Elantec's Next Generation Laser Enables 20x R/W

Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNT), an industry leader in high-performance laser driver ICs, today introduced its new EL6248C, a higher-speed laser driver designed to enable higher speed factors in the production of CD-R/W optical disk drives. As part of the Optical Pick-Up Unit (OPU), the technological heart of the CD drive, the EL6248C is one of the fastest and most powerful laser drivers and power monitor amplifiers on the market today. The EL6248C features three current channels needed for the read, erase, and write laser drive power levels, compliant with the industry-standard Orange Specification for CD-R and CD-R/W write strategy disk formats.