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Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company produces highly efficient, high-quality products.
With a global employee presence, Avago provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. Avago's heritage of technical innovation dates back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots.

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Avago, TriQuint settle litigation
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Rival analog and mixed-signal chip vendors Avago Technologies and TriQuint Semiconductor announced a patent cross-licensing agreement and agreement to dismiss all related litigation between them.

Teardown Report: Chevy Volt's electronic secrets
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Beyond battery chemistry, and electric propulsion and control, this enhanced-range electric vehicle was designed for upgrades, ruggedness, and diagnostics—with attention to quality in its construction.

Protect IGBTs by Sensing Current Using Optical Isolation Amplifiers
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Insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) require full protection to avoid damage and failures resulting from conditions such as short circuits, overloads and overvoltages. Read this paper to learn more.

Ensure Safe System Operation with Certified Isolator Devices
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The practice of using optocoupler test methods for alternative isolators has raised concerns and questions. This paper is intended to provide experimental test data and analysis to address such concerns.

Molex launches optical cable assembly line
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Molex has launched the VersaBeam product family with parallel optical device (POD) cable assemblies for emerging high-speed data and computer applications.

OneLED - Waterproof LEDs advance design of outdoor displays
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Small multi-color LEDs with high brightness performance are ideal candidates for outdoor video displays with high resolution. This article will discuss the benefits of surface-mount LEDs which are made from a completely black package for highest contrast indoor video, as well as ingress protected (IP) LEDs for outdoor use.

Calculate the LED Lifetime Performance in Optocouplers to Predict Reliability
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Optocouplers are used extensively for high-voltage isolation and electrical noise rejection—two essential requirements for transmitting correct information between different voltage potentials within an electrical system.

ADI, Avago see slight uptick in business
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The top executives at analog Analog Devices and Avago Technologies each sounded a note of cautious optimism, with both saying they see signs of improved business in the wake of the firms' most recent quarterly reports.

Huawei places $6-billion chip order with U.S.
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Avago, Broadcom and Qualcomm have been awarded three-year chip deals by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. worth $6 billion.

Optocouplers safeguard battery systems from transients, shorts, and other faults
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Optical isolators are the defacto standard to provide high electrical isolation and noise immunity, while consuming little power compared with transformer coupling isolation.

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