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Intersil Introduces Current Feedback Amplifier Family With Industry's Highest Performance-to-Power Ratio
-- Wide bandwidths and fast slew rates at very low power consumption make new Elantec® EL516X op amp family perfectly tailored for handheld, portable and battery-powered applications
MILPITAS, CA, September 3, 2003 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today introduced six new current feedback amplifiers (CFAs) for high-speed video and monitor applications requiring low power consumption. The latest addition to Intersils new high-speed operational amplifier portfolio, the Elantec® EL516X family includes 200 Megahertz (MHz), 500 MHz and 600 MHz bandwidth amplifiers. Slew rates of 1700 V/us and 4000 V/us are achieved while drawing only 0.85 mA and 1.7 mA of current respectively.
The latest addition to the Elantec op amp family combines high bandwidth and slew rate performance with very low supply current offering customers the best slew rate to power ratio in the industry today, said Sameer Vuyyuru, Intersils director of marketing for video and op amps. Our new EL516X family of single current feedback amplifiers is a perfect fit for todays battery-powered and portable video applications requiring high bandwidth and slew rate performance and very low power consumption. A very high gain-of-2 bandwidth makes this line the fastest in the industry for double-terminated video applications. Many of these new CFAs also incorporate power-saving fast enable/disable that reduces supply current to 100 microamps per amplifier, preserving precious battery run time.
Intersils latest current feedback amplifiers include the EL5160 and EL5161, which feature 200 MHz bandwidths at 3dB and 1700 volt per microsecond (V/us) slew rates while operating from a mere 0.85 milliamp (mA) supply current. Intersils EL5162 and EL5163 offer 500 MHz of 3dB bandwidth and 4000 V/us slew rates while consuming only 1.7 mA of supply current. For very high bandwidth applications, Intersil offers the new EL5164 and EL5165 current feedback amplifiers featuring 600 MHz bandwidths at 3dB and 4000 V/us slew rates while requiring only 5 mA of supply current. All of these devices operate from single and dual supply range of 5 volts to 12 volts. The EL5160, EL5162 and EL5164 incorporate an enable/disable function to reduce the supply current to 100 microamps typical per amplifier.
EL5160/5161 Key Features
- -3dB bandwidth of 200 MHz
- 1700 V/us slew rate
- Gain-of-2 bandwidth: 125 MHz
- 0.85 mA supply current
- HD2 74dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- HD3 50dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- Fast enable/disable (EL5160)
- -3dB bandwidth of 500 MHz
- 4000 V/us slew rate
- Gain-of-2 bandwidth: 233 MHz
- 1.7 mA supply current
- HD2 74dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- HD3 50dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- Fast enable/disable (EL5162)
- -3dB bandwidth of 600 MHz
- 4000 V/us slew rate
- Gain-of-2 bandwidth: 300 MHz
- 5 mA supply current
- HD2 81dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- HD3 74dBc, 5 MHz at 2.5 volts (peak to peak)
- Fast enable/disable (EL5164)
All six parts are available now and prices given are for 1,000 unit volume. The EL5160 with fast enable/disable in an 8-pin SO or a space-saving 6-pin SOT-23 package are $0.68 each; the EL5161 in a 5-pin SOT-23 package are also $0.68 each. The EL5162 with fast enable/disable in an 8-pin SO or a 6-pin SOT-23 package are $1.13 each; the EL5163 in a 5-pin SOT-23 package are $1.13 each. The EL5164 with power-saving, fast enable/disable are $1.23 each; the EL5165 in a 5-pin SOT-23 are $1.23 each. To learn more about Intersils Elantec operational amplifiers, visit http://www.intersil.com/opamps/ About Intersil
Intersil Corporation 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. 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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