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From STMicroelectronics, it latest BCD process on SOI enables

Posted on December 15, 2010
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From STMicroelectronics, it latest BCD process on SOI enables: • The STOD03A, a power-saving power-supply IC for ultra-thin AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic LED) handset displays. It integrates analog, digital and closely spaced high-power circuitry on the same chip. • For advanced airbag systems, the new AIS1xxxDS family integrates a high-g acceleration MEMS sensor with an on-chip …

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Leveraging its SOI-based A-BCD mixed-signal HV process technology, NXP’s announced…

Posted on December 15, 2010
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Leveraging its SOI-based A-BCD mixed-signal HV process technology, NXP’s announced: • the ASL1010NTK and ASL1010PHN, driver IC solutions designed for vehicle LED headlights and tail lights, the industry’s first to integrate critical functionality such as temperature feedback, fault detection, control for dimming, and short circuit protection. • Shipment of its two millionth FlexRay transceiver – …

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Thinking Thin: NXP’s EZ-HV-SOI

Posted on December 13, 2010
In ASN #16, End-User Apps, SOI In Action
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First announced a decade ago, NXP’s EZ-HV™ is process technology for the production of commercial high-voltage (HV) SOI-enabled ICs.  It is at the heart of NXP’s GreenChip technology, and is ideal for implementing optimal solutions for a wide range of lighting applications. In high-power systems, it allows sophisticated control logic and high voltage drive circuits …

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Atmel’s new ATA6663/64 transceiver families

Posted on November 22, 2010
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With its high-voltage SOI process, Atmel’s new ATA6663/64 transceiver families for LIN automotive networking applications take 10x less wake-up power and can reduce system costs by 40%.

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New from NXP on SOI

Posted on November 22, 2010
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New from NXP on SOI: • for automotives, the most-advanced, high-speedCAN transceiver, the TJA1043; • for ultra-slim power supplies for TVs, PCs and more,  the GreenChip TEA1713 resonant half-bridge converter. • the GreenChip TEA1733(L) – a low-cost IC that increases energy efficiency and standby performance of power supplies under 75W.

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New high-temperature, SOI-based products from Cissoid

Posted on December 4, 2009
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New high-temperature, SOI-based products from Cissoid: The new CHT-NMOS40 family of High Temperature 40V N-channel power MOSFET Transistors, enabling the design of any system requiring reliable power control in a harsh environment from -55°C to +225°C. Vesuvio, the world’s first 225°C DC-DC converter platform for high reliability and electric vehicle applications. Hyperion, a high temperature …

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NXP Semiconductors

Posted on July 30, 2009
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NXP Semiconductors expands its line of SOI-based HS-CAN transceivers with the TJA1042 and TJA1051. This latest generation features enhanced CAN functionality, improved performance, greater reliability, environmentally friendly packaging and reduced system costs. Both are approved by major European and North American car manufacturers and are now in volume production.

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Atmel has received LIN2.1 certification

Posted on July 30, 2009
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Atmel has received LIN2.1 certification for its LIN transceiver ATA6662 and LIN System Basis Chip ATA6624, which are manufactured in SMART-I.S., the company’s SOI technology.

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Celebrating Over A Decade of Green

Posted on July 30, 2009
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Piet Wessels has been the driving force behind NXP’s (and formerly Philips’) SOI-enabled high-voltage business ever since it first began. Advanced Substrate News: 10 years ago this spring, NXP (then Philips), announced its EZ-HV SOI technology for applications in the 60 to 650V range. What sorts of products has it been used for? How effective …

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Based on its 3rd generation of high-voltage SOI (EZ-HV) processes developed specially to handle power

Posted on May 27, 2009
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Based on its 3rd generation of high-voltage SOI (EZ-HV) processes developed specially to handle power, analog and digital devices on a single die, NXP has announced: • A new suite of efficient power supply products including GreenChip PFC and SR controllers to replace energy inefficient diode rectification circuits with cost efficient IC implementation in computing, …

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