California Micro Devices Introduces New LuxGuard(TM) ESD Protection Solution for High Brightness LEDs

September 20th, 2009 BOSTON - - XtremeESD(R) Protection, Praetorian(R) EMI Filtering, HDMI(R) and other Interface Protection Solutions Featured California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will showcase its broad range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at the Embebbed Systems Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on September 22nd and 23rd. These solutions are well suited to a wide range of applications, such as embedded and industrial computing as well as consumer electronics.

August 23rd, 2009 MILPITAS, California - - CM1457 Establishes New Benchmark for EMI Filter Performance for Advanced Multimedia and Smart Phones California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced the CM1457 family of inductor based electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters for mobile handsets. With traditional filter architectures, there is a tradeoff between low levels of capacitance -- which are necessary to achieve higher cutoff frequencies -- and reduced levels of filter attenuation.

August 18th, 2009 SAN RAMON, California - - Enhancements to standard help create smart homes The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the certification of 17 devices from 10 manufacturers using ZigBee Home Automation, plus enhancements to the public application profile. ZigBee Home Automation is a standard offering control for home appliances, lighting, environment, energy use, and security.

August 17th, 2009 MILPITAS, California - - Second Generation Device Features Higher Performance, Smaller Size and Lower Price California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today introduced the latest ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection device in the XtremeESD family utilizing the PicoGuard (R) XS architecture, the CM1238. It provides 8 channels of ESD protection that meet + -15kV contact discharge, and + -20kV air discharge per the IEC61000-4-2 standard as well as the 100 Ohm differential impedance matching requirements of the HDMI(R) 1.3a and DisplayPort(TM) digital video standards.

August 17th, 2009 MILPITAS, California - - CM6100 Provides Robust ESD Protection for Mobile Handsets and Other Portable Applications California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced the PicoGuard CM6100, a low capacitance electrostatic discharge (ESD) device providing two channels of 15 kV protection for USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interfaces and for LVDS (low voltage differential signal) and emerging serial interfaces such as MIPI(R) (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) used in handsets and other mobile devices. The CM6100 is based on CMD's PicoGuard line of ESD protection products, providing industry leading low levels of dynamic resistance, clamping voltage and insertion loss.

July 6th, 2009 MILPITAS, California - - CM1624 Provides Excellent EMI Suppression, Lowest Line Capacitance and Robust 15kV ESD Protection California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced the CM1624, an application specific microSD (micro Secure Digital) interface protection filter for mobile and computing devices. The popular microSD flash memory card is increasingly used in portable devices to allow users to store or use data across different devices.

April 29th, 2009 SANTA CLARA, California - EDN Hosting 'Designing with LEDs Workshop 2009' in Santa Clara California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its innovative LuxGuard(TM) family of total turnkey solutions for ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection and thermal management for high power, ultra high brightness LED (light emitting diode) lighting applications at EDN's "Designing with LEDs Workshop 2009" in Santa Clara, California, on April 30. A pioneer in the development of ESD protection circuits for high power ultra high brightness (UHB) LED applications, CMD has shipped more than 300 million units to customers since 2001.

April 26th, 2009 TAIPEI, Taiwan - MDDI, Bridge and MIPI(R) High Speed Serial Display Controllers to be Highlighted California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its display controller solutions based on the Mobile Digital Display Interface (MDDI) and Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI(R)) high speed serial interface display standards for mobile handset and MID (Mobile Internet Device) applications at the International Display Manufacturing Conference/3D Systems and Applications/Asia Display 2009 (IDMC/3DSA/Asia Display '09) from April 28 through 30. Allen Tung, CMD's display controller applications manager, will deliver two presentations on April 29 and 30.

March 29th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - XtremeESD(R) Protection, Praetorian(R) EMI Filtering, HDMI(TM) 1.3 and other Interface Protection Solutions Featured California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its broad range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at ESC Silicon Valley 2009 in San Jose, California from March 31 through April 2. These solutions are well suited to a wide range of applications, such as embedded and industrial computing, and consumer electronics.

March 15th, 2009 MILPITAS, California - Ideal for High Power and Ultra High Brightness Lighting Applications California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced the availability of the LuxGuard family of turnkey solutions for ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection and thermal management for high power, ultra high brightness LED (light emitting diode) lighting applications. The LuxGuard family of protection solutions includes both LED submounts that deliver robust ESD protection and enhanced thermal management capabilities and side mounts which offer superior ESD protection for customers that utilize ceramic submounts.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - The development of a new generation of white organic LEDs (Light-emitting diodes) could become the source of choice for homes, offices and even computer displays. LEDs are preferable for many applications because they convert electrical energy into photons so efficiently.

September 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist is aiming to develop a high-performance, low-cost green LED (Light-emitting diode). According to Christian Wetzel, professor of physics and the Wellfleet Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), "Going green means different things to different people.

August 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - You may soon get to enjoy facilities like flexible high-resolution home theatre displays, wearable health monitors, and biomedical imaging devices because scientists are working on a novel process for creating new classes of lighting and display systems. John Rogers, the Flory-Founder Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, has revealed that the new process is all about creating and assembling ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - High interest rates coupled with an uneven spread of micro-financial institutions are among the major reasons for credit still not being available to a sizable portion of the underprivileged, experts said Tuesday. 'There is an uneven spread of the micro-finance movement,' B.P.

April 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a bid to produce cheap and efficient white light for use in homes and offices, scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have taken a major step towards developing a new type of light emitting diode (LED) made from inexpensive, plastic like organic materials. Designed with a simplified "tandem" structure, the new LEDs can produce twice as much light as a normal LED, including the white light desired for home and office lighting.

April 9th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian researchers have developed the world's first flying micro-robot that can manipulate objects, particularly during surgeries, for micro-scale applications. The invention provides researchers with more control over micro-scale manipulation, allowing them to move and place tiny objects with far greater precision, said Waterloo University - where an engineering research team developed the device.

September 18th, 2009 Kepler Mission is NASA's current mission which is reportedly going to last for four years. The mission is to be carried out by NASA and its major objective is to find planets like Earth through this mission.

May 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cyclohexanone, a chemical commonly used in the production of plastic devices like intravenous (IV) bags and catheters, weakened heart beats by 50 percent in rats. Artin Shoukas' personal experience with coronary bypass propelled his search for a root cause for the loss of taste.

June 11th, 2009 Taiwan invited to light up Chinese citiesTAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese officials have invited Taiwanese companies to supply selected mainland cities with ultra-bright, energy-saving LED lights, the latest in a series of big business deals between the rivals. At a two-day conference that ended Wednesday, Chinese delegates asked leading Taiwanese light-emitting diode makers to participate in a mainland project to light up 10 cities with cutting-edge LED street lights.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that a form of carbon called graphene has an electronic structure that can be controlled by an electrical field, a finding that may pave the way for a host of tunable electronic and photonic devices-such as transistors, LEDs and lasers. Principal author Feng Wang, UC Berkeley assistant professor of physics, claims that this is the first ever demonstration that bilayer graphene exhibits an electric field-induced, broadly tunable bandgap.