Product category:
Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor | Subject: FCAS50SN60
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2005
Power module beats as it sweeps
Fairchild Semiconductor has developed the first smart power module specifically for driving single-phase switched reluctance motors for vacuum cleaners.
Fairchild Semiconductor has developed the first smart power module specifically for driving single-phase switched reluctance motors (SRMs) for vacuum cleaners Fairchild's new 50A-rated FCAS50SN60 smart power module integrates a high-voltage IC (HVIC) and low-voltage IC (LVIC), IGBTs, fast recovery diodes and a thermistor in an ultracompact (44 x 26.8mm) mini-DIP
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compared with typical discrete solutions, Fairchild's FCAS50SN60 reduces power circuit space by up to 40%, enabling designers to incorporate the controller into the SRM assembly.
This compact solution greatly reduces overall system size while simultaneously enhancing reliability.
"Fairchild's one-of-a-kind smart power module, the FCAS50SN60, enables very compact and high-performance SRM drives in vacuum cleaner designs", said Taehoon Kim, Vice President of Fairchild's High Power Product Line.
"This smart power module is an example of Fairchild's expertise in understanding when to integrate different technologies and streamline existing ICs with advanced packaging technologies to meet the needs of the rapidly growing consumer appliances market".
The UL-certified FCAS50SN60, with its built-in HVIC, provides an optocouplerless, single-supply IGBT gate driving capability that further reduces overall system size, and its integrated undervoltage lockout (UVLO) and short-circuit (SC) protection ensures excellent reliability.
The FCAS50SN60's optimised switching speed meets electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements.
In addition to saving space, the SPM's mini-DIP package provides extremely low thermal resistance (0.9C/W).
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