Sipex chooses LTRIM to design ultra low current LDO

Montreal, Quebec – July 6, 2004 - LTRIM Technologies, an innovative leader in CMOS analog virtual components and Laser Fine Tuning technologies, today announced that Sipex Corporation, a semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of high performance, value-added, analog integrated circuits (ICs), has chosen LTRIM to design a new low quiescent low drop out voltage LDO regulator.

Known for its analog IP design expertise, especially for power management, LTRIM will design an LDO for Sipex with ultra low quiescent current. The LTRIM LDO will be housed in a very small package and will include low power consumption, low noise, and high output accuracy. It will also offer good load regulation over the complete military temperature range as well as current limiter and thermal shutdown protection. This combination of features makes the LTRIM LDO perfect for battery-powered applications.

Sipex, which provides ICs to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) doing business in the high-growth markets of networking, computing, communications, and optical storage, specializes in power management ICs. Sipex ICs deliver key benefits to portable power and distributed power applications, providing better power efficiency, increased miniaturization, and more power at lower voltage levels.

Guy Lemieux, LTRIM President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “The LDO we provide to Sipex will provide substantial improvements in price/performance, circuit accuracy, and time-to-market, which is ideal for the company’s OEMs who manufacture small, battery-powered devices. LTRIM’s high-performance power management and other analog IP easily integrates into mixed-signal SoCs and analog chips.”

About LTRIM
LTRIM Technologies is a provider of high-end, high-performance power management CMOS analog virtual component solutions, which can be easily integrated into CMOS Mixed Signal SoCs and Analog chips. In addition, LTRIM Technologies has created and patented a new Laser Fine Tuning technology for standard silicon diffused resistors. More information on LTRIM's products and services can be found at www.ltrim.com.