NAU88L24 Delivers High Performance Class D output Driver and Industry Leading Headset Detections

SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 15, 2015 – Nuvoton Technology Corp., a leading worldwide provider of consumer-electronics and computer ICs, today introduced the NAU88L24, a flexible, cost-effective stereo-audio CODEC for portable-audio applications, especially optimized for tablet device. The newest member of Nuvoton’s flagship emPowerAudio™ family, the NAU88L24 delivers exceptional audio performance at battery-friendly power levels: 103dBA stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC) signal-to-noise (SNR), and 101dBA stereo analog-to-digital converter (ADC) SNR.

The CODEC also provides a power efficient stereo Class D speaker driver and Class G headphone driver along with powerful headset detection circuitry, which supports jack insertion / ejection, microphone detection, distinct key / short key / long key / key release detection, microphone presence detection, speaker impedance detection, headphone crosstalk detection & suppression.

The advanced on-chip signal processing engine that includes programmable dynamic range compressors (DRC), 5-band parametric equalizer (PEQ), and high pass and notch filter blocks, can maximize audio quality and eliminate any undesirable frequency components.

With its very low power consumption in all key areas, highly flexible power management configuration options, advanced graphical evaluation system and reference audio CODEC driver for Android and Windows OS, the NAU88L24 simplifies designers’ efforts and gets their products to market quickly.

Nuvoton, a former subsidiary of Winbond Electronics Corp, has been shipped for more than one-billion voice and audio chips in the last twenty-plus years. The emPowerAudio™ line was developed to help designers worldwide to successfully develop high-fidelity audio applications, at price points that will fuel growth in high-quality audio in an every-broadening range of portable devices.

"The NAU88L24 reflects a new strategic move by Nuvoton in the high-volume, high-growth portable audio markets, building both on our two decades of providing silicon to the speech and audio markets, and leveraging our proven cost-effective product design and manufacturing capabilities to support our worldwide customers” said CS Lin, vice president of marketing at Nuvoton. “We’re excited to offer our tablet customer a high quality audio solution with feature-rich headset detections to emPower great user experience.”

Applications

• Tablets
• Laptops
• Portable Game Controllers
• Digital Camera and Video
• TV
• Portable Wireless Speakers

Availability, Pricing

NAU88L24 and evaluation systems are available now through all Nuvoton sales channels.

About Nuvoton

Nuvoton Technology Corporation (NTC) was founded to bring innovative semiconductor solutions to the market. NTC was spun-off as a Winbond Electronics affiliate in July 2008 and became public in September 2010 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Nuvoton Technology focuses on development of analog/mixed signal, microcontroller, cloud and computing products and has strong market share in Industrial, Consumer and Computer markets. Nuvoton owns a fab, featuring customized processes for analog, power and MCU products. Besides in-house IC products, the wafer fab also provides part of its capacity for foundry services. Nuvoton Technology provides products with a high performance/cost ratio for its customers by leveraging flexible technology, advanced design capability and integration of digital and analog technologies. Nuvoton offers superior service and continues to realize its vision: “Joy of Innovation”. Nuvoton values long term relationships with its partners and customers and is dedicated to continuous innovation of its products, processes and services. The company has established subsidiaries in the USA, China and Israel to strengthen regional customer support and global management. For more information, please visit www.nuvoton.com.

*Note: Nuvoton and emPowerAudio™ are trademark or registered trademark of Nuvoton Technology Corp, which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other product names that appear in this material are for identification purposes only and are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Product Contact:
Jin Kim
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Nuvoton Technology Corporation America
Email: jkim@nuvoton.com
Tel: +1-408-474-1654

News Contact:
Erin Chou
Nuvoton Technology Corporation
Email: chchou7@nuvoton.com
Tel: +886-3-5770066 ext.31086