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News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor | Subject: FIN324C
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2007
Serdes devices cut power consumption
Second-generation MicroSerDes-uLP (ultra-low-power) series claims the industry's lowest current consumption (4mA at 5.44MHz).
Fairchild Semiconductor has marked a significant milestone in the evolution of its MicroSerDes technology The second-generation FIN324C MicroSerDes-uLP (ultra-low-power) series offers the industry's lowest current consumption (4mA at 5.44MHz), eliminates the need for external timing reference devices and supports dual-displays - helping designers to save battery power, increase design flexibility and reduce part count in the latest cellphones, MP3 players and other small form-factor display applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Fairchild codesigned the new ultra-low-power MicroSerDes with key cellphone manufacturers to meet their specific application requirements including optimising energy consumption and minimising noise for increasingly slim, compact applications", said Michael Fowler, one of Fairchild's technical staff members on the MicroSerDes design team.
"The FIN324C represents a major advancement to the industry-leading first-generation MicroSerDes products that dramatically impacted the market when they were introduced three years ago.
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"In addition to lowering current consumption up to 65%, this second-generation device has the flexibility to support the latest flip cellphone designs incorporating both external and internal displays", Fowler continued.
"As a further boon to designers, the FIN324C retains the same industry-smallest packaging and robust I/O characteristics of the previous generation, enabling smaller designs that are easier to implement.
As a testament to the success of its design, a majority of top cellphone manufacturers are now in production with MicroSerDes devices".
Fairchild Semiconductor's MicroSerDes products are based on proprietary CTL I/O technology that reduces the 24 or 12 LVCMOS signals typically required in ultra-portable designs to high-speed differential serial signals.
This lowers wire count up to 6:1.
Fairchild's truly unique approach greatly decreases the sise of costly flex cables usually used to transfer data, therefore reducing part count and simplifying designs.
The FIN324C offers high ESD protection (15kV) and the industry's lowest levels of EMI (-110dBm) for noise reduction and enhanced reliability.
In addition to the second-generation FIN324C, Fairchild's MicroSerDes family includes a wide selection of devices that are easily adapted to specific portable technologies, including 12 and 24bit versions for optimising image sensors and LCDs, respectively.
The FIN324C is a lead (Pb)-free product that meets or exceeds the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020C and is compliant with European Union regulations now in effect.
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