November 30, 2006 - South Portland, Maine - Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) introduces industry-leading high-voltage gate driver ICs (HVIC) that feature an innovative common-mode dv/dt noise canceling circuit for achieving excellent noise immunity. The FAN7383, FAN7384 and FAN73832 offer savings of at least 50 percent PCB area compared to optocoupler or pulse transformer-based solutions. Their high performance ensures superior system reliability and energy efficiency when compared to similar HVICs on the market. Fairchild’s HVICs are the optimal solution for driving MOSFETs and IGBTs in a wide array of consumer and industrial applications up to 600V. These include inverter motor drives, switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) and electronic ballasts. “Fairchild’s latest half-bridge gate drivers offer designers the flexibility to optimize board space and system performance according to their application’s specifications,” said HK Kim, Fairchild’s vice president, Power Conversion product line. “The feature set of these high-performance HVICs includes 8-DIP, 8-SOP and 14-SOP packages and also options for shut down, dead-time control and short-circuit protection.”

Industry-leading benefits include:

• System reliability - Fairchild’s HVICs feature advanced level-shift circuitry for industry-leading, high-side driver operation with negative VS swings of up to -9.8V (at V_BS = 15V). This results in the devices’ unique ability to eliminate an extra diode, unlike other HVICs on the market. In addition, Fairchild’s HVICs provide excellent noise immunity by utilizing a common-mode dv/dt noise-canceling circuit;
• Power savings - These devices boast the industry’s lowest quiescent currents for extremely low power consumption, a particularly important feature in motor applications; and
• Stable performance - Exhibiting the market’s lowest temperature dependency, achieved by optimizing the internal circuit design, these HVICs deliver full functionality at either cold or hot ambient temperatures, which guarantees stable performance in a wide range of applications.

These lead (Pb)-free devices meet or exceed the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020C and are compliant with European Union regulations now in effect.

Product	Output Current (milliamp)		Offset Voltage (V)	Quiescent Current (microamp)		Shut Down	Dead-Time Control	Short-Circuit Protection	Package	Price (each) US$ 1K pcs
	Source	Sink		IQBS	IQCC
FAN7383	350	650	600	35	650	Yes	Variable	No	14-SOP	0.78
FAN7384	250	500	600	50	600	yes	Fixed	Yes	14-SOP	0.80
FAN73832	350	650	600	35	300	Yes	Variable	No	8-SOP/8-DIP	0.78

When combined with Fairchild’s advanced MOSFETs, IGBTs and small-signal discretes, Fairchild’s half-bridge gate drivers offer designers a complete half-bridge solution. For more information about Fairchild’s offering of industry-leading HVICs, please go to: www.fairchildsemi.com/hvic.

	Price:	(see table above)
	Availability:	Samples available now
	Delivery:	12 weeks ARO
	Contact:	To contact Fairchild Semiconductor about these products, please go to: www.fairchildsemi.com/cf/sales_contacts/

For information on other Fairchild products, design tools, and sales contacts, please visit: www.fairchildsemi.com. Note to editors: Datasheets for these products can be found at:

	FAN7383: www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FA/FAN7383.pdf
	FAN7384: www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FA/FAN7384.pdf, and
	FAN73832: www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FA/FAN73832.pdf.