MILPITAS, California, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Products are Optimized for ESD Protection, Signal Integrity and 
Compact Form Factor

California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced an expansion of
its product portfolio for mobile handsets with the introduction of two new
ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection product families that address the
needs of high speed data interfaces found in many of today's most advanced
handsets. These products deliver robust ESD protection with superior signal
integrity in space saving, low profile packages. The CM1263 family is based
on CMD's highly successful PicoGuard(TM) line of low capacitance ESD
protection products and provides both robust ESD protection and superior
signal integrity for the high speed serial data interfaces that are
increasingly being used for display, imager and data ports. The CM1248 family
is based on CMD's Centurion(TM) process technology and provides high levels
of ESD protection and superior signal integrity for high speed data
interfaces to memory and media cards. Products from both families are offered
in compact, state of the art packages that minimize board space requirements.

Increased Need for ESD Protection

Today's most advanced handset designs typically feature high resolution
color displays and imagers, high speed external data ports and removable
memory and media cards. To address these requirements, handset designers
increasingly employ new high speed serial interface standards including
Mobile Display Digital Interface (MDDI), Mobile Industry Processor Interface
(MIPI), Mobile Pixel Link (MPL) and USB 2.0 to achieve high bandwidth, lower
power, reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) and smaller form factors
for interface cables and connectors. The system chips that enable these
features are fabricated using advanced wafer fabrication processes that are
increasingly susceptible to damage from ESD strikes. Additionally, these
interfaces operate at data rates up to 500Mbps and cannot tolerate the high
levels of capacitance associated with traditional ESD protection solutions
due to signal integrity requirements. CMD's new products have been
specifically designed to address the ESD protection requirements for these
applications while maintaining a high level of integrity.

PicoGuard CM1263 Family

The new CM1263 family of products features 0.85 pF input capacitance and
protects against ESD strikes of up to +/-8kV contact discharge per the
IEC61000-4-2 level 4 standard. The low capacitance of these devices makes
them ideal for protecting emerging interfaces such as MDDI, MIPI, and MPL
that connect the main modules (baseband, application processor, display, and
camera) in a wireless handset while preserving signal integrity. The CM1263
family offers designers layout flexibility with both two and six channel
configurations. The two channel CM1263-02SE is offered in a small form factor
SOT-563 package. The six channel CM1263-06DE is offered in a state-of-the art
0.4mm pitch uDFN package.

Centurion CM1248 Family

The CM1248 family of devices, designed with CMD's Centurion process
technology, is ideal for protecting user accessible media cards, user
interface keys and keypad assemblies which require high levels of ESD
protection and signal integrity, but are less sensitive to capacitance. They
feature robust ESD protection up to +/-18kV contact discharge per the
IEC61000-4-2 level 4 standard, with an input capacitance of 10pF to preserve
signal integrity. Offered in multiple channel configurations with compact
packages that occupy 50 percent less board space than competitive offerings,
the CM1248 arrays provide a very compelling solution.

Layout and Placement Flexibility

                  # of
      Product   channels  Package	  Dimensions (L X I X H)
     CM1263-02SE    2     SOT-553     1.60mm X 1.60mm X 0.55mm, 0.50mm pitch
     CM1263-06DE    6     uDFN	  2.50mm X 1.35mm X 0.50mm, 0.40mm pitch
     CM1248-04S9    4     SOT-953     1.00mm x 0.80mm x 0.45mm, 0.35mm pitch
     CM1248-04QG    4     SuperDFN    1.45mm x 1.00mm x 0.50mm, 0.40mm pitch
     CM1248-04QF    4     SuperDFN    1.25mm x 1.00mm x 0.50mm, 0.50mm pitch
     CM1248-08DE    8     uDFN	  1.70mm x 1.35mm x 0.50mm, 0.40mm pitch



Pricing and Availability

Sample pricing for the CM1263-02SE and CM1263-06DE are US$0.12 and
US$0.22 each respectively at 1,000 unit quantities. The CM1248-04S9,
CM1248-04QG, CM1248-04QF are priced at US$0.10 each and CM1248-08DE is priced
at US$0.20 each at 1,000 unit quantities. All products are RoHS compliant and
currently available for sampling. Mass production is scheduled for Q1 2008.

About California Micro Devices Corporation

California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application
specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the mobile
handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Key
products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital consumer
electronics products such as digital TVs and personal computers as well as
analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate
and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com.

The CMD logo, Centurion and PicoGuard are trademarks of California Micro
Devices. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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