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Intersil Announces the World's First Four-Channel, Current Feedback Amplifier With 500 MHz of Gain Bandwidth and 5000V/us Slew Rate

    Business Editors/Technology Editors

    MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ:ISIL)

--	EL5462 Offers Very High Performance at Extremely Low Power Consumption
--	Ideal for High-Speed Video and Monitor Applications, Handheld, Portable or Battery-Powered Equipment

    Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ:ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, today announced the EL5462, the world's only ultra-wideband, low-power, four-channel current feedback amplifier featuring a high slew rate of 5000V/us and 500MHz of gain bandwidth on all four channels. With a supply current of just 1.5mA and the ability to operate off a split +/-5V or single 5V to 10V supplies, the EL5462 is the industry's fastest quad amplifier making it highly suitable for space-constrained applications where driving multiple signals in parallel with minimal distortion is required. The device has the ability to drive heavy loads and to replicate even square waves effortlessly because of its super high slew rate.
    "The EL5462 is clearly the industry's fastest, best quality, highest performing and lowest power consuming current feedback amplifier," said Sameer Vuyyuru, director of marketing for Intersil's high speed analog products. "Our customers need to drive high quality video for their products and the EL5462 with its combination of performance attributes makes it ideal for such applications."
    The EL5462 has an improved output stage that provides 100mA output drive on less than 1.5mA power consumption. Available in a 14-pin SO package, the EL5462 operates over the industrial temperature range of -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C. These industry-leading features make the EL5462 ideal for today's high-speed video and monitor applications, handheld, portable or battery-powered equipment.

EL5462 Key Features

-- Bandwidth 500MHz (-3 dB) on all four channels

-- Slew rate 5000V / us into a heavy 150ohm load

-- Power consumption 1.5mA / amplifier

-- Offset voltage 1.5mV

-- Input current 0.5uA

-- Differential gain error 0.05 percent -- Differential phase errors 0.15 percent

Applications

-- Battery-powered equipment

-- Handheld, portable devices

-- Video amplifiers

-- Cable drivers

-- RGB amplifiers

-- Test equipment

-- Instrumentation

-- Current-to-voltage converters

    EL5462 Availability

    The EL5462 is now available in standard lead finish or Pb-free, 14-pin SO packages. The suggested price in 10,000 unit quantities is $1.49 for each IC. To learn more about the EL5462, visit the Intersil Web site at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,0,EL5462,0.html

    About Intersil

    Intersil Corporation, a Nasdaq 100 Index company, is a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog semiconductors. The company's products address three of the industry's fastest growing markets: flat panel displays, optical storage (CD and DVD recordable) and power management. Intersil products include power management devices for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, supervisory ICs, switching DC-DC regulators and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high performance operational amplifiers; data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and rad-hard 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 http://www.intersil.com.

    This release may include "forward looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For information identifying economic, political, climatic, currency, regulatory, technological, competitive and some other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, see Intersil's Safe Harbor Forward Looking Statement disclaimer found at http://www.intersil.com/legal.asp, as well as Intersil's SEC filings as updated from time to time, found at http://www.sec.gov.

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CONTACT: Intersil Corporation, Palm Bay, Fla. John Allen, 321-729-4928 E-mail: jallen02@intersil.com

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