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Popular Digitally Programmable Potentiometer (DPP(TM)) Now Available in Ultra-Small 2 x 2.5mm TDFN Package from Catalyst Semiconductor
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, today announced the availability of its popular CAT5114 Digitally Programmable Potentiometer(TM) in an 8-lead 2 x 2.5mm TDFN package, making it the world's smallest non-volatile digital potentiometer. This tiny form factor helps designers further compress board space in today's ever-shrinking portable products which currently use digital potentiometers in larger packages. The CAT5114 in 2 x 2.5mm TDFN can also be used to replace mechanical potentiometers and trimpots in applications including LCD screen adjustment; tamper-proof product calibration; contrast, brightness and volume control; gain adjustment; motor control and feedback systems.
The CAT5114 digital potentiometer is a pin-for-pin replacement for Intersil's X9315, but offers the added choice of the very small 2 x 2.5 TDFN package. The CAT5114 is also functionally equivalent to Intersil's X93154 50k ohm digital potentiometer, with additional 10k ohm and 100 k ohm end-to-end resistance values and a wider supply voltage range (2.5V to 6V).
The tiny CAT5114 is a 32-tap digital potentiometer featuring a user-friendly up/down control interface and non-volatile memory, which retains the wiper setting on system power-down and reinstates the setting when power is returned. The wiper can be adjusted to test new system values without affecting the stored setting.
Product Features
-- 32-position linear taper potentiometer
-- Packaging: 2 x 2.5mm TDFN 8-lead (TDFN 2 x 3mm, TSSOP, SOIC, MSOP, PDIP also available)
-- Resistance values: 10k ohm, 50k ohm, 100k ohm
-- Non-volatile EEPROM wiper storage
-- Increment up/down serial interface
-- Single supply operation: 2.5V - 6V
-- Low standby current
Price and Availability
The CAT5114 digitally programmable potentiometer in 2 x 2.5mm, 8-lead TDFN packaging is priced at $0.75 each in 10,000 piece quantities. Samples are available now. Projected lead-time for production quantities is currently 6 to 8 weeks ARO.
About Catalyst Semiconductor
Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The Company produces analog and mixed signal products in addition to an extensive range of non-volatile memories. The analog and mixed-signal product lines include Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP(TM)), white and color LED drivers, DC/DC converters, voltage supervisors, linear regulators and I/O expanders. The memory product lines consist of serial and parallel EEPROMs, Flash and NVRAM. Catalyst devices are used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include LCD displays, automotive instrumentation, optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, DIMM modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2000 certified. All Catalyst products are available in "green" lead- and halogen-free versions with full RoHS compliance. For additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor, visit our website at: www.catsemi.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements about Catalyst Semiconductor's digitally programmable potentiometer products, including, assertions about product availability and lead times. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to changes in customer demand, unpredictable market demand and interruptions or stoppages in our manufacturing processes and/or those of our foundries and other supply chain vendors, which can impact lead times and product availability. For additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, refer to Catalyst's SEC reports including, but not limited to, the report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 29, 2007.
Editor Notes:
1) Trademark notices: DPP is a trademark of Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc.
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