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News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor | Subject: FIN224AC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2006
Serialisers improve signal integrity
Fairchild Semiconductor has made key enhancements to its uSerDes technology, providing enhanced ESD protection and reduced EMI.
Fairchild Semiconductor has made key enhancements to its uSerDes technology Using the same footprint and base architecture as its popular predecessor, the FIN24AC, the new FIN224AC offers enhanced ESD protection and reduced EMI
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This innovative approach eliminates the number of wires in an application, simplifying the design and saving space, while also removing problematic electromagnetic radiation from wide, high-speed datapaths.
Fairchild's uSerDes devices are easily adaptable to a wide range of technologies since they offer similar benefits to any application with a small display or camera.
Driven by the high datarate demands of cameras and displays along with the mechanical requirements of clamshell and slider form factors, cellphone designers were the first to adopt uSerDes technology.
"Fairchild has worked closely with our customers to refine our uSerDes technology and produce a device that addresses all their concerns while simplifying converging technologies into even smaller, thinner applications", says Chris Ferland, Fairchild's uSerDes Marketing Manager.
"Fairchild's FIN224AC fulfils an important need in portable applications".
Fairchild's uSerDes is a breakthrough technology embodying the company's focus on high-performance analogue products.
After successfully developing this advanced technology in co-operation with its customers, Fairchild continues to enhance uSerDes devices to meet the requirements of next-generation electronics.
uSerDes devices simplify designs with high-resolution HVGA displays and multimegapixel cameras.
In many designs, this approach also lowers the total solution cost of these high-speed interfaces by reducing connector and flex cable requirements and by eliminating the need for EMI shielding and filters.
The FIN224AC is a lead (PB)-free device that meets or exceeds the requirements of the joint ICP/JEDEC standard J-STD-020C and is compliant with the European Union regulations now in effect.
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