General publications

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Technical publications

 Solid-state backlighting boosts the TV viewing experience [PDF] (0.58Mb)
Date: 25 January, 2008
Authors: Pierre de Greef, Hendriek Groot Hulze and Harm van der Heijden

Solid-state backlighting using LEDs has a number of distinct advantages in LCD TV applications. Compared to the Cold Cathode Fluoresent Lamps (CCFL) and Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (HCDF) that currently dominate the market in large-area LCD backlighting. LEDs can offer significantly better power efficiency.

 The car audio challenge: More power, more heat, less room to design [PDF] (0.13Mb)
Date: 01 December, 2007
Authors: Michael Kaufmann and Kees van der Wolf, NXP Semiconductors

As premium sound systems grow in size and power requirements, Class-D audio amplifiers are being redesigned to answer the unique automotive challenge.

 NXP's Motion Accurate Picture Processing (MAPP) gets the edge in fast-action HDTV [PDF] (0.21Mb)
Date: 21 September 2007
Author: Harm van der Heijden and Jacco van Gurp, NXP Semiconductors

Large-area high-definition LCD TV panels have transformed the shape of television, opening up new opportunities for set styling and a vastly improved viewing experience. They have also presented set-makers with significant challenges, not least of which is overcoming the fact that an LCD's sample-and-hold effect emphasizes motion judder.

 Turning consumer electronics green [PDF] (0.44Mb)
Date: 15 June 2007
Authors: Dr. Aly Aamer Syed, Peter Klapproth and Francesco Pessolano, NXP Semiconductors

Achieving low power consumption requires a system-level approach that addresses power consumption both at chip level and system level. With so many of today's consumer devices hooked into networks such as in-home digital networks or the Internet, power saving may even need to be considered at network level.

 The revolution in the TV viewing experience [PDF] (0.29Mb)
Date: June 2007
Author: Menno Kleingeld, NXP Semiconductors

In 2006 people gave their first glimpse of a revolution in TV viewing - the beginnings of a world where everyone will be able to access and enjoy more multimedia content or more devices than ever; anytime, anywhere. In 2007 the introduction of advanced new consumer products started to make that world mainstream giving everybody the change to have quick and easy access to their favorite TV.

 Powering the revolution in the TV viewing experience [PDF] (0.20Mb)
Date: May 2007
Author: Menno Kleingeld, NXP Semiconductors

The availability of affordable hard-disk based digital video recorders (DVRs) and the ubiquity of broadband IP (Internet Protocol) connections is revolutionizing people's television viewing experience. Consumers are no longer constrained to viewing programs at times decided by broadcasters.

 NXP Semiconductors puts the connected living in the fast track with 5Ghz broadband [PDF] (0.89Mb)
Date: April 2007
Author: Paul Martin, NXP Semiconductors

It is clear that if the availability of digital content is to take off quickly then the industry can not rely on consumers rewiring their homes with Ethernet or coax cables. The faster development, lower installation costs, configuration flexibility and other advantages of wireless networks have already been well established.