EDN names winners of 19th Annual Innovation Awards

Altera Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA design team takes Innovator of the Year title.

Staff -- EDN, 3/31/2009

San Jose, CA — In a ceremony here last night, EDN bestowed its 19th Annual Innovation Awards, honoring a diverse group of electronics engineers and the ground-breaking products they have produced. A complete list of the winners follows. (Click each winner's name for details.)

Innovator of the Year
Altera: Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA design team

Analog ICs
Analog Devices: AD9272 eight-channel ultrasound receiver

ADCs and DACs
Samplify Systems: SAM1610/05/00 12-bit ADCs

RFICs
Avago Technologies: VMMK-2x03 RF amplifiers

ASSPs
Conexant: CX20562 USB speakers on a chip

Logic and Interface ICs
SST: 26 series SQI (serial quad I/O)

Memory
Intel: X-25E Extreme SATA SSD

Programmable Logic and Fast-turnaround ASICs
Altera: Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA

EDA: Design Analysis
Cadence Design Systems: Incisive Palladium DPA (dynamic-power analysis)

EDA: Design Creation and IP
Synopsys: Zroute chip-level router with integral DFM analysis

EDA: PCB, FPGA, and Mixed-signal/RF ICs
Mentor Graphics and Agilent Technologies: RF Design Solution

EDA: System-level Synthesis
The MathWorks: Simscape

Embedded-system Technologies
Qualcomm: Mirasol displays

Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology: PIC32 32-bit microcontroller

Microprocessors
Texas Instruments: OMAP35x applications processor

Passive Components and Sensors
Analog Devices: ADXL001 iMEMS shock and vibration sensor

Battery ICs
Freescale Semiconductor: MC3467x Li-ion-battery-charger ICs

Power-controller ICs
Analog Devices: ADP1043 digital-power controller

Power ICs: Drivers
Cirrus Logic: SA306-IHZ motor-drive IC

Power ICs: General Converters
Fairchild Semiconductor: FAN5355 800-/1000-mA, 3-MHz buck converter

Power ICs: Modules
Linear Technology: LTM4606 ultralow-EMI, 6A dc/dc mModule

Power Semiconductors
Bourns: Electronic-current limiter

Power Supplies
Ericsson: BMR453 series dc/dc converters

Software/Embedded Tools
Beagleboard.org: Beagle Board Linux-development board

Oscilloscopes
Agilent Technologies: 90000A series oscilloscope

Instruments
Tektronix: RSA3000B series real-time spectrum analyzers

Design for Test, Production Test, and Metrology
Agilent Technologies: Cover-Extend technology

Best Contributed Article
High-voltage, low-noise dc/dc converters, by Jim Williams, Linear Technology Corp