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THAT Corp's headquarters in Milford, MA
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THAT
Corporation’s mission is to provide best-in-class technology solutions
to design engineers in the form of analog integrated
circuits or as licensed TV-audio intellectual property. We
accomplish this through a combination of careful, innovative designs,
quality-conscious manufacturing and superior customer service.
The company is headquartered in
Massachusetts, with offices in Tokyo and Silicon Valley, and is best
known for its line of integrated circuit voltage controlled amplifiers (VCAs)
used throughout the professional audio industry.
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THAT Corporation's Milford staff
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The company was founded in April of
1989 by senior managers and engineers from dbx, Inc., the
world-renowned audio engineering company whose developments included the
first high-performance integrated VCA, Emmy-award winning BTSC dbx-TV
Noise Reduction technology, and the first integrated 20-bit
analog-to-digital converter. The founders and others within the senior
management team participated in these accomplishments, and have made
this heritage of innovation and engineering excellence an integral
part of THAT Corporation's philosophy and culture.
Originally formed through a management
buyout of the dbx OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) division, it
has expanded the range of
its products and services to include these distinct categories:
Integrated
Circuits dbx-TV
Audio Licensing IC Foundry
Services
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THAT Corporation's Milpitas Staff
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THAT Corporation is concentrating its
current design efforts specifically on analog audio input and output
ICs to complement our voltage controlled amplifiers, rms detectors and
Analog Engines. These components are designed to be manufactured using "dielectric
isolation" (DI) fabrication, an advanced process technology that provides
higher device-to-device breakdown voltages, better isolation between individual
transistors, and faster speeds. THAT's requirements in this area,
coupled with the company's desire to control quality, time to market,
and the underlying process variables in all phases of its IC
production, led to the acquisition of its own semiconductor fabrication facility.
This four-inch wafer foundry gives THAT Corporation the only IC production facility focused
primarily on high-performance audio components. The fab and its associated
offices in Milpitas, California give THAT a strong presence in Silicon Valley and the West
Coast in general, where many of its major customers are located.
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THAT Corporation's dbx-TV Licensing Staff
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THAT Corporation holds an extensive
patent portfolio in TV audio technology, including key patents covering noise reduction
technology for use in TV audio broadcast and reception. The company derives significant income from
the licensing of this technology to consumer electronics
and IC manufacturers of encoders and decoders worldwide, including those in the Pacific Rim, and has an office in Tokyo, Japan to
manage its business in that region. THAT licenses
digital Verilog® code for all legacy TV audio standards: BTSC, NICAM, A2,
EIA-J and FM Stereo, including professional- and
consumer-grade encoding and decoding technology for many of these systems.
Our licenses include access to our extensive patent portfolio, as well as
state-of-the-art lab facilities.
THAT Corporation maintains a focus on
high-quality engineering for audio electronics. Through its integrated
circuit products, the company contributes to the welfare and
knowledge base of the entire pro audio community. We are an active
participant in audio industry activities.
THAT Corporation continues to
provide the best of integrated and licensed electronics to
leading professional audio and industrial manufacturers worldwide.
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