Intersil named a finalist in EE Times ACE Awards

“We are very proud that Intersil’s ISL317XE family has been selected as an Ultimate Products of the Year Finalist by the readers of EE Times,” said Simon Prutton, vice president and general manager of Intersil’s Analogue and Mixed Signal products group. “Intersil consistently works to design products that illustrate the company’s strengths in high-performance analogue innovation, and we are very happy that this family of transceivers is recognized as a standout among the competition.”

The ISL317XE family provides maximum reliability of exposed transmitter and receiver pins with IEC61000 ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection that allows customers to develop the most rugged systems possible. +15kV ESD protection on the I/O pins and >7kV HBM on all other pins in Intersil’s ISL317XE family provide a high degree of reliability in both manufacturing and end consumer applications and eliminates the need for external protection circuitry. The devices come in space-saving MSOP (mini small-outline package) sizes that allow designs to drop old 8- and 14-lead SOIC transceivers. The 8-lead MSOP package provides a 50 percent board space savings over 8-lead SOIC packages and Intersil’s 10-lead MSOP package saves 70 percent over old 14-lead SOIC package options.
EE Times ACE Awards are presented in 18 categories and are judged by a blue-ribbon panel of industry experts, comprised of the leading voices of academia, industry and Wall Street executives. The judges will choose winners in seven categories. Winners in the additional 11 categories are either peer-to-peer or editorially selected.

“This year’s ACE Awards finalists mark a shift in the industry, as the electronics industry becomes more focused on creating technologies attractive to consumers – from educational toys, to microphones, cell phones and light sensors,” said Brian Fuller, editor in chief, EE Times. “The 2007 finalists represent the execution of forward-thinking technologies and creativity that captures the imagination of consumers, illustrating the influence that electronics and embedded design professionals have on today’s culture.”
The EE Times Annual ACE Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on April 3, 2007, as part of CMP Technology's Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.