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Video Switch Matrix Offers Highly Integrated Switching Solution for Video Applications

20th March 2007

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Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced the FMS6502, an 8-input, 6-output video switch matrix that offers industry-leading cost effectiveness and space savings in consumer and industrial video applications such as automotive in-cabin entertainment systems, HDTVs, flat panel displays and A/V receivers. The FMS6502 offers more functionality than comparable crosspoint video switch matrices by integrating analog switch capability, input clamps, bias circuitry and cable drivers into a single device. Consuming approximately half the board space of discrete solutions, the FMS6502 dramatically reduces part count while simplifying designs. The second-generation FMS6502 offers the same high level of integration as Fairchild’s previous-generation video switch matrix technology while providing enhanced flexibility.

“Fairchild’s FMS6502 eight-by-six video switch matrix is the most highly integrated switching solution on the market and is tailored to fit designers’ specific configuration needs and cost targets,” said Bill Boldt, Fairchild’s senior marketing manager for Signal Path Products. “The new FMS6502 builds upon Fairchild’s popular, previously released FMS6501 twelve-by-nine matrix by offering a cost-effective solution for applications where a fewer inputs and outputs are desirable. The FMS6502 reinforces our leadership position in providing low cost, highly integrated video products.”

The FMS6502 accommodates standard-definition (SD), enhanced-definition (ED) and 1080i/1080p high-definition (HD) video signals—and offers selectable 0 and 6dB integrated cable drivers capable of driving dual video loads. The lowest power consuming device of its kind, the FMS6502 further optimizes system power by turning off unused outputs. The FMS6502’s inputs offer a sync-tip clamp or bias option that allows the device to handle video signals with or without sync. The sync-tip clamp option sets the output sync tip level to 300mV (video with sync) and the bias option internally biases the inputs to center signals without sync (Y, Pb, Pr) to 1.25V.

The FMS6502 is available in a compact TSSOP-24 lead (Pb)-free package 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.