Fairchild Semiconductor's Voltage Translator Simplifies Design in SD Card Applications
July 15 2008 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) brings designers of Secure
Digital (SD) applications a solution that simplifies design with
its low voltage, dual supply SD interface voltage translator. The
FXL2SD106 has a built-in automatic direction control allowing the
device to sense and control the direction the data should flow,
without a direction control pin. This automatic direction control
feature reduces design complexity by eliminating the need to
program the General Purpose IO (GPIO) for direction control, and
reduces the number of pins required for controlling the translator
from 20 pins to 16 pins. This translator is ideal for applications
using SD cards such as printers, laptop PCs, GPS systems and camera
phones. Fairchild�s FXL2SD106 is packaged in compact 2.5mm x 3.5mm,
16-pin DQFN packaging. DQFN packaging features no signal pins in
the center of the package, allowing designers to easily bond this
package to the board. With the pins at the periphery of the
package, it allows for easier inspection and less rework, which
accelerates design time. The FXL2SD106 has been specifically
designed to protect SD cards from adverse ESD events. These cards
are often exposed to the outside environment, making them more
susceptible to ESD events than other components. Fairchild�s SD
interface voltage translator features ESD protection on the B side
of 12kV, alternate solutions only reach a maximum of 6kV. This
extra-protection feature affords the SD cards more protection in
harsh environments. The FXL2SD106 also offers an output enable
control feature allowing designers to disable the outputs to save
power when the product is not in use. This SD interface voltage
translator is part of a comprehensive portfolio of
application-specific logic translators. With the increased demand
for high functionality in today�s electronics, the availability of
application-specific logic translators reduce BOM costs and are
instrumental in improving design performance to meet critical
time-to-market windows. Fairchild�s translator portfolio includes
the industry�s first 4-bit, low voltage, dual supply voltage
translator with independent-direction controls, the industry�s only
single-bit, bi-directional voltage translator with guaranteed
performance down to 1.1V and the industry�s first dual-supply,
bi-directional translator with independent-direction controls. The
FXL2SD106 utilizes lead-free (Pb-free) terminals and has been
characterized for moisture sensitivity in accordance with the
Pb-free reflow requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard
J-STD-020. All of Fairchild's products are designed to meet the
requirements of the European Union's Directive on the restriction
of the use of certain substances (RoHS). Price (1,000 pcs.): US
$0.42 Availability: samples available now Delivery: 4- 6 weeks ARO
Contact Information: To contact Fairchild Semiconductor about this
product, please go to:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/cf/sales_contacts/. For information on
other products, design tools and sales contacts, please visit:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com. Note to Editor: For a datasheet in
PDF format, please go to:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FX/FXL2SD106.pdf About Fairchild
Semiconductor: Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is a global
leader delivering energy-efficient power analog and power discrete
solutions. Fairchild is The Power Franchise�, providing
leading-edge silicon and packaging technologies, manufacturing
strength and system expertise for consumer, communications,
industrial, portable, computing and automotive systems. An
application-driven, solution-based semiconductor supplier,
Fairchild provides online design tools and design centers worldwide
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