ON Semiconductor acquired Sound Design Technologies (SDT) on June 9, 2010. SDT is now a part of ON Semiconductor’s Medical Division.
October 2007
Manufacturing and Audio & Wireless Division separates from Gennum Corporation to form Sound Design Technologies LTD with a spin-off agreement between Gennum Corporation and Gores Equity, LLC.
2000's:
Innovations in ultra low power Digital Signal Processing as Audio and Wireless Division of Gennum Corporation
2007:
INSPIRIA™ Digital preconfigured DSP with Adaptive Directionality, Feedback Cancellation with up to 30 dB of Added stable Gain, 128 bands of Adaptive Noise Reduction
Shipped over a Million FOUNDATION® DSP hybrid packages
2006: Introduction of 128-band psycho-acoustics based Adaptive Noise Reduction with VENTURE™ family of products
Shipped over a Million PARAGON® Digital hybrid packages
2005: VOYAGEUR™ DSP
First 130 nm fully programmable DSP product
Unsurpassed MIPS vs. current and processing capability
2003: FOUNDATION® Digital
Enabling affordable digital hearing aids
2001: PARAGON® Digital
First pervasive off-the-shelf digital product
First DSP with extreme wide bandwidth (16kHz)
1990-2000:
Finessing Analog Signal Processing and component packaging with the introduction of programmable device and miniaturized packages that enabled the conception of CIC style of hearing aids.
1995: LTI unveils package miniaturization technology - thinSTAX® that enabled the development of in the canal (CIC) style hearing instruments
1993-1996: LTI offers the first programmable IC's in the hearing industry enabling the development of customizable, programmable hearing aids with the introduction of the DynamEQ® Family of products
DynamEQ® I, DynamEQ® II, and DynamEQ® III featuring
Multi channel Wide Dynamic Range Compression (WDRC)
Twin Average Detection
1992: LTI launches Class D Receivers for hearing aids
1980-1990:
Linear Technology Inc. (LTI) becomes a public company, trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and subsequently changes name to Gennum Corporation
1987:
In December LTI transferred its silicon business to Gennum Corporation, a new wholly-owned subsidiary.
First electronic volume control IC
First tile based, grided semicustom array developed for the hearing market, and used in over 30 custom chip developments
1986: Highest power Class B output stage launched.
1984: LTI unveils the first adjustable filter IC for the hearing industry
1983: LTI establishes ultra low voltage (0.3V) BiFET silicon technology development and fabrication capabilities.
1982: LTI became a public company in September, trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
1970-1980:
Linear Technology Inc. (LTI) paves the way for development of modern hearing aids with hearing correction enabling technologies:
1979: LTI introduces the first surface-mount package for the hearing industry
1978
LTI introduces Modular amplifier concept
LTI launches the LC549 Push Pull amplifier which is still listed by customers as the best, for efficiency
1973
Linear Technology Inc. (LTI) was founded December 1 with the acquisition of assets from the Solid State Devices division of Westinghouse Canada Inc. and royalty-free rights to use its advanced semiconductor technology. The Company focused on providing specialized parts for the hearing instrument industry introducing first low power, low noise ICs operating at 1.5V enabling the evolution of modern hearing aids.
