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Intersil Stokes Fire Under MightyMUX Analog Switch/MUX Product Development
-- MightyMUX switches bring the highest performance in the smallest packages~-- Intersil’s high-performance analog switch and development roadmap in place to meet market demand
MILPITAS, CA, January 15, 2003 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, today announced aggressive steps for the continued expansion of its MightyMUX high-performance analog switch line. Intersils MightyMUX switches are carefully designed to offer best-in-class performance, small form factor and low cost points to attack new-world low-voltage low-ON-resistance applications.
A July 24, 2002 report from Selantek ranks Intersil as #2 among analog switch suppliers. The same report indicated that Analog Switching is expected to grow from $179 million in CY02 to over $250 million in CY05. In addition, power supply voltages are on a rapid decline from +/-15 V to sub-3 V, which require different analog process technologies to meet these trends.
Our MightyMUX switch strategy is to design and deliver new high-performance switches to meet emerging and next-generation product development needs, said Mamoon Rashid, director of marketing for Intersils Analog Solutions Products. Our aggressive product roadmap for 2003 and beyond is the result of market research and listening carefully to our customers needs.
Many large segments of new-world applications are based on battery-powered and miniaturized platforms that require low voltage, low ON-resistance and small packaging. In addition to power and size considerations, Intersils new MightyMUX products address the high-performance requirements of precision medical imaging, monitoring, communications and test/measurement instruments. Older switch process technologies just cant meet the physical and electrical requirements of these new-world applications.
Like many standard off-the-shelf products, analog switches and multiplexers are in essence the glue that binds together the larger functional blocks of a complex system by controlling signal and power flow along with functions and interoperation. The larger more complex functional blocks are high-precision converters, processors and ASICs. The precision of these main blocks demands that the glue devices offer the highest performance and quality to ensure that the overall product performance is not degraded or impaired. In addition, standard components offer the designer flexibility for last minute signal timing, configuration, or routing changes.
Many new-world switch applications require low-voltage single source supply operation (3.3 V and below) combined with significant increases in performance and reduction in package size. MightyMUX switch products satisfy these important requirements with industry-leading figures of merit including; guaranteed RON flatness across voltage and temperature, very low nanoampere leakage currents (i.e. <10 nA) to preserve hold times in sample-and-hold-circuits, low nanosecond switching speeds (i.e. 45 ns ON, 15 ns OFF) to reduce propagation delays in timing sensitive applications and very low picocoulomb charge injection (i.e. <5 pC) to maintain signal integrity.
Intersil MightyMUX switches are offered in the board-saving Small Outline Transistor (SOT23) package, the Small Outline IC (SOIC) package, the Mini Small Outline Package (MSOP) and the tiny, near-chip-sized, 3 X 3 mm Quad Flat No-lead (QFN) package. In addition, MightyMUX switches carry a minimum 2000-V ESD rating per Method 3015.7 to help ensure no failures during manufacturing or handling. This combination of features makes Intersils MightyMUX switches ideal for low-power, space-constrained and precision applications.
Intersil is aggressively expanding its broad range of analog switches, multiplexers and crosspoints and has a steady stream of new-product announcements planned throughout the year. The 2003 roadmap is filled with low-voltage, single and dual-supply, high-performance switches in standard configurations (SPST, SPDT, DPDT) from one to four per IC. Many new 4:1 and 8:1 high-performance multiplexers will also be released. For a complete listing of existing switches, multiplexers and crosspoints, visit Intersils Switch and Mux Web site at: http://www.intersil.com/design/switchmux/index.asp About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a global semiconductor leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions. Intersil’s product portfolios address four fast growing markets – flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable), power management and wireless networking. Intersil brings added customer value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that enhance the computing experience for people wherever they live, work or travel. 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
MightyMUX is a trademark of Intersil Americas Inc.
