Catalyst Semiconductor Launches Three New Families of Voltage Supervisors With Industry’s Broadest Selection of Embedded Memory

CAT130xx, CAT140xx and CAT150xx Supervisors Offer Microwire, I2C and SPI Serial Interface With 1-, 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbits of Embedded EEPROM

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS), a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, today launched three new families of voltage supervisors with the industry’s broadest selection of embedded memory. The CAT130xx supervisor family offers 1-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM with Microwire serial interface. The CAT140xx and CAT150xx provide 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM with I2C and SPI serial interface protocols, respectively.

The three new Catalyst voltage supervisor families offer seven reset threshold voltage options from 2.32V to 4.63V to support 2.5V, 3V, 3.3V and 5V systems. The reset function is available with either CMOS active low or CMOS active high output options.

“Catalyst is the first company to offer such an extensive range of embedded EEPROM memory and supervisor combinations,” said Scott Brown, Vice President of Marketing for Catalyst Semiconductor. “Now designers have a choice of integrating a voltage supervisor with any serial EEPROM from 1-kbit density up to 16-kbits to achieve the exact solution needed for the specific application.”

Product Features

-- Seven threshold voltage options: 4.63V, 4.38V, 4.00V, 3.08V,
2.93V, 2.63V, 2.32V
-- Active high or low reset, valid reset guaranteed at Vcc = 1V
-- Embedded memory selections/interface:
CAT130xx: 1-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM / Microwire
CAT140xx: 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM / I2C
CAT150xx: 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM / SPI
-- Packaging: 8-pin SOIC

Price and Availability

The CAT130xx, CAT140xx and CAT150xx range in price from $0.25 to $0.33 each in 10,000 piece quantities. Samples are now available and projected lead-time for production quantities is currently 6 to 8 weeks ARO.

About Catalyst Semiconductor

Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The Company produces analog and mixed signal products in addition to an extensive range of non-volatile memories. The analog and mixed-signal product lines include Digitally Programmable Potentiometers [DPP(tm)], white and color LED drivers, DC/DC converters, voltage supervisors, linear regulators and I/O expanders. The memory product lines consist of serial and parallel EEPROMs, Flash and NVRAM. Catalyst devices are used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include LCD displays, automotive instrumentation, optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, DIMM modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2000 certified. All Catalyst products are available in “green” lead- and halogen-free versions with full RoHS compliance. For additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor, visit our website at: www.catsemi.com.