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Elantec Semiconductor Introduces Its Newest High-Performance Laser Driver
The EL6249C offers an upgrade path to higher speed CD-R/W drives
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, December 22, 2000 -- Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNT), an industry leader in high-performance laser driver ICs, today announced the release of its EL6249C, a new cutting-edge laser driver designed to enable higher speed factors in the production of CD-R/W (compact disk-read/write) optical disk drives. The EL6249C joins the growing Elantec family of highly successful laser driver products that have enabled OEMs to deliver faster optical disk drives for the growing number of applications in PC data storage and combi drives, consumer audio recorders, and consumer video camcorders.
The EL6249C features four current channels needed for the read, bias, erase, and write laser drive power levels, compliant with the industry-standard Orange Specification for CD-R, and CD-R/W write strategy disk formats. In addition, the EL6249C integrates an automatic power control amplifier to control the light energy coming from the laser diode, and a high-frequency modulation oscillator that is used to reduce laser read-noise and consequently the read-error rate. The results of this integration are reduced component count, shorter signal routing, and more compact optical pickup unit designs. OEMs benefit by seeing lower solution costs, shorter design times and higher speed drives.
Steve Sacarisen, Director of Strategic Marketing, Optical Products Group said, "The EL6249C is pin-to-pin and backwards compatible with our EL6279CU, and provides an opportunity to our OEM customers to upgrade existing products with higher read/write drive speeds. To put the speed factor into consumer terms, using new Elantec laser drivers like the EL6249C, manufacturers can develop high speed optical disk drives capable of copying a full 70-minute CD in just 4-minutes or less!"
The new ultra-thin 24-LPP package as well as the 24-pin QSOP package are sampling now. Production lead times for both package options is 8-10 weeks. For more information please contact Steve Sacarisen at Elantec Corporate Headquarters, Milpitas, CA at (408) 945-1323 x 345 or visit our 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-in time 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 2000 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
