analogZONE Products of the Year - 2002

(January 6, 2003)....Another year, another exceptional slate of products! analogZONE today announced the recipients of their annual "Product of the Year" awards. Twenty-six products took the nod this year, in the categories noted below:

acquisitionZONE

• Acquisition
  Texas Instruments, for the MSC1210 24-bit Digital Acquisition System
• Sensors
  Analog Devices, for their MEMs-based Gyroscope
  Microchip Technology, for the TC72/77 Digital Thermal Sensor
• Programmable Analog
  Anadigm, for the AN220E04 FPAA
  

audio/videoZONE

• Headphone Amplifier
  Maxim Integrated Products, for the MAX4410 Direct Drive Stereo Headphone Amplifier
• Class-D Amplifier
  STMicroelectronics, for the STV9380/90 Class-D Deflection Booster
• Video Amplifier
  Linear Technology Corporation, for the LT6550/51 Video Amplifier
• Microphone Technology
  National Semiconductor, for the LMV1012/1014 Microphone Amplifiers
  

green-techZONE

• NEC, for their "PowerMate Eco" Environmentally Friendly PC

hf/rfZONE

• Power Amplifier
  SiGe Semiconductor, for the SE2522L 802.11b Power Amplifier
• Transceiver
  Motorola, for the MC13190 5-GHz Transceiver
• Synthesizer
  Analog Devices, for the AD9858 Integrated Synthesizer
• Filter
  Agilent Technologies, for the ACPF-7001 FBAR Filter
  

i/oZONE

• Computer & Server I/O
  Broadcom, for the Champion Ethernet I/O Bridge
  IDT, for the RC32438 PCI Traffic Processor
• Backplane & Interconnect
  Transpectrum, for the XPT110 10Gbit/s Multi-Standard Transceiver
  Cypress Semiconductor, for the QuadPort Datapath Switching Element
  

networkZONE

• LAN/Enterprise/Access
  Marvell, for the Prestera EX Switch Chip Set Family
  Mindspeed, for the M82510 Silicon PBX
• WAN/Metro
  Azanda Network Devices, for the Scimitar Full-Duplex Traffic Manager/ATM SAR
  West Bay Semiconductor, for the WB4500 Multi-Protocol Framer
• Wireless
  Envara, for the EN303 Multi-Mode IEEE 802.11a+b+g Chip
  Intrinsity, for the 2-GHz FastMATH Adaptive Signal Processor
  

powerZONE

• Dc-Dc Conversion
  Linear Technology Corporation, for the LTC3730 60-A Dc-Dc Controller
• Hot Swap
  Micrel, for the MIC2590A PCI Hot-Swap Controller
• MOSFET
  Siliconix, for the Si4362DY/Si4892DY Low-Side/High-Side MOSFETs

Products were selected from those reviewed throughout the year by analogZONE editor-in-chief Paul McGoldrick and section editor (green-techZONE, i/oZONE, and networkZONE) Lee Goldberg, with specific emphasis on the product's performance, anticipated market success, and likely contribution to the field of analog engineering and product design.

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