) LMV1088 analog dual-input-microphone-array amplifier (National Semiconductor) ADCs AND DACs: ADC12EU050 12-bit, octal ADC (National Semiconductor) DAC9881 18-bit DAC (Texas Instruments) MAX5661 single 16-bit DAC (Maxim Integrated Products) SAM1610/05/00 12-bit ADCs (Samplify Systems) RFICs: 0150SC-1250M and 0405SC-1000M RF-power transistors (Microsemi) HVV1011-300 RF-power transistor (HVVi Semiconductors) VMMK-2x03 RF amplifiers (Avago Technologies) ASSPs: CX20562 USB speakers on a chip (Conexant) Snapdragon platform with custom CPU (Qualcomm) T1000 single-chip content-in­spec­tion processor (LSI) Z-Accel CC2480 2.4-GHz ZigBee wireless-network processor (Texas Instruments) LOGIC AND INTERFACE ICs: 26 series SQI (serial quad I/O) (SST) ActiveConnect GV8502 multimedia-connectivity solution (Gennum) SN5000A hybrid two-in-one tuner module (Xceive) MEMORY: NANDrive family (SST) SiliconDrive II Blade SSD (SiliconSystems) X-25E Extreme SATA SSD (Intel) XDR2 memory architecture (Rambus) PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC AND FAST-TURNAROUND ASICs: Nextreme-2 45-nm ASICs (eASIC) Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA (Altera) Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs (Xilinx) EDA: DESIGN ANALYSIS: Incisive Palladium DPA (dynamic-power analysis) (Cadence Design Systems) JasperGold formal-verification tool (Jasper Design Automation) Olympus-SOC timing analyzer (Mentor Graphics) PowerArtist RTL tool (Sequence Design) EDA: DESIGN CREATION AND IP: C-to-silicon compiler (Cadence Design Systems) Intelli DDR3 memory interface (Virage Logic) PowerOpt RTL tool (ChipVision Design Systems) Zroute chip-level router with integral DFM analysis (Synopsys) EDA: PCB, FPGA, AND MIXED-SIGNAL/RF ICs: Integrated Software Environment (ISE) 10.1 (Xilinx) RF Design Solution (Mentor Graphics and Agilent Technologies) Simics Hybrid Simulation solution (Virtutech) Titan platform (Magma Design Automation) EDA: SYSTEM-LEVEL SYNTHESIS: Matlab/Simulink synthesis technology (Altera) Simscape (The MathWorks) Webench power designer (National Semiconductor) Webench sensor designer (National Semiconductor) EMBEDDED-SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES: Mirasol displays (Qualcomm) PowerBlock 50 computer (Mercury Computer Systems) Single-Board RIO (National Instruments) USB1032 StackableUSB host microcontroller (MicroSys) MICROCONTROLLERS: PIC32 32-bit microcontroller (Microchip Technology) Piccolo microcontrollers (Texas Instruments) R32C/111 series microcontrollers (Renesas Technology) Xmega microcontrollers (Atmel) MICROPROCESSORS: EP80579 integrated processor (Intel) LPC3130 ARM9 microcontroller (NXP Semiconductors) MIPS32 1004K coherent-processing system (MIPS Technologies) OMAP35x application processor (Texas Instruments) PASSIVE COMPONENTS AND SENSORS: ADXL001 iMEMS shock and vibration sensor (Analog Devices) LX1973B wide-dynamic-range light sensor (Microsemi) MPR03x proximity-sensor controllers (Freescale Semiconductor) OLED SmartSwitch (NKK Switches) BATTERY ICs: bq27500 system-side impedance-track battery-fuel-gauge IC (Texas Instruments) LTC6802 battery-stack monitor (Linear Technology) MC3467x Li-ion-battery-charger ICs (Freescale Semiconductor) POWER-CONTROLLER ICs: ADP1043 digital-power controller (Analog Devices) PX3560 digital multiphase controller (Primarion) POWER ICs: DRIVERS: AAT1282 2A flash-driver IC (AnalogicTech) MAX16826 four-string LED driver (Maxim Integrated Products) SA306-IHZ motor-drive IC (Cirrus Logic) POWER ICs: GENERAL CONVERTERS: FAN5355 800-/1000-mA, 3-MHz buck converter (Fairchild Semiconductor) IRS2530D DIM8 IC dimming electronic ballast (International Rectifier) LTC3642 50-mA synchronous step-down converter (Linear Technology) Simple Switcher controllers and Webench MOSFET-selection tool (National Semiconductor) POWER ICs: MODULES: EP53A8xQI 1000-mA, 5-MHz synchronous buck regulator (Enpirion) LTM4606 ultralow-EMI, 6A dc/dc µModule (Linear Technology) POWER SEMICONDUCTORS: Electronic-current limiter (Bourns) FSFR series Green FPS power switches (Fairchild Semiconductor) Gallium-nitride power-device platform (International Rectifier) TrenchFET Generation III power MOSFETs (Vishay) POWER SUPPLIES: 10-kVA Pulsar MX frame or UPS enclosure (Eaton) BMR453 series dc/dc converters (Ericsson) Liebert NXL 250- to 400-kVA UPS (Emerson Network Power) SOFTWARE/EMBEDDED TOOLS: Beagle Board Linux-development board (Beagleboard.org) SES (Smart Energy Suite) (Ember) XDS2000i in-socket development system (XtremeData) XtremeDSP video starter kit (Xilinx) OSCILLOSCOPES: 90000A series oscilloscope (Agilent Technologies) DPO3000 digital-phosphor oscilloscopes (Tektronix) PicoScope 9201 sampling oscilloscope (Pico Technology) WavePro 7Zi digital oscilloscope (LeCroy) INSTRUMENTS: DPP12500A-4T four-tap digital pre-emphasis processor (Synthesys Research) MW90010A C-OTDR (Coherent OTDR) (Anritsu) PNA-X nonlinear vector-network analyzer (Agilent Technologies) PXI Express 6.6-GHz RF instruments (National Instruments) RSA3000B series real-time spectrum analyzers (Tektronix) DESIGN FOR TEST, PRODUCTION TEST, AND METROLOGY: AVS300CL wireless metrology tool (CyberOptics Semiconductor) Cover-Extend technology (Agilent Technologies) ProVision boundary-scan-development-tool suite (JTAG Technologies) Please enter your name: Please enter your company name: Please enter your title: Please enter your email address: *Your email address will be used only to validate your ballot.