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Sipex Bolsters Broad RS-485 Portfolio With New Family of Advanced, High Performance Transceivers

   Designed to Be the Industry's Easiest to Use for Demanding Industrial,
           Automation, Motor Control, and Commercial Applications

    MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (OTC: SIPX.PK), --
Sipex Corporation introduces a family of advanced 5 volt RS-485
transceivers. The family features 15kV ESD protection, 1/8th Unit Load for
up to 256 devices per bus, hot swap capability, advanced failsafe
protection, voltage and thermal overload protection, and shutdown. The
family offers a choice of slow, medium or fast data-rates and either
half-duplex, full-duplex or full-duplex with enable/shutdown. Each device
contains one differential driver and one differential receiver. All comply
with both RS-485 and RS-422 EIA Standards and contain an enhanced feature
set designed to simplify the design of robust, high performance RS-485
communication networks. It is available in industry standard RoHS/Pb-free 8
and 14 pins narrow SOIC packages.
    "The introduction of the SP3081E to SP3088E completes Sipex's SP3080E
family and complements an already strong portfolio of RS-485 transceivers.
Sipex is committed to supporting our customers in industrial, automation,
motor control and commercial applications with the most robust and high
performance transceivers," said Rich Kapusta, Vice President of Interface
Products at Sipex.
    Pricing and Availability
    SP3081E -- SP3088E are available now. All Sipex standard products are
available in Pb-free, RoHS compliant packaging. Devices are priced at $0.95
in 1k piece quantities. For more information, technical specifications or
to request samples visit http://www.sipex.com .
    About Sipex Corporation
    Sipex Corporation is an analog semiconductor company that addresses
standard linear and application specific standard products (ASSP) for
customer systems that are primarily targeted at the consumer, networking
and industrial markets. The products are categorized into three synergistic
areas of power management, interface and optical storage. Sipex is a global
company with operations in Asia, Europe and North America. It is the
mission of the company to create innovative analog products that enable
customers to produce differentiated products. For more information about
Sipex, visit http://www.sipex.com .
     For additional information, contact:
     Rich Kapusta, Vice President -- Interface Products
     Tel:  408-935-7627
     Fax:  408-935-7678
     Email:  rkapusta@sipex.com


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    CONTACT:
    Rich Kapusta, Vice President -- Interface
    Products of Sipex, +1-408-935-7627, or rkapusta@sipex.com