Microchip Technology

Microchip was founded in 1987 by the concern General Instrument . Almost 100% of semiconductor wafers are produced in their own factories in the states of Arizona and Oregon .

In August 2012, Microchip bought Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC). ^[3]

In January 2016, Microchip made a deal to buy Atmel for $ 3.56 billion through the mediation of JPMorgan Chase and Qatalyst Partners . ^[four]

Microcontrollers

One of the main areas is the production of PIC family of controllers, which is represented by 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers and dsPIC digital signal controllers. A distinctive feature of PIC controllers is good continuity, both within and between families. This includes software compatibility (single free MPLAB IDE development environment, GCC C compilers), and compatibility by conclusions, by debugging tools (single programmers, debuggers (debuggers), emulators), common universal libraries and stacks of the most popular communication protocols (SSL , ZigBee, MiWi, TCP / IP, USB, etc.). The nomenclature includes more than 500 different controllers with various variations of peripherals (I2C, SPI, CAN, UART (LIN, IrDA), PMP, comparators, ADC, DAC, capture / compare, PWM, CTMU, USB OTG, CSM, Ethernet, LCD interface etc., memory (from 375 bytes to 0.5 MB, up to 4KB EEPROM), number of pins (from 6 to 100), performance (from 4 MHz @ 1MIPS to 80 MHz @ 120MIPS), power and temperature ranges, etc. .

Interface ICs

Microchip Technology Inc. produces the following interface chips:

• CAN controllers: (CAN I / O port extenders (up to 8 I / O, 2 PWM), SPI controllers for implementing CAN protocol layer, CAN physical layer controllers, in accordance with ISO-11898 standard)
• IrDA controllers (UART - IrDA protocol and physical layer)
• LIN controllers (UART - LIN controllers with integrated voltage regulator)
• serial I / O port extenders (I2C or SPI with up to 16 additional I / O)
• LCD- drivers (3-wire interface with a control microcontroller, up to 32 segments of the LCD)
• Ethernet controllers in accordance with the IEEE 802.3 standard 10Base-T (SPI interface for communicating with the controlling microcontroller) and 10 / 100Base-T (SPI interface, parallel PSP interface for communicating with the controlling microcontroller)
• Interface chips for wireless low frequencies (PKE) for building wireless access systems (transponder systems)

Analog ICs

Microchip Technology Inc. manufactures the following analog chips:

• temperature sensors (with digital and analog interfaces)
• crash controllers and detectors for brushless dc motors
• voltage reference sources
• linear voltage regulators
• pulse voltage regulators
• non-inductive dc / dc converters
• PWM controllers
• supervisors and voltage detectors
• Mosfet drivers
• battery power controllers
• hot start controllers
• operational amplifiers (linear, autocompensation precision, with programmable and selectable gain)
• comparators
• ADC (sequential approximation, delta-sigma, binary and binary-decimal, with an interface for displaying, with double integration)
• digital potentiometers
• voltage converters - frequency and frequency - voltage
• DAC
• electricity measurement chips

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