» This category showcases the most diverse and interesting set of products. The Envisium Power PLCC-4 family of surface mount LEDs is no exception. Co-developed by Agilent Technologies and LumiLeds Lighting, this product took top honors in technical significance.
(1) AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES AND LUMILEDS LIGHTING High brightness LED platform targets all types of auto apps eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Using proprietary technologies from both companies, the Envisium Power PLCC-4 surface-mount LEDs were developed primarily for automotive exterior lighting applicationss such as center high-mounted stop lights, front and mirror turn signals, and rear combination lights. They can also be used for interior lighting apps such as instrument panel and control backlighting, central console backlighting, and navigation and audio systems.
" Readers say: » "Seems to me that the transparent substrate package designed to enable -40/+100 operating environment is the real advance. ALInGaP LEDs aren't new, even at these power levels. The package, though is pretty spiffy. If Agilent has transparent package capability at longer wavelengths, there are lots of other product opportunities that we are likely to see in the future."
USABILITY RANK: 2
(2) TAIYO YUDEN Taiyo Yuden doubles capacitance in 0402 MLCC eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "With this development, larger 0603 2.2 ìF devices are no longer necessary, resulting in a more than 50% board space saving for equivalent capacitor performance in effectively reducing noise in power-line decoupling circuits.
" Readers say: » "Shrinking the size of discete components is always helpful for miniaturizing equipment. The importance of discrete components, such as capacitors is often overlooked."
» "Also significant is the part's -55 to 85C Temp rating."
» "I have been waiting for this type of capacitance in an 0402 package for a couple of years."
» "Very important for portable power"
» "This is good news for power amplifier applications in mobile devices, where almost always there is a capacitor near 2.2 uF used on the Vcc pin."
» "Hope for higher voltages soon. (15 V ???)"
USABILITY RANK: 1
(3) AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES Breakthrough illumination system for LCD TVs delivers 25% more brilliant colors eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "But that's not all, by using RGB LEDs as the light source instead of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs), the HDJD-JB-01 ICM System offers richer colors, longer life, more color choices, faster switching as well as a tunable white point and panel-to-panel consistency.
" Readers say: »...A good new use of the fundamentals."
» "Product can really bring wonder to various electronic gadgets, appliances and systems"
USABILITY RANK: 4
(4) NEW SCALE TECHNOLOGIES Piezo ceramic motor delivers 2 N force in small 4-mm assembly eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "The new SQ-306 SQUIGGLE motor delivers a 250-nm position resolution and 6-mm travel. The speed can be precisely controlled from microns per second to more than 10 mm per second. They are suitable for implantable medical devices (MRI compatible), microfluidic pumps, night vision systems, auto focus mechanics for mobile phone cameras and nanotechnology tools.
" Readers say: » "Looks promising... Will be bookmarking it for future reference."
» "As an engineer in the MRI field, I could see the SQUIGGLE motor becoming an integral part of MRI compatible devices."
» "Another use could be in the exploding field of micro and nano radio control airplane and car market."
» "Great for autofocus in camera modules"
USABILITY RANK: 7
(5) AUTHENTEC Fingerprint sensor touts security, navigation, and personalization for cell phones eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Touting a 33% smaller footprint than comparable sensors, the new low-cost EntrePad 1510 features the company's TruePrint technology and its newest approach to biometrics called "The Power of Touch". Plus, it's low cost, easy-to-use and provides speedy fingerprint imaging and motion. " Readers say: » "Great Solution!"
» "Very cool - I have seen this announcement in other venues. It would be nice to have a cheap and reliable security lock for everyday devices like computers, keyless entry locks, ATMs, etc."
» "Great application for portable data storage devices."
» "A revolutionary low cost component that allows one to integrate security technology into a vast range of products."
» "Very key component in M-commerce. May be useful in the smaller industrial controls market as well."
USABILITY RANK: 6
(6) AVX Flexible termination system protects ceramic capacitors eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Driven by demands from the automotive industry for more robust and more reliable components, the AVX FlexiTerm soft termination system allows almost three times the amount of board flexure when compared to standard termination systems. Further enhancing the capabilities of a standard MLCC, FlexiTerm was developed as an additional flexible-termination layer added to the component to ensure electrical integrity is maintained when external forces are applied.
" Readers say: » "Very useful for MIL/AERO industry where vibration issues are a hard requirement."
» "Nice Idea."
» "Good product for harsh environments, including automotive applications"
USABILITY RANK: 3
(7) CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES Cal Micro brings EMI filtering to the next level for handset designers eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "CMD's groundbreaking technology allows the integration of spiral inductors with resistors, capacitors and ESD protection diodes in a single chip design. As a result, the CM1450 and CM1451 Praetorian EMI filters offer high cutoff frequencies, minimal insertion loss, sharp roll-off, excellent signal integrity and greater levels of attenuation at high frequencies.
" Readers say: » "Very interesting product."
USABILITY RANK: 5
(8) MICRON TECHNOLOGY SOC sensor advances mobile handset designs eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "This camera-on-a-chip SOC device provides newly-incorporated functions, including an integrated microcontroller that achieves more efficient image processing, global reset to avoid image bending, and pixel binning for enhanced image viewing. The MT9D111 is one of the first SOC devices with integrated and flexible auto focus and real-time JPEG compression.
" Readers say: » "Impressed."
» "The MTD9111 seems to be every thing one would need in an imager as long as image quality didn't suffer."
USABILITY RANK: 8
(9) MYSTICOM SEMICONDUCTOR Mysticom retimer chips achieve new levels of integration for CX4 and LX4 apps eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Designated MY3128 for 10GBase-CX4 apps and MY3129 for 10GBase-LX4 apps, the new chips tout the industry's highest levels of integration, which translates to fewer components, lower costs and shorter development cycles for systems designers. These 12mm x 12mm 196 pin BGA packaged chips are the industry's smallest footprint, greatly facilitating space constrained designs like X2 modules.
" Readers say: USABILITY RANK: 10
(10) FCI FCI adds BGA termination to AirMax VS system eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "The elimination of the metal shields in the AirMax VS system is said to result in a less cumbersome, lighter connector with fewer termination points, making the new BGA connector easier for manufacturers to process.
" Readers say: » "Very Nice!!!!"
» "It seems that FCI is doing signifcant research in BGA technology in general, which is very useful."
USABILITY RANK: 9
