CTIMES - IC設計與EDA

Maxim新款高線性度、上/下變頻混頻器問世 (2011.03.23)
Maxim近日宣佈，推出MAX2051高線性度、上/下變頻混頻器，可為850MHz至1550MHz無線基礎設施和多載波電纜前端下載視頻、隨選視訊系統（VOD），以及電纜數據機終端系統（CMTS）應用，提供+35dBm輸入IP3、噪音係數（NF）為7.8 dB和7.4dB的轉換損耗

台灣進軍車用MCU市場需大步跨過品質門檻 (2011.03.22)
現在汽車的安全概念，已經從傳統減少碰撞的「被動安全」，演進到自動防撞避免事故發生的「主動安全」，隨著對汽車安全的要求提高，汽車配備的安全機制種類也不斷在增加

中國汽車要強推外銷　台灣車電資源不可少 (2011.03.22)
ECFA（兩岸經濟協議）商談持續進行式，3月份的重點即為針對兩岸投保協議、爭端解決機制而來。經濟部表示，本次商談將以面板、汽車整車、五大泛用塑膠與工具機類別中的加工中心等產品，作為台灣在ＥＣＦＡ後續貨品貿易談判中優先爭取降稅項目

今年ARM重點：平板、MCU和入門智慧手機 (2011.03.22)
晶片IP授權大廠安謀（ARM），去年全球業績表現亮眼，展望今年，ARM看好媒體平板裝置市場將可高度成長，嵌入式領域也成為ARM關鍵的成長動力，展望2020年，全球以ARM核心為基礎的晶片數量，將可達到1千億顆

Platform Manager Devices (2011.03.22)
The Platform Manager™ product family represents the third-generation of mixed-signal devices available from Lattice. Programmable Platform Manager devices simplify board management design significantly by integrating programmable analog and logic to support many common functions, such as power management, digital housekeeping and glue logic

Power Manager II Hercules Development Kit (2011.03.22)
Get started integrating multiple power management ICs fast with the ProcessorPM Development Kit. The kit is a versatile, ready to use hardware platform for evaluating and designing with ProcessorPM power management devices. The kit is based on a 2

u-blox發表創新蜂巢式行動定位架構 (2011.03.22)
u-blox於日前宣佈，已在其LEON GSM/GPRS模組系列中，加入CellLocate蜂巢式行動定位技術，可在GPS訊號微弱或甚至沒有GPS系統的條件下，提供定位訊息。藉由增加平行式以及可决定位置的互補技巧，此嵌入式技術可進一步提升u-blox GPS方案的效能

Processor PM Development Kit (2011.03.22)
Get started integrating multiple power management ICs fast with the ProcessorPM Development Kit. The kit is a versatile, ready to use hardware platform for evaluating and designing with ProcessorPM power management devices. The kit is based on a 2

ispMACH 4000ZE Evaluation Board (2011.03.22)
This board is designed to help you quickly evaluate the ispMACH 4000ZE, prototype your designs, check performance and verify power consumption.

ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Development Kit (2011.03.22)
The MachXO Mini Development Kit is an easy to use, low-cost platform to accelerate the evThe ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Development Kit is a battery-powered, low-cost platform to accelerate the evaluation of ispMACH 4000ZE CPLDs. The kit features the ispMACH 4256ZE-MN144 device, Power Manager II ispPAC-POWR6AT6 device, a high-side current sense circuit, a 7-segment LCD display, and an expansion header landing for I2C, JTAG, and GPIO interfacing

MachXO Mini Development Kit (2011.03.22)
The MachXO Mini Development Kit is an easy to use, low-cost platform to accelerate the evaluation of MachXO PLDs. The kit features the MachXO LCMXO2280 device, 2 Mbit SPI Flash and 1 Mbit SRAM memory, a temperature sensor, an expansion header for I2C and SPI interfaces, and several LEDs and user switches

MachXO Control Development Kit (2011.03.22)
The MachXOControl Development Kit is a platform for rapidly prototyping system control designs using MachXO PLDs. The kit features the MachXO LCMXO2280 device, Power Manager II ispPAC-POWR1014A, 2 Mbit SPI Flash and 1 Mbit SRAM memory, a temperature sensor, an expansion header for I2C and SPI interfaces, and several LEDs and user switches

ECP3 PCI Express Development Kit (2011.03.22)
The Lattice PCI Express Development Kit is a complete hardware/software development environment to help accelerate the evaluation of PCI Express technology, get to a known good starting point for a design, and then easily transition to design exploration

ECP3 Video Protocol Board (2011.03.22)
The LatticeECP3™ FPGA family includes many features for video applications. For example, DisplayPort, SMPTE standards (SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI) and DVB-ASI can be implemented with 16 channels of embedded SERDES/ PCS. 7:1 LVDS video interfaces like ChannelLink and CameraLink can be supported by the generic DDRX2 mode on the I/O pins

英飛凌針對低階工業應用推低成本16位元MCU (2011.03.22)
英飛凌（Infineon）於日前宣佈，旗下16位元XE166微控制器系列產品新添生力軍，以因應低階及超低階的工業應用需求。新款XE16xL及XE16xU即時訊號控制器以8位元產品的價格提供16位元產品的效能，能協助客戶針對能源效率及大眾市場應用設計出具成本效益的電子驅動系統

英飛凌TriCore微控制器安全套件確保設計安全 (2011.03.21)
英飛凌科技近日發表，以32位元TriCore微控制器為基礎的完整安全性套件，可確保功能安全設計符合 IEC 61508對於嵌入式設計的要求。SafeTcore測試程式庫名為SafeTkit，是Hitex推出的完整安全套件，包含安全監控晶片CIC61508的TriCore基板為基礎，並涵蓋各種軟體與文件

ADI新電流感測放大器結合零漂移和高頻寬特性 (2011.03.21)
美商亞德諾（Analog Devices,Inc；ADI）近日宣佈，推出新款AD 8218零漂移雙向電流感測放大器。AD 8218採用ADI獨家CMOS製程，能夠在-40°C至+125°C範圍中，提供±100n V/°C偏移漂移的零漂移核心，並維持500 kHz小型信號頻寬

三星巨獸制不住？ (2011.03.21)
三星真有可能在各領域都成為全球名列前茅的大廠嗎？三星目前事業體大致分為半導體、手機和液晶顯示等三大事業群，該公司最大的優點，就是能夠快速掌握產業流行趨勢，發揮到極致，並讓公司該因此獲利

MEMS感測五大趨勢汽車安全堅不可摧 (2011.03.21)
MEMS在車用安全領域所扮演的角色越來越重要。目前全球排名前幾大的車用MEMS感測器供應商包括博世（Bosch Sensortec）、Denso、飛思卡爾（Freescale）、Sensata Technologies、亞德諾（ADI）、Panasonic等，在壓力感測器和陀螺儀等車用MEMS應用上，也有越來越不錯的成長前景

Linear推出軌對軌電壓輸出數位類比轉換器 (2011.03.21)
凌力爾特（Linear Technology Corporation）近日宣布，推出LTC2632及LTC2633系列的12位元、10位元及 8位元軌對軌電壓輸出數位類比轉換器（DAC），這些元件並具備串列SPI（LTC2632）及I2C（LTC2633）介面