History
Company activities and awards | Products and Technologies | |
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1975 | Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.established 2-inch production line completed |
Development of the world’s first PLL CMOS IC for CB radio |
1976 | Development of the world’s first quartz lock LSI for record players | |
1978 | Development of CMOS LSI for a clock running at 1V | |
1979 | Increased capital to 250 million yen | |
1983 | Commercialized multi-layer molybdenum-gate CMOS process
Development of the PLL for 200-MHz CMOS LSI |
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1984 | Development of the 121-order linear phase FIR digital filter LSI for CD players | |
1987 | Received the Nikkei Excellent Service Award for the digital filter IC for recording and playback | |
1989 | 6-inch production line completed Technology Magazine” Award for the high-performance 20-bit 8fs digital filter IC, the “SM5803AP” |
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1990 | Development of the 1-bit DAC (Σ DECO) for audio | |
1992 | Development of the PLL for pagers running at 1V and 90MHz | |
1993 | Development of the asynchronous sample rate converter IC for audio | |
1994 | Acquired ISO9001 accreditation Received the “Radio Technology Magazine” Award for the asynchronous sample rate converter for audio, the “SM5844AF” |
Development of the world’s first compression type shock-proof memory controller |
1996 | Acquired ISO14001 accreditation | |
1997 | Development of the EL driver IC | |
1998 | Development of the world’s first digital filter IC for High-resolution audio | |
1999 | Acquired QS-9000 accreditation | |
2000 | Development of the quick charge control IC for NiMH/NiCd battery
Development of the high-frequency BiCMOS oscillator IC |
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2002 | Development of the high-speed target tracking vision chip | |
2003 | Crystal oscillator IC won a prize of encouragement from Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation | Development of the radio controlled clock receiver IC
Development of the white LED driver IC and the video filter/buffer IC |
2004 | Vision chip won a prize of Technology from The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | Development of the FSK Tranceiver IC for Specified Low Power Radio Station |
2005 | Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.’s equity ownership shifts to Seiko Corporation. | |
2006 | Nippon Precision Circuits Inc. changed its company name to Seiko NPC Corporation. Increased capital to 1 billion yen. Acquired ISO/TS16949 certification. |
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2007 | Opened Taiwan Liaison Office. | |
2008 | Announced thermopile infrared-sensor chip with built-in amplifier on ISSCC 2008. | |
2009 | Developed high-precision crystal oscillator IC with frequency adjustment function built-in | |
2011 | Started mass production and shipment of compact, high-precision optical encoder | |
2012 | Development of the optical sensor IC of ultra-small package, and the voltage controlled crystal oscillator IC of low phase noise | |
2013 | Acquired patent for VCXO IC with built-in varicap | |
2014 | Corporate slogan 「Stimulate Times with Precision and Accuracy」 established | Development of the magnetic sensor module |
2015 | Acquired patent for multi-band receiver IC for radio clock | Development of the 50dpi magnetic line sensor module |
2016 | Development of the COB type infrared sensor module | |
2017 | Acquired IATF16949 accreditation | |
2018 | Developed a Dual output type crystal oscillator IC | |
2019 | Developed crystal oscillators of “7101 series” for automotive use | |
2020 | Started telework at sales offices in Tokyo, Osaka, and Taiwan according to the number of people infected with COVID-19. | Developed a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) IC |
2021 | Started research and development of crystal oscillator circuit for post 5G information communication system with the adoption of a national subsidy project. Obtained a basic patent for production technology using a gold black layer that realizes high sensitivity in infrared sensors. Increased production of SPXO, TCXO and sensor products, increasing IC testers and handlers. |
Developed a new package of optical encoder for servo motor control |