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Elantec Introduces 720mW DSL Line Driver
New EL1508C Central Office line driver offers the advantages of very low power and the industry's smallest footprint
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, September 25, 2001 -- Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNT), a leader in high-performance analog ICs, today released a new, very low power DSL line driver ideal for high density Central Office (CO) applications. The EL1508C is the latest addition to Elantec's pin-compatible, footprint-compatible family of line drivers that have offered improved performance and reduced cost with each successive generation.
The new EL1508C uses proprietary circuitry to achieve very low distortion and 720mW total power consumption in full rate ADSL applications. This is a full 100mW power reduction as compared to its predecessor, the EL1503C, for which the EL1508C is a direct replacement at a lower cost. The EL1508C is a class A/B amplifier intended for designs requiring only two rails with +/- 12V supply voltages and up to 450mA drive current. The EL1508C achieves a large 43.6Vp-p differential output swing while driving 100 ohms. Available in either a narrow body 16-pin thermal SOIC or a tiny 4x5mm Leadless Plastic Package (LPP) option, the EL1508C offers the industry's smallest footprint for high density DSLAM line card designs.
The design of the EL1508C, a fifth generation current mode feedback DSL driver, has been optimized for low power, ease of use and a reduced number of external components. As a result, the EL1508C needs up to nine fewer external components than other competitive voltage feedback line drivers, a significant design advantage.
The combination of lower power, smaller footprint, and reduction in external components are enabling features for designing leading edge, very high port count DSL line cards. Higher port counts per square inch help reduce cost and improve profitability for DSLAM vendors.
Kaveh Parsi, Director of Marketing for Communications products at Elantec said, "Our DSL chipset partners have designed the EL1508C into their newest reference designs to take advantage of the lower power consumption, excellent low distortion performance, and the reduction in external components." Mr. Parsi continued, "Elantec offers a complete family of innovative products for Central Office and Customer Premise applications and very high capacity manufacturing to meet the line driver needs of the xDSL technologies driver products."
The EL1508C has been sampling since June and is now in production at a price of $3.48 each in 1000-piece quantities.
For more information please contact Kaveh Parsi at Elantec's Corporate Headquarters in Milpitas, California, at (408) 945-1323 x 373, or visit the Company's web site at www.elantec.com.
Elantec designs, manufactures and markets high performance analog integrated circuits primarily for the video, optical storage, communications and power management markets. The Company targets high growth commercial markets in which advances in digital integrated circuit technology are driving increasing demand for high speed, high performance and low power consumption analog circuits.
Certain matters discussed in this press release pertaining to the market trends, product performance, cost effectiveness, and design-ins are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include product introductions by the Company's competitors, competitive pricing pressures, fluctuations in manufacturing yield, changes in the mix or markets in which products are sold, availability and cost of raw materials and other risks discussed in the Company's most recent Forms 10-Q and 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
