Analog Devices iMEMS Gyroscope Wins Product Of The Year Awards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2003 - iMEMS Gyroscope gyroscope (jī`rəskōp'), symmetrical mass, usually a wheel, mounted so that it can spin about an axis in any direction. When spinning, the gyroscope has special properties. is also selected as "Innovation of the Year" finalist. Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ADI) today announced that its iMEMS(R) gyroscope, the industry's first integrated gyroscope that provides high reliability and low power consumption in a small ball grid array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. (BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. ) package, has received awards from Electronic Products Magazine and analogZONE.com for "Product Of The Year." The receipt of these prestigious awards is in addition to the recent nomination of the ADXRS150 iMEMS gyroscope as a finalist in the EDN Magazine 13th Annual "Innovation of the Year" awards program. "From thousands of products we reviewed in 2002, we selected ADXRS150 iMEMS gyroscope because of its innovative design and the technologically advanced approach the company took with the combination of high-performance analog signal processing Analog signal processing is any signal processing conducted on analog signals by analog means. "Analog" indicates something that is mathematically represented as a set of continuous values. This differs from "digital" which uses a series of discrete quantities to represent signal. and extraordinary MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. structures on a single chip. The product meets the evolving needs for high performance inertial sensors in a variety of markets," said Todd Christenson, Publisher, Electronic Products. "We are honored that Electronic Products and analogZONE, both leading information sources for electronics design engineers, chose our iMEMS gyroscope for their Product of the Year awards," said Paul Ganci, product line director, Micromachined Products Division, Analog Devices. "Receiving these awards and having the iMEMS gyroscope named as a finalist in EDN's 13th Annual Innovation of the Year Awards validates ADI's extensive investment in technologies that allow us to combine the world's best signal processing See DSP. engineering knowledge and proven MEMS competencies." Chosen from thousands of products introduced in 2002, Electronic Products' awards went to 19 products that provide "significant advances in technology or its application, a decided innovation in design, or a substantial gain in price-performance." The winning products are showcased in the January 2003 issue of the publication www.electronicproducts.com. Each year the editors of analogZONE.com select winners in each ZONE (by subcategories, as appropriate), from all products reviewed during the previous year, based on exceptional merit and marketability. analogZONE.com is the premier web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. source for electronics design engineers. The winning products can be viewed at www.analogzone.com. The EDN awards program, now in its 13th year, honors innovative engineering professionals and products in the electronics industry. The EDN Innovation of the Year award recognizes unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in 17 product categories. A list of finalists will be published in the EDN March 6th issue. Voting takes place exclusively on the EDN Access Web site www.edn.com and winning products will be published in the May 1, 2002 issue of EDN. About the iMEMS Gyroscope Analog Devices' iMEMS Gyroscope is a MEMS-based gyroscope that is the first commercially available device to integrate both an angular rate sensor and all necessary signal processing electronics onto a single piece of silicon. Through integration and innovative MEMS sensor design, Analog Devices' ADXRS gyro provides many exclusive benefits including high rejection of environmental shock and vibration, low power consumption, a built-in self-test feature and world-class reliability. Integration also allows the ADXRS gyro to be mounted inside a small 7 millimeters x 7 millimeters x 3 millimeters ball grid array (BGA) package. These technological achievements are made possible by Analog Devices' patented iMEMS (integrated Micro Electro Mechanical System) surface micromachining process--the same process that has been used to manufacture over 100 million accelerometers since 1993. www.analog.com/iMEMS About Analog Devices, Inc. Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications. The company is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts and employs approximately 8,600 people worldwide. It has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Ireland, the Philippines, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Analog Devices' stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index. Editor's note: iMEMS is a registered trademark of Analog Devices Inc. |
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