Advanced Analogic Technologies, an analog semiconductor company focused on powering innovative solutions in consumer, industrial, and telecom markets, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc commented today on the recent Initial Determination issued by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) with respect to patent proceedings with Linear Technology Corporation (Linear) on U.S. Patent No. 6,580,258 ('258 Patent). Although the latest ruling broadens the group of affected products, the majority of products impacted by the ITC's Limited Exclusion Order use older designs or technologies a...

Advanced Analogic Technologies reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $20.8 million, an increase of 12% over net revenue of $18.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and a sequential decrease of 20% from net revenue of $26.1 million for the third quarter of 2009. Net revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, was $86.5 million, down 4%...

As part of its market expansion and diversification strategy, Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. today made its official move into the LED backlit LCD television market with the first chip set families in a series of innovative power management semiconductor systems designed to significantly enhance energy efficiency and user-experience for LED backlit LCD televisions.

Advanced Analogic Technologies has introduced the AAT4702, a highly integrated load switch that requires half the board footprint of discrete alternatives. In addition to its small size, the AAT4702 consumes a 15 micro-A quiescent current, far less than any other integrated load switch/low-dropout (LDO) regulator on the market.

AnalogicTech has introduced a set of flash and backlight White LED drivers for the feature phone market. Offering new efficiencies in power usage in highly compact packages, the AAT3176 flash driver and the AAT3351 WLED driver help handset designers extend battery life and reduce product footprint.

While the Lithium-ion batteries currently used in most portable systems shutdown at 2.5V, a new generation of batteries coming onto the market are designed to operate at much lower voltages. By supporting operation down to 2.1V and offering very low quiescent and standby current, AnalogicTech’s AAT5101 Class D audio amplifier offers designers of cell phones, notebooks, GPS and navigation devices an opportunity to significantly reduce power req...

Given the complexity and diversity of feature sets found in today’s cell phone product lines, designers can gain tremendous advantage in terms of design time and cost by using the same power management solution in multiple products. By delivering industry-standard I2C programmability across nine different LED combinations and I2C control across 16 different voltage settings for each LDO, AnalogicTech’s AAT2862 provides the level of versatili...

While designers of advanced portable systems with hot swap capabilities often need programmability to maximize protection, reverse blocking to control reverse current potentials and a fault flag to indicate over-current or over-temperature conditions, until now they could only add all three functions with a complex discrete approach. By integrating all three features into a single monolithic device, a power switch from AnalogicTech offers design...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT3620, said to be the industry’s first fully integrated single-cell Lithium-ion battery charger capable of supplying up to 2A charge current in a small 3x3mm TDFN package. This innovative dual mode solution provides a high efficiency switching charger during Constant Current and Constant Voltage mode. To minimize EMI and RFI emission, the device switches to linear mode during CV mode where power dissipation is ...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AHK3292, a two-channel LED driver for LED indicators and LCD or keyboard backlighting in entry-level mobile products. Featuring low resistance current sinks capable of supporting a low dropout voltage, the LED driver reduces power dissipation and extends battery life. The device’s dropout voltage of 36mV typical is at least 20% lower than competitive products.

By integrating over-voltage protection (OVP) up to 28V for both inputs, AnalogicTech’s AAT3691 helps designers maximize charging flexibility and reliability while reducing parts count and end product footprint.

Today’s multiphase DC-DC converter and motor control circuit designers need low cost drivers capable of supporting higher voltages. By operating at up to 28V and combining a high switching frequency with a compact SC70JW package, AnalogicTech’s AAT4910 MOSFET driver meets that need. Moreover, with an extremely low 3ohms drive resistance, the device allows them to drive larger MOSFETs faster in these applications.

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT3672, a highly integrated, single-cell Lithium-ion (Li-on)/polymer battery charger and system management IC. Using an innovative three-switch architecture, the dual path device enables simultaneous battery charging and system load management. It automatically reroutes power from the battery to the system without interruption when load requirements exceed available current. As a single-chip alternative to comp...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT1185, a single output, step-down controller capable of providing high efficiency power conversion for lower cost 12V adapters. Fabricated in AnalogicTech’s innovative Modular BCD process, the controller maximizes design versatility by offering both high and low-side pins to drive a wide variety of external N-Channel MOSFETs. Moreover, by supporting both fully synchronous and non-synchronous operation, the devi...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT3104 and AAT3195, two 4-channel, charge pump-based LED drivers for larger LCD screens in reduced feature set cell phones and portable systems. Available in compact 2 x 2.1mm packages, the devices offer designers 16-step, 32-step or PWM current control in a space-saving footprint. By using an efficient charge pump with 1x and 2x modes, the AAT3104 and AAT3195 drivers reduce the external component count by 25% ov...

As network data rates climb and mobile products such as smart phones add a dizzying array of complex applications, transient response becomes a major obstacle to high performance. By combining a unique architecture specifically tuned for fast transient response with a high switching frequency, AnalogicTech’s AAT1130 high performance step-down converter allows designers to both support rising performance requirements and reduce solution size by...

Many mobile consumer electronics systems require more than 1.5A to power the system microprocessor and less current to power the baseband processor, memory or I/O. By combining two optimally sized step-down converters in a single 3x4mm package, AnalogicTech’s AAT2789 provides designers with efficient power conversion in a form factor designed to reduce system cost and provide a 25% reduction in board space.

AnalogicTech has announced that Edward Lam has joined the Company as its Vice President of Marketing and Engineering. Effective immediately, Mr. Lam will oversee global marketing and engineering operations, reporting directly to the President, CEO and CTO of AnalogicTech, Richard K. Williams.

AnalogicTech has introduced two additions to its growing family of high current White LED (WLED) flash drivers. Supporting either two WLEDs at up to 750mA each or one WLED at up to 1.5A and coming in a compact 3x3mm TDFN package, the AAT1271 and AAT1272 dual-channel boost converters are the first devices of their type in AnalogicTech’s WLED driver product line to feature the company’s proprietary AS2Cwire and industry-standard I2C interface ...