NEC Electronics Announces
L Series MCUs for On-Chip LCD Driver and Consumer Applications
KAWASAKI,
Japan, SANTA CLARA, Calif., DÜSSELDORF,
Germany, August 8, 2005 — NECElectronics Corp. (TSE: 6723), a leading
semiconductor solutions provider today announced the latest addition to its line
of industry-leading 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) products, the L Series (78K0/Lx2)
series of MCUs. The L Series MCU series features a broad range of 36 product
configurations, with many memory, peripheral and packaging options. L Series also
incorporates an integrated LCD display driver/controller and in-application
self-programming flash capability. Theses are features that support the
requirements of the consumer appliance, home health care, HVAC, sprinkler and
security system applications.
“Semiconductors continue to
drive down into the most common consumer applications, replacing traditional
analog or mechanical systems with digital electronics,” said Shigenobu Ishikawa,
general manager, multipurpose microcomputer systems division, 4th Systems
operations unit, NEC Electronics Corporation. “Accordingly, NEC Electronics
offers a range of lowcost, high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers to serve this
growing market. We augment our existing offering with today’s announcement of
the 78K0/Lx2 series of MCUs, a high-performance yet low cost family of products
that offer various features and peripherals that makes the series ideally suited
for consumer applications.”
The MCUs in the L Series
feature an integrated LCD display driver/controller for powering displays with
up to 160 segments. Integrating the display driver onto the controller reduces a
system’s component count and power consumption. The MCUs are available in
configurations supporting up to 128KB of flash memory and up to 7KB of RAM. The MCUs’ flash memory allows for in-application self-programming,
enabling easy rewrite program capabilities. The L Series MCUs provide a fast
wake-up time, typically only 5 microseconds from stand-by mode to full-speed
operation. The series also supports a variety of peripherals designed to provide
safe operation of products using these MCUs, including power-on-reset,
low-voltage indicators and POC. The MCUs in the L Series also feature a wide range
of operating voltages, from 1.8V to 5.5V.
L Series employs NEC
Electronics’ advanced 0.15-micron process technology, and SuperFlash® technology
licensed from Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST).
Availability
Samples of L Series MCUs will
be available in September, with mass production scheduled to begin in January
2006. Availability is subject to change.
About NEC Electronics
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products
encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and
broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handset, PC
peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and multi-market solutions
for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 26
subsidiaries worldwide including
NEC Electronics America, Inc.
and NEC Electronics (Europe)
GmbH. In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics
products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and
NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland, respectively.
Additionally, NEC Electronics America for North America and NEC Electronics
Europe for Europe are the sales and marketing channels of NEC AM-LCD modules.
For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit
www.necel.com.
About Sunrise
Sunrise Electronics is the only dedicated franchised distributor in the UK
electronics market and provides a high level of technical design support to
customers for the whole range of NEC semiconductor products including
microprocessors, microcontrollers and ASICs as well as memory and colour LCD
panels. The field sales team is technically qualified to ensure total support
from design concept through to purchasing.
Sunrise is a direct ship
distributor. The majority of shipments are delivered directly to customers from
NEC’s own ISO9000 warehouse. This ensures reduced handling, correct packaging;
especially for fine pitch surface mount devices requiring vacuum sealing,
factory fresh product and timely deliveries.
