The following press release was published on Business Wire on April 22:
IMP ELECTROLUMINESCENT LAMP DRIVER INCREASES DRIVE VOLTAGE BY 60 PERCENT
The first two paragraphs of the release state:
SAN JOSE, CA., April 22, 1999 -- IMP, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMPX), a global leader in Electroluminescent (EL) drive technology, today added the IMP527 Electroluminescent lamp driver to its Power Management analog integrated circuit (IC) product family. Combining 1.5-volt battery operation with high, 180-volt, peak-to-peak AC drive, the IMP527 is IMP's fourth proprietary EL lamp driver released in the past year. The high-voltage EL lamp driver allows pager and cellular phone display screens to be brightly backlit by electroluminescent lamps. EL lamp brightness increases with drive voltage. The IMP527 output voltage is 60 percent higher than the IMP525, which also operates from a single 1.5-volt battery.
"The IMP527 targets applications that must operate from a single 1.5-volt battery cell and that need brighter displays for readability of large displays," said Barry Wiley, IMP vice president of marketing, sales and applications. "With the IMP527 we have increased lamp drive voltage by 60 percent over the IMP525, IMP's first 1.5-volt input El driver. Our EL driver family gives the design engineer a wide set of price, package and performance points to select from."
The full text of this release is posted on the IMP website at impweb.com
Statements in this press release regarding IMP's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to demand for the Company's products, foundry utilization, the ability of the Company to develop, manufacture and market new products, demand by end-users for the products produced by the Company's customers, and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. |
