Clare Micronix Develops Color OLED Driver/Controller with Gray Scale.Business Editors and High Tech Writers ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003 Clare Micronix, 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), and a manufacturer of high performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits announced today the development of its color organic light emitting diode See LED. (OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. ) controller with gray scale capabilities. The new MXED302 96-RGB by 64 column driver/controller combination - designed for all color (RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). ), passive-matrix OLED displays - features 12 bit grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in (4/4/4), adjustable frame rate, and Clare Micronix's patent pending adaptive pre-charge. It supports standard parallel and serial digital interfaces and connects directly to passive matrix OLED display panels. The MXED302's tightly matched (+/- 2%) RGB current drivers and user provisions accommodate specific panel characteristics and ensure uniform luminance The amount of brightness, measured in lumens, that is given off by a pixel or area on a screen. For example, dark red and bright red would have the same chrominance, but a different luminance. and high-quality gray scaling, while active pixel monitoring and supply voltage control options guarantee minimum power dissipation over the lifetime of the display module. This new driver has a high degree of built-in programmability enabling it to cover a range of material types while providing independent RGB luminance control. "The MXED 302 combination driver-controller device will support the growing demand for color-OLED display panels, which are currently being sought for use on cell phones, PDAs, and numerous other applications. As our third generation combination driver-controller design, the MXED302 builds upon Clare Micronix's pioneering OLED driver development experience and leverages our patent pending intellectual property to increase performance and reduce power consumption in a low cost device," said Bill Boldt, VP of Marketing of Clare Micronix. "Clare Micronix's low cost, low power stand-alone drivers and combination driver-controller ICs provide the display industry's broadest portfolio OLED driver solutions. The addition of the highly integrated MXED302 color driver-controller takes our portfolio further into the color OLED domain, which we foresee as one of the most exciting growth prospects around." According to Display Search, a display market analyst, the worldwide market for OLED displays is estimated at roughly $100 Million, and is projected to grow to $2.8 billion by 2007, positioning OLED as a clear rival technology of TFT LCD. The new MXED302 will be available in the second quarter of calendar 2003 in gold bumped die, and BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. form, with a COF option upon request. About Clare Micronix Clare Micronix, a leader in the design and production of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits has produced over 300 application specific integrated circuit (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ) and application specific standard products (ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. ) for the display, communications, industrial, power, and medical markets. Clare Micronix is a subsidiary company of IXYS Corporation, a leading supplier of semiconductors and modules for the global power market. Additional information about Clare Micronix and IXYS can be found at www.claremicronix.com, and at www.ixys.com, or by contacting the Company directly. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact, including the size and growth of the OLED display market, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of IXYS to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, as amended, and our other filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements. |
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