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Maxim Integrated is one of the most famous and successful companies manufacturing microcircuits of its own design that process analog and mixed signals.
The company has a long history, which begins in 1983 with the creation and subsequent 
release of the MAX600 integrated circuit. Presented on the market since 1985, this model was the first and successful step towards the success of the company. Since then, the company's engineers have created and implemented more than 5,000 models of analog chips, allowing Maxim Integrated to become one of the largest and most successful manufacturers of integrated circuits.
Now the company has almost ten thousand employees, and its annual turnover exceeds three billion dollars. Several dozen representative offices and laboratories in many countries around the world are working on the creation of new and production of already proven models. Maxim Integrated's headquarters is located in San Jose, California, and therefore the chip manufacturing country is the United States. This success was made possible not only by huge investments in research and innovation, but also by the acquisition of a number of promising companies.
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Microcircuits for chargers provide linear and pulsed control of battery charging current
When the maximum battery charge level is reached, they turn off the device or switch it to a mode where the battery is compensated for recharging. There are both specialized microcircuits for a specific type of battery, and universal ones in which the charging current can be programmed. The company also produces microcircuits that are the main component of so-called “smart” chargers. They accurately determine when the maximum possible charge level is reached without the need to access the battery.
2) Boost converters are chips that are used in power supplies with an output voltage of 2 to 5 V
As a rule, the power source in them is batteries. Maxim boost converters can operate over a wide range of input voltages while consuming very little power. To save energy, microcircuits can be switched to standby mode, and their compact dimensions save space on the printed circuit board.
3) Buck converters
These are microcircuits that operate with input voltage in the range from 2.7 to 14 V, and provide the voltage level necessary for the operation of the device. For stable operation under high loads, the circuits have four operating modes - normal with the highest efficiency over a wide range of currents, PWM with the lowest noise level and a fixed frequency, low-power mode with minimal current consumption and rest mode, in which the current consumption is reduced to 2 μA, and There is no output voltage at all.
4) Maxim Integrated Combined Buck-Boost Converters
AND are used in devices that can be powered either from autonomous power sources (batteries) or from electrical networks. In battery mode, the IC operates as a high-efficiency boost converter. In the presence of an external power source with an input voltage slightly different from the output, the converter adds voltage, operating in stabilizer mode. When the output input voltage significantly exceeds the output voltage, the device is powered using a linear stabilizer.
5) Linear stabilizers are used in cases where the noise level at the output of the power source makes normal operation of the device impossible.
Such microcircuits operate with voltages from 1.25 to 15 V.
6) Maxim power chips for mobile devices
They are complex circuits that control power supply consisting of several sources of various types.
7) Processor power chips
Necessary to ensure the operation of the microprocessor, which remains stable over a fairly narrow voltage range. Such a microcircuit generates a microprocessor reset signal, which makes it possible to delay turning on the processor until stable supply voltage levels are established. There are also power supervisor chips that help preserve data stored in non-volatile RAM when power is removed. There are also voltage detectors that alert the processor to voltage changes without resetting it.
8) Reference voltage sources
Used with DACs and analog-to-digital converters, providing minimal power consumption when using a reference voltage from 1.2 V to 10 V.
Chips for communication devices
In recent years, Maxim has created and commercialized high-frequency ICs for use in fiber optic and cellular communications applications. These are high-frequency power amplifiers, low-noise preamplifiers, semiconductor laser drivers, modulators and demodulators.
The company has achieved significant success in this segment, using advances in the creation of energy-efficient microcircuits with developments in silicon and germanium technologies.
Separately, it is worth noting the iButton family of chips, which were developed by Dallas Semiconductor, acquired by Maxim Integrated. These are chips with a diameter of 16 mm, enclosed in a cylindrical housing and reinforced with steel. Each such scheme has its own unique number and can be used as a portable storage medium. Made in the form of a keychain, ring or other thing that people carry with them, such a storage medium is, in fact, a personal electronic key.
The success of Maxim Integrated was ensured not only by high quality and a wide range of products. The focus on high productivity and integration of various parts of the company allowed us to flexibly change production to meet market needs. In order to best meet customer needs, the company reduces the time it takes to develop and bring new devices to market. This is achieved through a customer-oriented management structure and constant monitoring of new trends in the development of partner companies. Thus, Maxim Integrated remains not only one of the pioneers in the production and development of integrated circuits, but continues to occupy a leading position in the market.
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About Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated is one of the leading developers and manufacturers of a wide range of analog and digital-analog integrated systems.
The company was founded in 1983 in the USA, in Sunnyvale, California, by engineer Jack Gifford together with a group of experts in the creation of microelectronic components.
Currently, the company's headquarters is located in San Jose (California, USA), production facilities (7 factories) and research centers are located in more than 50 locations in many countries around the world. Maxim is also actively using the capabilities of contract manufacturers. The company employs more than 9,000 employees. President and CEO - Tunç Doluca. The company's annual turnover (according to the 2015 financial year) is $2.3 billion.
The main principles of the company's activities are the principles of high productivity and high integration. The company's management believes that the main driver of development today is, first of all, the production of mobile devices. This is the most innovative and fastest growing sector of the market and achievements in this field can be applied to other industries. Therefore, Maxim Integrated considers the principle of integration, which is at the forefront of all the company’s activities (and also reflected in the company’s name), not just desirable, but inevitable for further development.
The organizational structure of the company is also focused on the needs of the customer. Today, circuit development requires a significant amount of time, and the time to market for a new product is increasingly a critical parameter. Therefore, customers prefer to work not just with suppliers of analog microcircuits, but with partners offering a ready-made solution. Accordingly, the company structure is built according to end applications. The company's experts know the basic principles of final equipment development and apply this knowledge to create highly integrated products.
Many people know Maxim Integrated as the founder of certain classes of microcircuits. In areas such as interfaces and temperature sensors, the company is rightfully considered a leader. Many products have become industry benchmarks and synonymous with quality in the market. However, following the needs of customers, the company is no less successful in developing new markets and technologies. In addition to its own developments, Maxim Integrated is actively developing the technologies of acquired companies. Examples include:
- technologies from InnovaCard, which expanded the capabilities of Maxim Integrated in the market of special microcontrollers with enhanced protection of financial transactions used in bank terminals;
- Teridian, a supplier of systems on a chip for smart resource meters, which is of great interest to the Russian market.
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Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Sun Valley, California, USAMaxim Integrated Products(www . maximic. com ) is today the leading manufacturer and designer of analog, analog-to-digital and digital microcircuits in the world.
The company sees its main mission in the microelectronics market in the constant invention of new high-quality microcircuits for the most advanced engineering developments. Most products Maxim is original, has an impeccable reputation and becomes an industry standard, which is repeated by other manufacturers of electronic components. The most famous and popular among consumers are data converters with the most outstanding technical and climatic parameters, supervisors, interface circuits, multiplexers, circuits for power supplies and wired and wireless communications.
One of the latest developments Maxim is a family of 16-bit single-cycle microcontrollers MAXQ 2000 using RISC technologies with outstanding current consumption of 5.1 mA at a performance of 20 MIPS . The microcontroller has a built-in driver for 100\132 segment LCD displays, 64 KB FLASH with 16-bit organization, 50 parallel general purpose I/O ports, serial interfaces, built-in JTAG -port for debugging, ultra-low consumption in mode SLEEP . Free IDE MAX-IDE meets all modern standards in the field of developer support. MAXQ 2000 is designed to work in portable medical equipment, electricity meters, and industrial portable equipment.
Today the range of products produced Maxim approximately 5000. This is more than any company in the chip market. The company's turnover in 2004 amounted to 1.439 billion US dollars. The company employs approximately 7,500 employees.
Use of original products Maxim increases the authority of the final product of the equipment manufacturer, increases reliability.
Maxim's main products by functional properties:
- Microcircuits and modules packaged in a metal disk with single-wire
- 1-Wire interface
- Amplifiers and comparators for low frequency and RF applications
- Analog switches and multiplexers
- Microcircuits for audio and video equipment
- Chips for automotive equipment
- Generators, counters, delay lines, oscillators, real-time timers
- Data Converters: DAC, ADC, Sample-Hold Devices, Codecs, Analog Front-End Products
- Digital potentiometers
- Drivers and power supplies for displays
- Chips for fiber optic and information networks
- Analog filters
- SiGe RF Circuits for Custom Communications and Test Equipment Products
- Hot Plug Circuits and Power Switches
- Interface circuits
- Memory chips EPROM, SRAM, EEPROM and non-volatile SRAM
- Microcontrollers
- Supervisors for microprocessors and non-volatile RAM controllers
- Power supplies and chips for battery maintenance
- Power supply chips for information networks
- Microcircuits for protection and isolation of electrical circuits
- T1/E1 and T3/E3 telecommunications transceivers and auxiliary nodes
- Temperature Managers, Sensors and Transmitters
- Internet interfaces
- Voltage references
- Microcircuits for radio frequency and cable communications
Full range of products produced by Maxim in alphabetical order
Maxim Integrated Products is one of the world leaders in the production and development of integrated circuits for analog and mixed signal processing. The name of the company's founder is Jack Gifford. This man began his career in the early 60s of the last century. He was a developer of Fairchild and participated in the creation of AMD and Intersil. From the very beginning of its activities to this day, the ownership form introduced by Jack Gifford has been maintained: 75% of the company's shares belong to its employees.
Chronology of the most important events in history:
1985 – release of our own integrated microcircuit max 600, awarded with numerous awards;
1987 – first profitable year;
1993 – achieving sales volume of 100 million dollars;
2000 – production of integrated systems on SoCs chips.
2005 – Maxim is included in the 1000 most successful companies in the world;
2006 - Jack Gifford leaves the post of CEO for health reasons;
2010 – production of analog microcircuits on a 300 mm board.
The company's headquarters is located in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The post of CEO is occupied by Tunç Doluca. The company employs 9,300 employees. Maxim's sales in 2011 were $2.5 billion and its net profit was $935 million. The company has 24 sales offices, 40 in-house manufacturing laboratories and 11 chip manufacturing plants.
Products
Maxim's product portfolio includes 5,000 different types of microcircuits, 4/5 of them are our own patented developments. Priority is not assigned to any one direction. The company strives to maintain leadership positions in both analog and mixed market segments.
1. Interface chips
- the RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 families are well known to domestic developers. Isolated serial ICs are manufactured with built-in ESD ESD protection. Among the new developments are interfaces with low power supply levels - up to 1.8V.
- drivers for the Controller Area Network serial bus interface. These devices provide data exchange between I/O units and sensors. Controller Area Network - the protocol allows you to find the trunks of several master devices and ensures real-time data transfer. This type of interface is widely used in automotive electronics.
- UART interfaces compatible with SPI/Microwire;
- USB – On-The-Go direct data exchange controllers;
- High-speed LVDS, ECL and PECL interfaces
2. ADC - microcircuits
- Dual Slope dual integration converters with high resolution;
- SD converters with a maximum sampling frequency of up to 4800 ksps;
- ADC sub-bit balancing;
- Pipeline ADC;
- flash converters of a very simple architecture with the highest power consumption in the line.
3. Digital to analog converters
The range of these devices today exceeds 130 items, so let’s look at the most modern lines.
- DAC with a capacity of no more than 10 bits. Main characteristics:
1. Application of serial input interface
2. Use of one low-voltage power supply with a minimum voltage of 2.7 V (in the MAX552x family - 1.8 V).
3. Availability of two or four channels. At the same time, single-channel DACs remain in the company’s product range.
4. Built-in voltage reference.
- High resolution DAC (more than 10 bits). These chips use only a serial interface. To control several devices via one channel, switching on the daisy chain principle is used. One of the recent developments is the MAX5661 DAC converter for industrial applications.
4. Analog filters
5. Digital potentiometers– analogues of mechanical resistors with variable resistance. The housing of one microcircuit can accommodate up to 6 potentiometers.
6. Power management chips
These products are used in portable devices and include:
- microcircuits for switching power supplies, step-down and step-up;
- microcircuits for managing batteries and batteries;
- MOSFET drivers.
7. Non-volatile RAM with built-in lithium power supplies, made using CMOS technology.
8. Chips for wireless data transmission Wireless, RF and GPS
Wireless data transmission solutions are a relatively new line of business for Maxim. The products are used for GPS devices, analog and digital tuners, and low noise amplifiers.
