Clare Launches Next Generation Phone Line Interface Integrated Circuit -DAA- With Voice Optimization; LITELINK III Evaluation Board And Samples Now Available.Business/Technology Editors BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Clare, Inc., an IXYS company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SYXI), today announced the immediate availability of its LITELINK III (CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. 5620 and CPC5621) silicon phone line interface (PLI PLI Practising Law Institute PLI Professional Liability Insurance PLI Programming Language Interface (Verilog programming language) PLI Partido Liberal Independiente (Independent Liberal Party, Nicaragua) )/data access arrangement (DAA DAA - Distributed Application Architecture: under design by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. A distributed object management environment that will allow applications to be developed independent of operating system, network or windowing system. ) designed to enhance voice telephony performance. Clare's LITELINK III is the first commercially available phone line interface IC designed specifically for both voice and high-speed data applications in the computer telephony market. LITELINK III is a single-package, all-silicon solution used in a wide variety of voice and data applications such as computer telephony, voice gateways, PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , Internet Access Devices (IADs) and low- and high-speed modems to connect host equipment to telephone networks. It contains a unique on-chip optical isolation barrier which gives designers the ability to build telephone line interface circuits without bulky transformers, allowing them to simplify their design, gain greater channel density and lower the overall component count and development cost. LITELINK III is a superior solution to traditional transformer-based telephone line interfaces and competitive silicon DAA solutions with higher parts counts and printed circuit board space requirements. Clare's solution offers the lowest passive component count in the industry. "Our third-generation LITELINK device is the most versatile phone line interface/DAA single-package solution for a broad range of telephony and modem applications," said Steve Andrezyk, Clare's Director of Marketing for CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment products. He added, "LITELINK III offers the lowest phone line quiescent operating current, at 8 mA, of any competitive solution. This is increasingly important in an age where multiple devices are often connected to one phone line." The CPC5620 (half-wave ring detect) and CPC5621 (full-wave ring detect) feature 3.0V or 5.0V operation, providing for an easy connection to high performance SLAC SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Center SLAC Student Labor Action Coalition SLAC Scapholunate Advanced Collapse (wrist disorder) SLAC Salt Lake Acting Company (Utah) SLAC Student Learning Assistance Center , CODEC and modem chipsets offered by the industry's leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Compared to competitive DAA solutions, LITELINK III is much simpler to implement from the system standpoint. Because LITELINK III does not have complex setup registers, it does not require the use of a controller for evaluation, testing and use. Clare's distinctive design uses a new method of factory gain trim, eliminating the need for an on-board automatic gain control circuit and its attendant settling time. Other features of the design ensure low noise and low insertion loss, helping designers meet EIA/TIA EIA/TIA Electronic Industries Alliance/Telecommunication Industries Association 464 specifications for system loss. A mode pin has been added to simplify reactive termination applications such as in Europe and Australia. Phone line power consumption has been reduced by one-third over previous LITELINK versions. Taken in combination, these improvements provide better voice performance without compromising data performance. LITELINK III is also backward compatible with Clare's previous LITELINK II solution. The only requirement is the change of 4 external resistor values and the addition of a capacitor. Designs using LITELINK can be made compliant with a wide range of requirements, including TIA/EIA/IS-968 (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. part 68), UL1950, UL60950, EN60950, IEC60950, EN55022B, CISPR CISPR Comité Internationale Spécial des Perturbations Radioelectrotechnique (International Special Committee on Radio Interference, IEC) 22B, EN55024, EIA/TIA 464, and TBR-21. Pricing And Availability LITELINK III (CPC5620/CPC5621) is now available in production OEM quantities of 25,000 and is priced at $2.26 with standard lead-time of 6 weeks after receipt of order. Product samples are currently available. Evaluation boards are available for $150.00. About Clare Clare, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of high voltage integrated circuits, is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of IXYS Corporation. IXYS Corporation develops and markets primarily high performance power semiconductor devices that are used in controlling and converting electrical power efficiently in power systems for the telecommunication and internet infrastructure, motor drives, medical systems and transportation. IXYS also serves its markets with a combination of digital and analog integrated circuits. Additional information about Clare and IXYS may be found at www.clare.com and www.ixys.com. LITELINK is a trademark of Clare, Inc. |
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