Analog Devices Receives Prestigious Technical Industry Award From ISSCC; IEEE Honors Analog Devices' Paper on Mixed-Signal Front-End Digitizing IC.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003

Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE:ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has received the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper in 2002. This coveted industry award was recently presented to Analog Devices during the ISSCC 2003 conference held in San Francisco in February. ADI won the award for its paper entitled, "A 50 mW Bandpass Sigma-Delta ADC with 333 kHz BW and 90 dB DR,"(a) which describes a technically innovative intermediate frequency (IF) digitizing-subsystem IC (the AD9874) designed for use in wireless communications systems. To view paper, please visit: www.analog.com/AD9874ISSCCPaper.

The ISSCC is the foremost global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and systems-on-a-chip. Annually, the conference brings together electronics industry leaders and engineers working at the cutting edge of IC design. Each year, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Solid-State Circuits Society Conference selects one paper to receive its Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper.

"Awarded for significant achievement in a technical presentation, the Lewis Winner Outstanding Paper honor provides recognition for leadership in the electronics industry as evaluated by their peers," said Professor K.C. Smith, ISSCC conference chair. "This paper by ADI was selected as a result of a presentation assessment by conference attendees based on circuit innovation and quality of presentation." The paper was presented at the conference by one of its authors, Richard Schreier, a senior design engineer in the company's high-speed converter group.

"Analog Devices is honored to be singled out by the solid-state circuits community for our creativity and technical ingenuity in addressing the design challenges associated with high performance and low power consumption in a highly integrated and cost-effective subsystem IC," said John Hussey, vice president of the high-speed converter group, Analog Devices. "This award highlights Analog Devices' commitment to delivering breakthrough solutions that advance the state-of-the-art for integrated circuits."

The AD9874 contains innovations at the circuit and architectural levels, integrating high-performance, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, frequency synthesizers and a continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter with configurable digital filtering. This unique integration provides the flexibility and performance to adapt to multiple communication standards and frequency plans while achieving the power efficiency required by handset and portable applications. These applications include radios that must meet the highest standards of reliability and performance, such as private mobile radios used by police, fire and ambulance services, as well as narrowband communications systems for fleet management of taxis and delivery services. For more information, please visit: www.analog.com/AD9874.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. ADI is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, and employs approximately 8,600 people worldwide. It has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and ADI is included in the S&P 500 Index.

(a) "A 50 mW Bandpass Sigma-Delta ADC with 333 kHz BW and 90 dB DR" was written by Analog Devices' Richard Schreier, Jennifer A. Lloyd, Lawrence Singer, Donald Paterson, Michael Timko, Michael Hensley, Greg Patterson, Kevin Behel, James Zhou, and William J. Martin.