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Intersil Announces a Highly Accurate 2.50V Precision FGA Voltage Reference with the Industry's Lowest Power Consumption
-- Sub 1.08uW power consumption is ideal for high accuracy battery-operated systems~-- Overall performance meets or exceeds the best available in the industry
MILPITAS, CA, February 2, 2005 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced the newest addition to its high-precision voltage reference family. The ISL60007 is a 2.50V voltage reference that features the industrys lowest power consumption (1.08uW) combined with high accuracy (+/-0.5mV), low temperature coefficient (3ppm/°C) and long-term stability (10ppm / square root of 1kHrs). Fabricated in Intersil's revolutionary Floating Gate Analog (FGA) technology, the ISL60007 voltage reference is ideal for high accuracy battery-operated systems.
Intersils FGA technology raises the performance standards for initial accuracy, temperature coefficient and drift-over-time while drawing an unprecedented low supply current. The higher accuracy and lower power consumption of the ISL60007 allows higher precision for industrial, analytical and other such portable systems coupled with extended battery life. This extended performance cannot be achieved with conventional technologies.
By storing the reference voltage as a precise charge on a floating gate, Intersil is able to produce precision voltage references that feature exceptional initial accuracy, and extreme long-term stability at low supply current, commented Simon Prutton, VP/GM of Intersils Analog & Mixed Signal Products Group. The performance of this product surpasses many of the most accurate voltage references currently available.
Unlike bandgap and buried zener technologies that depend on the voltage produced by a silicon junction, FGA technology produces reference voltages by storing a precise charge on a floating gate cell, resulting in extraordinarily accurate and stable references that are essentially unaffected by external influences such as variations in temperature, supply voltage and time.
Summary of Features
- Reference voltage 2.50V
- Absolute initial accuracy options +/-0.5mV and +/-1.0mV
- Low temperature coefficient options 3ppm/°C, 5ppm/°C and 10ppm/°C
- Long-term stability 10ppm / square root of 1kHrs
- Typical power consumption 1.08uW
- Supply voltage range 2.7V to 5.5V
- Ultra-low supply current 400nA
- Source and sink current 7mA
- ESD protection 5kV (Human Body Model)
- Temperature range 40° C to +85° C
- High resolution data acquisition systems
- Precision instrumentation
- Digital meters laboratory and handheld
- Industrial control
- Precision sensing thermal, strain gauge
- Battery management systems
- Medical systems diagnostic and patient monitoring
The ISL60007 voltage reference is now available in a standard 8-lead SOIC package with 1,000 unit prices starting at $3.15 for each IC. To learn more about Intersils Voltage References, visit the companys web site at: http://www.intersil.com/vref 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 www.intersil.com.
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