Winchester, UK – Analog Design Line Europe's 20 Product Picks of 2009 feature the star performing products that have been selected based on a mixture of web site page view statistics coupled with the Analog Design Line Europe editor's own opinion of what were the most interesting analog or mixed-signal products of 2009. The products are listed alphabetically by company name.

1. Analog Devices Inc Energy metering IC family claims 0.1 percent accuracy for both active and reactive measurements

2. Analog Devices Inc ADI slashes power consumption of 3-axis accelerometer design

3. Atmel Mobile devices targeted by Atmel’s touch sense technology

4. austriamicrosystems LED drivers appeal to disco divas on the move

5. austriamicrosystems Step-up converter offers buck-boost functionality at the cost of a boost converter

6. Cypress Semiconductor Single chip drives, controls high power LEDs

7. Freescale Semiconductor Single connection for mobile device charging, audio and data

8. Intersil 2-A and 3-A LDOs offer industry’s fastest transient response, lowest dropout and highest DC accuracy

9. InvenSense InvenSense spins first pitch-and-yaw MEMS gyro

10. Linear Technology 16bit ADCs suit remote sensor applications

11. Maxim Boost regulator for LCDs integrates op amp

12. Maxim Touch-interface ICs integrate haptic controller drivers, proximity sensing

13. National Semiconductor Corp LED driver claims flickerless dimming

14. NXP Semiconductors Mains LED driver improves energy efficiency

15. ON Semiconductor 10-A supercapacitor-based LED flash driver focuses ultra-slim camera phones and digital cameras

16. STMicroelectronics Integrated DAC and line-out driver claims power consumption savings of two thirds

17. STMicroelectronics MEMS-based motion sensor offers high accuracy

18. Texas Instruments TI shrinks size of 16-bit ADCs

19. Texas Instruments 250-MSPS, 14-bit ADC claims lowest power consumption

20. Wolfson Microelectronics D-A converter targets high-end audio