Dialog Semiconductor Manages Audio and Power in First Intel-Processor-Based Handset
KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 6, 2005—
Dialog Semiconductor Plc (Nasdaq:DLGS)(FWB:DLG) has
announced that a combined audio and power management IC launched by
the company last year is featured in a new mobile phone handset
claimed to be the first on the market based on an Intel cellular
processor. The handset, launched to consumers by mobile network
operator O2, uses Dialog's DA9011 GSM/GPRS audio and power controller
to provide all the necessary power management and high performance
audio functions for the advanced multimedia phone.
Roland Pudelko, CEO & president of Dialog Semiconductor, said,
"The new phone features the ability to download music direct to a
music player, run several different applications at the same time,
provide video and audio playback, and provide up to 200 hours standby
and four hours talk time. This is exactly the kind of consumer device
that our technology addresses. The DA9011 is helping to manage this
significant demand on the battery using our specialist mixed signal
design expertise, and it utilizes our advanced knowledge of
integrating in the same device high performance audio DACs for
CD-quality music and audio playback."
The DA9011 was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation
to support the Intel(R) PXA800F cellular processor. Connecting
directly to the battery, the DA9011 provides stable, low noise power
supplies for all core circuits within the phone handset, with
additional regulators for enhanced application capabilities such as
Bluetooth(TM) modules, camera modules, and memory cards. It
incorporates Dialog Semiconductor's unique Smart Mirror(TM)
technology, a technique which uses advanced compensation and biasing
techniques compared to conventional regulators to help minimize
quiescent current consumption and optimize power supply rejection
(PSRR) performance.
About Dialog Semiconductor
Dialog Semiconductor develops and supplies power management, audio
and imaging technology, delivering innovative mixed signal standard
products as well as application specific IC solutions manufactured in
CMOS technology for wireless applications. Its technology is also used
in intelligent control circuits in automotive and industrial
applications. Dialog Semiconductor Plc is headquartered near
Stuttgart, Germany with additional design facilities in the UK, the
USA, Austria and Japan. The company is listed on the Frankfurt
(FWB:DLG) and on the NASDAQ (DLGS) exchanges.
Contact:
Dialog Semiconductor
Birgit Hummel, +49-7021-805-412
Email Contact
Fax: +49-7021-805-200
www.Dialog-Semiconductor.com
