Date: 05/08/2009

Intersil gained a key noise killing technology by acquiring California based Quellan

Intersil's analog interface IC family has gained a key noise killing technology by acquiring California based Quellan, Inc.

Quellan is known for it's adaptive noise cancellation chips popularly used in products such as mobile phones, datacenter interconnects, laptop computers, GPS devices and game consoles. Quellan's innovative Q:ACTIVE technology provide noise-free signal at reduced power consumption for better signal integrity, improved system throughput and density.

Quellan employs a proprietary Collaborative Signal Processing (CSP) architecture to apply adaptive noise cancellation and equalization within the analog signal domain. This unique approach enables Quellan's ICs to address signal loss, dispersion, skew and noise in high-speed signal processing applications.

"The Quellan products and analog signal processing design expertise in driving high speed signals over long distances are a perfect fit for Intersil," said Dave Bell, Intersil's Chief Executive Officer. "Quellan's Q:ACTIVE technology is complementary to our video and DSL businesses, and we believe it will enable us to further penetrate new and existing high-margin markets."

Copper cables and interconnects which are called active cables embed Quellan noise elimination ICs to increase the cable range by three times compared to passive cables. Quellan's devices are also immune to interference from different noise sources.

"We are very excited to be part of the Intersil family," said Tony Stelliga, Quellan's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Quellan's products are immediately applicable in many of Intersil's existing vertical markets, and we believe will create opportunities in new areas of the analog IC market ," Stelliga said.