Product Overview
Products from the
Sony Semiconductor Products Group include ultra-high speed Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), SigmaRAM™ ICs, as well as a diverse selection of products targeted to the audio, video and communication markets. These include data communications, TV ICs; digital filters;
CCD sensors; serial/optical communication ICs; GPS and cellular/PCS ICs; multimedia ICs and modules. Discrete components include laser diodes and variable capacitance diodes. The company's broad range of communication ICs includes devices for fiberoptic and radio communications applications, infrared receiver ICs and devices for wireless communication; monolithic microwave ICs used in cellular telephones; and GaAs MMICs used in RF and microwave communications. In addition to its semiconductor product offerings, the Component Solutions Business Division also markets AIT tape drives, libraries, and tape cartridges; and lithium ion batteries to OEM customers.
Many of the applications for Sony's diverse product line are in computers, peripherals and communication products. The product line is based on four types of semiconductor technology -- CMOS, BiCMOS, Bipolar and gallium arsenide. SigmaRAM is a trademark of the SigmaRAM Consortium.