National Semiconductor has announced that it has passed rigorous testing and received product safety, emissions and environmental compliance certifications for its SolarMagic power optimizers. SolarMagic improves the output of solar arrays when affected by real-world conditions such as shade, debris and panel aging.

A new PowerWise 3-Gbps serial digital interface cable equalizer from National Semiconductor simplifies the design of broadcast video routers, production switchers, distribution amplifiers, editing and conversion equipment. The energy-saving LMH0384 offers the industry’s lowest output alignment jitter across cable lengths allowing hardware designers more headroom for designing within system jitter budgets. Tighter jitter budgets translate to ...

A PowerWise stereo headphone amplifier from National Semiconductor draws only 0.9 mA (typical) of quiescent current to double the audio playback time of smart phones, full-featured mobile phones and portable music players.

A PowerWise stereo headphone amplifier from National Semiconductor draws only 0.9 mA (typical) of quiescent current to double the audio playback time of smart phones, full-featured mobile phones and portable music players.

National Semiconductor has announced it has extended its family of low-power Boomer Class D audio subsystems with two premium quality devices that simplify portable product design. The LM49352 mixed-signal audio subsystem and LM49151 analog subsystem are targeted at smart phones, full-featured phones, portable gaming devices and portable GPS devices.

National Semiconductor has announced it has extended its family of low-power Boomer Class D audio subsystems with two premium quality devices that simplify portable product design. The LM49352 mixed-signal audio subsystem and LM49151 analog subsystem are targeted at smart phones, full-featured phones, portable gaming devices and portable GPS devices.

National Semiconductor has announced it has acquired Act Solar, Inc. a privately held solar energy company that provides power optimization solutions for commercial and utility-scale solar installations. With the acquisition of Act Solar, National expands its portfolio of power optimization technologies along with the acquisition of new diagnostics and panel monitoring capabilities for solar arrays.

Test results released today reveal that a new technology from National Semiconductor can recoup up to 57 percent of the power lost due to temporary or partial shading of photovoltaic solar panels. Building on its more than 50 years of power management experience, National Semiconductor’s SolarMagicTM power optimizers improve the energy harvesting of solar panels in real world conditions, where shading and other issues can significantly reduce t...

National Semiconductor has introduced a constant-current controller that enables off-line, uniform, flicker-free dimming of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a conventional TRIode for Alternating Current (TRIAC) forward or reverse phase-control wall dimmer. The LM3445 TRIAC dimmable LED driver enables a full 100:1 range of dimming capability and can maintain greater than 1A of constant current to large strings of LEDs in a variet...

National Semiconductor has introduced four new high-voltage, non-synchronous buck controllers that include a comprehensive feature set of high input voltage range, high-performance pulse width modulation (PWM) control and reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Two new zero-drift operational amplifiers from National Semiconductor Corp. offer the industry’s lowest input voltage noise (11 nV/sqrt Hz at a gain of 1000 V/V) and high DC accuracy for sensor interface applications operating at low frequencies and low supply voltage. With these new devices, the clear performance advantages of zero-drift amplifiers can for the first time be used in applications requiring high gain and low sub-15 nV/sqrt Hz noi...

Two new high-speed signal path products, a 16-bit, 130 mega-samples per second (MSPS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-controlled variable gain amplifier (DVGA), were announced today by National Semiconductor Corp. They deliver the industry’s best linearity performance and lowest power to enable a new class of multi-carrier GSM and multi-carrier, multi-standard wireless base station receivers. This new performance level makes it ...

Six new PowerWise® reference designs from National Semiconductor Corp. empower design engineers to speed through the design process, delivering products that consume less power, extend battery life and generate less heat. PowerWise reference designs combine energy-efficient devices and arrange them in a system to actively lower power consumption and reduce heat dissipation.

National Semiconductor has introduced a 2.5 GHz fully differential amplifier and a 10-bit, 2 Giga-sample per second (GSPS) single/1 GSPS dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that deliver unequaled dynamic system-level performance and low power for wideband applications. These combined signal path products are well-suited for ground-based radar, data acquisition systems, point-to-point base stations and next-generation set-top boxes.

National Semiconductor Corp. today announced a series of innovative, energy-efficient products that enable emerging automotive applications in LED lighting, powertrain, safety and infotainment systems.

National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the industry’s first wideband 900 MHz fully differential amplifier to include a programmable output limiting clamp for protecting analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and other downstream circuitry from over-voltage events. The amplifier’s integrated clamp provides improved distortion, higher bandwidth and clamping accuracy compared with existing amplifiers that must use external discrete clamping c...

National Semiconductor Corp. today announced the addition of a sophisticated but easy-to-use graphical tool to its WEBENCH® online design environment as well as 11 new SIMPLE SWITCHER® step-down voltage regulators. The voltage regulators are well-suited for a wide variety of applications including automotive, industrial and communication.

National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a new family of SIMPLE SWITCHER® synchronous buck controllers and the industry’s first end-to-end MOSFET selection tool to simplify switching controller designs.

A new power amplifier from National Semiconductor Corp. is the industry’s first monolithic amplifier for automotive warning and alert tone amplification. The LM48100Q amplifies warning tones in automobile driver warning systems such as signal change, back up warning and collision avoidance. National will demonstrate this product at the Convergence 2008 Conference in Detroit, Michigan, from Oct. 20-22 at Booth 1319.

National Semiconductor has introduced a digital temperature sensor that monitors automotive system temperature up to 175 degrees C and delivers +/- 1 degree C accuracy between 130 degrees C and 160 degrees C. The device is manufactured on an automotive grade flow meeting AEC-Q100 Grade 0 qualification requirements.