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To: DD™ who wrote (7655)	2/19/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Respond to of 20981

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To: DD™ who wrote (7655)	2/19/1998 5:24:00 AM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 20981

<<intratopic>> kuspeak... he is too much, dd. i get such a kick... well, now i do, anyway. by the way, i almost dropped my eye teeth when i saw this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday February 16, 7:55 am Eastern Time SOURCE: Micro Linear Corp. Micro Linear's Dual Filter Is First to Replace Discrete Video Function * New Chip Replaces Last Remaining Discrete Function in Video Products * Device Also Integrates Three Video Amplifiers and Summer Circuit * High Integration Lowers Costs and Improves Image Quality SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro Linear Corp. (Nasdaq: MLIN - news) today announced a dual video filter that replaces the last remaining discrete function in a wide range of video products. The chip's high-integration reduces cost and improves image quality in video systems. The ML6428 replaces up to 16 discrete components that are required to filter the video output in DVD players, set-top boxes, digital cameras, VCRs, PCs, large-screen TVs, etc. The new device also integrates three video amplifiers and a summer circuit. Prior to this chip, engineers had to do a tedious discrete design to meet the stringent filtering requirements needed to clean up digital video after it was converted to analog for playback. Noise ''pickup'' was a problem even in the best discrete designs. The ML6428 tightly integrates its filters and output amplifiers, and as a bonus includes a summer circuit to produce composite video. The tight integration reduces noise which improves image quality. The chip's two 4th-order Butterworth lowpass filters achieve outstanding performance with minimal overshoot and flat group delay. The filters have 1 dB pass band flatness. The filters, also known as reconstruction filters, ''smooth out'' the quantization effect of D/A conversion. Poor filtering and noise cause blinking effects on the television screen. These effects make picture elements such as edges and highlights appear to wink in amplitude as they move across the screen. According to Tony Ochoa, Product Marketing Manager, ''Our chip greatly simplifies the lives of engineers by providing a drop-in replacement for a complex discrete design and finicky high-frequency amplifiers. This device is the last major link in the integration of playback circuitry for digital video. The explosive use of digital video has made playback design a common problem for thousands of engineers.'' The chip reduces board space by integrating 16 discrete components, three video amplifiers and a summer. The device also eliminates the need for the D/A normally used to produce the composite video output by internally generating the signal from the Y (luma) and C (chroma). The two inputs to the chip are Y and C. The outputs include a filtered and amplified Y and C which is known as S-Video. The third output is CV (composite video) which is formed by the internal summing of the Y and C signals. The composite video output is also amplified. All three amplifiers directly drive the standard 75 and 150 ohms cables to monitors and televisions. The Y or C outputs can drive 2V (peak-to-peak) into a 15O ohms load while the CV output can drive 2V (peak-to-peak) into 75 ohms. All three amplifiers have a gain of 2 (6dB) with 1V (peak-to-peak) input levels. Availability and Price The ML6428 is sampling now with production in March. The chip is priced at $ 1.50 for an 8-pin SOIC (Small Outline Integrated Circuit) in quantities of 1,000. Reader Contact Literature Department, Micro Linear Corporation, 2092 Concourse Drive, San Jose, California, 95131 Telephone: 408-433-5200, E-mail: info@ulinear.com Web site: www.microlinear.com Company Background Micro Linear Corporation is a public company that designs, manufactures and markets high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of technology markets that require high-integration, system-level solutions. These markets include local-area networks, voice-band telecommunications, video products, power supplies, motor controls and data acquisition and power management. Micro Linear is an ISO 9002 registered company. SOURCE: Micro Linear Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Quotes and News:Micro Linear Corp (Nasdaq:MLIN - news)Related News Categories: computers, semiconductors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 PRNewswire. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PRNewswire content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of PRNewswire. PRNewswire shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information. Questions or Comments?