Serializer/Deserializer features 65% less current consumption than previous devices

“Fairchild co-designed the new Ultra Low Power µSerDes with key cell phone manufacturers to meet their specific application requirements including optimizing energy consumption and minimizing noise for increasingly slim, compact applications,” said Michael Fowler, one of Fairchild’s technical staff members on the μSerDes design team. “The FIN324C represents a major advancement to the industry-leading first-generation μSerDes products that dramatically impacted the market when they were introduced three years ago.

“In addition to lowering current consumption up to 65 percent, this second-generation device has the flexibility to support the latest flip cell phone designs incorporating both external and internal displays,” Fowler continued. “As a further boon to designers, the FIN324C retains the same small form factor 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 cell phone manufacturers are now in production with µSerDes devices.”

Fairchild Semiconductor’s µSerDes 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 size 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 (at -110dBm) for noise reduction and enhanced reliability.

In addition to the second-generation FIN324C, Fairchild’s µSerDes family includes a wide selection of devices that are easily adapted to specific portable technologies, including 12-bit and 24-bit versions for optimizing image sensors and LCDs, respectively.