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Intersil Announces Worldwide Industrial Power Seminar Series

— Seminar demonstrates performance advantage of SMPS IGBT technology in power supply designs

PALM BAY, FL, December 9, 1999 — Intersil Corporation today announced its first series of worldwide Industrial Power seminars for educating electronics engineers on its IGBT technology. The five month seminar tour, which began in November, will introduce power supply designers to the benefits of switching from high voltage MOSFETs to switch mode power supply (SMPS) IGBT technology, and will further demonstrate how this switch equips them to deliver innovative solutions for off-line, SMPS power conversion.

The seminars examine Intersil’s migration from high voltage MOSFET to SMPS IGBT technology and focus on the increased use of IGBTs in various topologies for power supply applications. Intersil’s SMPS IGBT offers considerable performance improvements in SMPS applications, with switching frequencies as high as 200kHz. Intersil’s current Power Factor Correction (PFC) design offerings include a boost transistor that can be used as a single device replacing single or parallel high voltage MOSFET devices and a boost rectifier. The RHR 600V series rectifiers have industry-leading reverse recovered charge characteristics for hard-switched applications, and the RUR 600V series rectifiers have low forward voltage drop characteristics for soft-switched applications.

"Intersil is excited about delivering design insight to customers on the merits of IGBT technology for power supplies," said Russ Morcom, vice president and general manager of Intersil’s Power Products Business. "These seminars will help convince customers that the improvements made in IGBT switching speed and energy loss will provide significant system performance and cost advantages."

The Industrial Power design seminars demonstrate that Intersil’s SMPS IGBTs run cooler than standard high voltage MOSFETs, realizing as much as a 22C temperature improvement. The IGBTs feature reduced transistor losses and improved transistor and system reliability. They also offer higher current densities that facilitate increased output power, space savings and reduced overall system cost. Intersil shows power supply designers how they can eliminate as many as 12 components by switching from high voltage MOSFETs to IGBTs, while increasing operating frequency and reducing transformer and filter costs.

The seminars will map building techniques for application-specific IGBT technologies. Functioning as high power electrical switching devices in power control circuits, Intersil’s IGBTs offer dramatic improvements in switching speed, energy loss and short-circuit withstand time. IGBTs are ruggedized and provide low (<20kHz) to medium (<60kHz) frequency rates for motors, electronic circuit breakers, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and ballast PFCs. IGBTs also provide high frequency (<100kHz) and high voltage (<600V) rates for industrial off-line systems, UPS and PFCs.

Seminar Dates and Locations
Intersil IGBT seminars will take place in Asia, North America and Europe. The dates and locations are as follows:

Asian Schedule

November 30, 1999 – Singapore
December 2, 1999—Hong Kong, China
December 3, 1999—Shenzhen, China
December 6, 1999—Beijing, China
December 8, 1999—Seoul, South Korea
December 9, 1999—Taipei, Taiwan
December 10, 1999—Tokyo, Japan

North American Schedule

January 18, 2000—Seattle, Washington
January 19, 2000—San Jose, California
January 20, 2000—Woodland Hills, California
January 21, 2000—San Clemente, California
January 25, 2000—Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 26, 2000—Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 27, 2000—Cleveland, Ohio
January 28, 2000—Dayton, Ohio

February 1, 2000—Fairfield, New Jersey
February 2, 2000—Long Island, New York
February 3, 2000—Waltham, Massachusetts
February 4, 2000—Rochester, New York
February 8, 2000—Dallas, Texas
February 9, 2000—Austin, Texas
February 10, 2000—Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
February 11, 2000—Melbourne, Florida
February 15, 2000—Raleigh, North Carolina
February 16, 2000—Montreal, Quebec
February 17, 2000—Toronto, Ontario
February 22, 2000—Denver, Colorado

European Schedule

February 29, 2000—Stockholm, Sweden
March 1, 2000—Helsinki, Finland
March 2, 2000—Aarhus, Denmark
March 3, 2000—Manchester, England
March 6, 2000—London, England
March 7, 2000—Vienna, Austria
March 8, 2000—Munich, Bavaria
March 9, 2000—Stuttgart, Germany
March 10, 2000 – Dortmund, Germany
March 14, 2000—Brussels, Belgium
March 15, 2000—Lyon, France
March 16, 2000—Paris, France
March 17, 2000—Zurich, Switzerland
March 20, 2000—Padova, Italy
March 21, 2000—Milan, Italy
March 22, 2000—Madrid, Spain
March 23, 2000—Barcelona, Spain
March 26, 2000—Tel Aviv, Israel

Seminar Registration
To register for an Intersil Asian Industrial Power seminar, contact Intersil’s local sales office. Registration for North American seminars can be achieved on-line at www.intersil.com/seminar/power or by calling 1-888-INTERSIL ext. 2000. For seminar registration in Europe, contact Intersil’s local sales office or register on-line at www.intersil.com/seminar/power. Complete sales office and contact listings are also available on-line at www.intersil.com/seminar/power.

About Intersil Corporation
Intersil Corporation uses analog, mixed-signal, wireless communications and power technologies to develop advanced integrated circuits and power semiconductors for high-growth segments of the communications, power and space/defense markets. Intersil Corporation employs 5,800 worldwide and utilizes the rich intellectual property of more than 1,400 patents. The company's web site is located at http://www.intersil.com.