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World’s Smallest, Thinnest Real-Time Clocks
Up to 73% Smaller and 45% Thinner than the Competition, Intersil’s New ISL12057/8/9 Simplify Design Of Utility E-Meters, Multifunction Printers, Digital Photo Frames and Many Other Devices
MILPITAS, CAJuly 14, 2009 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today introduced three tiny, razor-thin real-time clock (RTC) products that are ideal for low-voltage and portable applications.
The smallest of these breakthrough products, the ISL12057 and ISL12058, require just 2mm x 2mm, a 73% reduction in board space versus their closest competitors. And at only 0.55mm thick, these new 8-lead devices are 45% percent thinner than similar products on the market. The ISL12057 is available in this 2mm x 2mm 8-lead µTDFN plastic package, which offers enhanced ruggedness and durability in portable applications. For added design versatility, the devices are also available in a 3mm x 3mm 8-lead TDFN, and popular MSOP and SOIC package choices.
In addition, the ISL12058 offers package choices in the 2mm x 2mm µTDFN, 3mm x 3mm TDFN, 8-lead MSOP and 8-lead SOIC options.
The ISL12059 is available in the industry-standard SOIC package.
With operation from 1.4V to 3.6V, these new RTCs are ideally suited for battery-powered, portable applications such as remote utility meters, copy/fax/scanner/printers, digital photo albums and hundreds of other applications.
The real time clock and calendar uses an external 32.768 kHz crystal that tracks time by date, year, months, week, and hour, minute or seconds. Multiple selectable alarms allow a flexibility of alarm choices, with outputs for beepers or lights. The calendar is accurate through 2099, with automatic leap-year correction. The two-wire I2C interface in the ISL12057/8/9 is widely used around the world, which simplifies design-in and enhances ease of manufacturability.
The ISL12057/8/9 family of products is Pb-free (RoHS-compliant), pin, and software-compatible with legacy devices for easy design-in.
Pricing and Availability
Pricing starts at $0.92 each in 1,000-piece quantities in all package types for the IS12057, ISL12058 and ISL12059.
For more information please visit: http://www.intersil.com/products/deviceinfo.asp?pn=ISL12058
To view a high-resolution downloadable photo, please visit Intersils photo room at: http://www.intersil.com/pressroom/photoarchives.asp.
About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors. The Company's products address some of the industry's fastest growing markets, such as, flat panel displays, cell phones, other handheld systems, and notebooks. Intersils product families address power management functions and analog signal processing functions. Intersil products include ICs for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, power sequencers, supervisory ICs, bridge drivers, PWM controllers, switching DC/DC regulators, Zilker Labs Digital Power ICs and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; D2Audio products; video and high-performance operational amplifiers; high-speed data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and radiation-hardened 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.
