Fairchild Semiconductor brings cell phone, digital camera and portable designers two memory switches, the FSSD06 and FSSD07, that expand communication between peripherals such as Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital I/O (SDIO) and Multimedia Card (MMC) to common processors.

Fairchild Semiconductor video filter supports the emerging 1080p standard for High Definition LCD-TVs, Blue Ray DVD players and set-top boxes. The FMS6303 offers designers of these applications the widest flexibility in an integrated video filter available today by providing selectability from Standard Definition all the way up to 1080p HD.

Fairchild Semiconductor will address China’s design engineers, technology leaders, journalists and industry analysts at the launch of Global Sources’ IIC-China and Components Zone in Dongguan. Benjamin Tan, vice president, Sales and Marketing, China and South East Asia, will discuss the latest trends in energy efficiency and how semiconductor suppliers can enable increased efficiency in electronic devices.

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of servers, blade servers and routers the industry’s first sub-one mOhm 30V MOSFET in a Power 56 package. This 30V MOSFET, the FDMS7650, functions as a load switch or an ORing FET. In server farms, these ORing FETs are used when many power supplies are arranged in parallel to share the load.

Fairchild Semiconductor enables designers of mobile handsets, ultra-portable devices, consumer products and industrial/embedded systems to implement a blinking LED solution that can easily be programmed to create an enhanced visual experience. Fairchild’s programmable LED blinker, the FAN5646, eliminates the need for a microprocessor to be in continuous operation mode. With proprietary TinyWire single-wire digital interface, the FAN5646 can be ...

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of power supplies, lighting, display and industrial applications a new generation of 600V Super-Junction MOSFETs -SupreMOS. The combination of their low RDS(ON) and total gate charge brings a 40 percent lower Figure of Merit (FOM) compared to Fairchild’s 600V SuperFET MOSFETs.

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of cell phones, medical, portable and consumer applications the industry’s lowest RDS(ON) (75mΩ at -4.5V) 20V P-Channel MOSFET in a 1mm x 1mm WL-CSP package. The FDZ371PZ is designed with Fairchild’s proprietary PowerTrench process technology. This technology yields an exceptionally low RDS(ON), minimizing conduction losses. Through these lower losses, the FDZ371PZ improves efficiency and extends ...

Fairchild Semiconductor has received the Strategic Supplier Award, 2009 from Hisense. Hisense specializes in designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, its main products are televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, computers and CDMA mobile phones. Sales of flat-panel televisions in China reached 28 million units up to 2008, this year sales are expected to reach 15 million units.

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of smart phones, cell phones, netbooks, medical and other portable applications a single P-Channel MOSFET that enables higher levels of efficiency and a small form factor. The FDZ197PZ offers an RDS(ON) value of 64mOhm at VGS= -4.5V, 15 percent less than alternate solutions. This feature increases efficiency and offers a 1mm x 1.5 mm footprint, reducing board space requirements. Its WL-CSP package provides...

Fairchild Semiconductor made presentations recently at two of China’s most highly respected industry forums: The Digital Home Appliance IC Technology Seminar, Shunde and The Technical Conference for Chinese Power Supply Engineers, Shenzhen. Technologists from Fairchild discussed the latest developments in power supply technologies and applications that target the energy-saving requirements of today’s home appliances.

Fairchild Semiconductor provides designers of portable applications a web-based simulation tool to quickly and accurately assess the performance of advanced load switches in actual application circuits. The IntelliMAX design tool is unlike other simulation tools because it offers an intuitive, user-friendly environment containing models of Fairchild’s advanced load switches in pre-defined application circuits. This feature enables designers to...

Fairchild Semiconductor has announced results of $277.9 million, up 25 percent from the prior quarter and 34 percent lower than the second quarter of 2008. Fairchild reported a second quarter net loss of $24.9 million or $0.20 per share compared to a net loss of $51.1 million or $0.41 per share in the prior quarter and net income of $6.9 million or $0.05 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2008. Gross margin was 23.2 percent compared to 15...

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of set-top boxes, notebooks, netbooks and ultra-mobile portable devices (UMPCs) a new family of advanced load switches, the FPF23xx series. Packaged in a dual configuration, these devices offer the industry’s tightest tolerance (15 percent) current limit protection, simplify design and accelerate the time-to-market window. This tighter tolerance allows designers to reduce the maximum operating threshold ...

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers an industry- leading, dual MOSFET solution that delivers higher efficiency and power density for notebooks, netbooks, servers, telecom and other DC-DC designs. The FDMC8200 integrates an optimized control (high-side) and synchronous (low-side) 30V N-Channel MOSFET into one 3mm x 3mm MLP module – all designed with Fairchild's PowerTrench 7 MOSFET technology.

Fairchild Semiconductor provides the industry’s smallest power management solution for the designers of 3G handsets and wireless datacards. The FAN5902, RF Power DC-to-DC converter, is packaged in a 12 bump, 0.5mm pitch CSP package and operates at 6MHz with a reduced size 0.5uH chip inductor, saving space and component costs.

Fairchild Semiconductor can now provide designers of LCD monitors and TVs, set-top boxes and DVD players with a highly integrated FPS power switch in an 8-DIP package that can handle up to 30W of output power without a heat sink. Eliminating a heat sink allows LCD monitors to be slimmer and reduces the overall cost of the design.

Fairchild brings designers of 3G smartphones, netbooks, set-top boxes and notebooks a module switch that isolates parasitic components to maintain signal integrity. The FSA1211 is a 12-port, single pole, single throw (SPST) analog switch that isolates the high speed bus from parasitic components in dual camera applications. Smartphones feature dual cameras and as these cameras move to higher and higher resolutions, parasitic components play a cr...

Fairchild brings designers of 3G smartphones, netbooks, set-top boxes and notebooks a module switch that isolates parasitic components to maintain signal integrity. The FSA1211 is a 12-port, single pole, single throw (SPST) analog switch that isolates the high speed bus from parasitic components in dual camera applications. Smartphones feature dual cameras and as these cameras move to higher and higher resolutions, parasitic components play a cr...

The Fairchild FAN8060, a 1MHz, 1A integrated synchronous step-down regulator for DC-DC conversion, provides a peak efficiency of over 95 percent. Complementing this strong efficiency, the step-down regulator also offers a fast transient response time that swiftly responds to current fluctuations when there is a sudden change in load. It also features soft-start allowing a designer to start up in a controlled manner to avert over-voltage spikes th...

Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of LED applications a reference design that allows implementation of an AC-input LED lighting system without a secondary-side control circuit and optocoupler. The RD226 is a universal input, 12W LED lighting solution that reduces both the size of the HB LED lamp and saves in bill of materials (BOM) cost.