USB microcontroller shrinks into 5mm square BGA

Cypress Semiconductor today introduced the world's smallest high-speed USB 2.0 programmable microcontroller.

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced what it reckons is the world's smallest high-speed USB 2.0 programmable microcontroller.

Cypress is now offering its EZ-USB FX2LP controller in a 56-ball VFBGA (very fine pitch ball grid array) package that measures only 5 x 5mm with 0.5mm ball pitch.

The device, with its diminutive package and the EZ-USB LP family's industry-leading low power specifications, delivers an ideal solution for implementing high-speed USB in small-form-factor and/or battery-powered applications such as mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs and webcams.

The EZ-USB LP family takes advantage of advanced process technology developed by Cypress to slash dynamic and standby power consumption by nearly 50% compared with leading competitors.

As a result of the low dynamic power, peripherals using the new devices can operate from the power of the USB.

The low standby current enables portable USB applications to significantly extend battery life.

"We have established ourselves as the industry leader in USB by consistently delivering the best level of customer service, including reference designs, developer kits and worldwide technical support", said Steven Larky, Managing Director of Cypress's USB product line.

"The new VFBGA package for the EZ-USB FX2LP highlights our focus on serving the growing consumer electronics market and demonstrates the expertise of our packaging engineering team".

The EZ-USB FX2LP has typical current consumption of just 50mA, enabling peripherals to enumerate at well below the 100mA USB-IF bus power specification to offer ample power margins to implement additional features.

Competing solutions typically consume 80-110mA.

The device is a fully integrated peripheral controller, including an 8051 microprocessor, a serial interface engine, a high-speed USB 2.0 transceiver, on-chip RAM and FIFO and a general programmable interface.

Its unique architecture handles all basic USB functions, enabling the host system's microprocessor to focus on application-specific functions and ensuring sustained high-performance data transfer rates.

Featuring a datarate of 480Mbit/s, 16Kbyte of on-chip memory, and up to 40 programmable I/Os, Cypress' EZ-USB FX2LP solution provides world-class design flexibility.

The new EZ-USB FX2LP (CY7C68013A-56BAXC/CY7C68014A-56BAXC) devices are USB-IF certified and in full production.

In addition to the 56-ball VFBGA, the EZ-USB FX2LP is offered in 100- and 128-pin TQFP and 56-pin QFN and SSOP packages.

Pricing in high volumes for the EZ-USB FX2LP starts at as low as $2.95.

Cypress also offers the CY3684 EZ-USB FX2LP development kit to facilitate the design process and speed time to market for customers.

Priced at $495, it is available for download at the Cypress "online store".

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