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October 2004FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
THAT Corp IC Fab
Names New Chief Process Engineer
 MILFORD,
MA – In a move which promises to strengthen THAT
Corporation’s expertise in the manufacture of integrated circuits
for the professional audio market, the company has announced the
appointment of Dick Thornton to the position of Chief Process
Engineer.
As Chief Process Engineer
Dick will be responsible for all aspects of our wafer processing. He
will be in close contact with the design engineers in Milford, working
with them on new IC layouts, yield improvements and process
development. On a daily basis he will support the production employees
at the fab, write process specifications and assist in the training of
the operators.
Dick has 20 years experience
in engineering in the semiconductor industry. After a start at
National Semiconductors, he worked for 19 years in a variety of
functions at the Sipex fabrication facility in Milpitas California
which, not coincidentally, was purchased by THAT Corporation in 1999
and is where most of our ICs are fabricated.
According to Les Tyler, THAT Corporation's
President, "Dick’s long history at Sipex and his hands-on
experience with the DI process makes him a rare and valuable addition
to our IC Fab facility. Dielectric isolation (DI) fabrication, is an
advanced process technology that provides higher device-to-device
breakdown voltages, better isolation between individual transistors,
and faster speeds. The process is critical to the manufacture of our
pro audio ICs and Dick’s expertise with it gives us an important
edge."
Dick and his wife, Toni, have two daughters. Dick
is an avid skier, sailor, white water kayaker and mountaineer.
THAT Corporation, founded in 1989, provides
high-performance analog integrated circuits to the professional audio
manufacturer, and is best known for its line of IC voltage-controlled
amplifiers (VCAs) and RMS-level detectors used throughout the pro
audio industry. The company is headquartered in Milford,
Massachusetts, with offices in Tokyo, Japan and Milpitas, California.
In addition to its IC business, THAT also licenses noise reduction
technology to the TV broadcast and reception industries.
For more information contact:
THAT Corporation, 45 Sumner Street, Milford, MA 01757-1656, U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 508 478-9200; Fax: +1 508 478-0990
Email: info@thatcorp.com
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