Fairchild Semiconductor Wins EPC's Top-10 DC-DC Product Award for Fifth Year in a Row
October 01 2008 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of
high performance products that enable energy-efficiency, has been
named a winner in Electronic Product China�s Top-10 DC-DC Power
Product Awards 2008, for the fifth year in a row. The judging panel
selected Fairchild�s FAN5355, a digitally programmable buck
converter that offers the industry�s highest efficiency for Dynamic
Voltage Scaling (DVS) applications, using strict selection
criteria. Awarded products had to demonstrate innovative design,
significant advancement in technology or its application, and a
substantial achievement in price and performance. Awards are
designed to encourage the application of power supply technologies
in China. Last year, Fairchild�s FDMF8700, a fully-optimized,
integrated 12V driver plus MOSFET power-stage solution, won the
same award. In 2006, Fairchild�s 30V synchronous buck converter
chip sets, the FDS6298 and FDS6299S, received the award. �The
global demand for technologies that reduce power consumption and
subsequently enhance our environment is increasing significantly
and Fairchild, the Power Franchise�, is at the forefront in meeting
these technological challenges. We�re pleased to see our efforts
being recognized within the industry by being selected for awards
such as this,� said Benjamin Tan, vice president, Sales, China and
SEA. The award was accepted recently on behalf of the company at a
special awards ceremony during EPC�s 7th Power Technology
Conference in Beijing. The FAN5355 is an 800mA/1000mA 3MHz buck
converter, designed with a proprietary ultra-fast architecture that
consumes very low quiescent current and yet delivers ultra-fast
transient response. Typical quiescent current in PFM mode is 37�A
and even with this meager standby current, the FAN5355 is able to
provide best-in-class transient response, making the application
more resilient to unexpected fluctuations in load. In addition,
careful optimization of the architecture and drive train provides
outstanding efficiency at both light and heavy loads. Fairchild�s
FAN5355 is equipped with an I2C interface that allows system design
engineers to dynamically adjust the digital core's power supply
voltage based on the processor workload. Typical cores that can
benefit from DVS are application processors, graphics processors,
and DSPs in mobile applications. By tailoring the power supply
voltage level to the processing state of the core, energy
consumption is reduced, leading to longer battery life. In order to
maximize the effectiveness of the DVS, the FAN5355�s digitally
programmable output voltage has a range of 0.75V to 1.975V and can
be adjusted in 12.5mV increments. In addition, the 3MHz switching
frequency allows the use of small passives, which provide relief to
system design engineers who are constantly striving for smaller and
smaller footprints. Adding to this space-savings, the product is
offered in compact WL-CSP packaging. Due to very short development
cycles of portable systems in China, it is difficult for the power
management unit (PMU) to keep up with the changes, additions and
enhancements that system designers incorporate. The FAN5355 plays
an important role because it complements the PMU and fills in this
gap. �We�re honored to be chosen as a winner of this prestigious
award again this year. The award-winning FAN5355 is a product the
team at Fairchild is proud of. It gives system design engineers a
highly efficient power management solution for new DVS platforms
found in today�s cell phones, portable media players (PMPs) and
other portable applications,� Tan concluded. For a datasheet in PDF
format, please go to:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FA/FAN5355.pdf
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FD/FDS6299S.pdf
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FD/FDS6298.pdf
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FD/FDMF8700.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
as part of its comprehensive Global Power ResourceSM. Please
contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com .
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