September 24, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Microsemi Corp. (NASDAQ: MSCC), a leading manufacturer of analog mixed signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, is a sponsor of the Umicore Belgian Solar Team in the tenth World Solar Challenge event in Australia from October 24 through October 31, 2009. Participants will compete on a 3,000-kilometer course from Darwin to Adelaide, in cars fueled only by solar energy.

A bronze-level sponsor of the Umicore Belgian team, Microsemi was selected to provide critical solar bypass diodes for power-generation panels in the team’s car, an application not unlike how the company’s products are used in satellite solar panels.

The bypass diodes are part of Microsemi’s extensive portfolio of energy-management products for applications in alternative energy, oil and gas exploration, electric vehicles, energy saving (including intelligent lighting control), and plasma generation for semiconductor, solar cell, LCD panel, and industrial glass manufacturing. In addition to its bypass diodes for satellite solar panels, Microsemi also offers a variety of other solar products including bypass integrated circuits and power modules for solar inverters.

The Umicore Belgian Solar Team consists of 15 individuals including engineering students and graduates of the Group T international university in Leuven, Belgium. The team, which will be competing for the third time in the biennial World Solar Challenge against the world’s top technical universities, took second place in the 2007 competition with an average speed 88.05 Km/h. The competition is generally considered to be the ultimate challenge for solar car builders. The team will be entered in the prestigious Challenge Class race, in which each car must be personally designed — a rigorous test of professionalism, innovation and ingenuity.

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