Burr-Brown announces industry breakthrough in ICs.

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1997--Burr-Brown (NASDAQ:BBRC) announces a new family of DC/DC converters marking an industry breakthrough in semiconductor packaging technology.

The DCP01 is the first isolated DC/DC in a low cost JEDEC plastic package -- a size reduction made possible by Burr-Brown's innovative mixed signal chip topology -- and yields reliability more than 30 times greater than competing solutions.

The DCP01 family, which includes 5, 12, 15, and 24V inputs with outputs of 5, 12, 15, +/-12, and +/-15V, is suitable for automated pc board assembly using auto handlers and tape and reel and provides enhanced reliability with ultrasonically soldered internal connections. The DCP01 advances Burr-Brown to a leadership position in isolated DC/DC converters with lower PCB assembly costs, small product size, standard IC packaging, low profile, advanced start-up, and 1W output power at +100 degrees Celsius without heatsinking.

"Burr-Brown's DCP01 gives us several definite advantages over any previous solutions," said Norm Bouchard, director of engineering at Newport Electronics Inc., a leading manufacturer of digital panel instrumentation. "The improvements in reliability were so attractive we held up product introductions to include the DCP01."

Design benefits of the DCP01 family include wide operating range, indefinite short circuit protection, self-synchronization, and start-up into any capacitive load. DCP01 is ideal for diverse applications including ground loop elimination, safety and protection, as well as point of use power.

DCP01 is available in a 14-pin plastic DIP and priced from $5.01 in 1000s. Five models have been introduced to date and an additional nineteen, including surface-mount packages, will be released during the first half of 1997. Delivery is from stock.

The DCP family will be expanded to include regulated 3W and 10W products with wide-range inputs that will be ideal for telecom and industrial applications such as public network cards, basestations, and distributed power systems. The dramatic improvement in product reliability at reduced cost will be especially attractive in communications applications where service interruption is unacceptable. DCP03 and DCP10 will incorporate all the benefits and packaging technology used in the DCP01 family

Burr-Brown Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets a broad line of high performance, standard and application specific, analog and mixed signal integrated circuits used in the processing of electronic signals. Burr-Brown products are used in a wide range of markets and applications, including communications, industrial and process control, test and measurement, medical and scientific instrumentation, medical imaging, digital audio and video, personal computers, and multimedia.

For product data sheets or technical information, visit Burr-Brown's web site at http://www.burr-brown.com/ or call the Burr-Brown FAXline at 800-548-6133.

For additional information, call Mike Pawlik at 800-548-6132, Burr-Brown Corp., P.O. Box 11400, Tucson, AZ, 85734; or e-mail at [e-mail] .

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