SUMMIT Microelectronics, Inc. 2009 Press Archive & Summit In The News

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SMB136 & SMB137B Articles

POWER - Tiny, programmable USB/AC switch-mode battery charger ICs have dual input and output source, Power Management Design Line, July 2009

Summit Introduces Tiny, Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode Battery Chargers With Integrated CurrentPath Manager, PowerPulse, July 2009

Summit Microelectronics has launched two more members of its third-generation programmable battery charger IC family, EE Times Asia, July 2009 (site registration required)

Summit Microelectronics has launched two more members of its third-generation programmable battery charger IC family, Electronic Products, July 2009

Programmable USB/AC Battery Chargers Provide Dual Outputs, Electronic Design, July 2009

Summit Introduces Tiny, Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode Battery Chargers with Integrated CurrentPath Manager, ECN Asia, July 2009

Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode ICs, EPN Online, July 2009

SMB239 Articles

Programmable, 500 mA Battery Charger Slims Designs, ECNmag.com, April 2009

Tiny programmable 500-mA battery charger suits single-cell systems, Electronic Products, April 2009

SMB339 Articles

Enabling universal battery charging and compliance, Electronic Products, March 2009

Universal charging solves the matching problem — Summit Microelectronics, Electronic Products, January 2009

Sept.23, 2009	Summit Introduces 10A Synchronous DC/DC Controller with Digital Power Control in Tiny Packages - High-power output and integrated digital power control functions address increasingly complex and challenging power management requirements.
July 2009	Electronic Product News (EPN), July 23, 2009 Changing Charges for New Battery Technologies by George Paparrizos, Director of Marketing, Summit Microelectronics, Inc. Rechargeable batteries enjoy a well-established appeal, but their most obvious application—consumer portable equipment—now demands a longer battery life and increased safety features. Can the established battery technologies compete? And exactly what competition do they face? A third-generation, programmable battery-charger IC could meet these challenges for new system architectures that will enable realise longer and safer use.
	Power Management Design Line, July 2009 POWER - Tiny, programmable USB/AC switch-mode battery charger ICs have dual input and output source The SMB136 and SMB137B provide instant-on output and Low Battery Recovery solve "dead" battery problems. he SMB136 and SMB137B programmable battery charger ICs from Summit Microelectronics employ CurrentPath technology, providing dual input source (USB or AC/DC) with arbitration, dual output for system and battery and system operation with a dead or missing battery.
	PowerPulse.net, July 2009 Summit Introduces Tiny, Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode Battery Chargers With Integrated CurrentPath Manager Summit Microelectronics has introduced two more members of its third-generation programmable battery charger integrated circuit (IC) family.
	EETimes Asia, July 2009 (site registration required) USB/AC battery chargers ensure fast, safe charging Summit Microelectronics has launched two more members of its third-generation programmable battery charger IC family...
	Electronic Products, July 2009 Tiny programmable battery chargers integrate current manager The SMB136 and SMB137B programmable battery charger ICs use proprietary CurrentPath current manager technology to provide dual input source and dual output for system and battery operation even with a dead or missing battery.
	Electronic Design, July 2009 Programmable USB/AC Battery Chargers Provide Dual Outputs The SMB136 and SMB137B programmable battery charger ICs provide dual input source (USB or AC/DC) with arbitration, and dual output for system operation with a dead or missing battery.
	ECN Asia, July 2009 Summit Introduces Tiny, Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode Battery Chargers with Integrated CurrentPath Manager The SMB136 and SMB137B employ CurrentPath technology, providing dual input source (USB or AC/DC) with arbitration, dual output for system and battery and system operation with a dead or missing battery. Both products support all battery charging standards ...
	Electronic Product News (EPN) Online, July 2009 Programmable USB/AC Switch-Mode ICs Summit Microelectronics has introduced two more members of its third-generation programmable battery-charger-IC family, the SMB136 and SMB137B. ...
July 15, 2009	Summit Introduces Tiny, Programmable USB/AC Switch-mode Battery Chargers with Integrated CurrentPath™ Manager - Instant-on output and Low Battery Recovery solve “dead” battery problems. Fastest USB charging while supporting safety standards and reducing system cost .
May 18, 2009	Summit Expands Family of Tiny, Programmable Switch-mode Battery Chargers Featuring Fast and Efficient “Green” Technology - Supports charging and safety standards and new battery technologies. Instant-on power improves consumer convenience and reduces system cost.
April, 2009	Ecnmag.com, April 2009 Programmable, 500 mA Battery Charger Slims Designs, Summit Microelectronics has added to its family of programmable battery charger integrated circuits (IC) for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-Polymer powered systems. The SMB239 enables industrial designs for portable consumer electronics, and its battery charging parameters are fully programmable via the Summit Microelectronics I²C interface and non-volatile memory, allowing easy system design, without any hardware changes.
	Electronic Products, April 2009 Tiny programmable 500-mA battery charger suits single-cell systems, The SMB239, the industry’s smallest charger IC, enables slimmer industrial designs for portable consumer electronics. The 500-mA linear charger uses a programmable algorithm for single-cell Li-ion and Li-polymer cells. The charger IC is offered in a 2.1 x 1.3-mm CSP package and requires two external chip capacitors for a complete battery-charging system.
April 06, 2009	Summit Introduces SMB239 - Industry’s Smallest Programmable 500mA Battery Charger - Tiny chip size with just two external components reduces cost and design complexity for Li-Ion and Li-Polymer systems.
March, 2009	Electronic Products, March 2009 Enabling universal battery charging and compliance While compliance introduces significant long-term benefits for both consumers and manufacturers, system designs need to undergo extensive modifications, which very often means delayed time to market, increased number of components, and higher system cost. This article introduces some of the key new standards/regulations and discusses their benefits and challenges as well as potential solutions.
January, 2009	Electronic Products, January 2009 Universal charging solves the matching problem — Summit Microelectronics The SMB339 is a switch-mode programmable battery charger IC for single-cell Li-ion and Li-polymer powered systems (see Electronic Products, November 2008, p. 111). It is the first battery charger IC to allow USB and integrate compatibility with all relevant industry standards including USB 2.0, USB “On-The-Go” Supplement, USB battery-charging specification 1.0, IEEE1725, and the Chinese USB charging specification.