Mixed Signal/Analog

With the opening of a new engineering centre in Hyderabad, India, Thalia Design Automation has announced a significant expansion of its analogue design engineering capabilities. The new facility will initially be staffed by five experienced analogue designers and EDA (electronic design automation) development engineers. Based on current levels of customer demand, Thalia expects to grow this number to 25 within 12 to 18 months.

Provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, charging and Bluetooth Low energy technology, Dialog Semiconductor has launched the GreenPAK SLG46824 and SLG46826, its first Configurable Mixed-signal ICs (CMICs) following the acquisition of Silego Technology, the pioneer and market leader of CMICs.

According to IC Insights’ new 2018 McClean Report, which becomes available this month, sales of analogue ICs are expected to show the strongest growth rate among major integrated circuit market categories during the next five years. The McClean Report forecasts that revenues for analogue products - including both general purpose and application-specific devices - will increase by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6% t...

An economical USB RF tool that plugs into the USB port of a PC and is controlled with the provided PC application software has been announced by Saelig. The Triarchy Techologies VSA6G2A Vector Spectrum Analyser offers almost all of the functionality of a benchtop spectrum analyser. Its frequency range of operation is from 100Hz to 6.2GHz, with an amplitude measurement range of -140 to 24dBm. The RBW (resolution bandwidth) range is from 0.2Hz to 1...

  Dialog Semiconductor has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Silego Technology, for a cash payment of $276m with additional contingent consideration of up to $30.4m.

Watch the video below from Texas Instruments to learn how to synchronise multi-channel high speed clocks.

Synopsys and Helic has announced that the companies have collaborated to integrate Helic's VeloceRF RF device synthesis, RaptorX EM modeling and Exalto EM parasitic extraction and signoff tools with Synopsys' Custom Design Platform. The result of the collaboration is a complete solution for electromagnetic-aware (EM-aware) layout and analysis of mixed-signal, analogue, and RF designs.

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This video from Texas Instruments is an introduction to smart gate drive technology.

The A1006 Secure Authenticator IC from NXP Semiconductors is in stock at Mouser Electronics. This embedded security solution offers tamper-resistant authentication through an asymmetric public/private authentication protocol to help manufacturers prove the authenticity of genuine products and prevent damage from counterfeits.