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Network offering clockless expertise (26-May-2006)
Handshake Solutions, a subsidiary of Philips Electronics in The Netherlands, is forming a network of design houses, IP suppliers, tool resellers, training providers, EDA vendors and foundries focused on complete end-to-end clockless integrated circuit designs.

German travellers to pay by NFC (24-May-2006)
After a 10-month field trial, near field communication technology is set to be commercially deployed within the public transport system of the German city of Hanau.

Australia’s best applications of microcontrollers (13-Apr-2006)
Projects that demonstrate innovative use of microcontrollers are being sought as part of the 2006 EDN Innovation Awards.

Combines high speeds with low-voltage operation. Small 4-channel UARTs in HVQFN package (19-Oct-2005)
PHILIPS' range of advanced SC16C UARTs has been expanded with the release of the industry's smallest 4-channel devices. Now available in the ultra-compact, high-performance HVQFN package, they measure just 36mm², delivering board savings of as much as 90% compared with the industry's current smallest package size of 144mm².

European CEOs back software patents (7-Jul-2005)
Five of Europe’s biggest companies have entered the debate over software patents, calling on the European Union to protect innovation and keep Europe competitive.

The ‘greening’ of the supply chain (30-Jun-2005)
Suppliers, distributors and customers struggle with RoHS compliance.

Philips, TI push RFID standard (30-Jun-2005)
Philips Electronics and Texas Instruments are joining forces to drive the adoption of the worldwide RFID standard known as EPC Generation 2 standard.

Offers smaller size, reduced in-band insertion loss and increased steepness of the filter skirts in lower and upper transition bands. Bulk acoustic wave filters improve performance of multimedia mobile phones (23-Jun-2005)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters and duplexers that significantly enhance the performance of multimedia mobile phones. The filters use reduced form factor chip-scale packaging technology, improving the performance and reception of GSM and 3G mobile phones while reducing space in mobile handset designs.

Wireless audio link (21-Jun-2005)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released the Ensation wireless audio link, simplifying wireless audio networking in the home. The wireless chip technology makes it easy for digital audio device manufacturers to add wireless networking capabilities to their products, enabling the streaming of digital audio from PCs, home entertainment systems and other devices to multiple loudspeakers or wireless headsets.

Next-gen DVD ready, says Blu-ray Association (2-Jun-2005)
The Blu-ray Disc Association has called “action” on its next-generation disc manufacturing process.

Celebrating Australian innovation (5-May-2005)
The EDN Innovation Awards are reaching their climax. Here EN reviews the finalists.

LED market lights up (5-May-2005)
Light-emitting diode (LED) chip makers hope to make big inroads within the next decade into the US$12 billion ($15.6 billion) conventional lighting market, now served by incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.

RFID standard gets second backer (7-Apr-2005)
Impinj has become the second company this month to announce silicon supporting RFID tags using the second generation of EPCglobal’s protocol.

RFID where your mouth is (1-Apr-2005)
Royal Philips Electronics’ semiconductor division has deployed a major implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) in its supply chain in Asia, using its own technology.

Mobile reference design switches from cell to WLAN (17-Mar-2005)
Philips has released a complete Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) semiconductor reference design to make it easy for mobile handset manufacturers to bring UMA-enabled phones to their customers.

Philips pledges roll-up display in 2 years (3-Mar-2005)
Philips Polymer Vision says it has developed a 125-mm roll-up display with contrast similar to that of plain paper.

Learning to love Centrino (18-Feb-2005)
When a new technology becomes as widespread and low-cost as Wi-Fi has, chip providers have to navigate the market more nimbly to maintain market share and profits. And that’s what Wi-Fi vendors are doing today.

45 nm faces the risks and rewards of new materials (17-Feb-2005)
The next ‘process node’ may be the last as the industry looks to new ways of improving silicon performance.

General-purpose I/Os (6-Dec-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released a series of I2C-bus-controlled, push-pull, general purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs). They reduce power consumption to extend the battery life of mobile devices.

Combines fast switching speeds with low RDS(on) values. Power MOSFETS for backlight inverters (3-Dec-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released 150V and 200V power MOSFETs for use in backlight inverters in LCD TVs and monitors and ultra high pressure discharge lamp inverters for beamers and projection TVs.

FM radio for mobile devices (1-Dec-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has an FM radio solution for mobile devices and an FM and radio data system (FM+RDS).

Supporting industry migration from 8-bit to 32-bit microcontrollers. 32-bit ARM microcontroller family (30-Nov-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released the first five of a series of 32-bit MCUs with up to 512 kilobytes of on-chip Flash.

Smart card chip for smart passports (25-Oct-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics’ contactless chip solution for e-government applications has received the world’s first Common Criteria (CC) EAL5+ certification for a triple interface smart card controller. Philips’ chip solution meets the high security and memory requirements of major smart passport projects currently under way.

ICs for portable multimedia players (13-Oct-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has launched its Nexperia Personal family of ICs for portable audio and multimedia players.

75% smaller than rectifiers in the industry-standard SMA package. Schottky rectifier diodes (8-Oct-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released a range of Mega Schottky rectifier diodes. The compact designs are made possible by the small size and efficiency of Philips' new rectifiers in the compact flat lead SOD323F package.

System basis chips for in-vehicle networking (6-Oct-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics, has released system basis chips (SBCs) designed for building fail-safe electronic control units (ECUs).

Wireless LAN and Bluetooth solutions (29-Jun-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics has released the BGW200 WLAN SiP 802.11b wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth semiconductor system in a package (SiP). They are designed to be used together in small form-factor systems such as smart phones and PDAs.

Eight-bit microcontrollers (29-Jun-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics has released the LPC900 family of eight-bit microcontrollers with two analogue-to-digital converters.

High-performance digital amplifier solution (6-May-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics has introduced a semiconductor reference design for the industry's first high-power, fully digital Class-D amplifier solution. Philips has integrated advanced PWM technology to offer customers a high performance, plug-and-play reference design which can deliver 140W rms output in a single package.

EPCglobal compliant RFID chip (5-May-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics has released an RFID chip compliant with worldwide regulations supporting the EPCglobal standardisation activity for UHF.

Silicon chips for satellite reception (23-Mar-2004)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled its TDA8262 and TDA8263 silicon tuner chips for quick and easy implementation of digital satellite reception. A superior technical solution for digital satellite TV reception, the new silicon tuner chips simplifiy the entire circuit board design.

USB transceiver interface (15-Mar-2004)
PHILIPS is distributing a low pin, high speed, USB transceiver interface.

Thin displays on a roll (9-Mar-2004)
Philips has developed wafer thin plastic displays that can be rolled up when not required and stored in containers compact enough to fit inside mobiles.

Silicon tuner chip (27-Feb-2004)
BROADCOM has developed the BCM3419 silicon tuner chip, using a direct conversion silicon tuner semiconductor product from Philips Electronics.

Automotive TrenchMOS MOSFETs (25-Feb-2004)
PHILIPS has introduced a number of TrenchMOS MMOSFETs in DPAK surface mount packaging with proven operation at 185ºC to suit the harsh environments of the automotive industry.

TDA8947J --  low cost solution. Low cost high performance amplifier (19-Feb-2004)
PHILIPS has introduced the TDA8947J amplifier that will provide manufacturers of audio applications with a low cost solution for high performance audio. Featuring Philips' patented overload protection, the TDA8947J enables sufficient headroom to prevent audio holes under extreme conditions such as low load impedances.

Hot swappable I2C bus buffers (19-Feb-2004)
Philips Semiconductors has launched the new PCA951x family of I2C bus buffers. They are designed to help designers build bigger I2C systems for maintenance and control applications in CompactPCI (PICMG2.9) and AdvancedTCA (PICMG3.X) architectures.

USB host and peripheral controllers (5-Feb-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has launched the industry's first high-performance Hi-Speed universal serial bus (USB) host and peripheral controllers for embedded systems, supporting data transfer speeds up to 480 Megabits per second (Mbps).

Electro static discharge protection diodes (16-Jan-2004)
ROYAL Philips Electronics has released a new series of Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection diodes designed to protect consumer and communications applications from ESD and other voltage induced transient pulses.

PCA9541 I2C bus with new master selector device. I2C bus with new master selector device (15-Dec-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has released a new two to one I2C master selector optimised for selecting one of two I2C master devices that connect to a shared resource in products ranging from MP3 players to servers in computing, communication and networking applications.

Low on resistance MOSFETs (11-Dec-2003)
PHILIPS Electronicshas expanded its uTrenchMOS family with a number of low on resistance RDS(ON) MOSFETs that are suitable for wireless communication, mobile computing and consumer multimedia applications.

Philips Electronics sub 1mΩ MOSFET. MOSFET with sub 1mW on-state resistance (5-Dec-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has announced the development of a sub 1mW MOSFET. This device demonstrates a reduction of approximately 40% in the on state resistance for MOSFETs compared to conventionally packaged products.

Transistors with integrated load switch functionality (21-Nov-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched a new family of Low VCEsat (BISS) loadswitch devices that will enable design engineers to reduce component count and total system cost while saving more than 45% in board space.

Video data analogue-to-digital converter (20-Nov-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has expanded its portfolio of analogue-to-digital interface products with the introduction of the TDA8754 triple eight-bit video data converter.

Plug-and-play Bluetooth semiconductor solution (12-Nov-2003)
ROYAL Philips Electronicshas unveiled its complete plug-and-play Bluetooth solution in a single, low-cost chip package for applications such as mobile phones, headsets, car kits, and PDAs.

Low cost 32-bit microcontroller family (30-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled two new members of its high performance, low cost 32-bit ARM-based microcontroller (MCU) family. The LPC21xx family uses a 0.18-micron CMOS embedded Flash process enabling ultra-low 1.8V voltage operation.

Multi-function PicoGate Logic device (29-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched the industry's first multi-function PicoGate logic semiconductor optimised for crystal oscillator applications.

I2C general purpose I/O expanders. I2C devices for controlling LEDs (21-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has introduced two new series of I2C general purpose I/O expanders, the PCA953x and PCA955x.

Dedicated single-chip processor for HD radio (15-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled a highly integrated dedicated HD radio processor to meet the growing demand for automotive HD radio sets. HD radio technology enables digital radio signals to ride the same airwaves as analogue AM/FM radio signals.

RFID chips for 13.56MHz frequency band (14-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has released its latest RFID semiconductor product portfolio for supply chain management applications. The Philips ICODE EPC is the industry's first Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliant IC to run in the 13.56MHz frequency band.

High-performance 802.11a/g and 802.11g chipsets (9-Oct-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled highly integrated, high-performance two-chip solutions for 802.11a/g and 802.11g (WLAN) applications. The Philips dual-mode 802.11a/g chipset combines a single-chip multi-protocol baseband/media access controller (SA5250) with a single-chip RF transceiver (SA5251).

SoC for hybrid LCD and digital TV SoC for hybrid LCD and digital TV (10-Sep-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled its newest Nexperia home entertainment engine, the PNX8550, a system-on-chip (SoC) for hybrid digital televisions and home entertainment hubs serving the needs of the connected home. Philips also demonstrated a flexible TV reference design based on the new SoC.

ZigBee raises a buzz (29-Aug-2003)
Relabelling the wireless standards with snappy names such as Bluetooth, WiFi and WiMax has enabled (at least some) consumers to get to grips with relatively complex technology

Low power USB interface devices (21-Aug-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled the ISP1582/83 and ISP1183, the industry's lowest power universal serial bus (USB) interface devices which also maintain full-speed data transfer of up to 12Mbps and a low-pin count.

Discrete semiconductors in leadless packages Discrete semiconductors in leadless packages (20-Aug-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched the SOT88x package family, a new generation of small discrete leadless packages using quad flat nonleaded (QFN) technology, providing with the smallest board space requirements at 1.0 by 0.6 by 0.5mm and bottom contact pads.

Motor driver for high-speed DVD+RW (7-Aug-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled the industry's smallest motor driver IC for high-speed DVD+RW (DVD+ReWritable) applications. The Philips SA56202 motor driver is approximately half the size of competing solutions, with a small footprint that is suitable for portable consumer and data applications.

UJA1061 -- fault tolerant CAN. Chips for in-vehicle networking (6-Aug-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled the first two products of its System Basis Chip (SBC) family, expanding its portfolio of in-vehicle networking (IVN) products. The UJA1061 combines fault-tolerant Control Area Network (CAN) with Local Interconnect Network (LIN), and the UJA1065 combines high-speed CAN with LIN.

Power MOSFETs in loss-free package (17-Jul-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has expanded the range of power MOSFETs offered in its innovative SOT669 loss-free package (LFPAK). Originally designed for use in dc/dc converter applications, the new LFPAK devices are smaller, more efficient and optimised for a number of new applications.

Fast speed mode I2C bus controller (7-Jul-2003)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched the world's first parallel to serial interface I²C bus controller to operate at 400kHz and at low voltages of 3.3V to 2.5V. The PCA9564 is optimised for interfacing microprocessors, microcontrollers and DSPs with multiple I²C devices or SMBus components.

Crolles2 Alliance opens French R&D centre (28-Feb-2003)
STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola have opened the Crolles2 Alliance R&D Centre in France, which will pioneer CMOS technology from 90nm processes to 32nm over the next five years.

High-speed RFID track and trace systems (27-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched Hitag S - an ultra-low power radio frequency identification (RFID) integrated circuit (IC) designed to fit the needs of system integrators looking to develop low cost track and trace solutions within the 100 and 140kHz frequency range.

Extensive range of PicoGate logic packaging Extensive range of PicoGate logic packaging (27-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics now offers an extensive range of extremely small logic packages that enhance miniaturisation capabilities of circuit boards in the semiconductor industry. These logic devices are suitable for applications such as communications, computing, consumer electronics and portable devices.

Mobile handset interference cancellation chips (15-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics and Cingular Wireless have reached an industry first with a successful commercial network field trial of single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) chips for next generation GSM/GPRS mobile phones.

‘Smart’ single-chip fan manager (13-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics has introduced the P82CF201, a single-chip, dual fan manager. Using a resistor to sense fan presence, the dual fan manager intelligently adjusts fan speed according to temperature using efficient pulse-width modulation (PWM) rather than continuously running a system's fan at maximum speed.

Philips to close Albuquerque fab (11-Nov-2002)
Royal Philips Electronics has announced plans to close its semiconductor fabrication operations in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the end of 2003.

Philips takes aim at network interference (6-Nov-2002)
Royal Philips Electronics has completed a successful commercial network field trial of single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) chips for next generation GSM/GPRS mobile phones.

Philips unveils DVD+R/RW chipset (5-Nov-2002)
Royal Philips Electronics has introduced a highly integrated chipset, optical pickup unit (OPU), firmware and reference design for the industry's highest-speed DVD+R/RW (DVD+Recordable/ReWriteable) recorders.

Smaller than the tip of a match. New line of N channel MOSFETs (5-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics has unveiled a new line of N channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) in the thin small outline package 6 (TSOP6) - based on the TrenchMOS technology with a footprint of 9.3mm2, or smaller than the tip of a match.

Converter chip to simplify PCB development Converter chip to simplify PCB development (5-Nov-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched a new semiconductor converter based on Philips' TrenchMOS semiconductor technology that integrates five component functionalities required for a single-phase dc to dc synchronous buck converter in a single package.

Philips dumps components division (10-Oct-2002)
Royal Philips Electronics will dissolve its components division and align disparate related activities across various business units at a cost of approximately A$315.5 million.

Philips sets up analogue design centre (9-Oct-2002)
Royal Philips Electronics has established a new co-operative design centre in The Netherlands to develop future standards in analogue integrated circuitry.

New controller supports RSDS digital interface (1-Oct-2002)
PHILIPS Electronics has launched the SAA6740 LCD controller, a new addition to its family of advanced thin film transistor (TFT)-LCD controller semiconductors, integrating a power-saving, low-noise reduced swing differential signal (RSDS) panel interface on the chip for building cost-effective LCD monitors.

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