California Micro Devices Announces XtremeESD(R) Design Wins for New Sharp Aquos LCD TVs
June 01 2009 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California
Micro Devices (NASDAQ:CAMD) announced that Sharp Electronics
Corporation has selected its CM1234 low capacitance electrostatic
discharge (ESD) solution to protect multiple HDMI(TM) video ports
in eleven new Sharp Aquos series liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs.
The CM1234 design wins include six models of the Aquos E series
full HD LCD TVs and five models of the Aquos BD series LCD TVs.
Designed for the US market, all the models are available now. The
CM1234 delivers robust ESD protection, meeting an exacting
specification of plus or minus 15kV contact discharge, and plus or
minus 20kV air discharge per the IEC61000-4-2 standard, while
providing superior levels of signal integrity. "Sharp has specific
requirements for higher levels of ESD protection combined with
superior signal integrity performance for the HDMI ports," stated
Kyle Baker, vice president of marketing for California Micro
Devices. "Our PicoGuard XS(R) architecture with a unique matched
impedance design that optimizes both ESD performance and signal
integrity was ideally positioned to meet those exacting
requirements." Picoguard XS Impedance Matching The PicoGuard XS
architecture integrates inductors with the ESD diodes to create
fixed point impedance matching for high speed data lines.
Traditionally, system designers compensate for the capacitance of
the ESD protection device by adding external inductance and or
eliminating capacitance under the signal traces. These approaches
add complexity, cost, and are PCB board dependent, limiting the
ability to use multiple board vendors. The CM1234 eliminates the
need for these measures, providing matched impedance with no
external compensation or components required. Compared with current
best in class ESD diode arrays, the CM1234 offers a 40% reduction
in peak clamping voltage and a 15-40% reduction in peak residual
current. About California Micro Devices Corporation California
Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application
specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the
mobile handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer
markets. Key products include protection devices for mobile
handsets, digital consumer electronics products such as digital
TVs, and personal computers as well as analog and mixed signal ICs
for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate and product
information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com/. XtremeESD and
PicoGuard XS are registered trademarks of California Micro Devices
Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective
owners. DATASOURCE: California Micro Devices Corporation CONTACT:
Kyle Baker, Micro Devices Corporation, +1-408-934-3117, Web Site:
http://www.cmd.com/
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