Harris Semiconductor and C.P. Clare announce partnership; Both companies will market each other's surge suppression devices.LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1996-- Harris Semiconductor and C.P. Clare Corp. today announced an agreement whereby each company will market the other's line of transient voltage surge suppression The diverting and/or diminishing of excessive current and voltage from the AC power line, which can damage sensitive electronic equipment. Power surges generally last less than 50 microseconds, but can reach as much as 6,000 volts and draw 3,000 amps when they arrive at the equipment. devices and work together on surge suppression product development. The partnership will broaden the range of surge suppression products offered by both companies. Harris' portfolio of ICs and discrete semiconductor products includes a broad array of protection technologies, but does not include gas discharge Gas discharge A system made up of a gas, electrodes, and an enclosing wall in which an electric current is carried by charged particles in response to an electric field, the gradient of the electric potential, or the voltage between two surfaces. tube (GDT GDT Global Descriptor Table GDT Geographic Data Technology Inc. GDT Gas Discharge Tube (energy, electrotechinical and electronics) GDT Getting Things Done GDT Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing GDT Ground Data Terminal ) products. C.P. Clare is recognized as a leader in providing communications components including GDTs. Harris and C.P. Clare plan to make the combined portfolio of suppression products available through both companies in Jan. 1997. Harris and C.P. Clare also intend to jointly develop new products that integrate existing suppression technologies in single packages optimized for telecommunications and AC power applications. "Harris' and C.P. Clare's suppression portfolios are extremely complementary," said Stephen Ahrens, vice president of Harris Semiconductor's discrete power business. "Each company can now bring to market this combined surge suppression portfolio, and both companies will work closely together on future product offerings to further extend and deepen the portfolio." "C.P. Clare is very pleased to be working with Harris on this venture," said Chris Noble, vice president and general manager of the C.P. Clare Surge Protection See surge suppression and traffic surge protection. Division. "C.P. Clare's business is based on providing switching, transformer and protection solutions for telecom, ATE and industrial markets. Adding the suppression products from Harris broadens the available solutions from C.P. Clare." The addition of GDTs to Harris' line Har·ris' line n. See growth line. card is a further step in becoming a one-stop-shop for transient voltage suppression. Harris Semiconductor already has a comprehensive array of silicon and MOV-based product options. The inclusion of C.P. Clare GDTs enables Harris to better serve the suppression needs of all its customers, and especially those in the telecommunications and AC power markets. C.P. Clare Corp. (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 :CPCL CPCL Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited CPCL Computer Program Change Library CPCL Computer Program Control Library CPCL Component Prioritized Collection List ) is a leading provider of semiconductor and electromagnetic relays, switches, gas discharge tubes, advanced magnetics and specialized electronic components to the world's foremost manufacturers of electronic equipment. C.P. Clare facilities are located in Beverly, Mass.; Wakefield, Mass.; St. Louis, Mo.; Guadalajara, Mexico; Chi-Tu, Taiwan; and Tongeren, Belgium. Harris Semiconductor manufactures discrete semiconductors and ICs, with focus on the communications, automotive and power control markets. Production facilities are located in Palm Bay, Fla.; Mountaintop moun·tain·top n. The summit of a mountain. , Pa.; Findlay, Ohio; Dundalk, Ireland; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Harris Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HRS), with worldwide sales of more than $3.6 billion, is an international communications and electronics company providing a wide range of products and services, such as wireless and personal communications, automotive electronics, transportation, business information, defense communications and information, and Lanier office products. CONTACT: C.P. Clare Corp. Robert M. Palladino, 617/863-8700 ext. 704 or Harris Semiconductor John Allen, 407/729-4928 |
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