Who's who on Elektra Awards shortlist?

A panel of independent judges has made its decisions as part of the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2012, and around 70 shortlisted finalists, some picked in two or more of the award categories. Elektra now in its seventh year, lists the contenders as follows: Design Team of the Year  ? (Sponsored by CadSoft Computer) ??ByteSnap Design - Design of vehicle charging posts for London 2012 ?eosemi - Design of all-CMOS replacement for crystal oscillators? TT electronics Design a medical implant for treating high blood pressure??? Distributor of the Year   ?(Sponsored by IC Group)?? Anglia Components ?Caltest Instruments? Farnell element14 ?Mouser Electronics ?RS Components? TTI  ???Green Electronics Award   ?(Sponsored by National Instruments)?? ebm-papst Mulfingen - CO2 emissions reduction at European facilities ?Ericsson Power Modules - Reduction in operation life-cycle impact of products ?Farnell element14 - Packaging recycling project + free customer collection ?TT electronics - Sensor product uses 42% less in plastic packaging??? Manufacturer Export Award   ?(Sponsored by Agilent Technologies)?? Marl International ?United EMS ?Zytronic??? New Company of the Year  ? (Sponsored by International Rectifier) Gnodal ?Iceotope? Triggertrap ????Educational Support Award  (Sponsored by Pinnacle Marketing Communications) ??Aeroflex - £2.5m investment in wireless labs at Lancaster University & UL ?Analog Devices - University programme provides "hands-on learning" ?Harwin - University programme provide technical, sponsorship & free products?Parallel Systems - Provide free Cadence OrCAD software to UK students ?Rohde & Schwarz - €7.5m in financial assistance given to EU universities? Silica - A competition £3,000 prize for three UK university students??? Design Tools and development software Award   (Sponsored by IC Software) ??ByteSnap Design - SnapUI lightweight development framework? Cadence Design Systems - Encounter analysis system for 3D ICs ?CadSoft Computer - CAD tool with ASCII XML data structure ?Mentor Graphics - RealTimeCalibre tool provides sign-off DFM feedback?Synopsys - Out-of-the-box support for ARM big.LITTLE processing designs?Xilinx - Vivado FPGA design tool supports C++ to HDL??? Embedded System Product of the Year  ?? Altera - 28nm system-on-chip FPGA? Freescale Semiconductor - Kinetis L series ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller?Intersil - Pico-qHD low cost pico projector system ?Maxim Integrated Products - Smart meter platform with integrated security ?RFEL - Fast Fourier transform FPGA core ?Silicon Laboratories - Precision32 crystal-less USB controller ???Passive & Electromechanical Product of Year      ?(Sponsored by Arrow) AVX - 75V single-anode tantalum polymer capacitor ?Harting - Han-Fast Lock high current PCB connector? Murata - Low ESR, electrical double layer capacitor ?Melexis - Triaxis Hall effect magnetic sensor ?Omron Electronic Components - G8P relay, large contact gap for high voltages?Syfer Technology - Multilayer chip capacitors with protective coating ?Power System Product of the Year   ?(Sponsored by Harting Technology Group) ??Amantys - Power Drive gate driver module? Cree - High efficiency 50A silicon carbide devices ?Linear Technology - μModule isolated DC-DC converter with transformer?N2Power - Small 250W AC-DC power supply? Powervation - PV3101 single phase digital DC/DC controller? SemiSouth Laboratories - 650V SiC JFET ????Renewable Energy Design Award  ? (Sponsored by MSC Gleichmann UK) ??Analog Devices - ADP1046 power controller ?Diverse Energy - fuel cell technology ?Heliatek - Organic photovoltaic material ?Zeta Specialist Lighting - Solar powered paddle for lighting road signs??? Semiconductor Product of the Year: Analogue ?(Sponsored by Mouser Electronics) ??ams - AS3935 Franklin lightning sensor IC?Linear Technology - LTC4366 overvoltage protection controller for 9-500V?Integrated Device Technology - IDT 90E46 single phase power metering SoC IRr - PowIRstage intergrated. buck gate driver, mosfets & Schottky diode? Maxim Integrated Products - MAX44007 digital ambient light sensor? Microsemi - Low power body area network IC???Semiconductor Product of the Year - Digital? (Sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz) ??Altera - Combined FPGA and optical transceiver modules in a single package?Freescale - Vybrid microcontroller of ARM Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4 cores Lattice Semiconductor - iCE40 low power mobileFPGAs?LSI Logic - SandForce SSD flash storage processor? Texas Instruments - Wolverine MSP430 microcontroller? Xilinx - Virtex-7 FPGAs with stacked silicon interconnect technology ???Solid-State Lighting Application Award   ?(Sponsored by Anglia)?? Arrow Electronics - LEDagon ref, design combines LEDs, thermal mgt & control?Cree - XSP series high efficiency LED street light ?LED Engin - ViviLux family of high-efficiency LED emitters ?OMC - Spectralux Light Engines for all-in-one LED lighting design? Oxley Developments - LED aircraft landing light to replace halogen technology?Plessey Semiconductors - MAGIC high bright LEDs on a GaN-on-Si substrate ???Test Product of the Year (Sponsored by Neesham PR)  ??Agilent Technologies - Infiniium 90000Q 63GHz oscilloscope? JTAG Technologies - AutoBuzz automated boundary-scan software? LeCroy - LabMaster 10Zi 65GHz oscilloscope ?Newton's 4th - PPA1500 power analyser ?National Instruments - PXIe-5644R RF VST, software-designed instrument? Rohde & Schwarz - ZNB network analyser? Yokogawa - Software package for the testing standby power ???Other special awards?? The winners for the following categories are revealed on the night. Rising Star New Engineer of the Year? (Sponsored by Farnell element14) ??University Department of the Year  (Sponsored by RS Components) ??New Product - Product Innovation Award? (Sponsored by Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA)?? Company of the Year ??Lifetime Achievement Award