Intersil Introduces True Single Supply Video Driver; The ISL59830 Eliminates the Need for a Negative Supply and External Coupling Capacitors.

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ:ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced the release of the ISL59830, a new triple video driver that runs off a single 3.3V supply. The ISL59830 generates a negative voltage internally, thus removing the need for external coupling capacitors. The elimination of the external capacitors and need for negative supply rail reduces the overall system cost. This makes the device perfect for applications driving RGB or YPbPr video signals.

Video drive architectures typically use one of two coupling schemes: AC or DC. A system using AC coupling requires large external capacitors, but does not need a negative supply rail. A system using DC coupling does not need these large capacitors, but requires a negative supply rail. The ISL59830 gives a designer the best of both schemes by generating the negative supply on chip and allowing DC coupling of the video signal.

"The ISL59830 continues to build on our innovative video product line. It provides an elegant solution to a real world analog problem," said Sameer Vuyyuru, Intersil's director for High Speed Analog. "The video driver is often the only product in a design that still requires a negative supply rail where DC accuracy is required. Our product has made it possible to completely remove the higher cost of the negative supply rail and maintain DC accuracy."

The ISL59830 features an integrate 6dB gain for all three channels and can drive doubly terminated 75 ohm loads. The device also has a Vref pin that allows the user to level shift the signal above or below ground to match an external reference.

ISL59830 Technical Summary

Features

--Operates from a single 3.3V supply

--No external DC blocking capacitor needed

--Integrated 6dB gain

--300MHz -3dB bandwidth

--Enable and disable function

--Triple driver for RGB or YPbPr applications

Pricing and Availability

ISL59830 is available now in a 16-ld QSOP lead-free finish (RoHS compliant). The suggested resale price in 1000 unit quantities is $1.88.

Learn more about Intersil's complete family of video products from Intersil's Video web site at: http://www.intersil.com/video/

About Intersil

Intersil Corporation, a NASDAQ 100 Index company, is a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog semiconductors. The company's products address three of the industry's fastest growing markets: flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable) and power management. Intersil products include power management devices for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, supervisory ICs, switching DC / DC regulators and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high performance operational amplifiers; data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and rad-hard applications. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the company's web site and career page at http://www.intersil.com.

This release may include "forward looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For information identifying economic, political, climatic, currency, regulatory, technological, competitive and some other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, see Intersil's Safe Harbor Forward Looking Statement disclaimer found at http://www.intersil.com/legal.asp, as well as Intersil's SEC filings as updated from time to time, found at http://www.sec.gov.

All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.