LONDON - Mixed-signal and converter IC vendor Analog DevicesInc (Norwood, Mass) has announced that it has acquired Multigig Inc (San Jose),a developer of high frequency clock signal technology, for an undisclosed sum.
The all-cash transaction was completed on March 30, 2012,and Multigig engineers will become part of ADI's existing clock design team andwill move to ADI's facility in San Jose.
Multigig was founded in 2003 and had raised more than $37million across multiple rounds of venture capital funding. The company'sprimary technology is a rotary travelling waver oscillator. This innovativecircuit derives highly accurate clock signals by sending a pulse arounddifferential transmission lines that are twisted back on themselves like aMobius loop. Paired back-to-back inverters distributed around the loop keep thepulse strength constant. The length of the path defines the clock period.
"The acquisition of Multigig fits squarely in themiddle of our high-speed signal processing strategy and will further strengthenour portfolio of very high performance stand-alone and integrated clockingsolutions," said Peter Real, ADI vice president of linear and radiofrequency products and technology, in a statement. "Continually evolvingend markets, such as wireless and wire line communications, place ever morestringent demands on signal processing solutions and high-performance clockingcapabilities are critical to meeting customers' system requirements."
This article was originally posted by EETimes.