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3.0 Product status definitions

Definition of Terms

Data Sheet

Identification

Product Status

Definition

Advance Information

Formative or In Design

This data sheet contains the design specifications for product

development. Specifications may change in any manner without

notice.

Preliminary

First Production

This data sheet contains preliminary data. Supplementary data will

be published at a later date. National Semiconductor Corporation

reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice in

order to improve design and supply the best possible product.

No Identification Noted

Full Production

This data sheet contains final specifications. National Semiconduc-

tor Corporation reserves the right to make changes at any time

without notice in order to improve design and supply the best possi-

ble product.

Obsolete

Not In Production

This data sheet contains specifications on a product that has been

discontinued by National Semiconductor Corporation. The datash-

eet is printed for reference information only.

LIFE SUPPORT POLICY

NATIONAL’S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT

DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL

SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein:

1. Life support devices or systems are devices or systems

which, (a) are intended for surgical implant into the body,

or (b) support or sustain life, and whose failure to per-

form, when properly used in accordance with instructions

for use provided in the labeling, can be reasonably ex-

pected to result in a significant injury to the user.

2. A critical component is any component of a life support

device or system whose failure to perform can be rea-

sonably expected to cause the failure of the life support

device or system, or to affect its safety or effectiveness.

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