Index

Interview

• Mark Zack - Digi-Key Corporation
  Providing 300,000 Analog Products from More Than 90 IC Suppliers,Most for Immediate Shipment

Market Outlook

• Promising Analog Semiconductors Many New Markets with Rapid Growth Potential

Analog Glossary

• Amplifier
• Operational amplifiers
• Instrumentation amplifiers
• Active filters
• Audio power amplifiers

• Data-converter
• A/D converters
• D/A converters

• Power management
• DC-DC converters
• Point of Load (POL) converters
• Control mode for power supply
• Switching frequency
• PWM and PFM
• Synchronous rectification

• LED driver
• LED drivers
• LED connection method
• Dimming

• Interface
• Differential transmission
• Emphasis and equalizer
• Characteristic impedance
• SSCG

Index

Interview

• Mark Zack - Digi-Key Corporation
  Fully Featured Microcontrollers See Strong Market Demand

Indicator

• Guidelines for Selecting a Microcontroller with Required Functions and Performance
• Examine Product Specifications
• Examine Restricting Conditions

Column

• The World's First Microprocessor Born of the Calculator Wars "The 4004"

Words

• CPU
• Multi-Core
• Embedded Flash Memory
• Real-time operating system
• Integrated Development Environment
• DSC
• Instruction set architecture
• Analog Circuit
• Serial communication interface

Genealogy of Microcontrollers

• ARM
  Microcontroller-Dedicated Cores Derived from General-Purpose Processor Cores
• MIPS
  Began as Processors for Workstations, Now Primarily Used for Embedded Applications
• Renesas
  Multiple Product Lines with Origins in Three Companies, Likely to be Integrated in One Line
• Freescale
  World's First Developer of One-Chip Microcontroller Gains Edge in Applications for Automobiles and Communication Devices