European Electronics Industry Awards 2011 Elektra
Business Awards
Design Team of the Year
(Sponsored by Farnell)
Altera Europe - Development of 28Gbit/s FPGA transceiver
ByteSnap Design - In-house resources for design of DSP to applications software
HiWave - Transducer design for audio and haptic touch systems
Nordic Semiconductor - Bluetooth low energy IC design Team
Distributor of the Year
(Sponsored by IC Resources)
Anglia Components
Arrow
Farnell
Mouser
RS Components
Silica
Environmental Award
(Sponsored by National Instruments)
Axiom Manufacturing Services - Programme to cut carbon emissions by 40%
Datec Technologies - Certification by the Carbon Trust business standard 2010
Ericsson Power Modules – Participation in low-carbon assessment by WWF
Manufacturer Export Award
Axis Electronics
IQE
Peratech
Zytronic
New Company of the Year
(Sponsored by International Rectifier)
Amantys
PragmatiC Printing
United EMS
Engineers of the Future
Educational Support Award
(Sponsored by IC Resources)
Analog Devices - €125,000 Scholarship Fund at University of Limerick
Farnell – Sponsorships and development kit donations to universities
The MathWorks – Funds graduate fellowships and studentships at 12 universities
Premier EDA - Sponsoring of eight students from Hertfordshire at UK universities
Rohde & Schwarz UK – A longstanding programme of support for universities
TDK-Lambda – Donation of £5,000 worth of equipment to Petroc College in Devon
University Department of the Year
(Sponsored by RS Components)
Bedfordshire University
University of Cambridge
Imperial Collage London
University of Southampton
Product Technologies
Design Tools and development software Award
(Sponsored by Farnell - The Knode)
Agilent Technologies - SystemVue graphical tool for electronic system-level design
Cadence Design Systems - System development suite
MoveaLab – Motion sensing software development tool
Mentor Graphics - Pyxis custom IC design environment
Microchip Technology – MPLAB X open source Integrated Development Environment
RS Components - DesignSpark schematic capture and PCB layout tool
Embedded System Product of the Year
(Sponsored by Redline)
Analog Devices - ADSP-BF592 Blackfin processor
Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) - Vinco USB 2.0 host/device development platform Kontron – Microspace MSMST PCI Express/104 single board computer
MSC Gleichmann - nanoRISC MXM small form-factor ARM modules
Qualcomm - Snapdragon MSM8x60 dual-core processor
Xilinx - Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform
Passive & Electromechanical Product of Year
(Sponsored by Caltest/LeCroy)
Harting - Han-Yellock connector system
Harwin - Datamate S-Tek shielded high-rel connector
ITT Interconnect - EVC series J1772 electric vehicle connector
Murata - IRS-B series of PIR sensors
Power System Product of the Year
(Sponsored by Austin Fraser)
Nujira - NCT-H4010 envelope tracking power supply
Linear Technology - LTM4611 µModule switchmode DC/DC regulator
Power Integrations - LinkZero-AX offline switching IC
Maxim Integrated Products - MAX17710 energy-harvesting IC
SemiSouth - 1,200V silicon carbide power FET (SJDP120R045)
TDK-Lambda - EFE400M digitally controlled medical power supply
Renewable Energy Design Award
(Sponsored by MSC Gleichmann)
Future Energy Solutions - Micro-inverter reference design board
LEM - CTSR current transducer
Linear Technology - LTC3105 400mA synchronous step-up DC/DC converter
Microsemi – SmartFusion-based solar technology portfolio
National Instruments – cRIO modules used by Whitfield Solar
Silicon Laboratories - Energy harvesting reference design
Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue
(Sponsored by Mouser Electronics)
Austriamicrosystems - AS540x 3D Hall magnetic encoder
CambridgeIC - CAM204 non-contact linear and rotary position measurement IC
Freescale Semiconductor - Xtrinsic MAG3110 three-axis digital magnetometer
IDT - 89HT0808P signal-conditioning re-timers for PCI Express 3.0 standard
National Semiconductor - LMP91000/90100 sensor analogue frontend ICs
Plessey Semiconductors - PS25150 electric potential IC Sensor
Semiconductor Product of the Year – Digital
(Sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz)
Altera - 28nm FPGA product ranges
Dialog Semiconductor - DA8223 2D to 3D conversion chip
Lattice Semiconductor - MachXO2 PLD family
Renesas Electronics - RL78/I1A microcontroller for lighting apps
Rohm Semiconductor - BU21023/BU21024 series multi-touch controller for resistive touchscreens
Xilinx - Virtex-7 HT FPGAs
Solid-State Lighting Application Award
(Sponsored by Anglia)
Analog Devices - ADP8866 programmable LED driver
Intersil - ISL97671/2/3/4 series of 6-channel LED drivers
Marl International - Military infra red LED assembly
NXP Semiconductors - GreenChip smart lighting chipset
Test Product of the Year
(Sponsored by Neesham Public Relations)
Agilent Technologies - PNA N522XA network analyser
Anritsu - ME7838A – Broadband vector network analyser
LeCroy - 45GHz real-time oscilloscope WaveMaster 845Zi-A
National Instruments - PXIe-5186 high-speed digitiser
Rohde & Schwarz - FSW spectrum and signal analyser
Tektronix - MDO4000 series mixed domain oscilloscope
A panel of independent judges has made its decisions as part of the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2011, and the shortlisted finalists in each of the 16 award categories are published below.
The winners will be announced at an Elektra Awards Dinner and Christmas Party which takes place on Thursday 14th December at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge in London.
The established annual highpoint of the electronics industry, the Elektra Awards gives the industry the opportunity to recognise the achievements of individuals and companies across Europe. They are designed to promote best practice in key areas including, innovation, sales growth and employee motivation.




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