Ariane Controls Selects NEC Electronics America to Develop New Communications ICs for Powerline Communications Modem.Gate Array Platform Enables Flexible Design and Lightening Fast Time to Market SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & QUEBEC CITY -- NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics America, Inc. and Ariane Controls today announced that the companies have worked closely to bring to market a powerline communications (PLC) modem integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC). The new Ariane PLM-1 single-chip digital modem IC offers a wide range of programmable transmission rates and communications frequencies, as well as on-chip security peripherals to provide engineers with increased design flexibility and reliability. Available from Ariane Controls, the Ariane PLM-1 is ideal for use in cost-sensitive, medium data rate applications used in home and commercial building automation and utilities solutions. NEC Electronics America strongly supports Ariane Controls in its effort to make this technology a Command and Control standard. Leveraging NEC Electronics America's proven gate array technology, the companies were able to significantly shorten development and production cycle time frames, resulting in availability of samples in less than three weeks from tape out, and mass production of parts after only eight weeks. "Working with a supplier like NEC Electronics America has allowed us to take advantage of its SoC design expertise and vast manufacturing resources to deliver a product that addresses our customers' power, pricing and production requirements," said Jean-Pierre Fournier, President of Ariane Controls. "We have been extremely pleased with the high-quality products delivered and the level of support the team has provided, and we look forward to our next venture." Kazu Yamada, vice president and general manager, custom SoC solutions strategic business unit, NEC Electronics America, said, "Helping customers deliver differentiated system solutions on schedule is our key objective. By applying our gate array technology to this design, we were able to deliver volume production for a complex SoC in a very short period of time, helping Ariane's customers get products to market quickly." Digital Modem IC Uses Turnkey Gate Array Platform The Ariane PLM-1 leverages an NEC Electronics CMOS-9HD gate array platform (http://www.am.necel.com/gatearray) in a 44-pin, low-profile quad flatpack (LQFP See QFP. ) package. The package's small size allows for easy integration into the powerline transceivers used for Command and Control applications; building automation applications such as lighting, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free and security systems; and Utilities solutions for Demand Response, street light monitoring and Automatic Meter Reading Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing. . The Ariane PLM-1 digital modem implements a half-duplex transmitter/receiver for PLCs using a frequency shift key modulation technique. The IC includes a complete set of high-level functions that allows designers to implement high-performance PLC networks. In addition, the device is protocol neutral, enabling the use of multiple protocols within one powerline network A data network that uses a building's electrical system as the transmission medium and regular wall outlets as connecting points. Powerline networks do not interfere with the delivery of electricity in the same circuit because data are transmitted at a much higher frequency than the 60Hz and the use of more than one protocol in a given application. The IC also delivers programmable transmission rates ranging from 100 to 30,000 baud baud (bôd, bōd), measure of the rate at which signals are transmitted over a telecommunications link. It is equivalent to the number of elements or pulses transmitted in one second, e.g. and communication frequencies ranging from 50 to 500 kilohertz One thousand cycles per second. See Hertz. (kHz). Other programmable features and on-chip security peripherals for cyclical redundancy check In communications, a method for detecting transmission errors by appending a calculated number onto the end of each segment of data. See CRC. (CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. ), error detection and high-efficiency forward error detection provide engineers with increased design flexibility and reliability. The IC operates at 3.3 volts with power consumption levels as low as 24 milliwatts (mW). The Ariane PLM-1 is qualified to operate from -40 to + 85 degrees Celsius and is RoHS compliant. Industry-Leading Gate Array Product Offering As a leading gate array supplier for 25 years, and the number one supplier worldwide since 1993, NEC Electronics can rapidly manufacture custom engineering samples in as few as nine calendar days from product tape-out, with mask charges starting as low as $10,000 and unit costs starting below $1 in volume quantities. (Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.) On average, NEC Electronics tapes out more than 200 gate array designs a year worldwide. NEC Electronics' gate array portfolio includes the CMOS-12M, CMOS-10HD, CMOS-9HD, EA-9HD, and CMOS-N5 series with a total of 140 master slices. More information about NEC Electronics' gate arrays can be found at http://www.am.necel.com/gatearray. About NEC Electronics America, Inc. NEC Electronics America, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NEC Electronics Corporation (TOKYO:6723), a leading provider of semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the broadband and communications markets; system solutions for the mobile, PC, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of consumer applications. NEC Electronics America offers local manufacturing in Roseville, California Roseville is a city in Placer County, California, located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. As of January 1 2007 the population was 106,266. Interstate Highway 80 runs through Roseville and California Route 65 bisects the northern part of the city. , and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company. In the Americas, NEC Electronics America markets and sells industrial-type active-matrix LCD modules from NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in innovative display technologies. More information about the products offered by NEC Electronics America can be found at http://www.am.necel.com. About Ariane Controls Ariane Controls is a Powerline (PLC) and Wireless (RF) Communication Technology developer offering highly differentiated networking solutions. With its unique & enabling Technology, Ariane Controls provides Components Suppliers and Systems Integrators (OEM's) with the least expensive, most reliable solutions for residential, commercial & industrial building automation and public utilities applications. Ariane Controls is an active member of the Homeplug Powerline Alliance HomePlug is an industry trade group for power line communication. This organization of about 50 companies defines power line communication specifications. HomePlug 1.0 and AV are the two versions of the specification for home networking technology that connects devices to each . www.arianecontrols.com EC Electronics and NEC Electronics America are either registered trademarks or trademarks of NEC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are property of their respective owners. |
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