Avago Technologies Introduces Compact High-Speed Optocoupler for Industrial and Communication Markets

The ACPL-M60L is also ideal for use in motor control applications, networking power distribution systems used in Ethernet networks, and factory automation equipment. This high-speed optocoupler can also be used in many other telecommunications applications such as System Management Buses (SMBus) in Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems that route calls in central office networks, and wireless base stations.

"The need for reduced power consumption and design space savings has expanded the need for smaller components that operate under low-voltages," said Kheng-Jam Lee, worldwide marketing manager for isolation products in Avago Technologies' Optical Communication Solutions Division. "Avago is helping to meet this need with the introduction of a high-speed optocoupler in a compact SO-5 package that offers higher isolation voltage with lower power consumption into the market place."

With an operating voltage of 3.3-volts, the ACPL-M60L is optimized for low-power consumption, and is compatible with low-voltage Transistor-to-Transistor Logic (TTL) and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) logic to simplify system designs by eliminating the need for buffer circuits. The combination of short propagation delay and low pulse width distortion at high switching speeds makes this optocoupler particularly suitable for high-speed Fieldbus and Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus industrial networks.

Supplied in an SO 5 small-outline surface mount package, the ACPL-M60L helps to save space on printed circuit boards by replacing conventional 300-mil dual-inline (DIP) packages used in Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) buses, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)-compliant and SMBus applications.