The power saving requirements of the 2013 EU eco-design directive ErP Lot 6 requires the maximum power consumption of electronic devices in standby mode to be less than 0.5W. This requirement remains a significant challenge for auxiliary power supply designs in applications such as PCs, game consoles and LED TVs.

Fairchild Semiconductor will hold its third quarter 2011 financial results conference call on Thursday, October 13, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The company will release its third quarter 2011 results that day before the market opens .Listeners can access the conference call by dialing 877-723-9523 (domestic), or 719-325-4867 (international). The conference ID is 2470727. The call is expected to last approximately one hour. A web replay will be available fro...

Fairchild Semiconductor, has been named a winner in Electronic Product Design’s 2011 e-Legacy Awards. Fairchild’s FAN302HL PWM controller for low standby power charger applications was selected as a winner in the Green Product of the Year Category for Exceeding Energy Star Requirements.

Fairchild Semiconductor has been named a winner in the annual Top-10 DC-DC Power Product Awards, hosted by Electronic Products China. This is the seventh time Fairchild has received this prestigious award, after submitting its FAN5400 USB-Compliant Li-Ion Battery Switching Charger for consideration by the panel of judges.

Fairchild Semiconductor today revised guidance for the third quarter of 2011. Fairchild now expects sales to be $400 to $410 million compared to previous guidance of $433 to $446 million. Adjusted gross margin is expected to be in the range of 36.0 percent to 36.5 percent, down from the previous guidance of 36.5 percent to 36.9 percent. We expect R&D and SG&A spending to be about $96 million compared to our previous guidance of $99 million.

Fairchild Semiconductor has announced it will present at the 2011 Citi Technology Conference and the Deutsche Bank Securities' 2011 Technology Conference in September.

Purchasing managers and supply chain management are faced with many challenges. Among them – the need to ensure they have a constant, reliable source for the devices they need. Working closely with a key customer, Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, developed the FAN156 low voltage comparator and the FAN256 dual low voltage comparator to provide supply chain flexibility.

Fairchild has developed the FAB1200 stereo Class-G ground-referenced headphone amplifier with integrated buck converter, as well as the FAB2200 audio subsystem with stereo Class-G headphone amplifier and 1.2W Class-D mono speaker amplifier.

Portable devices, particularly smartphones, are enjoying a surge in consumer interest, and Fairchild Semiconductor will show its numerous offerings at the Portable Innovate Exhibition, from July 14-15, 2011, at booth B21 in the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, China.

With the increasing popularity of LED lighting applications, designers face challenges ranging from design complexity and the need for high system efficiency to limited PCB space and the management of multiple vendors to meet all of their design requirements.

Broad Portfolio Simplifies Supply Chain Complexity; Value-Added Solutions Achieve High-Efficiency System Performance With the increasing popularity of LED lighting applications, designers face challenges ranging from design complexity and the need for high system efficiency to limited PCB space and the management of multiple vendors to meet all of their design requirements.

Power Stage Dual Asymmetric MOSFETs incorporate a control FET and synchronous FET with a monolithic Schottky body diode in a single PQFN package. Applications include notebooks, point-of-load, servers, gaming devices, and telecommunications.

Device Provides Small Form Factor for Space Constrained Designs and High Surge Protection for Increased Reliability. Designers of consumer electronics under 40W – such as adapters, set top boxes, netbooks, and digital photo frames – all share the common challenge of needing an energy efficient solution that provides

Fairchild Semiconductor developed the FDMS36xxS family of power stage dual asymmetric MOSFET modules. The FDMS36xxS family incorporates a control and synchronous MOSFET, as well as a monolithic Schottky body diode in a PQFN package. The switch node has been internally connected to enable easy placement and routing of synchronous buck converters. The control MOSFET (Q1) and synchronous MOSFET (SyncFET™) (Q2) have been designed to provide optimal...

Fairchild is stepping up its efforts to address one of the most significant challenges facing audio applications in the mobile industry today – the need to meet consumer demand for multimedia mobile devices that offer smaller speakers, sound louder and better, while minimizing impact on battery life.

For designers who need to improve system efficiency and minimize components in applications like high efficiency AC-DC converters, building a modern power system with fast switching speeds, higher efficiency and power density is an important factor.

High efficiency, high current handling capability and small form factors are critical to power supply designers when selecting components for voltage regulator solutions. To meet this need, Fairchild Semiconductor developed its family of Generation II XS™ DrMOS [Integrated Driver + MOSFET] devices offering high efficiency and power density to enable designers to meet specific design needs for various applications.

Designers of home appliances – such as washers, refrigerators and air conditioners – are faced with the challenge of developing motor control solutions that meet stringent and evolving energy guidelines and regulations, such as ENERGY STAR and European Commission Energy Using Products (EUPs), all while reducing footprint, reducing electrical and mechanical design cycle, bringing system efficiency and reliability to the application.

Fairchild has received a prestigious award for innovation from Electronic Engineering and Product World (EEPW), one of China's key electronics design publications, in the magazine's annual Power Products Awards.

Designers of DC-DC power supplies, motor control, hot swap and load switch applications, as well as secondary synchronous rectification for servers, need a MOSFET with lower conduction and switching losses in order to raise efficiency in their designs.