Fairchild Semiconductor Completes Purchase of Data Conversion Business of Signal Processing Technologies, Inc.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine--April 1, 2002--- Acquisition Adds Leading-Edge Converter Products in Analog Signal Chain Applications
- Business was a Component of Toko, Inc., a Multinational Corporation Based in Japan
Fairchild Semiconductor International today announced it has completed the acquisition of Toko, Inc.'s data conversion business and its design center, Signal Processing Technologies, Inc. (SPT), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition adds to Fairchild's growing Analog and Mixed Signal product offering. SPT designs analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and comparators for multi-market products that focus on the high end of the resolution/speed curve.
Fairchild will combine the SPT technologies and Fairchild's world-class manufacturing processes to cost effectively produce these products for the emerging high-end consumer market.
Key product applications are in:
| - | Video / Imaging for use in medical ultrasound, professional broadcast video, high-end consumer video and infrared imaging; |
| - | Communications, particularly in cellular base stations and infrastructure, data transmission over cellular infrastructure, wireless local loops, satellite communications and over wireless asynchronous transmission mode; and |
| - | Instrumentation including lab equipment, radar, automated test equipment memory testers, and digital oscilloscopes. |
"This acquisition will deepen Fairchild's penetration into growing product applications, particularly in the consumer, communications and instrumentation fields," said Kirk Pond, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Fairchild Semiconductor. "In five short years, Fairchild has developed its analog products business from zero to more than $300 million annually. This acquisition adds key products to our analog portfolio and will further drive our analog success story. This is another step in Fairchild's two-pronged strategy to grow through acquisitions and new product development."
"We're excited to have these leading-edge products in our portfolio, as they allow us to increase our position in key signal chain applications," said Keith Jackson, vice president and general manager of the Analog and Mixed Signal Business Group at Fairchild Semiconductor. "Combining SPT's high speed and high resolution analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters with our emerging signal conditioning product family, increases Fairchild's overall ability to participate in applications not available to us previously."
SPT is a subsidiary of Toko, Inc. With worldwide operations based in Japan, the Toko Group is a multinational manufacturer of electronic components, subassemblies and systems.
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