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Pericom Semiconductor - Now a part of Diodes Incorporated

pericomlogo September 03, 2015 PLANO, Texas & MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets and Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: PSEM), a worldwide supplier of high performance connectivity and timing solutions, today announced that Diodes Incorporated and Pericom have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger that provides for the acquisition of Pericom by Diodes.
Pericom specialized on integrated connectivity, advanced timing, and signal integrity solutions for the computing, communications, and consumer market segments. Our technology offers system design solutions to the challenges presented by high-bandwidth, high-speed serial protocols. Our standards-compliant products enable signal integrity, switching, bridging and timing of high-speed signals for specific protocols such as PCI Express, SATA, SAS, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI/DVI, GbE, Type-C and others.

Electronic Components
Pericom® Semiconductor enables serial connectivity with the industry’s most complete solutions for the computing, communications and consumer market segments. With products spanning analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, power management solutions and quartz-based frequency control products (FCP), Pericom supplies essential solutions for the timing, switching, bridging and conditioning of high-speed signals required by today’s ever-increasing speed and bandwidth demanding applications.

Pericom's ASSP crystal oscillators (XO) feature tight stability for applications in networking, storage, ultra mobility, and digital media markets. The series operates at frequencies ranging from 2 to 159 MHz. The series also uses Pericom's XP clock circuit technology for 150 MHz and above in order to provide added reliability compared to overtone solutions.

 
Pericom Electronic Components Products:
 
     
   

 

    Clocks

 

    Pericom's PLL Clocks, Buffers, and Drivers, including Hi-Flex™ and Real Time Clock…

        Clock IC

 

        Pericom's timing solutions include high-performance differential and single-ended 1.2V, 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V 3.3V and 5V clock distribution circuits, converters and zero-delay driver ICs. These solutions enable applications such as servers, work stations, registered DIMMs, routers, switches, storage (RAID, SAN, NAS), set-top boxes, and imaging products like scanners, printers, and digital…

        Real Time Clock

 

        Pericom's RTC (Real Time Clock) circuit provides a calendar/clock and data storage function in application-specific integrated…

        HiFlex Clock

 

        Combining high performance and flexibility, Pericom’s HiFlex Clock Generators provide high frequency outputs with jitter performance as low as 0.4ps (RMS). Not only are Pericom’s HiFlex clocks perfect for networking and telecom applications, but they are also great for applications that demand high performance clock…

    Crystals & Crystal Oscillators

 

    Frequency control & timing crystals and crystal oscillators including standard and programmable XOs, TCXO and…

        ASSP XO

 

        Application Specific Standards Product Crystal Oscillator or ASSP XO. A collection of Pericom's most popular XOs tailored for specific applications with an assigned custom part number and allocated stock, ensuring quick design decisions and fast order fulfillment. ASSP XO (includes VCXO), eliminates critical trade-offs between performance and delivery times when selecting and qualifying oscillators in your designs. Now you can have physical performance, proven technology specific to your…

        HiFlex XO

 

        HiFlex XO series incorporates a miniature AT-cut crystal resonator and highly flexible oscillator IC into standard 7.0 x 5.0 mm and 5.0 x 3.2 mm ceramic packages. Designed and tested to target high frequency and low jitter applications such as Networking, Storage, Video, and other embedded applications, the HiFlex oscillator IC contains a very low jitter PLL and can therefore generate any frequency based on your’ needs.

        SSXO

 

        XO’s in this family have spread spectrum capabilities to enable low electromagnetic interference (EMI) in your…

        XO

 

        Pericom’s crystal oscillators are low-jitter, tight-stability oscillator modules that combine proven quartz crystal resonator technology with Pericom’s leading-edge clock IC technology.

        VCXO

 

        Pericom’s SaRonix-eCera™ oscillators are low-jitter, tight-stability oscillator modules that combine proven quartz crystal resonator technology with Pericom’s leading-edge clock IC technology.

        TCXO / VCTCXO

 

        Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator. The TCXO / VCTCXO is used to create a stable frequency reference over a prescribed temperature range with a clipped sinewave output for a very low operating supply…

        Xtals/Crystals

 

        Pericom offers a comprehensive product portfolio of SaRonix-eCera™ quartz crystal resonators. Our broad selection of industry-standard packages includes HC-49/U, metal surface mount, UM-1, tubular, plastic-molded, and ceramic surface-mount. These crystals function as a primary component in a broad line of precision and commodity oscillators, as well as modular timing solutions, or may be specified for direct use in electronic applications. Related Links Frequency Control Brochure Timing…

    Home Appliance

 

    Pericom offers highly integrated mixed-signal IC products for small home appliance applications, temperature controller ICs, IC for shaver power switch and smart battery charger applications. Cost effective total solutions with the state of the art semiconductor products that all pass stringent regulatory standards, such as UL and…

        Charger

 

        Pericom offers a range of charger controllers that provide fast, reliable charge termination for both NiCd and NiMH battery applications, for use in power tools and consumer electronics. We also offer fully integrated single-cell Li-ion battery charger IC operating in a constant-current-constant-voltage (CC/CV) charging profile without employing external FETs or blocking…

        DC Motor Controller

 

        Pericom’s DC Motor Controllers are highly integrated, mixed signal CMOS LSI chips designed for applications such as shaver, clipper, toothbrush, etc. The devices can directly drive motor with thermal and short-circuit protection…

        Heating Controller

 

        Pericom offers highly integrated mixed-signal IC for heating control applications such as hair curlers, straighteners, etc. Heating controller products are offered with different heating elements including MICA, PTC, and MCH. Pericom's ceramic heating controllers can drive SCR directly and detect the heater temperature without extra temperature…

        Iron Controller

 

        Pericom’s low power, low cost smart iron controllers can detect the vertical/horizontal position and movement status of the iron by using special proprietary sensor…

        Passive Infrared

 

        Pericom’s Passive Infrared (PIR) devices are designed specifically for use in automatic PIR control systems such as lamp control. The devices can support a 2-wire configuration for triac applications or a 3-wire configuration for relay…

        Remote Controller

 

        Pericom provides offers a broad portfolio of integrated circuits for remote control applications, such as toy cars. Our products are ideal for applications that require low cost and…

        Universal Timer - Adj.

 

        Pericom offers both fixed and adjustable timer controllers for safety power control applications. The time of adjustable timers can be set by external resistor/capacitor components. Universal Timers are ideal for low cost applications such as toaster, cooker, oven,…

        Universal Timer - Fixed

 

        Pericom offers both fixed and adjustable timer controllers for safety power control applications. The timer controllers can drive external SCR or Relay directly, and support 110V/220V and 50/60Hz AC power supply. Selected products support built-in Quick Test Mode to shorten customer’s test time during…

    Interface Logic

 

    Pericom offers high-speed voltage translators, performance logic and other specialty Interface IC solutions for memory modules. These products offer high performance 5V, 3.3V, 2.5V and 1.8V with propagation delays down to< 2.0ns. They support 8-bit, 16-bit, 18-bit and 32-bit functions.The Logic interface family gives high-performance at 5V, 3.3V, 2.5V, & 1.8V with propagation delays down to < 2.0ns. The family supports 8-bit, 16-bit, 18-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit functions with a performance mix…

        LVDS

 

        Pericom's LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) devices solve today's high speed I/O interface requirements with high performance 5V, 3.3V, 2.5V and 1.8V featuring propagation delays down to < 2.0ns. The LVDS product line offers line drivers, receivers, transceivers, crosspoints, clock/data distributionand repeaters that solve today's high speed I/O interface translation requirements supporting 8-bit, 16-bit, 18-bit and 32-bit…

        Standard Logic

 

        Logic Interface solutions focus on voltage level shifters and also provide the ability to translate between different I/O's such as HSTL to LVTTL/LVCMOS, SSTL to TTL, etc. Many products are bidirectional and scalable from 1-bit to +32-bits with support for communicating power from 1.5V to…

        Voltage Translation/Level Shifters

 

        Pericom offers a variety of translation ICs that provide mixed signal (TTL, HSTL and SSTL) as well as multiple supply voltages (5V, 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V and 1.2V). New signal standards are constantly emerging, and voltage levels are perpetually dropping. Today's design engineers regularly find themselves looking for solutions to solve communication issues amongst these mixed applications.

    PCIe Packet Switch

 

    Pericom's packet switch solutions, specifically for PCI Express, enable signal quality, system performance, flexibility, reliabliity, system timing, EMI, express cable, and much more.

    PCIe/PCI Bridges

 

    Pericom offers a broad spectrum of PCIe-to-PCI/PCIX Bridge product capable of Forward or Reverse bridging. Pericom’s Performance-tuned PCIe-to-PCI/PCIX Bridges are specifically designed for a variety of applications & platforms. As an active member and participant of PCI-SIG®, PICMG®, and ASI SIG Plugfest, all Pericom PCIe-to-PCI/PCIX Bridge Products are fully qualified on PCISIG Integrator’s list.

    Power Management IC

 

    Pericom’s growing portfolio Power Management Solutions includes Low Drop Out (LDO) Voltage Regulators, uP Supervisors, and Power Management Solutions for Portable/Low Power Applications. These products offer customers superior performance in small packages to allow energy efficient power system design. Value-add features significantly reduce current consumption and provide design flexibility for product…

        USB Power Switch

 

        Pericom's power/load switches are designed for turning power on/off and to provide fault protection, when the output loading exceeds the current-limit threshold or a short-circuit situation is present, the devices limit the output current by switching into a constant-current mode, when switch increase the power dissipation and cause the junction temperature to rise, a thermal protection circuit turns off the switch to prevent damage, recovery from a thermal shutdown automatically once the…

        Load Switch

 

        Pericom's power management load switches are designed to provide a controlled turn on voltage profile to optimize battery voltage management in mobile devices. Pericom’s industry unique load switches offer a very linear slew rate turn on profile. This provides a much smoother turn on profile and eliminates possible voltage spikes and battery overstress, thus helping to extend mobile battery life.  …

        LDO Voltage Regulators

 

        Pericom offers a series of DC/DC converter products, including low dropout voltage linear regulator, featuring low noise, high ripple rejection and low current consumption specifications. In package size wise, we provide many super tiny packages, like 1mmx1mm size LDO regulator to fulfill Ultra-mobility applications. By providing multi-output power supply in one package to save PCB areas and total BOM…

        MicroProcessor Supervisory IC

 

        The fundamental application of a MPS (Microprocessor Supervisory) circuit is to keep the microprocessor of a system under control. Thus a system with a good µP Supervisory circuitry can greatly enhance its quality and reliability of the product as a result. Pericom's series of µP Supervisory products provide high accuracy voltage supervisor, watchdog, power-up reset and manual reset serial function to improve the system reliability in applications such as Telecom, Networking, Handheld device…

    ReDriver / Repeater Signal Conditioners

 

    Redriver / repeater IC from Pericom offer superior signal conditioning technology to maximize signal integrity in high-speed interfaces and interconnects like PCI Expres, USB, SAS, SATA, HDMI, and…

    Signal Switch/Multiplexers

 

    Signal Switch/Multiplexors, signal switches, multiplexors feature low noise, low voltage and low on-resistance with 50 functions offered in SPST, SPDT and…

    Video Decoder

 

    The video decoder products offer an advanced performance and feature set, and integrate Pericom’s industry leading PCIe technology with advanced 4 and 8 channel video decoder functionality to handle the latest video surveillance requirements. Pericom’s proprietary sync-tip  detection technology can decode a signal across up to 500 meters of coaxial cable for standard NTSC/PAL video signals. This feature enables proper decoding even when the camera connections and  CCTV cable are of poor…

 

 

Product Description

 

the oscillators use BAW crystal devices that offer better stability as compared to SAW- or MEMS-based designs. This tight stability is important for applications such as Wi-Fi. With typical phase jitter of less than 0.5 ps, the ASSP XO series provides low jitter for high-speed applications and offers power consumption as low as 2.0 mA.

Featurestoggle

 

    Low jitter/phase noise

    Low power

 

Applications:

 

    Networking

    Ultra mobility

    Digital media

    Security

    Storage