Fairchild Semiconductor Announces Industry's Smallest Integrated Video/Filter Driver for Sending Video Images from Cell Phones t
January 17 2006 - 11:00AM
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FMS6151 Integrates 5th Order Filter for Better Picture Quality and
Battery-Saving Low-Power Consumption in a Tiny MicroPak(TM) Package
Responding to a cutting-edge trend in ultra-portable applications,
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) introduces the smallest video
filter/driver on the market for driving video images from cell
phones to televisions, computer monitors or other larger display
products. For improved application performance, the device's 5th
order 8MHz standard definition (SD) filter results in better image
quality and the low, 3.8mA supply current with power down to 25nA
extends battery life. Packaged in a 6-terminal MicroPak(TM)package
measuring only 1.45mm x 1.0mm x 0.55mm, the FMS6151 helps designers
reduce board space and lower design costs. "One of the hottest
applications on the horizon is driving a composite video signal
from a cell phone to a TV or other large display product for easier
viewing," said Bob Vinton, Fairchild's product line manager, Signal
Conditioning Products. "But when this signal conversion takes
place, frequency artifacts from the DAC reconstruction process can
adversely affect the video image. To improve image quality, our new
FMS6151 video filter/driver uses a 5th order butterworth low-pass
filter that provides better stop band attenuation compared to
typical 2nd and 3rd order solutions. The FMS6151 helps designers by
integrating battery-saving low-power consumption and
image-enhancing filtering capability into a single package so small
it can be poured from a salt shaker!" Barron's Online recently
predicted that in 2006 U.S. cell phone users will be able to watch
as many as 20 TV channels on their cell phones(1). Fairchild
estimates that approximately 80 million of the total handsets
produced in 2006 will be capable of receiving digital video
broadcasts. Extending its integrated video filter product line into
this high-growth ultra-portable arena, Fairchild specifically
tailored the FMS6151 to help designers save space and cost, while
providing performance benefits for cell phones, portable media
players, digital still cameras, PDAs and other hand-held display
products. The FMS6151 provides a number of key features for design
simplicity and space savings in ultra-portables: -- 2.7V to 5V
operation increases flexibility by accommodating different power
supply requirements; -- DC-coupled inputs simplify and ease the
Video DAC (digital-to-analog converter) interface; -- A choice of
AC- or DC-coupled outputs increases design flexibility; --
DC-coupled outputs eliminate the need for AC-coupling caps,
lowering cost and preventing "tilt" in the video signal; -- For
AC-coupled outputs, SAG correction reduces required cap size,
lowering cost; and -- 75Ohm cable drivers eliminate external drive
components. The FMS6151 comes in a lead (Pb)-free 6-terminal
MicroPak(TM) package that meets or exceeds the requirements of the
joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020B and is compliant with the
European Union requirements now in effect. -0- *T Price (each): US
$0.35 (1000 pcs) Availability: Samples and demo board available now
Delivery: 8 weeks ARO *T For more information about this product,
please go to http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FM/FMS6151.html.
Fairchild's extensive portfolio of video and imaging ICs supports
multimedia, consumer, imaging, graphics and HDTV applications.
Products include video filters and drivers, data converters,
amplifiers, video encoders, uSerDes(TM) (micro-SerDes), LVDS, USB,
analog switches, MOSFETs, optocouplers and regulators. For
information on other Fairchild products, design tools, and sales
contacts, please visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com. Editor's Note:
For a datasheet in PDF format, please go to
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FM/FMS6151.pdf. About Fairchild
Semiconductor: Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) is the leading
global supplier of high-performance power products critical to
today's leading electronic applications in the computing,
communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments. As
The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest
portfolio of components that optimize system power. Fairchild's
9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog &
mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products.
Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com. (1) Barron's
Online. December 8, 2005.
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