Intersil Stokes Fire Under MightyMUX Analog Switch/MUX Product Development.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2003 Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL ISIL International Society for Individual Liberty ISIL Interim Support Items List ISIL Intelligence Systems Integration Laboratory (Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; US Army facility for integrating intelligence systems) ): -- MightyMUX Switches Bring the Highest Performance in the Smallest Packages -- Intersil's High-Performance Analog Switch and Development Roadmap in Place to Meet Market Demand Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking See wireless network. solutions, today announced aggressive steps for the continued expansion of its MightyMUX(TM) high-performance analog switch line. Intersil's MightyMUX switches are carefully designed to offer best-in-class performance, small form factor and low cost points to attack new-world low-voltage low-ON-resistance applications. A July 24, 2002 report from Selantek ranks Intersil as #2 among analog switch suppliers. The same report indicated that Analog Switching is expected to grow from $179 million in CY02 to over $250 million in CY05. In addition, power supply voltages are on a rapid decline from +/-15 V to sub-3 V, which require different analog process technologies to meet these trends. "Our MightyMUX switch strategy is to design and deliver new high-performance switches to meet emerging and next-generation product development needs," said Mamoon Rashid, director of marketing for Intersil's Analog Solutions Products. "Our aggressive product roadmap for 2003 and beyond is the result of market research and listening carefully to our customers' needs." Many large segments of new-world applications are based on battery-powered and miniaturized platforms that require low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains , low ON-resistance and small packaging. In addition to power and size considerations, Intersil's new MightyMUX products address the high-performance requirements of precision medical imaging, monitoring, communications and test/measurement instruments. Older switch process technologies just can't meet the physical and electrical requirements of these new-world applications. Like many "standard" off-the-shelf products, analog switches and multiplexers are in essence the "glue" that binds together the larger functional blocks of a complex system by controlling signal and power flow along with functions and interoperation. The larger more complex functional blocks are high-precision converters, processors and ASICs. The precision of these main blocks demands that the "glue" devices offer the highest performance and quality to ensure that the overall product performance is not degraded or impaired. In addition, standard components offer the designer flexibility for last minute signal timing, configuration, or routing changes. Many new-world switch applications require low-voltage single source supply operation (3.3 V and below) combined with significant increases in performance and reduction in package size. MightyMUX switch products satisfy these important requirements with industry-leading figures of merit including; guaranteed R(on) flatness across voltage and temperature, very low nanoampere leakage currents (i.e. less than 10 nA) to preserve hold times in sample-and-hold-circuits, low nanosecond (1) One billionth of a second. Used to measure the speed of logic and memory chips, a nanosecond can be visualized by converting it to distance. In one nanosecond, electricity travels approximately a foot in a wire. switching speeds (i.e. 45 ns ON, 15 ns OFF) to reduce propagation delays in timing sensitive applications and very low picocoulomb charge injection (i.e. less than 5 pC) to maintain signal integrity. Intersil MightyMUX switches are offered in the board-saving Small Outline Transistor (SOT23) package, the Small Outline IC (SOIC (Small Outline IC) A small-dimension, plastic, rectangular, surface mount chip package that uses gull-wing pins extending outward. See gull-wing lead, SOJ and chip package. ) package, the Mini Small Outline Package (MSOP MSOP Mini Small Outline Package MSOP Mini Series of Poker MSOP Minnesota Sex Offender Program MSOP Management Stock Option Plan MSOP Memphis School of Preaching (Memphis, TN) MSOP Minimum Sum-Of-Products ) and the tiny, near-chip-sized, 3 X 3 mm Quad Flat No-lead (QFN QFN Quad Flat No-Lead QFN Queen Fan Newsletter (rock band) QFN Quad Flat No Leads ) package. In addition, MightyMUX switches carry a minimum 2000-V ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. rating per Method 3015.7 to help ensure no failures during manufacturing or handling. This combination of features makes Intersil's MightyMUX switches ideal for low-power, space-constrained and precision applications. Intersil is aggressively expanding its broad range of analog switches, multiplexers and crosspoints and has a steady stream of new-product announcements planned throughout the year. The 2003 roadmap is filled with low-voltage, single and dual-supply, high-performance switches in standard configurations (SPST SPST Single Pole, Single Throw (type of electrical switch) SPST Societe pour la Promotion de la Science et de la Technologie (Montreal, Canada) SPST Senior Public Safety Telecommunicator SPST Same Place Same Time , SPDT SPDT Single Pole, Double Throw SPDT Single Point Diamond Turning (precision lathe used in optical fabrication) SPDT Shadow Page Directory Table , DPDT DPDT Double-Pole, Double-Throw DPDT Directorate of Plans, Doctrine & Training DPDT Double Pole Double Throw DPDT Deep Power Down Technology ) from one to four per IC. Many new 4:1 and 8:1 high-performance multiplexers will also be released. For a complete listing of existing switches, multiplexers and crosspoints, visit Intersil's Switch and Mux Web site at: http://www.intersil.com/design/switchmux/index.asp About Intersil Intersil Corporation is a global semiconductor leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions. Intersil's product portfolios address four fast growing markets - flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time , optical storage (CD and DVD recordable DVD recordable and DVD rewritable refer to DVD optical disc formats that can be recorded (written, "burned"), either or rewritable (write multiple times) format written by laser, as compared to DVD-ROM, which is mass-produced by pressing. ), power management and wireless networking. Intersil brings added customer value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that enhance the computing experience for people wherever they live, work or travel. 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 MightyMUX is a trademark of Intersil Americas Inc. |
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