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Mouser Electronics & Leadis Technology Sign Global Distribution Agreement

February 01, 2009 by Jeff Shepard

Mouser Electronics, Inc. announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Leadis Technology, a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing and developing analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.

Mouser’s Leadis stock includes display drivers, power management ICs, LED drivers, touch sensors, and audio CODECs that enable and enhance the features of mobile and consumer electronic devices. The Leadis LDS8845 4-channel LED driver features ultra low dropout and no noise with a high efficiency current regulator that can drive up to four LEDs. Other advanced products include the PureTouch™ Capacitance Touch IC series. Within that series, the LDS6000 IC features 15 sensor inputs using a single controller and the LDS6020 IC includes integrated keypad LED drivers for lighting effects using a single controller.

Mike Scott, Mouser Vice President of Active Products, stated, "Leadis is truly an innovator in the areas of sight, sound, and touch. For years, design engineers in Asia have trusted Leadis for their cutting-edge, patented products and Mouser can now offer those to customers throughout the world."

"Leadis is very pleased to add Mouser as a distribution partner. We look forward to offering a wide range of Leadis products to Mouser’s broad customer base, from our PureTouch™ family of Touch Controllers to a broad portfolio of LED Driver and Power Management solutions," said Skip Wong, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Leadis Technology. "The LDS6xxx family of Touch Products offers industry-leading low power solutions, contributing to ’green’ compliance for capacitive button, slider, and scroll applications, and the LDS8xxx family of products offer high-efficiency in the 4 and 6-channel LED Driver backlighting, and a Flash/Lamp Driver family targeted at the fast growing market of lighting applications."