The MIC5370 and MIC5371 integrate two, high performance LDOs that offer exceptional transient response while requiring only small and inexpensive 1uF ceramic capacitors. In addition, the MIC5371 offers an auto discharge function. Both the MIC5370 and MIC5371 offer full protection circuitry including current limit and thermal shutdown protection, and an operating junction temperature range of -40 degreesC to 125 degreesC.

About Micrel, Inc.

Micrel Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, CA, with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: http://www.micrel.com.

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This Thursday, 6th November, 2008, Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, launched a new family of dual low dropout voltage linear regulators. The MIC5370 and the MIC5371 are part of a new family of dual LDOs offering low dropout voltage of 155mV@150mA, more than 60db Power Supply Ripple Rejection and low quiescent current 32AuA, in a very compact form factor. This family is offered in a small 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm 6-pin leadless thin MLF package making it ideal for today's most advanced portable applications including cellular phone RF power, camera modules, imaging sensors for digital still and video cameras, PDAs, portable media players and PC cameras. The MIC5370 and MIC5371 are currently available, with pricing starting at $0.26 for 1K quantities. Samples can now be ordered online on Micrel's web site.

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"Today's portable applications continue to converge features, while demanding improved operating times from a single battery charge," noted Andy Khayat, Micrel's director of marketing for portable power products. "Micrel's new MIC5326/27/37 family of low quiescent current LDO regulators gives customers the perfect solution where small footprint and maximum battery life are key factors."

The MIC5326/27/37 family provides transient response to any load change condition, while still maintaining high PSRR. The devices achieve this in spite of consuming just 24 micro Amps of quiescent current in a small, thermally-enhanced Thin MLF package.

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"The MAQ5280 solidifies Micrel's foothold in the expanding LDO automotive market by introducing the industry's first 120V LDO," said Andrew Cowell, Micrel's vice president of Analog. "This product is fully automotive qualified and presents Micrel's first dedicated product aimed at the growing automotive market."

The MAQ5280 has an adjustable output voltage capable of providing voltages between 1.215V and 5V and can provide power for a wide variety of devices within an automotive system, all without the need for any protection circuitry. The MAQ5280 also has reverse battery protection down to a DC voltage of -24V and an ultra-high PSRR of greater than 80dB, thereby providing customers with an LDO that delivers outstanding performance. The MAQ5280 is a very robust IC that offers protection features such as thermal shutdown and current limit protection. It also gives designers high output voltage accuracy of +/- 1.5 percent initial accuracy, +/- 2.5 percent over temperature and is offered in an exposed pad SOIC-8 package allowing for greater heat dissipation. The IC features an operating junction temperature range of -40-deg C to 125-deg C and is an AEC-Q100 qualified part, the company noted in a release.

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