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Fairchild Semiconductor's Snubberless Triac Drive Optocouplers Simplify Solid State Relay, AC Motor Control and Lighting Ballast Designs
San
Jose, California – May 6, 2008 – Fairchild
Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) provides designers with an easier way
to design their motor control, power switch and lighting control
applications with random-phase, snubberless triac drive optocouplers.
These products, the FOD420 and FOD4208, feature
a built-in active dv/dt clamp providing best-in-class noise immunity
(dv/dt) of 10,000 V/µs, which is superior to the average dv/dt
rating (1,500V/µs) of monolithic triacs. This superior performance
eliminates the RC snubber network required for lower dv/dt
rated monolithic opto triac drivers and saves valuable design
time and bill of material (BOMs) costs. Their high noise immunity makes
these products ideal for noisy industrial environments because they
offer a more robust solution for isolating solid-state relays, AC motor
controls and lighting ballasts.
Fairchild’s triac drive optocouplers provide 5,000Volts of isolation while controlling the power triacs that switch the load. Therefore, these optocouplers can be used in conjunction with Fairchild’s discrete power triacs such as the FKN08PN60S and the FKPF8N80. Both are part of Fairchild’s comprehensive portfolio of optoelectronic solutions that offer a broad range of package platforms and various input and output configurations to address the challenges of general switching, AC load switching and many other applications.
The FOD420 and FOD4208 products utilize lead-free (Pb-free) terminals and have been characterized for moisture sensitivity in accordance with the Pb-free reflow requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020. All of Fairchild's products are designed to meet the requirements of the European Union's Directive on the restriction of the use of certain substances (RoHS).
| Price (each, 1000 pcs.): | US $1.71 for the FOD420 US $1.89 for the FOD4208 |
Availability: samples available now
Delivery: 6 weeks ARO
Contact Information: To contact Fairchild Semiconductor about this product, please go to: www.fairchildsemi.com/cf/sales_contacts/.
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Note to Editor: For datasheets in PDF format, please
go to:
www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FO/FOD420.pdf
www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FO/FOD4208.pdf
To learn more contact:
Fairchild Semiconductor:
Louise Merriman
Corporate Marketing
1- (800) 341-0392 X 8761
Fax: (207) 775-8161
Email: louise.merriman@fairchildsemi.com
Agency Contact:
Topaz Partners
Paul R. Hughes
18 Commerce Way, Suite 700
Woburn, MA 01801
1-781-404-2416
Email: fairchild@topazpartners.com
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