IFX in Austria Gerhard Nössing fon +43 (4242) 305 6036 fax +43 (4242) 305 6223 Siemensstr 2 A-9500 Villach	IFX in Germany Ralf Sommer fon +49 89 234 26785 fax +49 89 234 9555367 Balanstr. 73 D-81541 Munich
Infineon Technologies AG Infineon, headquartered in Munich, Germany, is one of the leading semiconductor manufacturers in Europe with subsidiaries and design centers all over the world. It develops, produces and provides semiconductor solutions for use in data and voice communications, automotive and industrial electronics, security and chip cards and memory modules. The product spectrum extends from digital signal processors, microcontrollers, high-frequency components, power semiconductors, DRAMs to system-on-chip and embedded solutions. Infineon’s Microelectronics Design Center (MDCA) in Villach / Austria was founded in 1979 and has since grown to a leading R&D facility for Integrated Circuits backed by an experienced stock of many thousands of man-years in designing ASICs. Hundreds of highly qualified engineers contribute to that excellent expertise, mainly in the fields of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and smart power integrated circuits. Special emphasis is directed towards design and test expertise for mixed analog/digital circuits as well as the design of smart power and smart sensor ASICs in power technologies.