May 3, 2012 Linear Technology has released a low power fully differential amplifier that can drive high precision 16- and 18-bit SAR ADCs at only 1 mA supply current. Read more

April 25, 2012 Linear Technology has introduced a quad 14-bit, 125Msps µModule analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with integrated fixed gain drivers, passive filtering and bypass capacitance. Read more

April 19, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has released a new high reliability MP grade, wider temperature range version of the LT3032, a dual, low noise, positive/negative low dropout voltage linear regulator. Read more

April 18, 2012 Linear Technology has released a 100 V, high-side current sense DC/DC controller designed to regulate a constant-current or constant-voltage that is ideal for driving high brightness (HB) LEDs. Read more

April 13, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced what the company claims to be the industry’s fastest 18-bit no cycle latency SAR analog-to-digital converter. The LTC2389-18 achieves 99.8 dB SNR and -116 dB THD at sample rates up to 2.5 Msps. Read more

April 10, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 2.5 V to 36 V, two input voltage monitor that draws 850 nA of quiescent current, offering extended battery life in battery-powered applications. Read more

March 30, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has released a monolithic, dual output step-down switching regulator that delivers up to 3 A of continuous output current from each channel. Read more

March 29, 2012 Linear Technology has released a 4 GHz to 6 GHz high dynamic range downconverting mixer. The LTC5544 mixer offers high linearity with 25.9 dBm IIP3 (Input Third-Order Intercept), high conversion gain of 7.4 dB owing to its integrated IF amplifier, and a noise figure of 11.3 dB. Read more

March 26, 2012 Linear Technology’s LT®3798 isolated controller with active power factor correction (PFC) is specifically designed for regulating bus voltages or driving constant current applications over a wide input range of 10 V to 480 V. Read more

March 16, 2012 Linear Technology has released a 36 V input, 5 A step-down µModule regulator with an adjustable and precise (+/-10%) accurate current limit. The current limit enables designers to set the maximum amount of power drawn from the supply, preventing input voltage droop caused by overcurrent conditions. When multiple LTM8026 are configured with the outputs tied together, each converter can be programmed with a maximum current limit to meet its specific input supply limitations for greater output power, a technique known as asymmetric power sharing. Read more

March 15, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high power, I2C controlled, high efficiency PowerPath manager, ideal diode controller and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery charger for single-cell devices such as portable medical and industrial devices, backup devices and other high power density battery-powered applications. Read more

March 12, 2012 Linear Technology has introduced a synchronous buck-boost DC/DC LED driver and voltage controller, which can deliver over 100 W of LED power. The device’s 4.7 V to 60 V input voltage range makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications, including automotive, industrial and architectural lighting. Read more

March 12, 2012 Linear Technology’s LT®3798 isolated controller with active power factor correction (PFC) is specifically designed for regulating bus voltages or driving constant current applications over a wide input range of 10 V to 480 V. Read more

March 8, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation is introducing a pushbutton on/off controller that manages 1.5V to 36 V system power via a pushbutton interface or the presence of a supply. Unlike typical pushbutton controllers that initiate system power-ups only with the toggle of a pushbutton, the LTC2955 automatically turns on a system when power is applied from a primary or secondary supply, such as a wall adapter or car battery. Read more

February 27, 2012 In medical applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, CT scanners, and digital X-ray, high channel count analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are used to sample large arrays of data. Serial interfaces are used to acquire the sampled data to reduce the number of pins on the ADC and FPGA. In addition, routing of a high speed serial interface saves board space. Read more

February 22, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a power supply manager with EEPROM for complete digital management of power supply systems with four or more power rails. The LTC2974 utilizes an I2C interface and PMBus command set to monitor and control positive or negative supplies to provide rapid troubleshooting and debug capabilities during power system design, development, production and failure analysis. Read more

February 13, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation had introduced a 1.5 A, high efficiency, synchronous buck regulator that can be easily paralleled for higher current applications and is adjustable down to 0 V with a single resistor. The new LTC3600 switching regulator architecture uses a 50 µA current reference, combined with a single resistor to set the output voltage. The design enables easy current sharing between multiple regulators, setting the output voltage for all of the regulators with a single external resistor. Read more

February 9, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a current mode synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that allows the use of low DC resistance power inductor using a novel DCR sensing architecture that enhances the signal-to-noise ratio of the current sense signal. A power inductor DC resistance of as low as 0.17 milliohms can be used to maximize converter efficiency and increase power density. Read more

February 8, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with multiphase operation, differential output voltage sensing and high frequency operation. The LTC3861 controller works in conjunction with external power train devices such as power blocks and DrMOS, as well as discrete N-channel MOSFETs and associated gate drivers, enabling flexible design configurations. Read more

January 30, 2012 Linear Technology announces the LTC5585, an ultrawide bandwidth direct conversion I/Q demodulator with outstanding linearity performance (IIP3 = 25.7 dBm and IIP2 = 60 dBm at 1.95 GHz). The device is capable of baseband output demodulation bandwidth of over 530 MHz, which can support new generation wideband LTE multimode receivers’ and digital pre-distortion (DPD) receivers' bandwidth requirements. Read more

January 26, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a dual independent channel, step-up DC/DC converter with integrated fault protection features for output shorts, input/output overvoltages, and overtemperature conditions. Each channel of the LT8582 uses two integrated 42 V switches: a 1.7 A master switch and a 1.3 A slave switch that can be tied together for a total current limit of 3 A. Read more

January 18, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high frequency controlled on-time single output dual phase synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that can achieve up to 95% efficiency with a 25 A output when operating at 2 MHz. The operating frequency is selectable from 200 kHz to 2 MHz or can be synchronized to an external clock. Read more

January 17, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced an overvoltage protection controller that provides overvoltage and overcurrent protection to high-availability electronic systems. Supply voltages surge whenever currents flowing through long inductive power buses change abruptly. Read more

January 11, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the industry's first high performance dual, 18-bit, current output digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The LTC2758 offers accurate 18-bit DC specifications, including ±1LSB (max) INL and DNL over temperature. In addition to excellent DC specifications, the LTC2758 offers fast settling of 2.1 µs and low 0.4 nV•s (3V), 2 nV•s (5 V) glitch impulse, making it possible to produce higher frequency, lower noise output waveforms. Read more

January 5, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has acquired Dust Networks, Inc., a leading provider of low power wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. The acquisition of Dust Networks, based in Hayward, California, will enable Linear to offer a complete high performance wireless sensor networking solution. Read more

December 22, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation is introducing a family of rugged, high voltage tolerant RS485/RS422 transceivers for elimination of field failures without the need of costly external protection devices. In practical RS485 systems, installation cross-wiring faults, ground voltage faults or lightning induced surge voltages can cause overvoltage conditions that exceed absolute maximum ratings of typical transceivers. Read more

December 21, 2011 Linear Technology has acquired Dust Networks a provider of low-power wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. Read more

December 21, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high frequency controlled on-time synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with differential output voltage sensing and clock synchronization. The controlled on-time, valley current mode architecture enables a fast transient response by increasing its operating frequency during a transient event, allowing the LTC3613 to recover from a large load step in only a few clock cycles. Read more

December 20, 2011 Linear Technology has unveiled a high performance 6 GHz integer-N frequency synthesizer with outstanding -226 dBc/Hz normalized closed-loop in-band phase noise, excellent -274 dBc/Hz normalized in-band 1/f noise, a wideband phase noise floor of -157 dBc/Hz and best-in-class -102 dBc spurious output. In a typical 900 MHz application, these performance attributes enable a closed-loop phase noise of -100dBc/Hz at 1kHz offset. Read more

December 16, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC3876 , a high-efficiency dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that generates the VDDQ supply voltage, the VTT bus termination voltage and the VTTR reference voltage for DDR1/DDR2/DDR3 and future standard memory applications. Read more

December 16, 2011 Battery life is paramount in modern battery-powered systems. Portable applications, such as remote sensors, require voltage regulators which have low current standby states and also able to provide bursts of high power. Linear Technology's LT3970/LT3971 lead the industry in low current standby mode by consuming only 2.8 µA of input current when regulating a 3.3 V output with no load. The LT3970 and LT3971 have quiescent currents less than the self discharge rates of most batteries. Read more

December 6, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled the LT3798, an isolated flyback controller with single stage active power factor correction (PFC). A power factor of greater than 0.97 is accomplished by actively modulating the input current, eliminating the need for an extra switching power stage and associated components. In addition, no opto-isolator or signal transformer is required for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal. Read more

November 29, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced 15 V, fixed frequency synchronous buck converters capable of delivering 300 mA of continuous current to output voltages from 0.6 V to 13.8 V. The LTC3103 consumes 1.8 µA of quiescent current, while the LTC3104 (which offers a 10 mA programmable LDO output) requires only 2.6 µA of quiescent current. Read more

November 15, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high frequency controlled on-time dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with differential output voltage sensing and clock synchronization. The controlled on-time, valley current-mode architecture enables a fast transient response by increasing its operating frequency during a transient event, enabling the LTC3838 to recover from a large load step in only a few clock cycles. Read more

November 8, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC2369-18, a serial 18-bit, 1.6 Msps pseudo-differential SAR analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which achieves impressive 96.5 dB SNR and -120 dB THD while supporting a 0 V to 5 V unipolar input range. The pseudo-differential input simplifies the ADC driver requirement, enabling single-ended drive while benefiting from the reduction of unwanted signals common to both inputs. Read more

October 27, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a family of dual ( LTC2158-14 ) and single ( LTC2153-14 ) high IF sampling 14-bit, 310 Msps analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) designed specifically for wide bandwidth digital predistortion (DPD) linearization applications. Read more

October 13, 2011 Linear Technology has released high temperature (H-grade) and High Reliability (MP-grade) versions of the company’s LT3690 synchronous step-down switching regulator. The36 V input capable device can deliver up to 4 A of continuous output current at efficiencies as high as 93%. Read more

October 12, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a 36 V input constant frequency step-down µModule regulator with an adjustable output current limit up to 5 A. The adjustable current limit helps system designers set the maximum power delivered to a load, minimizing the output rating of the upstream AC/DC or DC/DC power supply. Read more

September 29, 2011 Linear Technology has unveiled the first device in a family of high performance integer-N frequency synthesizers with integrated VCO, delivering -226 dBc/Hz normalized closed-loop in-band phase noise, superior -274 dBc/Hz normalized in-band 1/f noise, and claiming best-in-class -103 dBc spurious output. Read more

September 20, 2011 Linear Technology has introduce a 16-channel LED driver integrated with a 55 V step-down controller. The LT3745 LED driver powers up to 75 mA of LED current for each channel, which can drive up to 36 V of LEDs in series, making it ideal for applications such as large LED billboards. Read more

September 16, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LT3512 , a high voltage isolated monolithic flyback regulator that operates over a -55 to 150°C junction temperature range. The device simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter. Read more

September 9, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a low noise, high speed amplifier that can drive to 0 V while maintaining high linearity on a single +5 V supply. The LTC6360’s integrated ultralow noise charge pump provides an internal negative rail, eliminating the need for a negative supply. Read more

August 17, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a dual channel, current mode step-down switching regulator with a power-on reset and watchdog timer. The LT3641's 4 V to 42 V input voltage range with 55 V transient capability makes it ideal for load dump and cold crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications which require constant output regulation even with input transients as high as 55 V. Read more

August 10, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled the LTC3765 and LTC3766 synchronous forward converter chipset with active clamp reset and Direct Flux Limit that prevents power transformer saturation under all conditions. The LTC3765 is a primary-side intelligent controller that works in concert with the LTC3766 to implement a robust and simple self-starting isolated power supply. Read more

August 4, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a synchronous buck-boost converter that delivers up to 1 A of output current from a Li-Ion/Polymer source or 300 mA from dual cell alkaline/NiCd/NiMH sources. The LTC3536’s 1.8 V to 5.5 V input and output voltage range achieves a +/-1% accurate output with inputs above, below or equal to the regulated output. Read more

August 3, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a new high reliability MP-grade version of the LT1431, a three-terminal adjustable shunt voltage regulator that operates across a -55 to 150°C junction temperature range. The device has a 100 mA sink capability, 0.4% initial reference voltage accuracy and a ±1.4% maximum voltage drift over temperature. Read more

August 1, 2011 Linear Technology has released a pulse width modulation (PWM) generator with 48 independent channels. Each channel has an individually adjustable 12-bit (4,096 steps) PWM register and a 6-bit (64 step) ±50% correction register. All controls are programmable via a simple TTL/CMOS 50 MHz serial data interface. Read more

July 26, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced an inductorless supercapacitor charger with backup PowerPath controller for Li-ion or other low-voltage system rails in applications that require short term backup power. The LTC3226 employs a low-noise dual mode (1x/2x) charge-pump architecture with constant input current to charge two supercapacitors in series from a 2.5 V to 5.5 V input supply to a programmable capacitor charge voltage between 2.5 V and 5.3 V. Read more

July 14, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the H- and MP- grade versions of the company’s LTC3851A, a wide input voltage range (4 V to 38 V) synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that encompasses a broad range of applications, including most intermediate bus voltages and battery chemistries. The onboard MOSFET gate drivers enable the use of high power external MOSFETs to produce output currents up to 25 A with output voltages ranging from 0.8 V to 5.5 V, ideal for point-of-load requirements. Read more

July 12, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high accuracy temperature-to-voltage converter with built-in series resistance cancellation for 2.5 V to 5.5 V systems. Many low voltage systems today rely on temperature to assess overall system health and reliability. Traditional implementations require a series of filters, a precise reference and a current source, resulting in a complex conversion scheme prone to inaccuracies if not carefully designed. The LTC2997 is a simple temperature monitoring solution that measures a remote diode's temperature with ±1°C accuracy or local temperature with ±1.5°C accuracy, and outputs a voltage proportional to absolute temperature. The LTC2997 provides a precise, space-saving, micropower temperature monitoring solution. Read more

July 8, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high efficiency, monolithic synchronous step-down switching regulator, capable of generating a bus termination voltage for DDR/DDR2/DDR3 and future standard memory applications requiring sourcing and sinking of current. Read more

July 7, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a complete high side current sense device that incorporates a current sense amplifier, dual comparators and a precision 400 mV voltage reference. When connected to a current shunt resistor, the high side current sense amplifier precisely extracts the shunt voltage, amplifies it, and translates it to ground. Read more

June 30, 2011 Linear Technology has unveiled a high efficiency, dual-channel monolithic synchronous step-down regulator from Linear, which provides power supply and bus termination rails for DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM controllers. The LTC3634 operates from an input voltage from 3.6 V to 15 V, making it ideal for dual cell Li-Ion applications as well as 5 V and 12 V intermediate bus systems. Read more

June 20, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled the LT3015, a 1.5 A negative low dropout linear regulator featuring fast transient response, low noise, and precision current limit. With its wide input voltage range of -1.8 V to -30 V and adjustable output voltage from -1.220 V to -29.5 V, the device's common emitter NPN power transistor design requires only a single supply and enables a low dropout voltage of 310 mV (typical at full load). Read more

June 16, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high power, I2C controlled, high efficiency PowerPath manager, ideal diode controller and lithium-ion battery charger for single-cell portable devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), personal video players, smart phones, digital cameras, PDAs, portable medical and industrial devices and personal navigation devices. Read more

June 14, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has released high reliability (MP-grade) versions of the company's LT1952/-1, LTC3900 and LT4430 devices that combine to create a high efficiency (up to 95%) synchronous rectified isolated forward converter that is specified and production tested over a -55 to 125°C operating junction temperature range. Read more

June 9, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a dual high performance RF mixer that packs a combination of 26.8 dBm IIP3 (Input Third Order Intercept), 300 mW per mixer and wide operating frequency coverage to address high density footprints of multimode 4G RRH (Remote Radio Head) MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) receivers. Read more

May 26, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled the high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LTC3805/-5, a programmable frequency flyback controller that operates over a -55 to 150°C junction temperature range. The high-performance shunt regulated input voltage PWM (pulse width modulation) controller enables for wide input voltages ranging from 5 V to off-line applications and is ideal for users requiring one power supply for both 48 V and 24 V nominal input systems. Read more

May 11, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced the LT5400, the company's first family of precision matched resistors designed for high performance signal conditioning applications in difference amplifiers, precision dividers, references and bridge circuits. Read more

May 4, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation is launching a new high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LT3511, a high voltage isolated monolithic flyback regulator that operates over a -55°C to 150°C junction temperature range. The device simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter since it needs no optocoupler, third winding or signal transformer for feedback, as the device's output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal. Read more

May 2, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced an isolated 12-port Power Source Equipment (PSE) controller chipset designed for use in IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) Type 1 and Type 2 compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems.  The LTC4270/71 provides 12 independent PSE channels for simpler, lower component count designs, reduced board space and lower solution costs.  Read more

April 26, 2011 Linear Technology has unveiled the LTC559x family of four high dynamic range dual downconverting mixers covering the 600 MHz to 4.5 GHz wireless infrastructure frequency range. The LTC559x dual mixers offer outstanding IIP3 (Input Third-Order Intercept) of more than 26 dBm, low noise figures of less than 10 dB and high conversion gain of 8.5 dB, enabling excellent dynamic range performance for both MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) and diversity wideband receivers. Read more

April 18, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC4000, a high voltage controller and power manager that converts virtually any externally compensated DC/DC power supply into a full-featured battery charger. The LTC4000 is capable of driving typical DC/DC converter topologies, including buck, boost, buck-boost, SEPIC and flyback. Read more

April 6, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the H-grade version of the LTC3872, a small footprint 550 kHz fixed frequency step-up DC/DC controller that is specified over a -40 to150°C junction temperature range. The LTC3872 accepts a 2.5 V to 9.8 V input voltage range and can produce an output voltage as high as 60 V without needing a sense resistor. Read more

April 6, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a 32-channel LED driver integrated with a 55 V step-down controller. The LT3746 LED driver powers up to 30 mA of LED current for each channel, which can drive up to 13 V of LEDs in series, making it ideal for applications such as large LED billboards. Read more

April 5, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a new high reliability (MP-grade) version of the LTC4441, a 6A N-channel MOSFET gate driver that operates over a -55 to 125°C operating junction temperature range. The high power driver is designed to increase the output power and efficiency of a DC/DC controller, enabling it to drive high power N-channel MOSFETs or multiple MOSFETs in parallel. Read more

March 30, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a family of ultralow power 14-bit and 12-bit, 25 Msps to 125 Msps analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that dissipate less than 1 mW per mega sample per second from a 1.8 V supply, making them the lowest power high speed ADCs on the market. Read more

March 21, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a 60 V, 1 MHz, step-down DC/DC converter designed to operate as a three channel, constant current LED driver. Each channel of the LT3597 contains a constant current sink LED driver with a dedicated adaptive-output buck converter. Read more

March 16, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2632 and LTC2633 families of dual 12-bit, 10-bit and 8-bit rail-to-rail, voltage output digital-to-analog converters (DACs), with serial SPI (LTC2632) and I2C (LTC2633) interfaces. Read more

March 7, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a family of dual and single high IF sampling 14-bit, 170 Msps, 210 Msps and 250 Msps analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that maintain good SFDR performance at input frequencies up to 900 MHz. The LTC2152-14 and LTC2157-14 are single and dual channel simultaneous sampling ADCs, respectively, offering double data rate (DDR) LVDS digital outputs. Read more

February 24, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high voltage isolated monolithic flyback regulator that simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter. No optocoupler, third winding or signal transformer is required for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal. Read more

February 18, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the H-grade version of the LTC4444/-5, a high-speed, high input supply voltage (100 V), synchronous MOSFET gate driver designed to drive upper and lower power N-channel MOSFETs in synchronous rectified converter topologies. Read more

February 15, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation introduces a 36 V input capable, synchronous step-down switching regulator which can deliver up to 4 A of continuous output current at efficiencies as high as 93%. Read more

February 9, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a 3 A LDO that can be paralleled for heat spreading and higher output current, and is adjustable with a single resistor. The LT3083 regulator is based on the same innovative architecture as its 1.1 A predecessor, the LT3080, which uses a current source reference for single resistor output voltage setting. With the SET pins tied together, sharing the current and spreading the heat is accomplished between multiple regulators using a small length of PC trace as ballast, enabling multi-amp linear regulation in all surface-mount systems without heat sinks. Read more

January 24, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a dual output high efficiency synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with I2C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management. The LTC3880/-1 claims to combine best in class analog switching regulator performance with precision mixed signal data conversion for ease of power system design and management, supported by the LTpowerPlay software development system with easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI). Read more

January 11, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high input voltage synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with guaranteed specifications for junction temperatures as high as 150 degrees C. The LTC3810H-5 employs a constant on-time valley current-mode control architecture, delivering low duty cycles and fast transient response with accurate cycle-by-cycle current limit without requiring a sense resistor. Read more

January 10, 2011 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a serial 18-bit, 1.6Msps SAR analog to digital converter (ADC) that claims to achieve an unrivaled 101 dB SNR and -118 dB THD while supporting a fully differential ±5 V input range. Read more

December 9, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC2870 and LTC2871 multiprotocol transceivers with switchable integrated termination for 3.3 V and 5 V systems. RS485 systems require a termination resistor on the ends of the communication bus to minimize signal reflections. Read more

December 1, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a precision RF power detector that operates from 600MHz to 15GHz, with fast response time of 7ns from a pulsed RF signal. Moreover, the device has an on-chip fast comparator with a propagation delay of 9ns. Read more

November 29, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM4628, µModule regulator containing two step-down 8 A DC/DC converter circuits with the inductors, MOSFETs and other necessary components in a 15mm x 15 mm x 4.32 mm LGA package. The low thermal impedance of the LGA package and high operating efficiency enable full output power DC/DC conversion from 12 VIN to 1 VOUT at 70 degrees C ambient with no air flow, or 86 degrees C ambient with 200 linear feet per minute. Read more

November 22, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation introduces three families of low power 16-bit, 25 Msps to 125 Msps analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that dissipate approximately half the power of competing 16-bit solutions. The LTC2165 and LTC2185 families are single- and two-channel simultaneous sampling parallel ADCs, respectively, offering a choice of full-rate CMOS, or double data rate (DDR) CMOS/LVDS digital outputs with programmable digital output timing, programmable LVDS output current and optional LVDS output termination. Read more

November 19, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 2.6 A, 36 V step-down switching regulator with dual linear controllers, packaged in a 4 mm x 5 mm QFN or TSSOP-20E. The LT3694 operates from a VIN range of 4 V to 36 V with transient protection to 70 V, making it ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions found in automotive applications. Read more

November 17, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a synchronous buck-boost converter that delivers up to 2.5 A of output current from a wide range of power sources, including single or multiple cell batteries, super capacitor stacks and wall adapters. The LTC3112 has a 2.7 V to 15 V input range and 2.5 V to 14 V output range that provides a regulated output with inputs above, below or equal to the regulated output. Read more

November 17, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a monolithic, dual output step-down switching regulator that can deliver up to 3.5 A of continuous output current from each channel. LT3692 operates from a VINrange of 3 V to 36 V with transient protection to 60 V, making it ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions found in automotive applications. Independent input, shutdown, feedback, soft-start, current limit and comparator pins for each channel simplify complex power supply tracking/sequencing requirements. Read more

November 15, 2010 Linear Technology announces the LT1999, a high-voltage amplifier designed for bidirectional current sensing in the presence of fast switching common-mode voltages from -5 V to 80 V. The wide input common-mode range is obtained with standard low voltage op amp supplies. Read more

November 9, 2010 Linear Technology and Energy Micro have combined their expertise in energy harvesting power supplies and ultralow power 32-bit microcontrollers to produce a demonstration at Electronica 2010 that showcases the opportunities for smart energy harvesting applications. Read more

October 29, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a high voltage synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that draws only 50 µA in standby mode with the output in regulation. The LTC3891's 4 V to 60 V input supply range is designed to protect against high voltage transients, continue operation during automotive cold crank and cover a broad range of input sources and battery chemistries. Read more

October 25, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a synchronous step-up DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diode with a high efficiency N-channel MOSFET. The device eliminates the heat sink normally required in medium to high power boost converters. Read more

October 18, 2010 A high performance, synchronous boost converter that incorporates maximum power point control (MPPC) and starts up with inputs as low as 250 mV has been unveiled by Linear Technology. The LTC3105 operates over a wide input range of 0.2 V to 5 V, making it ideal for harvesting energy from high impedance alternative power sources, including photovoltaic cells, thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and fuel cells. Read more

October 13, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced two RF-to-digital uModule receivers that integrate the key components for 3G and 4G base station receivers (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE) and smart antenna WiMAX base stations. The LTM9004 and LTM9005 integrated uModule receivers offer a reduction in board space, integrating the RF mixer/demodulator, amplifiers, passive filtering and 14-bit, 125Msps ADCs in a small package. Read more

October 12, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a fully differential amplifier capable of driving DC to 100 MHz signals with 1.1 nV/√Hz noise and -88 dBc HD2/HD3 distortion. Built on an advanced SiGe BiCMOS process, the LTC6409 features 10 GHz gain-bandwidth product, 100 dB SFDR up to 40 MHz, and 1% settling time of 1.9 ns. Read more

September 28, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a high power two phase single output synchronous step-up DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diodes with high efficiency N-channel MOSFETs. The LTC3787 eliminates the heat sink normally required in medium to high power boost converters. Read more

September 23, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a new silicon oscillator, the latest member of the TimerBlox family of silicon timing devices, which offers simple and accurate pulse width modulation (PWM) capability for output frequencies from 3.81 Hz to 1 MHz. Read more

September 23, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced an I2C temperature and voltage monitor for 3 V and 5 V systems. Read more

September 16, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced an easy-to-use, low power 16-bit 1-Msps serial SAR ADC with guaranteed specifications over the -40 to 125 degrees C temperature range. Consuming 13 mW from a single 2.5 V supply, the LTC2383-16 achieves an 92 dB SNR and -106 dB THD from a fully differential +2.5 V input range while maintaining a maximum +2LSB INL and no missing codes. Read more

September 15, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a new generation ultra-high linearity direct conversion I/Q modulator that operates over a wide frequency range from 200 MHz to 6 GHz. The new modulator offers best-in-class linearity performance of 30.9 dBm OIP3 (Output Third-Order Intercept) at 2.14 GHz - without calibration. Read more

September 9, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a 40 MHz to 6 GHz dual channel, matched RMS power detector, offering over 55 dB isolation at 2.14 GHz. In RF power amplifier (PA) applications, the LTC5583 provides a simple solution for accurately measuring forward power, reverse power, and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR). Read more

September 9, 2010 Linear Technology has released an accurate and tiny "one-shot" pulse generator, the latest member of the TimerBlox family of timing devices. The one-shot function, also known as a monostable multivibrator, is useful for accurate event timing, edge detection, and frequency discrimination. Read more

September 2, 2010 Linear Technology has unveiled a simple, accurate low frequency clock specifically designed for long duration timing applications. The LTC6991 is the latest part in the TimerBlox family of versatile silicon timing devices, in which an accurate programmable oscillator is combined with precision circuitry and logic. Read more

August 25, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced single/dual/quad rail-to-rail operational amplifiers that claim to provide unmatched speed-power efficiency in tiny packages.  Read more

August 19, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has released a new high reliability, military plastic MP-grade version of the LT1175, a 500mA negative micropower low dropout regulator. Read more

August 13, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 4-A monolithic synchronous buck battery charger for 1-cell Li-Ion/Polymer batteries. The LT3651-4.2 accepts inputs up to 32 V with a 40 V absolute maximum rating for added system margin. Read more

August 9, 2010 Linear Technology has unveiled a set of simple, small, accurate and low power devices for five commonly used timing functions: voltage-controlled oscillator, low frequency oscillator, pulse width modulated oscillator, monostable pulse generator (one-shot) and delay. Read more

August 5, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter family with internal reference and I2C interface. Read more

August 3, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a complete power management solution for portable processors such as i.MX, PXA, ARM, OMAP and other advanced portable microprocessor systems. Read more

August 2, 2010 Market research analyst, IMS Research of Wellingborough, UK, has published its latest rankings for the power management and driver IC market which reveals that Texas Instruments has extended its lead in the market during the downturn in 2009 and held a share of 10.5 percent. Read more

August 2, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled an isolated monolithic flyback switching regulator that simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter. Read more

July 23, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a complete 3 A DC/DC µModule regulator system, which in addition to the device's onboard inductor, DC/DC converter and supporting circuitry, includes an EMI filter that claims to make it compliant with EN55022 Class B by a wide margin. Read more

July 22, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 6 A DC/DC µModule regulator, which includes the inductor, MOSFETs, DC/DC regulator, input and output bypass capacitors and supporting circuitry in a 2.3g, 9mm x 15mm x 4.32mm LGA package. Read more

July 21, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a single-phase synchronous step-down DC/DC controller implementing the Intel IMVP-6, IMVP-6+, and IMVP-6.5 protocols. Read more

July 14, 2010 Linear Technology has released the H-grade version of the LT3496. The LT3496 is a 2 MHz DC/DC converter designed to operate as a three-channel constant current LED driver. Read more

July 7, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a 60 V, 1 MHz step-down DC/DC converter designed to operate as a constant current LED driver for up to 30 LEDs. From a 48 V input, the LT3596 can drive up to three strings of LEDs, each with up to ten 100 mA LEDs in series, delivering efficiencies of more than 90 percent. Read more

July 1, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a Hot Swap controller for protecting low power boards with load supply voltages ranging from 2.9 V to 15 V. Read more

June 28, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a complete switch mode DC/DC µModule point-of-load regulator capable of generating its own 5 V N-channel MOSFET gate drive for efficient voltage conversion from 3.3 VIN or less to loads as low as 0.8 V at up to 15 A. Read more

June 21, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation is releasing high reliability military temperature (MP) grade versions of the LTC3803/-3/-5 current mode flyback controllers in the 6-pin ThinSOT package. Read more

June 16, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a high dynamic range 10 GHz RMS detector that claims to set a new standard in measurement accuracy of RF signals. Read more

June 10, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has released a high input voltage DC/DC converter for boost, flyback, SEPIC and inverting power supply applications. Read more

May 24, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a two-phase single output high efficiency (up to 95 percent) synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with PolyPhase operation, differential output voltage sensing and integrated phased-lock loop (PLL) synchronization. Read more

May 21, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 2.9 V to 15 V Hot Swap controller that features an onboard 8-bit ADC and I2C compatible interface. Read more

May 17, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a 1 A low dropout linear regulator (VLDO), featuring input voltage capability down to 0.9 V and adjustable output voltage down to 0.2 V. Read more

May 13, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a three-phase single output high efficiency (up to 95 percent) synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with PolyPhase operation, differential output voltage sensing and integrated phased-lock loop (PLL) clock synchronization. Read more

May 12, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled the second in a family of digitally programmable linear regulators that claims to offer the lowest dropout voltage, lowest noise and fastest transient response of any monolithic 5 A LDO currently available. Read more

May 4, 2010 Linear Technology has introduced a high efficiency, 4 MHz synchronous buck regulator that incorporates a constant frequency, current-mode architecture. Read more

April 23, 2010 Linear Technology has unveiled a hot swappable I2C isolator that provides bidirectional communication between two I2C busses whose grounds are isolated from one another. Read more

April 22, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a 2.5 V to 5.5 V overvoltage and overcurrent protection controller designed to safeguard low voltage, portable electronics from damaging input voltage transients and current surges. Read more

April 15, 2010 A Virtual Remote Sense (VRS) DC/DC controller that eliminates the remote sense wires required to compensate for the voltage drop in cables, wires and circuit board trace runs has been unveiled by Linear Technology Corporation. Read more

April 9, 2010 Linear Technology announces the H-grade version of the LT3517 which is a high side current sense DC/DC converter designed to drive high current LEDs at constant current. Read more

March 31, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a low-power 16-bit no missing codes, 80 Msps analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that dissipates only 89 mW, which the company claims is less than half the power of competing 16-bit solutions. Read more

March 22, 2010 Linear Technology has unveiled a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter designed to accurately (±6 percent) regulate output currents up to 20-A. Read more

March 11, 2010 A quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC family) with internal reference and SPI interface has been introduced by Linear Technology Corporation.   Read more

March 8, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC3890/-1, a high voltage dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that draws only 50 µA when one output is active and 60 µA when both outputs are enabled. Read more

March 2, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LTC2941/LTC2942 battery gas gauges with an I2C interface for 2.7 V to 5.5 V systems. Read more

February 25, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has unveiled a dual, low noise, positive/negative low dropout voltage linear regulator. Read more