Dialog Semiconductor Plc (NASDAQ:DLGS)
Industry: Technology
Dialog Semiconductor Plc is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and supplies power management, audio and imaging technology, delivering mixed signal standard products, as well as application specific integrated chip (IC) solutions for wireless, automotive and industrial applications. The Company specializes in mixed signal design, with products manufactured entirely in complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Its technology is also used in intelligent control circuits in automotive and industrial applications. Production of these designs is then outsourced, and the final products are returned to the Company for approval and testing before delivery to the customers. The solutions address two major market requirements in Wireless communication electronics, and Automotive and industrial electronics. Its main product categories are Power management and audio ICs; Liquid crystal display drivers, and Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). The Company shipped over 600 million audio-CODEC (a coding/decoding device) and power management chips for cellular phones. The color super-twisted nematic (STN) liquid crystal display (LCD) drivers were introduced to the market and shipped in volume production during the year ended December 31, 2004. In power management, it launched the DA9030 in May 2004, the first integrated power management IC (PMIC). Power management and audio ICs The power management subsystem within the phone controls the power supply to all of the functions in the phone. The power management functions include Smart Mirror low dropout voltage (LDO) regulators, buck and boost converters, programmable multiple chemistry battery chargers for all common battery technologies like NiMH, L ion and polymer. The Company's Smart Mirror technique, which it introduced during the year ended December 31, 2003, allows product designers to minimize consumption and simplify their designs by eliminating power-down modes. This was introduced in its DA9010 integrated global system for mobile communications/general packet radio service (GSM/GPRS) audio and power controller. Developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation, the DA9010 provides all the necessary power management and high-performance audio functions for the phone handset chip design, offering a level of integration not previously available in this class of device. During the year ended December 31, 2005, it continued to develop new power management products, such as the DA9025, DA9027 and DA9035, as well as the lightshow processor DA9026. The audio part of its ICs is an important part of systems, such as mobile phones, since it determines voice quality. Based on an audio coding /decoding device (CODEC), it provides the interface between analog signals (such as the human voice) and the digital data processing circuits inside the system. The Company's advanced audio CODEC functions have up to 24-bit capability for digital audio player algorithms like Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 Audio (MP3) and beyond, and are based on Dialog's own digital signal processing (DSP) designs optimized for minimum power consumption and silicon area. A range of high-performance analog interfaces for microphones, loudspeakers and line drivers supports these audio codecs. Dialog's power management and audio functions are also available to customers as application specific ICs (ASICs) as it has been able to continue these two functions on a single circuit. The power management functions are also used in ASICs for automotive electronics and industrial lighting systems. Liquid Crystal Display Drivers In 2005, the Company launched a further range of color liquid crystal display (LCD) drivers for the mobile phone display market. Delivered as standard parts ready for production, the DA89xx family delivers color performance and low-power consumption, while providing mobile phone handset makers the flexibility to customize display parameters for creating differentiation. Dialog's family of color display drivers is developed for the wireless
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