Tripath's Digital Audio Amplifiers Chosen by Sanyo For Its Plasma Television Products
Relationships With Sanyo, Sony and Hitachi Position Tripath Amplifiers As the Digital Audio Standard in the Rapidly Emerging Flat TV Market
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Tripath Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: TRPH - news), creators of Digital Power Processing (DPP®), announced today that its Class-T(TM) digital audio amplifiers will be incorporated into several brands of plasma televisions. Most recently, Tripath was chosen to provide high-fidelity sound for Sanyo's new ``Vizion'' plasma screen televisions. Tripath has already begun volume shipment of its amplifier products to Sanyo. This, combined with existing plasma television announcements from Sony and Hitachi, demonstrates that Tripath's technology delivers the high level of quality sound performance required for this market segment.
``The recent adoption of our technology by Sanyo, Sony and Hitachi supports our goal of becoming the 'technology of choice' for the rapidly growing plasma television market,'' said Dr. Adya Tripathi, Chairman, President and CEO of Tripath.
``By establishing these relationships now, Tripath has established itself as an early technology leader in this emerging market.'' Dr. Tripathi added, ``Tripath's Class-T digital amplifiers provide a more energy efficient solution when compared to competing analog amplifiers. This efficiency has allowed Tripath customers to create a powerful, built-in audio system that delivers clear, high-quality sound.''
Sanyo's 32-inch and 42-inch ``Vizion'' plasma televisions feature the Class-T, TA1101B (2 x 10W) digital audio amplifier while the Sony KZ-42HS500 and Hitachi W32-PD2100 feature the Class-T, TA2020 (2 x 20W) digital audio amplifier. Tripath's patented signal processing techniques are combined with a switching mode approach that generates high fidelity sound with significantly lower heat dissipation -- ideal for compact design applications such as plasma screen televisions. |
