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News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor | Subject: FODB100 Microcoupler
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 May 2004
Optocoupler shrinks into BGA packaging
The FODB100 Microcoupler is a novel single-channel optocoupler with a transistor output housed in a BGA package.
The FODB100 Microcoupler is a novel single-channel optocoupler with a transistor output housed in a BGA package designed for consumer electronics, such as chargers, adapters, set-top boxes and appliances, as well as for industrial applications, such as power supplies and motor controls The device's small package size (3.5 x 3.5mm) and low profile (1.20mm maximum mounted height), combined with its very wide operating temperature range (-40 to +125C) meet the demanding requirements of both consumer and industrial products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The single-channel optocoupler consists of an aluminium gallium arsenide infra-red light emitting diode driving a silicon phototransistor.
Featuring high isolation (2500V RMS for 1s) and high current transfer ratio at low input current levels, the Microcoupler is designed for conventional voltage isolation in power system feedback circuits and for isolating signals in high-voltage, electrically noisy environments.
"Fairchild's Microcoupler is at the forefront of surface mount optocoupler technology, which has rapidly progressed from the surface lead-form options of dual-inline packages (DIPs), to small outline packages (SOPs), to mini-flat packages (MFPs), and now to BGAs", said Krish Ramdass, Strategic Marketing Manager for Fairchild's Optocoupler Group.
"The new FODB100, with its unique construction, offers designers not only a wider operating temperature than previous packages, but also the benefits of significant size reduction".
Fairchild's FODB100 Microcoupler is the first in a family of BGA-packaged optocouplers that will include dual and multiple channels.
The FODB100 is available in tape and reel quantities of 3000 units.
This lead-free (Pb-free) product meets or exceeds the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020B and is compliant with the European Union requirements, which will take effect in 2005.
UL and VDE safety approvals are pending.
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